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Beautiful blogger award

29/05/201015/12/2015 CarolynUncategorized6 Comments on Beautiful blogger award

I was so thrilled to look in my comments and see an award from the lovely Anne; thanks so much Anne! Whooo, now I have to list ten things about myself…  I always find this so difficult because I’m not very…

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Champagne in the city

28/05/201015/12/2015 CarolynUncategorized7 Comments on Champagne in the city

I am sometimes accused, by family members who shall remain nameless, of never wearing an outfit more than once.  Well, ahem, I do wear things more than once, but choose not to bore readers of this blog with repeat photos…

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Pattern Magic; page 11

27/05/201015/12/2015 CarolynUncategorized6 Comments on Pattern Magic; page 11

The latest in the Pattern Magic toiles; this one is on page 11.  There is a minuscule chance I will wear this toile.   Maybe it is a bit young for me; much as I detest that phrase “age appropriate…

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Satisfyingly swishy skirt

26/05/201021/12/2016 CarolynUncategorized5 Comments on Satisfyingly swishy skirt

Dug this skirt out again from the recesses of my wardrobe… I don’t know why I’m not wearing it as often as I once did.  I love it.  I made this last summer; not the summer we’ve just had but…

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Karajini socks

25/05/201015/12/2015 CarolynUncategorized7 Comments on Karajini socks

So named because I knitted these as we drove up to Karajini for a camping holiday with our friends the A’s.  I knitted one sock on the way up, and the other sock on the trip home.  It is my…

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Navy blue jacket

24/05/201021/12/2016 CarolynUncategorized7 Comments on Navy blue jacket

Digging through my winter wardrobe is producing some old creations…  This jacket I made about two years ago and wore quite a lot for the last two winters.  This year I looked at it a bit sideways, wondering if it…

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2 Raspberry Cushions

23/05/201015/12/2015 CarolynUncategorized5 Comments on 2 Raspberry Cushions

Flash-back about seven years: we picked this chair up at Melville Markets (a local carboot sale) for $5; it was pretty rickety because it was missing its front foot-strut.  My clever husband whipped up a new one the same afternoon…

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Cloudy with a chance of brights

22/05/201015/12/2015 CarolynUncategorized2 Comments on Cloudy with a chance of brights

Yes, (air fist punch) we got rain!  And lots of it.  And my favourite kind, overnight rain.  The garden doesn’t smell at all now … well, OK just a tiny bit, but not like yesterday.  When the timing of these…

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