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Month: August 2014

olive faux suede top

30/08/201415/12/2015 CarolynUncategorized25 Comments on olive faux suede top

I’ve made a new top  ðŸ™‚ Yoshimi and I saw this very realistic faux suede while out shopping together in Tokyo last January and we both bought some to make tops.  Yoshimi made her lovely pale pink top quite quickly.…

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Denim slides!

22/08/201427/02/2016 Carolynsewing, shoes, Uncategorized64 Comments on Denim slides!

I’ve made some shoes!!!  This is my first foray into “proper” footwear.  Yeah, I made slippers recently, but I’m not counting those.  And technically these are slides, which are pretty basic things on the shoe scale, really. But still.  They…

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Dusting slippers

17/08/201427/02/2016 Carolynsewing, shoes, Uncategorized45 Comments on Dusting slippers

I’ve made something useful; slippers, that clean! I pinned these mopping slippers a while ago, and have now got around to making my own.  See, we have no carpets in our house and lots of animals; meaning furry dust-bunnies appear…

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an Icelandic hoodie for Tim

15/08/201415/12/2015 CarolynUncategorized27 Comments on an Icelandic hoodie for Tim

*another week of furious knitting later*  and I’ve made an Icelandic hoodie for Tim, my birthday present to him.   He chose the Grein design on p108 of Knitting with Icelandic Wool, the knitting book I bought while in Iceland, but wanted…

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burnt brown bootlegs

10/08/201415/12/2015 CarolynUncategorized38 Comments on burnt brown bootlegs

I’ve made some jeans/pants/jeggings type of things… hmmm, I’m still not sure what to call these!   My oldest jeans, my olive/greys, are holding up so well, the best out of all my jeans! and I think it’s due to…

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an Icelandic jumper for Sam

07/08/201415/12/2015 CarolynUncategorized39 Comments on an Icelandic jumper for Sam

This is my first project from Knitting with Icelandic Wool, a knitting book I bought as a souvenir from Iceland on our recent trip away.  The jumper is my birthday present to Sam  and it’s um, only two months late… yikes!…

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a split-backed top

06/08/201415/12/2015 CarolynUncategorized34 Comments on a split-backed top

Once upon a time there was a shirt, a man’s shirt.  This shirt was superficially unremarkable, but was made out of a wonderful microfibre that had extraordinarily silk-like properties.  Soft, ripply, with a quietly glossy sheen, it felt wonderfully cool…

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Mum’s Alabama Chanin skirt

02/08/201415/12/2015 CarolynUncategorized61 Comments on Mum’s Alabama Chanin skirt

I am so glad that Mum brought around her finished Alabama Chanin skirt for me to ooh and ah over; and has allowed me to photograph her wearing it and to show it here on my blog too… thank you…

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