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Month: July 2012

On mittens, and making time for sewing

13/07/201215/12/2015 CarolynUncategorized14 Comments on On mittens, and making time for sewing

Rootling around in my winter woollies; I realised that I had never devoted a post before now to these mittens. I knitted them yonks ago: probably when the children were really tiny, and probably using leftovers from one or another…

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Raincoat the Second

09/07/201215/12/2015 CarolynUncategorized46 Comments on Raincoat the Second

Ta da!  please allow me to present the raincoat that I have made for Cassie. It is made using the same self-drafted pattern I used for my own raincoat, with just a few minor fitting adjustments.  All the details are…

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Smalls

06/07/201215/12/2015 CarolynUncategorized37 Comments on Smalls

Hehe, I was thinking of calling this post “My First Bra”, but apart from making it sound like the breathless diary entry of a sweet young teen  (ahem) I have actually made two bras before; both years and years (and…

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Waterproof pockets for a raincoat

04/07/201215/12/2015 CarolynUncategorized10 Comments on Waterproof pockets for a raincoat

I put these pockets in the two raincoats made recently, and they’re pretty well perfectly waterproof.  Yay!  See, while we have only had mobile phones, iPods and electronic keyless entry thingys on our car keys for a few years, they…

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Operation Raincoat

01/07/201215/12/2015 CarolynUncategorized50 Comments on Operation Raincoat

Warning: distinctly un-humble and boastful post to follow… I have made this; my first ever raincoat…  :0 and I am thrilled!!!!! with how it turned out! Making a raincoat is one of the scary things I have always wondered was…

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