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These cute gloves can be adjusted to any size. It will make great gifts, and is a really quick make. Yarn:Eco-Cotton Designer: Lizelle Mostert
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Create something different for your home, or as a gift to a treasured friend. Yarn: Eco-Lush Designer: Tamara Bollo
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If you're all about being kind to the planet, then eco-friendly wash and face cloths will be high on your list. This cloth can be made as big or as small as you need it to be AND it is done in an eco-friendly and vegan friendly yarn. Yarn: Eco-Cotton Designer: Brenda Grobler
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The Pomlicious Backpack is a super cute little backpack, crocheted with sturdy Eco-Cotton. Eco-Cotton is perfect for wash & wear items like this. This roomy bag, with fun pom-poms added, will give your little one lots to smile about! Yarn: Eco-Cotton Designer: Brenda Grobler
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This gorgeous accessory can work as both a chic scarf, or a light shawl. Yarn: SuperTwist Sock Designer: Noma Ndlovu Difficulty Rating: Confident Beginners
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Dream about the seaside on your couch in the comfort of your own home when you work on this beauty. The squares are proof that simplistic design often has a bigger impact than more intricate designs. Yarn: Eco-Fusion & Eco-Bamboo Difficulty Level: Confident Beginners Designer: Carlé Dehning
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Create a cosy nook for your outside entertainment area, with the knitted covers for chinese lanterns. Yarn: Eco-Fusion Designer: Carlé Dehning
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The Corner To Corner Shawl was originally designed for the Ideas Magazine's 2017 Retreat. This is a super project that would work with any of our yarns. Simply adjust your hook size to the yarn you're using. You can also decide how big you want it! Stop working when it has reached your preferred size. Yarn: Any of our yarns, but the pattern was written with Eco-Bamboo Difficulty: Confident Beginners Designer: Carlé Dehning
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The Boho Tunic was originally published in the May/June 2017 issue of Ideas Magazine. This pattern is the basic 'recipe' to create a top-down tunic for ANY size. The pattern contains fully comprehensive instructions to adjust the pattern for any body shape or size. Yarn: Eco-Cotton Difficulty: Intermediate Designer: Brenda Grobler
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Crochet this flirty scarf and update any outfit in your wardrobe. This scarf is a great project to play around with different colourways. Yarn: SuperTwist Sock Designer: Tamara Bollo Difficulty Rating: Beginner
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Wabi-Sabi means 'perfectly imperfect' in Japanese. Being wabi-sabi is to be happy and satisfied, even when things are not 100% perfect. This pattern was originally published in Issue 25 of Creative Hobbies (August 2017). The Wabi-Sabi Cardigan is a great pattern that combines knitting with crochet. But fear not, non-crocheters! If you can't, (or don't want to) crochet the sleeve edging, simply work a couple of garter stitch rows and knit the sleeve to the correct length. Yarn: SuperTwist Sock Difficulty: Confident beginners - intermediate Designer: Brenda Grobler
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Love colour as much as we do? Then the Rainbow Blanket is just what you need. The gentle slopes with front post trebles also gives great texture. The pattern originally appeared in Issue 27 (January 2017) of Creative Hobbies Magazine. Yarn: Eco-Cotton & Eco-Fusion Difficulty: Confident Beginners - Intermediate Designer: Brenda Grobler
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The Every Which Way Vest was originally published in the March 2018 issue of Ideas Magazine. This pattern uses two strands of yarn together (Eco-Bamboo & Eco-Fusion) giving it exceptional drape. This versatile vest can be worn in a variety of ways. It'll look great with a spaghetti strap t-shirt, layered with collared shirt, with jeans or a formal skirt. This top will even look brilliant paired with an evening skirt. The pattern is suitable for confident beginners, and experienced knitters will be able to play around with the pattern and customise it as they see fit. Yarn: Eco-Fusion & Eco-Bamboo Designer: Brenda Grobler
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Mochaccino is an elegant knitted shawl, with a touch of whimsy. This shawl will look beautiful in any of our earthy tones. Yarn: Eco-Fusion Designer: Juanita Muir
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Let your flamboyant side loose with this fun and frivolous make! Yarn: Eco-Cotton Difficulty: Confident Beginners Designer: Brenda Grobler
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Yarn: Eco-Lush Designer: Caitie Moore Pattern Difficulty: Intermediate
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An interesting make, using two strands of Eco-Cotton together. This produces a thick fabric. The stitch pattern adds lots of textural interest. Pattern Difficulty: Advanced Beginner Yarn: Eco-Cotton Designer: Ola Ogunlolu
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The Secret Garden CAL, hosted by Joanita Theron was a huge success. If you want to be a part of future CAL's, join our Facebook Group here. Yarn: Eco-Cotton Designer: Joanita Theron
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Yarn: Eco-Bamboo Designer: Ana Morais Soares Difficulty: Beginners - Advanced Beginners Customise this sweet pattern to suit any device! Simply make more (or fewer blocks than required). The pattern is written in US terminology and has a photo tutorial included.
