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Seafoam and sand set

04/11/201215/12/2015 CarolynUncategorized37 Comments on Seafoam and sand set

Remember my self-drafted bra?  Well this was bound to happen.  Once I had started producing some bras with nice, properly finished interiors; the days of that far-from-perfect bra were numbered.  When I learnt how things were supposed to be done,…

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Just add water

12/10/201215/12/2015 CarolynUncategorized41 Comments on Just add water

I thought I had timed things pretty well for this one, heading out to the beach on the first day of school term, a day when I knew it would be utterly deserted.  Instead I royally stuffed up by rocking…

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a Stellar set

08/10/201215/12/2015 CarolynUncategorized31 Comments on a Stellar set

Remember I mentioned I had done a little dyeing recently??   I still had scraps of leftovers of pale grey marle cotton jersey from KnitWit: leftover now from this Pattern Magic top, this set of lingerie, and this hoodie for…

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the Wicked Witch of the East set

16/09/201215/12/2015 CarolynUncategorized20 Comments on the Wicked Witch of the East set

A new set! I have made a new lingerie set using the very last leftovers from Craig’s hoodie; a lovely soft grey-and-black pinstriped cotton jersey originally from Spotlight.  The bra pattern is KwikSew 3300 (my review of this pattern here)…

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Bees on white cotton

15/08/201215/12/2015 CarolynUncategorized29 Comments on Bees on white cotton

(to be sung to the tune of Knights in White Satin, of course  ðŸ˜‰  ) I was quite taken with the grub roses kbenco has been embroidering onto her knits, and was inspired to follow suit…  so for my latest…

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Grey jersey set

01/08/201215/12/2015 CarolynUncategorized33 Comments on Grey jersey set

I’ve made another lingerie set  ðŸ™‚ And I used this terrific bra pattern!   Kwik Sew 3300.  I browsed through the veeery few patterns there are on offer and chose this one as the cutest, and the closest in appearance…

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Bathers, 2011

01/11/201115/12/2015 CarolynUncategorized33 Comments on Bathers, 2011

Exactly the same pattern as last year.  Boring? well, maybe; of course I do like to try out new patterns every now and again but I just illogically wanted to have the exact same silhouette again this year.  You do…

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Bathers, 2010

19/10/201021/12/2016 CarolynUncategorized29 Comments on Bathers, 2010

I’m feeling veeeeery brave, putting a picture of myself up here, in my bathers!  Last year I was way too shy to do this.  Please note I’ve modestly veiled my face,  so no one can recognise me… (lol) So I’ve…

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