Jewel Aiyout has been gleefully wearing a hand-made arningaq around Taloyoak recently.

Friends and family compliment her on it and ask whether her mother tailored it for her.

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Aiyout used her auntSA国际影视传媒檚 sewing machine to complete the project for her fashion studies course during Career and Technology Week, May 21-17.

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She completed the sewing job in five days, spending a little over an hour on it each day.

One of the keys to successful sewing is to go as straight as possible, Aiyout said. If a mistake is made, stitches can be removed and redone, she advised, acknowledging that sheSA国际影视传媒檚 pricked her finger more than once. SA国际影视传媒淎ha, yeah.SA国际影视传媒�

An arningaq is similar to an amauti except it has a longer hood, the arms are wider and the body portion is a little smaller, Aiyout explained. ItSA国际影视传媒檚 also lighter and generally warn during milder months.

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Aiyout sometimes wears it while sheSA国际影视传媒檚 throat-singing and she occasionally carries her nephew in the back, she added.

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Her reason for choosing the dark blue, blue/grey and white colour scheme was practical.

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Although it was the first arningaq she fashioned, she has previously sewn wallets, mitts, a hat, a bag, a parka and ski pants.

She figures that she started sewing at age seven and gave the first pair of mitts she made to her grandparents as a gift.

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She also has plans to go on summer hunts, noting that sheSA国际影视传媒檚 harvested caribou before.

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Although she has several years ahead of her to decide what sort of career she wants to pursue, she wants to become a member of the .

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No one she knows has ever become a Mountie so she wants to achieve it, she said.