Knitting a Scarf With Fleece Fabric

Quick and Clever Fleece
20 Easy-Sew Projects
By
Lynne Farris

Quick and Clever Fleece is a new approach to this colorful, cozy, stylish, wildly popular fabric. These original projects feature unique techniques, new fleece products (like two-sided, textured, and even furry), and clever embellishments.

Included are scarves, home spa accessories, an arty tote, baby toys, a preschooler nap mat, gifts for men, tween fashion accessories, and contemporary home décor accents. The projects, quick and easy, have step-by-step instructions, photographs, and patterns. A basics section covers special techniques and tips for working with fleece. Quick and Clever Fleece makes it simple and fun to turn the favorite specialty fabric into original, personalized fashions.

Lynne Farris is a fabric artist who has been a craft industry Designer of the Year. Her designs have been featured in magazines including Family Circle, Sew News, and McCalls. She is the author of Sewing Fun Stuff: Soft Sculpture Shortcuts and Baby Crafts. She owns a gallery in Atlanta.

I am a big fan of fleece, sewing and knitting. And I loved all the projects in this book, so it was really hard to choose one to share with you. But this one won out because it embodied both the love of textiles, with knitting, which is a bit unusual.

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I haven't cut up fleece yet, but I have cut a t-shirt(on the left) and a two layer skirt. The ball in the middle is the over layer that was a shear print and the ball on the right is a solid cotton. I haven't figured out yet what I'm going to make with these balls of "yarn" but they are ready to go!

If you're a fan like me of the using one thing in another way check out this post at my new favorite Design Blog, Regarding Design. It is a wonderful blog on  "observations on good design"

Comments

[Laurel]

Thanks for the shout out! While I'm very DIY and a sewer and knitter, I'm so NOT a "crafter", and yet,I'm finding myself oddly intrigued by all these projects.... ;-)

[Luizacc]

This is so inspiring! Can't wait to knit one. Thanks so much for blogging this.

[Baby Toys]

The book seem like a classic, and the scarf looks nice and colorful with an irregular pattern throughout which I like.