A Little Holiday
I have been at home during the last week, but haven’t felt like doing much of anything, including blogging. I have been doing a little bit of knitting, and a fair bit of spinning.…
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December 2005
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13 entries
A Welcome Cocktail Hour
I blocked the lace this afternoon and safety pinned the ‘arms’ up so I could judge its suitablity as a shrug: I am thinking that it will work AND I wont have to knit cuffs since…
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Orange Lace Crossroads
I could probably make this into a reasonable length scarf with the remaining yarn in this ball and the other (smaller) skein I spun, but the idea of converting this into a shrug…
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Aquisition and a bit of knitting
I treated myself this year. I bought Angels in Stone from Dijanne Cevaal. Dijanne is a well known textile artist in Australia and I’m very pleased that we have been able to…
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KrisKringle
My Spinners and Handweavers Guild met for a Christmas lunch today. Pot Luck style. I cooked a potato fritatta using a recipe from Stephanie Alexanders Cooks Companion which I…
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Come up and see my ...
Etchings. I did a printmaking workshop with Jenny Peterson today at her studio in Boolarra. She has a lovely house and studio slightly out of town. I was her only student today,…
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Look. New Banner!
Stating the obvious. I have made a new banner for my blog. The photo was taken from my friend’s house in Kingston (south of Hobart in Tasmania). That’s what I miss the most about…
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Tinkering
This scan doesn’t accurately represent the metalic parts of this assembly, but I quite like the effect I get here anyway. I cut up and painted (then rubbed) the edges of foil BBQ…
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My Favouite Restaurant Reborn!
Today we found out that our favourite restaurant, Rasa Satay, which closed about 3 years ago, has come back as Rasa Thai!!! Same owner, new chefs, and located in the next town…
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Contour drawings and some flowers
I’ll start out with my first modified contour drawing: Maryellen (who left a comment yesterday) could you please email me by clicking the ‘Contact Me’ section on the right hand…
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Blind Contour Hilarity
First a thing of beauty: A couple of big clumps of agapanthus in my garden are just about to burst into bloom. Look at all the stems! Something that I often overlook is how…
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Baskets
I did a Basket Weaving with Natural Materials workshop today with Gippsland basketweaver Pat Dale. I have had her book for about 6 months, and jumped at the opportunity to do a…
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Cheers
Thanks for the congrats about my wins at the Traralgon Show :-). I think I’m sick or something though, or perhaps still tired from last weekend. I’ve been missing my spark over…
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