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Texere Troon Aran Wool Felted Bag & Purse Knitting Pattern 004

£1.50

Here is a knitting pattern for a felted bag and purse using Texere Troon Tweed aran. The yarn is used double for the bag meaning you'll have it knitted up in no time and the little purse only uses one ball - so great, quick gifts. The transformation of the non-felted bag when you take it out of the washing machine is brilliant and the rigidity of the bag means it doesn't even need lining! All the shades of Troon are marled or tweedy, so even if you don't want stripes you could achieve a lovely textured effect with very little effort.
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China Blue 1237 - Destiny

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C4 Linen - Cerise Marble

£6.12

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Serenity Super Chunky by Wendy - 1708 Teal

£3.52

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In Action DVD - Jan Beaney & Jean Littlejohn

£19.99

In this 2-hour DVD, Jan Beaney and Jean Littlejohn share their thoughts and experiences of creating sketches through to beautiful textiles. Known around the world for their textile art and creative workshops, Jan and Jean demonstrate a variety of techniques including: fabric paints, dyes, embellishing, knitting, foiling, soluble film, hand and machine stitching. Educational and Inspiring,
IN ACTION is suitable for the beginner and professional textile artist interested in embroidery, quilting arts, surface design and fabric art. A perfect accompaniment to the "Stitchscapes" book as many of the pieces Jan and Jean work on are illustrated in the book. It's great to see how they have been created and see and hear the authors design processes and techniques in "real life".
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Amica Thistle Ring - Candyfloss

£5.65

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Leather Thonging A popular craft product in real leather to complement our leather offcuts. We have recently sourced round, smooth thronging in addition to the flat suede we have been selling. The flat leather which has a cut, square edge has a soft, natural suede appearance and is 3mm wide. It isn't shiny or plasticated cotton. The round thronging has a natural sheen (the black being slightly shinier than the naturals) and is available in 1mm and 2mm widths. An ideal product for jewellery, beading, braiding, plaiting into belts, embellishing leather bags and many other leather crafts. Also excellent for embellishing re-enactment or period costumes, leather archery equipment, Native American costumes and jewellery.	Bag handles We have the perfect handles to compliment every type of bag you could wish to create whether it be knitted, felted or stitched. They are a really professional way to finish off your creations in a fantastic range of shapes, sizes and materials. The handles are beaded, bamboo and plastic with metal clasps and attachments. There are lots of designs to choose from including colourful and strong plastic handles, flexible and glamorous beaded options to rustic and ethnic bamboos. As some of the handles are almost transparent we have placed in a blue background during photography so you can see the clear shape and design. Some sets of handles require clasps to attachment them to your bag and these are indicated as **.

UltraViolet Stitch & Sculpt Kits Why not give yourself a different embroidery experience and make a beautiful piece of textile art using one of our "Stitch & Sculpt" embroidery kits? There are 12 designs from dazzling insects to delicate wild flowers and all can be stitched by hand or machine to give a stumpwork effect. Each kit contains everything you need including glitter threads, fancy fabrics, stuffing, wire, sequins (as appropriate), transferable adhesive and detailed illustrated instructions. All you need is a little cotton sewing thread, an embroidery hoop and a needle. (If you don't want to stitch by hand you need a darning or free machine embroidery foot on your sewing machine).

Umbrella Swift
Umbrella swifts or skein holders are an excellent accessory for anyone who needs to hold a skein of yarn whilst winding it onto a ball - saving lots of aching arms from husbands and children! They work particularly well with our ball winders and come with fully illustrated instructions. Their main purpose is for taking yarn in its skein form and holding it whilst you wind it into a ball - saving time and tangles. The swift clamps easily to a table and enables you to place skeins of almost any circumference around it as it has a clever locking device to position it wherever you need it, it then rotates smoothly as you wind the yarn into a ball. The maximum circumference of a skein is 150cm or approx 60 inches. The swift is made from metal with a plastic coating covering the areas that come into contact with the yarn. It comes in a handy plastic box keeping it clean and compact.
Each £41.95

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Stuffing - Brand New Superior Quality
Safe, flame retardant, general purpose filling for toys, cushions, pillows and draft excluders. Hygienic, washable and of high loft this hollow fibre is approx double the volume of our previous quality for extra bounce and a superior finish. This is a top quality hollow fibre filler which complies to British Standards BS5852, BS5665, EN71 CE.
300g bag £3.50

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Sewing Needles
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Pompom Kit
Something for the kids or knitters who make lots of bobble hats! This kit includes templates for four different sizes of pom-poms plus full instructions. The strong coloured plastic frames can be used over and over again so you will never have to cut up cereal packets again. A pattern book with lots of animal designs is also included. An ideal present to encourage fun with any type of yarn.
Each £5.30

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Mechanical Knitting Mill
The mechanical mill is a speedier version of the knitting dollies. Four hooks with latches that open and close are wound in a circular motion - they catch the yarn to knit the braid, mimicking the action of the dollies. Space-dyed yarns work well in all the gadgets and create lovely blended colour changes as there are no knots or joins to contend with. Fairly smooth yarns work the best in the mill as textured yarns can catch on the hooks, but once you're up and running you can generate long lengths of braid in next to no time. These newly created chainette lengths can then be used as yarns ready to knit into chunky handbags and accessories.
Eack £14.90

