Some more wool and an Art Quilt Apology
Unlike the turd below 🙁 And onto the apology. I really want to make art quilts, I want to lock myself into my sewing room and CREATE. But this wool is calling me, the knitting…
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Journal archive
July 2005
From the journal archive.
16 entries
Purple Beanie
I tried dyeing some wool yesterday with some fibre reactive dyes (Procion), but I mustn’t have used enough vinegar as a most promising orange and green mix ended up a washed out…
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Eat Local Challenge
Riscy and I have decided to accept the Eat Local challenge. It is mid winter here, so I think we will need to be fairly creative this August 🙂 My definition of local is Gippsland…
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To market, to market...
A trip to my local, once a month, farmers market today resulted in the following: I enjoy shopping like this, but, like my resolution to also buy meat at the butcher rather than…
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Ear Warmers
The navajo plied, continental knitted ear warmers are finished ready for my snowfield adventures in a few weekends. I know I’ve mentioned it before, but damn, it’s hard to get a…
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Little Fish Shop
I’m thinking of setting up a little ‘Little Fish Shop’ on my blog. I’ve noticed quite a few members of The Spinning Wheel blog ring are doing or have done the same thing. I don’t…
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The Wool Show
Before I launch into the goodies I bought at the Australian Sheep and Wool Show in Bendigo, I want to show you what came off my wheel tonight. Just as I arrived at the show a very…
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Weekend Away
We are off to Bendigo for the Australian Sheep and Wool Show tommorow. I’ll be back blogging on Monday 🙂
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Some Linky Goodness
Crochet and Spinning We caught a documentary on telly the other day. Webcam Girls, was about women who have who have webcams. One of the subjects, had a life outside her webcam…
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This Too Shall Pass
Tommorow this journal will be winging its way to Jane in Vancouver, Canada. I had doubts about whether ‘this too shall pass’ is really advice, its more of a statement… but one…
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No Flash
I’ve been practicing taking photos in low light without a flash. In other words, I finally got the tripod set up. Here are the best ones Sam Javanrouh from Daily Dose of Imagery…
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Challenges
I’m making progress with my piece for the journal project which needs to be posted early next week. Although I forgot to email the next participant for their snail mail adress…
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Muckin Around in Photoshop, again.
I had cut snippets of images from an edition of the ArtAlmanac (Byline: Essential Guide to Australian Galleries. $3.00/issue, great value). I assembled the snippets on the bed of…
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Yarn, Journal and a Knitting Decision
I was spinning and plying the second skein of this yarn whist trying to think of the Best Advice I Ever Got…. for the journal project conceived by Penelope Dullaghan… I received…
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House of Yarn
I’m keen to see how these will look in as a two ply yarn. I’ve recently been spinning lots of beautifully prepared superfine merino tops which has been wonderful. But there is…
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