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Month: June 2010

Evening outfit, inspired by Christian Lacroix

30/06/201015/12/2015 CarolynUncategorized10 Comments on Evening outfit, inspired by Christian Lacroix

This is an outfit I made for evening wear a couple of years ago.  It’s been a wonderful one for when we have some winter function and the weather is really cold as I can pop on a thermal underneath…

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Lounge room curtains, 2

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This is the second set of curtains in our lounge room, opposite the other pair here.  As this window faces the street I made these curtains first, the other set was made a little further down the track, er OK…

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Caramel “loopy” scarf

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I made this scarf a few years ago, not really sure now how many.  Originally I had done a class at Ivy and Maude, and was so inspired I went on to make dozens of these.  Well, maybe a few…

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Cute patchwork skirt for a little girl

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It is my youngest niece’s birthday tomorrow and I wanted to make her a frivolous and girly little skirt because she is luckily still little enough to love pretty dress-up clothes.  A dress I had made her for a previous…

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Going to the game

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Once again, soccer Mum mode… today I lucked out, got myself a nice sheltered spot sitting in the sun and managed to knit continuously throughout the game; bonus!!  Yeah, I can finally knit without having to watch what my hands…

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Pattern Magic; page 50

25/06/201015/12/2015 CarolynUncategorized23 Comments on Pattern Magic; page 50

I skipped ahead a few patterns to get to this jumper because I totally wanted to wear it this winter!! This is of course drafted from Pattern Magic. by Nakamichi Tomoko. This is an amazing top pattern for two reasons;…

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Blue cable socks

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‘Nother pair o’ socks. These are made entirely of the Patonyle’s wool, but following the shrinkage disasters of the other socks made with this particular wool I’ve been a lot more careful in the laundering of this pair and they…

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Black high-waist straight-leg jeans

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I’ve made some new jeans!   After being inspired by some of the beautiful examples of other people out there making their own jeans, and the success of my own khaki stretch gabardine jeans I decided to give this a…

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