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Knitting Dolly Chunky
Knitting dollies are the modern version of "corkwork" or French knitting and have replaced the old sewing reel and nails. The yellow dolly is made from smooth, painted wood and the chunky one is shiny, clear acrylic - both include a hook and instructions. The dollies are an excellent way of encouraging children to play around with yarns and they can use the braids to make friendship bracelets or jewellery. Although smooth yarns are the easiest to begin with why not introduce textured yarns to create more unusual braids? £5.30

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Knitting Dolly
Knitting dollies are the modern version of "corkwork" or French knitting and have replaced the old sewing reel and nails. The yellow dolly is made from smooth, painted wood and the chunky one is shiny, clear acrylic - both include a hook and instructions. The dollies are an excellent way of encouraging children to play around with yarns and they can use the braids to make friendship bracelets or jewellery. Although smooth yarns are the easiest to begin with why not introduce textured yarns to create more unusual braids?
Each £3.20

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God's Eye Kit
Create these ancient South American charms from our simple to use kits. Each kit contains illustrated instructions, paper sticks and enough yarn to produce a colourful God's eye. These charms were originally made to ward off devils and evil spirits, but now can be a decorative mobile or used individually as Christmas tree decorations. There is room at the end of each stick for you to personalise your creation by colouring the stick with paint or ink, or attach feathers, glitter, tassels or beads as a finishing touch.
Each £3.50

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Friendship Bracelet Kit
These knotted friendship bracelets are an ideal introduction to knotting crafts and encourage children to start using yarns and threads. The kit includes illustrated instructions, a pin and enough 6 strand embroidery thread in a mixture of colours to make several bracelets. They are quick, easy and decorative and perfect for both adults and children over 8 years old.
Per Pack £3.50

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Flower Loom
This is one of the best craft products you will ever come across and if you've never used a flower loom before you could quite easily get addicted! The basic premise is that you can make "flowers" or "rosettes" by winding yarn round the pegs of the loom. You then stitch through the yarns on the loom, which holds everything together, pop the whole thing off and you have your flower. The beauty of this loom, unlike rigid flower looms, is that the pegs are interchangeable so you can create four different sizes and each of them can be round or square.
Each £8.70

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Empty Cones
A random mixture of approx 25 empty cones in differing shapes and sizes, both plastic and cardboard cones are found in the selection. Useful for spinners to wrap freshly spun yarns, knitters, weavers and indeed anyone who uses yarn. Teachers will find them ideal as textile teaching aids also for craft and model work, such as doll and animal body shapes.
1000g Bag £3.94

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Bumper Bag Undyed
A bumper selection of spooled yarns in a wide ranging colour assortment of plain and fancy yarns all ready to dye. The yarns are excellent for those of you needing a little amount of lots of textures and fibres for experimental dyeing projects. A mixture of animal and vegetable yarns including blends of wool, cotton, viscose and mohair. All yarns can be dyed with Dylon Multi-Purpose dyes giving you the versatility of dyeing solid or space-dyed shades in your own unique colourways. Use for adding texture to embroidery, weaving, braids and tassels. Also excellent for collage work, dream-catchers, French knitting, knotting, plaiting and macramé. A total of 600g of yarn on approx 40g spools (between 12-16 spools per pack). Also available dyed
Per pack £10.49

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Bumper Bag Dyed
A bumper selection of spooled yarns in a wide ranging colour assortment of plain and fancy yarns. The yarns are suitable for couching into embroideries for added texture and colour. Also use in tapestry weaving, hand loom weaving, braids and tassels. These plain and fancy yarns are ideal for collage work, dream-catchers, knotting and plaiting crafts such as fancy macramé, friendship bracelets and French knitting. A total of 600g of yarn on approx 40g spools (between 12-16 spools per pack). Also available undyed
Per Pack £10.49

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Braid Kit
If you have never tried braid making before, then now is your chance. This kit includes assorted fancy yarns, a cut circular card and illustrated instructions to produce a Kumihimo braid. Once you have mastered the basic technique it is easy to start adding more threads of assorted colours and textures to produce longer braids. These can be used in a wide variety of ways - friendship bracelets, bookmarks, spectacle cords, curtain tie-backs, cushion piping, light switch cords etc.
Each £3.50

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Ball Winder
Ball or wool winders are an excellent accessory for anyone who needs to wind yarn down from a large cone or skein onto a ball. They work particularly well with our umbrella swifts and come with fully illustrated instructions. They are very useful for spinners who need to wind their hand spun yarn into a neat ball or for anyone who has hand dyed yarn and needs to get it back into a neat ball shape rather than by winding it round their hands! The shape of the ball created is flat and almost cylindrical. This means you can work straight from the centre of the ball very easily and even knit straight onto a knitting machine as the tension is so even. The winder is made of sturdy plastic and is easily clamped onto a table or worktop. Depending on the texture you can probably wind about 200g of yarn onto a ball.
Each £26.90

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