dyeing Merino Wool - Lessons Learned
Last night I tried my hand at dyeing merino top in the microwave using Landscaped dyes. The colours came out great, but my treatment of the wool after dyeing caused some felting.…
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Journal archive
April 2005
From the journal archive.
16 entries
Opera, Art, Parades and a Little Bit of Footy
I’m back from Melbourne. We had a wonderful weekend, the highlight for me being the Opera and the Australian Centre for the Moving Image. The opera was packed out. We saw Opera…
SpinningRead entry
Out the Door
We’re just about to leave for our much anticipated weekend in Melbourne. The pets were at their respecive boarding facilities yesterday so we had a definite empty nest feeling…
JournalRead entry
Tiny Paintings
Yesterday I received a little package in the mail from my sister. We have recently been sending bits of art to each other. I love sending her stuff but even more fun is getting…
BooksRead entry
Sisters Three
I’m going to be away alot this week, Monday and Tuesday, Thursday and Friday and then down to Melbourne on Saturday, returning on Monday. I hope I’ll have some stuff to post on…
BooksRead entry
Book Meme
This is from Liz’s blog, Dreaming Spirals… 1. Grab the nearest book. 2. Open the book to page 123. 3. Find the fifth sentence. 4. Post the text of the sentence in your journal…
DyeingRead entry
Another beanie FINISHED!
Well, I’m getting pretty fast at this. This photo was taken last night at about 1am, I’d drunk a hell of a lot, but I also finished this beanie. I feel crap this morning, totally…
PhotographyRead entry
New Do
BEFORE AFTER I’ve gone with a fringe. It’s very radical as I had various awful fringes in the 80’s and early 90’s, the horrors of my Nan putting stickytape across my fringe to get…
KnittingRead entry
Beanie, Sans Pattern
I’ve nearly recovered from Sunday’s gardening. Riscy came home with pizza so I didn’t starve to death after all. I also finished this beanie. It’s made from my homespun yarn which…
PhotographyRead entry
Today
Before I start this very long blog post, I thought I’d show you the painting I did last night: Cockatiel Today started out so good. I got up at about 7:30, read some blogs, ate…
BooksRead entry
Flight
A big hello to you from the back seat of the little plane I flew in this morning: New Plantations in the Strzelecki Ranges The flight went well. Although it was a beautiful…
SpinningRead entry
When Taking your Knitting to Work Really Pays off
Sorry this site was offline for a while today. There must have been a power outage which turned my computer/server off. Now, onto the story. I took my knitting to work today as I…
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Hanging Sleeves SUCK!
What possessed me to enter two quilts into the local show??? I’m sewing hanging sleeves every night, and it is terrible. Way more tedious than sewing the bindings on by hand…. AND…
KnittingRead entry
Lookee lookee!!!!
Before I launch into photos of the very exciting delivery I got today from TreeTops Colour I want to tell you that using my sewing machine is not as fool proof as I imagined. I…
LinocutRead entry
About the Bag
Just a quick note in response to some comments about the bag I made for Sophie. Karoda, it is not coincidence that the surface has a ‘road map’ feel. I use maps all the time in my…
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Sophie's Bag
Check out this fantastic Blog: Daily Dose of Imagery. When I grow up I want to be a photographer like this guy. I’ve just got to start taking photos consistently. Riscy and I have…
KnittingRead entry