With the holidays coming on quickly here are some FREE PATTERNS SITES for you all for holiday giving. If people in the USA looking for a kiddie hat that looks like a flag I put a free pattern up on USA Memorial Day:
Check out: Patriotic Hat http://www.suite101.com/article.cfm/fibe...
All sorts of free pattern sites exist all over the Internet. Here are a sampling of some of the fiber arts sites available to you.
For Sew-ers:
Sewing Org. Free patterns and projects. http://www.sewing.org/html/projects.html
Smocking Org. has all sorts of heirloom sewing patterns and smocking projects donated by members. http://www.smocking.org/
Mutli-Media Craft Projects:
Handcrafters Village Project site: http://www.handcraftersvillage.com
Crafty Yarn Council: http://www.craftyarncouncil.com/projects...
Craft Ideas: http://www.craftideas.com/
Many Manufacturers have free patterns for their products:
Fiber Manufacturers Free Patterns:
Coats and Clarks: http://www.coatsandclark.com/
Coats Patons: http://www.coatspatons.com/Free_Stuff/fr...
Lion Brand Yarn: http://www.lionbrand.com/patknitt.htm
Monsanto Yarn Division: http://www.thesmartyarns.com/project1.ht...
DMC Yarns and Threads: http://www.dmc.com
Quite frankly just with these you can be busy for most of a year! But next week I post more for you.
Here are even more free pattern sites for you.
Many people have joined into Web Rings to share hundreds of patterns with one another. Here are several for you to enjoy:
Free Pattern Web Rings:
Knitting Pattern Ring: http://www.webring.org/cgi-bin/webring?rt
Fiber Arts Ring: http://www.webring.org/cgi-bin/webring?rt
Historical Costume Ring: http://www.geocities.com/paris/4440/costl
Crochet Patterns:
Free Crochet Graph Page: http://members.aol.com/cynic100/index.htm
Ultimate Crochet Pattern Link Page: http://www.telusplanet.net/public/yre/pam
Martha's Site: http://home.inreach.com/marthac/links.htl
Patterns From Down Under: http://crochet.theshoppe.com/patterns.htl
Knitting Patterns:
Yarn Forward: http://www.yarnfwd.com
Fiber News: http://hometown.aol.com/FiberNews/fibernl
Knitting Pattern Archives: http://math.vanderbilt.edu/~cjs/patterns
Knit List Gift Pattern Site: http://www.geocities.com/Paris/9197/knitm I got some notes from the dyers who read this site complaining that I had slighted them when I posted free fiber sites. I'm certainly sorry about this oversight. For the dyers out there many sites with free information exist.
Here are a few for you all.
John Marshall's Japanese dye technique site is amazing. It includes complete instructions for katazome, and several patterns for authentic Japanese clothing. http://www.johnmarshall.to/
Dr. Paula Burch has a great site with many ideas for kids stuff: http://www.flash.net/~pburch/dyeing.html
Mannam Carpets has several cold vegetal dye recipes which are used for a original Oriental Mogul carpets. http://www.brain.net.pk/~mannam/index.ht...
Dana McCowan has an original authentic indigo recipe: http://www.icr.com/~danaj
Yarn-it has several rainbow dyeing recipes contributed by readers. http://www.yarnit.com
Glenna has a great crock pot dyeing article at: http://members.aol.com/FiberNews/glenna....
And, of course, the larger commercial sites:
ProChem Dye Company: http://www.prochemical.com
Dharma Trading Company: http://www.dharmatrading.com
G and S Dye Company of Canada: http://www.gsdye.com
This should keep you busy for months!!
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