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FIBRE ARTISTS (some of our favourites) Prudence Mapstone's fabulous Freeform knitting - see her many books on this subject at http://www.eject.com.au/e-motive/prudence/menu.htm ** Jenny Dowde Freeform knitting & Crochet http://users.tpg.com.au/users/jdesigns/ ** Jane Thornley Free range knitting (US Fibre Artist) http://www.janethornley.com/blog/ ** Jude Skeers - Australian creative knitting artist known for his mobius knitting plus other styles www.black.com.au ** offer a range of felting workshops as well as lots of other support for feltmakers and would be felters. Contact Narelle Higgins <ralhig@gmail.com> ** This is another active group of felters who organise workshops and exhibitions etc. They also stock Lara Downs felting products.
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TEXTILE art galleries & Fibre art supplies: Other Australian outlets for Lara Downs products: Onabee is a great little yarn shop in Bellair St Kensington (Melbourne). They now stock our mohair yarns in a number of colourways and might be persuaded to stock others if requested. www.onabee.com Open Drawer is a wonderful mix of fibre art gallery, fibre art supplies and workshop hotspot. They stock some of our yarns and various felting and embellishing products. Visit them in Hartwell/Camberwell (Melbourne) or via www.opendrawer.com.au Lumina Gallery has a great range of workshops on offer for crafty types of all persuasions. They also supply a range of Lara Downs yarns & felting supplies. Lumina Fibre Arts Gallery Addicted to Fabric in Dundas Crt Phillip, ACT also carries a small range of Precious Purl and Lara Downs products. See www.a2f.com.au Steph's Patchwork Fabrics and Stitching Supplies in Moruya NSW also carries a small range of LD and PP products. www.stephs.com.au In the United States Lara Downs yarns will soon be available in the US through Yarning for Ewe which has an online presence as well as a new store in Atlanta, opening soon. www.yarningforewe.com Other useful links for Fibre art Kraft Kolour dyes for wool, mohair, silk etc Our retail outlet "Precious Purl" has a lovely range of yarns from Touch Yarns in New Zealand. See the article "The hairy eyeball" in Yarn Issue No.8 for some kind comments from Damien Young. Thanks so much Damien. Loved your article. Yarn magazine No 12 Dec 08 features a lovely Camisole in Lara Downs 4 ply Merino yarn (shade Pat's Pink - see opposite, worn by the designer Patrizia.) Refer Page 38 for the pattern. To order yarn for this Cami, just send us an email. Yarn Magazine No 13 (March 2009) features two different patterns using Lara Downs Cashmere/Silk and Merino slubby 8 ply on pps 24-28. The current issue of Yarn (Issue 21 Vo 11) carries the Yarra Harvest jacket pattern by Jenny Pakula. It uses Lara Downs 4 ply Angoraglow Fine Kid mohair yarn. See our What's New page for more details. A fabulous book shop at 159 Gertrude St Fitzroy, with something to interest every fibre artist, knitter, felter, etc etc. We recommend combining a visit to Artisan Books when you visit our shop "Precious Purl" 397 Brunswick St, Fitzroy.
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PATTERN SOURCES - on line. There are some terrific sources of knitting and crochet patterns available for purchase on line. Here's some that look good to us. Congratulations to our own Jennie Pakula who's pattern was not only accepted for publication by TC recently, but it will also grace the front cover of the latest edition. Jennie's latest pattern for Lara Downs is also due to be published in the next edition of the Australian mag "Yarn" and of course there's that fabulous knitting community called Ravelry that every knitter should be part of. Go to http://www.ravelry.com/ We encourage you to post your experiences with Lara Downs yarns on this site for all the world to see. Better still, send us a photo and we will publish it on our site as well. http://store/vogueknitting.com Vogue Knitting has been a leading knitting/crochet fashion publication for many years. Knit 1, one of their offshoots for a younger audience is also a great offering for interesting patterns. You need to pay for these patterns to down load them, but the price is small and worth more than a look. Remember that these sites are based in the US and may require you to convert the patterns into Australian measurements. Please let us know if you have other fav pattern sources which should be listed here - thanks. Pam
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