Left: Lisa Howdin wears the Mimi Blouse. Right: Ally wears the We have featured six Fitz Patterns in our CRAFT Pattern Podcasts, Tonia Cape (top), and a finished cape made by a UK crafter (bottom). including the Tonia Cape (pictured at top). You can download the free The Tonia Cape is a great addition for your wardrobe as a perfect patterns at craftzine.com/go/fitzpattern. cold-weather coverup. Suggested fabrics are “woven wools, tweeds, and gabardines — something nice and chunky.” It could also be lined with a mid-weight satin. Just print out the PDF of the pattern; it’s automatically tiled for letter-sized paper.

can be,” says Howdin. “People also email me with “I’d like to keep improving the patterns and suggestions and problems — I send them a free instructions. I want to add plus sizes, more men’s pattern for doing so. I’m constantly incorporating patterns, and I’d like to develop a searchable people’s feedback.” database so someone can say, ‘I’ve got 175cm of

If that’s not enough, Howdin is currently working 150cm-wide fabric — show me what I can make!’” × on a master’s degree in internet communication while working her day job as the web editor for the

CSIRO, Australia’s Science and Industrial Research

^{Organization. As busy as she is, she hasn’t stopped} Natalie Zee Drieu is associate editor of CRAF T and writes for working on Fitz Patterns. So what’s next? the CRAF T blog at craftzine.com.