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Use a variety of colours to create a gorgeous granny square blanket, that'll evoke a lot of memories! Yarn: Eco-Cotton Alternative Yarn: Eco-Fusion Designer: Doortjie Gersbach
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Yarn: Eco-Cotton Designer: Tamara Bollo Create beautiful packaging for your Christmas presents
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Calypso is a playful shawl, designed to celebrate our new yarn, Eco-Lush, but also to celebrate the little, personal victories of life. Yarn: Eco-Lush Designer: Brenda Grobler
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Serendipity is a beautiful knit shawl, designed to celebrate our new yarn, Eco-Lush, but also to celebrate the little, personal victories of life. Serendipity has a very special bind off. To receive a video tutorial, please email Carlé at carle@nurturingfibres.co.za for a copy. Yarn: Ec0-Lush Designer: Carlé Dehning
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Squared originally appeared in the September 2017 issue of Create Magazine and is now available on our website. Yarn: Eco-Cotton Alternative Yarn: Eco-Fusion Designer: Carlé Dehning
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Use all your odd balls of Eco-Cotton to make these pretty granny squares. Make a whole bunch and sew them together for an awesome patchwork blanket. Yarn: Eco-Cotton (all our yarn bases would be terrific for this pattern) Designer: Elecha Muller
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Summer Rebel originally appeared in the Autumn 2017 issue of Create Magazine. It is an uncomplicated design that will take you from late summer through to early winter. Made in Nurturing Fibres’ Eco Fusion, this is a timeless piece that you have to add to your wardrobe. Yarn: Eco Fusion Designer: Brenda Grobler
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The Namos Flower is such a versatile little motif. Make loads and crochet together as a throw, or make a poncho, or a simple shell top, the choice is yours. Lizelle designed the flower in memory of her dad that passed away in March. He loved wild flowers, especially those from the Namaqualand region in South Africa. Yarn: Eco-Fusion / Eco-Cotton BonBons (all our yarn bases would be terrific for this pattern) Designer: Lizelle Mostert
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This blanket is proof that small squares pack a big punch! Yarn: Eco-Cotton Alternative Yarn: Eco-Fusion Designer: Elecha Muller
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Dennis The Dragon is fun toy to make for a special little one. Play around with colours and make a funky dragon that'll be treasured for many years. Yarn: Eco-Cotton Designer: Jolene Moss
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Brighton is an easy living pullover, perfect for Autumn and Spring. Made with Eco-Fusion, this light garment will become a wardrobe staple. The pullover has interesting sleeve details and the longer back than a front will create a flattering silhouette. Yarn: Eco-Fusion Alternative Yarn: For a warmer version, use SuperTwist Sock, but be sure to do a gauge sample first. Adjust hook as necessary. Designer: Brenda Grobler Difficulty level: Easy
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Yarn: SuperTwist Sock, KidSilk Designer: Brenda Grobler A fun and quick crochet hat. Perfect for beginners wanting to try a different ribbing technique. This project was originally used at the Ideas Magazine 2017 retreat.
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Yarn: Eco-Fusion & Eco-Bamboo Alternative Yarns: SingleSpun Lace, SuperTwist Sock Designer: Carle’ Dehning Inspired by the sandy dunes of the desert, with desert flowers in full bloom after a rare burst of rain, Mojave will delight even the most novice of knitters. The true beauty of this pattern is that the pattern is easily adapted for different sizing (and it will look amazing in any of our yarns!).
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Yarn: Eco-Bamboo Designer: Carlé Dehning Skill Level: Easy The Weekender is a fun and easy make. Using a large hook, this is easily made up in a couple of hours. Use only two colours, or a number of colours in the same palette; this pattern was created for experimentation and fun. The Eco-Bamboo gives it exceptional drape and a gorgeous lustre.
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Yarn: Eco-Cotton, Eco-Fusion or Eco-Bamboo Designer: Brenda Grobler We, at Nurturing Fibres HQ, strive to keep our footprint on the environment as light as possible. Amongst other things, we don't use plastic bags to shop anymore. But we know how super busy moms can be. With careers, with kids, with everyday stuff. Remembering to take the fabric bags along for the weekly shop might not be at the top of the list! This is where the Moscow Market Bag comes in. Firstly, it can be made in any one of our three Eco ranges of yarns and the best part is, that it has a handy little pouch as part of the design, so the entire bag can be folded and stored in even the smallest of handbags. The entire project uses only two balls of yarn in contrasting colours and only takes a few hours to complete, making it an easy AND economical project. PS. We used this bag extensively during our recent visit to Russia and it was brilliant!
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Yarn: Eco-Fusion Designer: Brenda Grobler Loosely based on Annie, Bahari is an excellent stashbuster. Bahari is a Swahili word that means 'by the sea', and this is actually why Carle asked Brenda to design a similar one. Annie is a firm favourite in her wardrobe, but as she spends a lot of time at her home in Kommetjie, she needed an extra one for long walks on the beach.
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Yarn: SuperTwist Sock Yarn Designer: Brenda Grobler We all need a bit of magic on a Monday! Use all your left-over SuperTwist Sock yarn and make this colourful cowl to banish the Monday blues. Each row uses approximately 10g of yarn.
