Among the crazy costumes, the celebrities, the video game demos, and the myriad comic book sales, the Happy Seamstress made her debut at Fan Expo!

Pictured is the video-game-loving husband dutifully wearing his world-famous Mario Sweater Vest, and yours truly modeling one of the… Read More

I won’t beat around the bush: colour work in knitting terrifies me. I have nightmares about tangled bobbins of yarn, and of spending hours on a fair isle sock, only to find out it’s too tight when I try it on because I didn’t make the floats loose enough. Double-knitting,… Read More

Get a handmade gift made by me

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I came across this post on the delightful blog All Dressed Up and Nowhere to Go. I was intrigued, so I did a bit of Google searching and found many more crafty bloggers participating in… Read More

It’s always difficult to choose winners when you get so many great entries, so this time we left it up to you. After tabulating all your votes, we’re thrilled to announce the winners of the Stitch ‘n Bitch contest, who each win a free copy of Stitch ‘n… Read More

Vote and win a free book!
We received lots of awesome entries for the Stitch ‘n Bitch contest—thanks a bunch to everyone who entered! It was wonderful to see so much creativity and read the touching and funny stories that went behind making these knit and… Read More

Imagine the following scenario:
It’s a beautiful day in late spring, and you decide to take advantage of the lovely weather to do some knitting on the patio of a trendy cafe. You’re in such a hurry to get out of your stifling apartment, that you quickly grab the nearest… Read More

Add a Peekaboo Heart to your Hipster Undies
Since it’s almost Valentine’s Day I thought it would be fun to switch up my Hipster Undies pattern with a cute peekaboo lace heart. With a bit of stretch lace and knit fabric, this is a quick and easy way to… Read More

Add couture quality to any jacket with these tailored buttonholes
Bound buttonholes look great and are very durable, and are the sort of detail you rarely see in store-bought clothing. Like gourmet cooking, it takes a bit longer but the results are well worth it—think of bound buttonholes as gourmet… Read More

So I got a “new” fur-trimmed vintage coat a few weeks ago. It has these short-ish sleeves that need to be worn with longer-than-usual gloves (at least, if I want to avoid getting frostbite). So of course, whenever I need a new pair of gloves (or a new pair of… Read More

Send us a photo, win a free book!
We have stopped accepting entries for the contest, but it’s still not too late to vote for your favourites and win a free copy of Stitch ‘n Bitch: Superstar Knitting!
We’re huge fans of the Stitch ‘n’ Bitch books (see Ilana’s… Read More

I mentioned in my introductory post that I learned to knit from Debbie Stoller’s Stitch ‘N Bitch: The Knitter’s Handbook. I’m a huge fan of the whole Stitch ‘N Bitch series, and I own every single one of Stoller’s tomes.

I think that her latest book… Read More

The wonderfully fantastic Happy Seamstress has asked me to occasionally write stuff here, be it about knitting, crochet, or whatever else strikes my fancy, and I am more than happy to oblige! Anyway, before I do any of that, I should probably let you all know who I am…
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