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Year: 2009

Tea Cosy, specimen 3

29/11/200915/12/2015 CarolynUncategorized2 Comments on Tea Cosy, specimen 3

This is my version of the Chicken Little tea cosy I knitted for my friend L from “Wild Tea Cosies” by Loani Prior.  I chose these colours for L because she often wears soft browns, olives and greens such as…

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Dress with weird bodice…

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I made this dress for last winter from Burda 7897 from a dark olive green bamboo/cotton mix fabric from Fabulous Fabrics.  It was a pretty good basic dress that I wore a lot, but the bodice was a bit weird…

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Self-drafted pants

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These white linen pants I drafted from my favourite jeans (see here) and even though I’ve got my new pants pattern Burda 7944 that I really like; I still love the fit and shape of these I’m wearing today and…

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Dad’s birthday present

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I’ve resolved to include in this blog more pictures of projects in the making; however my latest project had to be kept a secret as my Dad reads this blog!  I chose this coloured wool for a scarf for him…

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Chapel cushion, specimen 3

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Here tis; chapel cushion numero tre, dedicated to my youngest son.  This design was chosen because he was such a happy sunny child always smiling when a small boy.  Note the use of past tense, now he’s a teenager he…

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Chapel cushion, specimen 2

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This second tapestry cushion I worked for my daughter’s school chapel was dedicated to my eldest son.  I chose this design because it contains most of the letters of his name.  And if you squint a bit and join the…

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Chapel cushion, specimen 1

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My daughter’s (now ex-)school has a wonderful tapestry cushion project going, whereby people can embroider a tapestry cushion to donate to the chapel on behalf of someone of their choice.  Most people chose to donate on behalf of their daughters…

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Ghost Paw

22/11/200915/12/2015 CarolynUncategorized2 Comments on Ghost Paw

Yesterday at the nursery we bought three of these new kangaroo paws, the colours of which I think are absolutely stunning.  The stems are dark purple and the paws at the top are sage green.  So unusual.  We are pulling…

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