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Handy Tips For Sewers

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While we wait out the rest of winter before gardening season begins, here’s some helpful ideas for those who are using their spare time to sew. A quick way to get your cutting mat out of the way and out of sight – place it on a pants hanger and into a closet. Fraying thread
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Making Polar Fleece Car Rugs

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Ilaughed at myself when I finished these car rugs. I felt like the pioneer ladies as they made their very practical blankets out of worn-out pants and dresses. I had so many scraps of fleece since I have been making polar fleece hooded jackets for many years. With eight grandchildren all getting one jacket or
Country Crossroads, Other livestock

From fleece to yarn

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WANT TO KNOW MORE? SHEEPLES FINE FIBRES Inwood-based sheep producer and wool processor www.sheeplesfinefibres.com/ 2009 DIRECT FARM MARKETING CONFERENCE February 27-28, Brandon www.gov.mb.ca/agriculture/news/direct. html – UNITED NATIONS INTERNATIONAL YEAR OF NATURAL FIBRES 2009 www.naturalfibres2009.org/ It’s been decades since woollen mills operated next to pens of live sheep in rural Manitoba. But Joe and Kim Streker’s
Country Crossroads

Sew a spare dog leash

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Puppies love to chew and they are not selective. Their leash is targeted as well as your favourite socks and slippers. This leash is so easy and quick to make, you can always have extras. Reuse the swivel hooks from ruined leashes or you can get them at many hardware stores. Use a heavier needle
Country Crossroads, Other livestock

Make a sealer ring trivet

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If you have lots of old rubber sealer rings in your canning cupboard, here’s a way to recycle some of them. I made this trivet for the Christmas turkey by using variegated Sayelle yarn in festive colours, but the choice can be as varied as the hot dishes under which you place these table savers.
Country Crossroads, Other livestock

Knit up an easy afghan

Readers have been requesting some additional information on making Joan Popke’s afghan from the October 16 Crossroads. Joan says she used Size 6 round needles and cast on 192 stitches. She did the pattern six times and then changed colour and used three colours. Four sets of colours will make a 4×5-foot afghan.

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