Backstitch Makes... Clothes

I've just finished knitting this lovely baby cardigan.  I have been knitting it for my good friends who at this very moment are experiencing life changing events in a maternity unit somewhere in Oxfordshire.  The pattern is the Posy Baby Cardigan by Judi Hurst who is our knitting tutor here at Backstitch, and the yarn is the classic Debbie Bliss Baby Cashmerino in colour 91 Acid Yellow which is such a sunny colour - yellow with a slightly green hue. Continue reading →

AGES ago I made two Fancy Tiger Sailor Tops back to back.  True to form I am only just blogging about them now.  I love this top, it's a really easy to wear shape, basically a t-shirt but with a bit more interest.  And it is dead easy to make. Continue reading →

Have you seen that Fancy Tiger Crafts (a super craft shop in Denver USA) have brought out their second pattern?  The first was the Sailor Top (more on that later) and the second is the Fen Dress and Top.  The patterns arrived with us last week and they are flying out.  Continue reading →

When you can do some sewing, and you own a fabric shop, and you have a husband, then the fact that one day you should really make a shirt for that husband sits on your shoulder taunting you until you give in.  Well, I finally gave in.  Hurrah and Huzzah the man has a shirt! Continue reading →