Today met my girlfriends for a get-together and debrief after the school holidays… {You know how when something is troubling you, a good bit of advice is to write a long letter to yourself where you can purge all the…
Year: 2010
Casino Royale party, with DIY necklace
Remember back in April I went to a fashion parade and mentioned a stunningly over-the-top necklace? I had initially thought of a DIY but my jewellery making skills are not fabulous. So I went back to the store with some…
Australiana Alphabet cross-stitch
I stitched this during the year of 1993. It was the year we were living in Adelaide, my eldest two were tiny, Craig was away a lot and I spent many evenings alone in the lounge room with this on…
TGl Friday
Today was meeting friends for morning tea, and another friend for a walk later (and afternoon tea afterwards, no doubt!) It’s a tough life. My office work can wait until tonight, methinks… and it would be a crying shame to…
“Plenty long enough” socks
So these are socks I knitted this winter, using leftovers. The top part (my favourite part) is the leftover Grignasco yarn from here, below that is the last remnants of the Patonyles wool (the shrink-tastic one) and the lowest part…
“Snow Bunny” beanie
I know, I know, the name I’ve given my new beanie is kind of ridiculous and inappropriate, given today’s weather you can see in my photo here; blazingly brilliant sunshine in clear periwinkle skies… it’s OK, I’m happy to have…
“Jewel” knitted waistcoat
Here is a waistcoat I knitted for my mother, ooh, probably about seventeen or so years ago. Round about the time Kaffe Fassett was having a big impact on the creative textile world. I took this photo of her wearing…
Grey wool coat for Spring
I made myself a coat for spring, using McCalls 5525, view B and grey wool fabric, bought back in March on a whim. So, it took some cutting magic to get this coat out of the small amount of wool…
