I was recently chatting with my good friend Kelli about the upcoming class she is teaching for the Chesapeake Treasures chapter of SAGA on Picture Smocking, and she was explaining that she was going to teach Little Hippo (or Hector as she has named him). You can read the post that Kelli wrote on stitching Little Hippo (aka Hector) here. She wanted to teach a design that represented Maryland, but the design she found was too complicated with several different color changes in

A round up of free picture smocking plates for babies.

In my last post on smocking with knits, I advised that the nature of knits would make picture smocking difficult. Well my friend Kelli Fox, picture smocking guru, is always up for a challenge, and she decided to give Little Hippo a try on knit fabric. So today I am turning the blog over to Kelli to give you her tips and pointers on smocking on knits. By the way, Kelli is teaching picture smocking in the Baltimore area in November. Lisa Meet Hector. He's a plump little guy pi