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Felted Slippers

In this video we show slippers knitted in DROPS Snow before and after felting. Place the slippers in the washing machine with a detergent without enzymes and optical bleach. Wash warm at 40C/104F with normal spin but no pre-wash. After wash shape the slippers into the right size while still wet and leave to dry flat. If the slippers are too small, put them in water until they are thoroughly wet, and then stretch to right size. At subsequent wash, wash the slippers at regular wool program. To see the pattern for these felted slippers see: DROPS 86-15 or the picture to the left.
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How to felt mittens

In this DROPS video we show the mittens in DROPS Children 12-51 knitted in DROPS Alaska before and after felting. Place the mittens in the washing machine with a detergent without enzymes and optical bleach. Wash warm at 40 degrees with normal spin but no pre-wash. After wash shape the mittens to the right size while still wet and leave to dry flat. If the mittens are too small, put it in water until they are thoroughly wet, and then stretch to right size. At subsequent wash, wash the mittens at regular wool programme. You must read the pattern to be able to follow this video properly. You’ll find the pattern by clicking on the picture below.
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How to avoid the thumb to felt together

In this DROPS video we show you how to avoid the thumb to felt together. Turn the mitten inside-out and place a plastic bag inside the thumb to avoid it felting together. Fasten it with a safety pin - NOTE: Fasten the pin vertically down towards tip of thumb to make it easy to remove after felting. Turn the mitten out again so that it is felted with RS outwards. This mitten is knitted in DROPS Alpaca. You’ll find patterns where you can use this technique by clicking on the pictures below.
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Felted cell phone cozy

In this video we show a cell phone cozy knitted in DROPS Big Delight before and after felting. Place the cell phone cozy in the washing machine with a detergent without enzymes and optical bleach. Wash warm at 40C/104F with normal spin but no pre-wash. After wash shape the cell phone cozy into the right size while still wet and leave to dry flat. If the cell phone cozy are too small, put it in water until it are thoroughly wet, and then stretch to right size. At subsequent wash, wash the cell phone cozy at regular wool program. To see the pattern for the cell phone cozy see: DROPS 143-9 or the picture to the left.
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Felted wool ball

Felting is so easy and everyone can do it! In this video we show how to make a small ball. Wind the yarn around two fingers, after a couple rounds, remove yarn from fingers and continue winding around the yarn until you have a ball. Keep winding the yarn around and around until you have the size on the ball you want. Place the ball in a thin stocking and put it in the washing machine with a detergent without enzymes and optical bleach. Wash at 40 C/104F with normal spin but no pre-wash. At subsequent wash, wash the ball at regular wool program. Make many balls and put them together to a felted garland! To see other felted patters, eg. felted slippers, see: DROPS 150-24 or click on one of the picture to the left.
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Felted muff

In this DROPS video we show how we can easily make a delicious felted muff in Polaris. We use 3 skeins red (08) and 1 skein medium grey (04). Cast on 32 sts on needles size 17 (12mm). Knit garter st until work measures 45 cm/17 3/4", bind off. Cut the thread, but leave enough length of thread for assembly. Finger Crochet with two fingers, a tie of approx 180 cm/70" with red. Cut up thread ends at approx 12 cm/4 3/4" (both red and medium gray) and use a crochet hook to attach the tassels on the side and some on in the front of the muff. Cut medium gray threads ends approx 10 cm/4" and attach it on the entire back side. Sew the short sides together and sew the long tie on each side. Place the muff inside out in the washing machine with a detergent without enzymes and optical bleach. Wash at 40C/104F with normal spin but no pre-wash. At subsequent wash, wash the muff at regular wool program.
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Buttonhole stitches

Sew small stitches tight together around a buttonhole, or large ones spread apart for a decorative edging.
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Stripes decorative crochet

Decorate a garment with crochet stitches. Use a hook and work trough layer with working yarn on the back. It doesn't need to be vertical or horizontal stripes, it can also be worked in curves to create letters, motifs etc.
2:55
Embroidered flower

Decorate your work with pretty flowers. Give new life to an old scarf or sweater. The sizes and colors are endless...
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Cross stitches

Decorate fast and easy with cross stitches on a knitted garment. The video is showing cross stitches embroidered over 2 sts in height and 2 sts in width.
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How to sew / embroider a French knot

In this DROPS video we show how to sew / embroider a French knot. Insert the needle from the wrong side and up to the right side where you would like the French knot to be positioned. Wind the strand around the end of the needle 2 to 4 times – depending on how big you wish the knot to be. Thread the needle down, 0.5-1 stitches away from where the strand came up and pull it out on the wrong side. Pulling the strand through the material fastens the French knot. We use the yarn DROPS Snow in the video. You must read a pattern using this technique to be able to follow this video properly. You’ll find a pattern by clicking on one of the pictures below.
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How to sew / embroider chain stitch

In this DROPS video we show how to sew / embroider a chain stitch. Insert the needle from the wrong side and through to the right side where you would like the chain stitch to begin. Insert the needle down through the hole the strand came up through, then to the right side again approx. 2 cm = 3/4" further on – allow the strand to lie under the point of the needle. Now thread the needle through the piece and form a loop with the strand which comes up in the middle of the loop. Insert the needle into the piece approx. 0.5 stitches in front of the loop and pull it through the piece. The chain stitch is finished, for more stitches repeat. We use the yarn DROPS Snow in the video. You must read a pattern using this technique to be able to follow this video properly. You’ll find a pattern by clicking on one of the pictures below.
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How to sew / embroider back stitch

