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ANNOUNCING – Heritage Hut Destash Sale!!

HERITAGE HUT
DESTASH SALE

The LAST of the Inventory!

You read that correctly!

Need to have that one last chance to get what you left behind when Heritage Hut was closing??
Now is your chance!!

Mary is clearing out the rest of the Heritage Hut inventory!


WHEN:
Friday, December 28th + Saturday, December 29th, 2018
9am – 6pm both days

WHERE:
THE STUDIO SCHOOL
751 George Washington Blvd., Wichita, Kansas 67211
 Click Here for Directions
Far door located on the side of the building at the north end.


All first quality items that have never left the Heritage Hut premises…until this sale.
Heavily discounted items include:

  • YARN, YARN, YARN
  • LeClerc weaving items
  • Buttons
  • Books + Patterns
  • Knitting Needles
  • Crochet Hooks
  • Notions
ASK FOR CASH FOR CHRISTMAS!!
Who doesn’t like to do some stash enhancement right after the holidays?
Fill that selfish shopper in you!!
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New Location!!

Announcing Firebrunette Knits at American Maid
Starting in December 2014 I will be teaching classes at the fabulous American Maid building in the Riverside district of Wichita.
I think I'm in love. Firebrunette Knits classes, anyone?? Coming after the closing of Twist. #wichita #riverside #firebrunetteknits
Located at 1717 Briggs St this fabulous old building is perfect for our creative journeys with fiber.
I am really excited to have a space to teach classes & spread the love of fiber-y things.
I will be filling the calendar with classes for the New Year, 2015.
For now, head over to Facebook & Like the Firebrunette Knits page to keep up to date, join the Firebrunette Knits group on Ravelry as well. I will also do my best to keep the blog up to date with news & announcements.
Fill out the Contact Form to make sure you are kept in the know:

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My Adventures in Designing a Granny Square Coat

This is my granny square coat.

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I found a photo array of a granny square coat through a friend on Facebook and since the original was written without directions and in another language I decided I would just tackle it all on my own, adjusting as I go.
I started with 44 squares.

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Once I had the majority of my granny squares done I felt the need for a break from squares so I worked on the sleeves and the large square for the back.
The sleeves are a 12 round granny square with shaping at the top for the shoulders and granny stripes down to the wrist.
The back is a 14 round square.

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Once I had the sleeves done and the back square completed I could lay out the small squares with the large square for the back and sides.

 

 

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Then it was time for the sewing (truly it was slip stitching) to commence.

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Once the sewing together of squares was complete and I had the sleeves all set & sewn in it was time to work on the edging.
I chose to do granny stripes around the bottom edge first, then I worked granny stripes from the front left bottom corner up & around the collar back down to the right bottom front corner. After 6 granny stripes were worked in multiple colors I used the red to do one full round of edging; start at the front bottom left corner, around the bottom, up the right front, around the collar and back down the left front to join it to the start.
Then I did one final round of half double crochet in each stitch all the way around the edging just to give it a finished edge.

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Unfortunately as you can see in the photo below when you are doing a lot of color changes in granny squares (and sewing in ends as you go) there can be a few errant ends that un-crochet.
Since finishing the coat I have spent more than a fair amount of time sewing ends & double checking joins.

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I plan on taking more photos of the finished coat but since washing & drying I have found a few things I want to improve so I will get those taken care of and then I will re-shoot.