I'm thinking of making simple embroideries to sell.
They would, of course, have the blue ink removed and would be matted to a 5x7.
I was thinking of selling them for 15$ each
I thought they would be cute for babies rooms.

These are the ones I have embroidered, they haven't been matted yet.
What do you think?

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I'm finding it incredibly difficult to promote my etsy store.
It seems like on ANY forum ANYWHERE it's frowned upon to even mention that you actually sell your art.
It's seen as "fishing" for sales, when really people are just saying that they have one.

So, how do you promote your store?

I adore natural dyes. I love the process! I find it fun and adventurous!

So, I decided to dye some wool with red onion skins!
Here's how they turned out!

What do you guys think?

Baby Merino


Super wash Merino


Alpaca!

I'm knitting this shawl
http://kaikenkirjavaa.vuodatus.net/blog/2500988/lehtivihrea/

But I don't understand the last two charts, why are there greyed out areas? How do I knit these?

Is a quilt still *technically* a quilt without a binding?
I usually hand sew all my binding and I HATE it.

I really enjoy crazy quilting but find that a binding takes away from the crazy quilting. So I was considering making a quilt with no binding, just right sides sewn together and some top stitching around the edges afterwards.

Would this still be considered a quilt? And would I be able to put it through standards at  a craft council without bound edges?

Thanks!

I recently graduated from a textile program at college. We learned that the best thing to sell is a 20$ product, however we were trained to use high quality materials and to put in an abundance of detail, resulting in our products taking hours and hours to make and dollars and dollars in materials. We never learned how to make a quick and easy lower price point item.
I'm finding it difficult to come up with something because everything takes me a minimum of 4 hours to make due to my training.
I'm predominately knitting and embroidery/quilting. (NOT cross stitch)

So, what are your favourite 20$ products?
Do you have any suggestions for me?

I just created my first apron pattern, it's a two tiered apron with lace trim and a sweetheart bib.

I was in love with creating this apron, and am very proud of it!
But, like all creations I'm sure it's not 100% perfect.
So I was wondering if you lovelies could give me some feed back!

I noticed when I put it on that the bib is a bit big, so I'm going to scale it down a little bit, but that's the only thing that I could see wrong with it.

Also, should I find a way to hide the raw edges on the inside of the apron?
Every apron I have has the raw edges showing inside so I'm not sure how to hide them or if I even should.
Thanks!



I'm sorry the picture isn't that greatest. Most of my sewing supplies, including my judy, are no where near where I'm currently living.

[Inc Row (RS): K1, M1k work to end – 34(38-44-48-54-58) sts. Rep this inc every 1” 3 times more. AT THE SAME TIME, when piece measures 13(13-13½-13½-14-14)” from beg, end on WS. Shape Neck: Next Row (RS): Work to last 3 sts, SSK, k1. Continuing to work inc row as before, dec 1 st at neck edge in this manner every ¾(1-¾-1-¾-1)” 11(10-11-10-11-10) times more. When all side incs have been completed and piece measures 16(16-16½-16½-17-17)” from beg, end on WS.]

I'm knitting  my very first sweater and I'm having trouble understanding what I'm supposed to do on the front.

This is the instruction for the Left Front

With smaller straight needles, using B, cast on 42(46-50-58-62-70) sts.  Change to MC and work in ribbing same as back for 1½", end on RS.  Change to larger needles and p the next row, dec 5(5-3-7-5-9) sts across – 37(41-47-51-57-61) sts.  Work in Pat St until piece measures 4(4-4½-4½-5-5)” from beg, end on WS.

Dec Row (RS):  K1, k2 tog, work to end – 36(40-46-50-56-60) sts.  Rep this dec every 2” 3 times more – 33(37-43-47-53-57) sts.  Work even until piece measures 12(12-12½-12½-13-13)” from beg, end on WS.

Inc Row (RS):  K1, M1k work to end – 34(38-44-48-54-58) sts.  Rep this inc every 1” 3 times more.  AT THE SAME TIME, when piece measures 13(13-13½-13½-14-14)” from beg, end on WS.

Shape Neck:  Next Row (RS):  Work to last 3 sts, SSK, k1.  Continuing to work inc row as before, dec 1 st at neck edge in this manner every ¾(1-¾-1-¾-1)” 11(10-11-10-11-10) times more.  When all side incs have been completed and piece measures 16(16-16½-16½-17-17)” from beg, end on WS.

Shape Armhole:  Continuing to work neck decs, bind off 3(3-4-5-7-8) sts at beg of the next RS row, then 2 sts at beg of the following RS row.  Dec 1 st at armhole edge in same manner as back every RS row 6(8-10-11-12-13) sts.  When all armhole and neck decs have been completed, work even on 14(17-19-22-24-27) sts until armhole measures 8(8-8½-8½-9-9)”, end on WS.  Bind off 4(5-7-8-8-9) sts at armhole edge once, then 5(6-6-7-8-9) sts twice for shoulder.

The bold and italicised part is what I don't understand. The first part says "ep this inc every 1” 3 times more.  AT THE SAME TIME, "
at the same time as what?
and the second part says "Work to last 3 sts, SSK, k1.  Continuing to work inc row as before, dec 1 st at neck edge in this manner every ¾(1-¾-1-¾-1)” 11(10-11-10-11-10) times more.  When all side incs have been completed and piece measures 16(16-16½-16½-17-17)” from beg"
Am i decreasing while I'm increasing? why are they listed as separate rows?
It says that I have to decrease 1 every inch 10x which would be 10 inches
but the measurements listed say that I go from 12" to 16" that can't be 1 decrease every inch 10 times.

Can someone explain this to me please?