In this DROPS video we show how to sew / embroider back stitches. Insert the needle from the wrong side and to the right side where you wish the stitch to start. Skip 1-1.5 cm = 3/8"-5/8", insert the needle down and then up to the right side again approx. 1 -1.5 cm = 3/8"-5/8" further on. Pull the strand through. You have worked a stitch with a gap to the next stitch. Insert the needle in the hole where the previous stitch ended and bring the needle up on the right side approx. 1 -1.5 cm = 3/8"-5/8" further on. Continue like this if you want several back stitches. When the last back stitch has been worked, insert the needle where the previous stitch ended. Pull the strand to the wrong side. Back stitch can be worked vertically, horizontally, diagonally and round in a circle. We use the yarn DROPS Snow in the video. You must read a pattern using this technique to be able to follow this video properly. You’ll find a pattern by clicking on one of the pictures below.
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How to sew / embroider back-stitch knot

In this DROPS video we show how to sew / embroider back stitch knots. Insert the needle from the wrong side and through to the right side where you wish the knot to be. Thread the needle back to the wrong side 0.5 – 1.5 stitches from where it originally came up. Sew up and down through the same holes as many times as is necessary to give the knot size you wish. We use the yarn DROPS Snow in the video. You must read a pattern using this technique to be able to follow this video properly. You’ll find a pattern by clicking on one of the pictures below.
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How to sew / embroider flat stitch

In this DROPS video we show how to sew / embroider flat stitch. Insert the needle from the wrong side to the right side, where you wish the stitch to start. Skip 0.5 - 1 cm = 1/8" - 3/8" and thread the needle down and up again to where you want the next flat stitch to start, pull the strand through. Skip 0.5 - 1 cm = 1/8" - 3/8" and thread the needle down and up again to where you want the next flat stitch to start, pull the strand through. Continue like this until you have enough stitches. We use the yarn DROPS Snow in the video. You must read a pattern using this technique to be able to follow this video properly. You’ll find a pattern by clicking on one of the pictures below.
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How to sew / embroider twisted chain stitch

In this DROPS video we show how to sew / embroider twisted chain stitch. Insert the needle from the wrong side and through to the right side where you would like the chain stitch to begin. * Thread the needle down through the hole the strand came up through, then to the right side again approx. 2 cm = 3/4" further on – allow the strand to lie in a loop around the tip of the needle. Pick up the loop and twist it 2-3 times before laying it down again under the tip of the needle. Pull the strand through carefully, so the stitch is neat. If you want more stitches in height, repeat from the *. Finish by thread the needle through the piece approx. 0.5 stitches in front of the loop and pull it through to the wrong side. We use the yarn DROPS Snow in the video. You must read a pattern using this technique to be able to follow this video properly. You’ll find a pattern by clicking on one of the pictures below.
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Running stitch / straight stitch

The running stitch or straight stitch is the basic stitch in embroidery. The stitch is worked by passing the needle in and out of the fabric. Running stitches may be of varying length.
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Zig zag stitches

Embroidery to decorate. Use a contrasting color and make a zigzag line. First embroider slanting stitches in one direction. Pass the needle diagonal in and out through fabric, and then turn and go opposite way back creating the zigzag.
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Duplicate stitches

If a pattern calls for many different colors, some can be sewn on afterward using duplicate stitches.
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How to make loose knots for decorations

In this DROPS video we show how we can make loose knots for decorations such as snow, buttons and eyes, used for the snowman sweater in DROPS Children 30-28 and Drops 183-13. We use the yarn DROPS Air in this video. You also need to read the pattern and look at the diagram to be able to follow this video properly. You’ll find the pattern by clicking on the picture below.
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How to make a decoration knot

In this DROPS video we show how to make a knot to be attached as a decoration to a Santa that is worked on a sweater. The same technique is also used to make a star at the top of a Christmas tree sweater. KNOT: Make a knot at the top of every Santa hat/ Christmas tree. Tie the knot around a stitch. Cut 2 lengths of color off white. approx. 10 cm = 4". Place strands together, use a needle and pull strands through the top off white stitch so that both yarn ends are on the right side of piece, on each side of stitch. Tie a knot, then tie another knot but in the opposite direction. Cut the yarn ends approx. ½ cm = 1/8" (Santa) / 1 cm = 2/8" (Christmas tree) long. These sweaters are worked in DROPS Air but in the video, we work with a thicker yarn; DROPS Snow., You must read the pattern to be able to follow this video properly. You’ll find a pattern by clicking on one off the picture below.
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Finger knitting

We are in the kids corner! Teach a child how to finger knit, get them introduced to the magic world of crafting with yarn. Use a chunky yarn, maybe a variegated color, let the child pick and chose... Wrap the yarn around the fingers as shown in video, makes a scarf, a wrist band, a head band... or something. Have fun!
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Arm Knitting

In this DROPS video we show you how to arm knit with a bulky yarn, in the end of this video we show how to arm knit a scarf/neckwarmer with three strands in DROPS Snow (we used 6 skeins and it goes twice around the neck). Start with making a slipknot and slip it over your wrist. Hold the yarn in the other hand and start cast on. Cast on the number of stitches you wish. Adjust tension so loops are not too loose or tight. Knit to you have your desired length. Binding off with knit stitches, you knit the stitches and then keep passing the next to last knitted stitch over the last knitted stitch. When 1 stitch remains, cut the thread, and pull yarn through last stitch.
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How to make a work a bit stiff in sugared water

In this DROPS video we show how we make sugared water and get the Christmas heart from DROPS Extra 0-1394 stiff. Mix a lot of sugar in cold water (90 g sugar in 120 ml water) and stir until all sugar is dissolved, dip the heart in the water, squeeze out the water, form and leave the heart flat to dry (1-2 days). If it was not stiff enough, repeat the process to the desired stiffness (colourless fizzy drink can also be used). You will find patterns where this technique is used by clicking the pictures below