Our Engineer guest makes smocking easy and fun, showing how in modern times we can make an age-old skill, contemporary. Fit 2 Stitch is available to stream on pbs.org and the free PBS App, available ...

Smocking is an embroidery technique that was developed in England. It is used for gathering a fabric in such a way that it is able to stretch. In fact, before the invention of elastic, smocking was ...

”I love this. I get excited over sewing machines,” said Helene Lambruschi, owner of Sew European, located in the tiny town of Ridgefield. Lambruschi does gets excited over sewing machines; she has a ...

For sewers and fine hand stitchers, creating smocked effects in fabric is considered an art. For knitters, however, this interesting way of creating a yoked effect is not well-known. Today I'll show ...

Appearances can be deceiving. This outstanding cardigan vest with an overall smocking stitch looks difficult to knit _ but isn't. The pattern stitch is easy to learn and goes quickly because there are ...

When Hannah Camilleri felt contractions four months too early, attempts to stop her son Zayden arriving prematurely failed. Zayden was hardly bigger than his mum's arm when he was born at 23 weeks' ...