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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Journal · page 40
More notes, discoveries and moments from the journal.
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Back in the Saddle Again
photo screen print of the dredger: veiw of the underside I screen printed this image of the Dredger mainly to see just how much detail I could get using the photo screen print…
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List Making, Goal Setting and all that Jazz
Penelope Dullaghan has set a list of goals on her blog today. She did the same thing some time ago and is amazed that lots of those things have come to fruition. Hmmmm. I’m gonna…
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Photos From Fiji
This lagoon was beautiful. A lovely place to stop for a musli bar and a wee break. I’m not in this photo. I think I was out in the lagoon. Riscy took this photo. It’s my favourite…
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I'm Back
Fiji was great. Way different to what I imagined, the islands are really mountainous and craggy and not jungled as I imagined, mainly grassed or low bush. It was quite luxurious…
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1 Sleep 'til Fiji
Well it’s two sleeps really if you count our overnight flight (will I sleep??) Excitement is reaching fever pitch, I’ve got two weeks off work (Yay!!) and I’m not packed for Fiji,…
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Green Merino Handspun Yarn
Thought I’d show you a recent spinning effort. It turned out way prettier than I thought it would. I don’t think it’ll knit up as yummy as it looks in the skein. Actually, that’s…
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I Love Muslin
First let me start by saying that Muslin has a different meaning in Australia than it does in the US, and some other cloths and sewing things have different names too: Aust. = US…
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Book Goodies
We dropped into Chadstone yesterday, I nearly bought a set of crockery, but really, we should spend our money on getting some chairs for our dining table…. I hate being rational.…
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Doodlebug
Today’s doodles: Talking about doodles. Did you know that in Australia ‘doodle’ is a common term for male genitalia. and ‘fanny’ is a common term for female genitalia. Does…
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Some Jewels and Some Spinning Content
More Jewels Darlings 🙂 They are so much fun, rather addictive and not really what I need to be working on. But what’s new? I’ve also been dyeing up some merino. And spinning some…
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Woolly Goodness
I’ve been knitting and spinning all weekend. The merino and silk has taken me weeks due to it being a very very thin yarn. I haven’t worked out the length yet, but I think it has…
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