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Flower patch tapestry cushion

11/08/201015/12/2015 CarolynUncategorized4 Comments on Flower patch tapestry cushion

Out of all the tapestry cushions I’ve worked, this is my favourite.  (well, since the others were all for the chapel and given away, to see the others click on the “tapestry” link in the “labels” below)  And no, this…

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Just blown in…

10/08/201015/12/2015 CarolynUncategorized3 Comments on Just blown in…

Scene 1: A dilapidated hall.   The monthly scheduled meeting of Shoe-aholics Anonymous.  A circle of seated ladies, subdued and looking sheepish, but very well shod.  All eyeing each others footwear covetously. Convenor; Ladies, we have a new member, here…

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The wind and the tides as our companions…

07/08/201021/12/2016 CarolynUncategorized6 Comments on The wind and the tides as our companions…

Walking along a wintery morning beach. The wind whips at our hair, tying curly tangles in sudden lusty gusts, prompting me to seek the warm sanctuary of my cosy handknit hoodie about my ears and saving the hair from a…

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Cool Bunnykins

06/08/201020/12/2015 CarolynUncategorized7 Comments on Cool Bunnykins

This is a very late post today!  Been a busy day… This is a beanie/scarf thingy I knitted for my daughter Cassie several years ago.  Knitted from a variety of different yarns, to my own design… I used four balls…

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Communing with the lorikeets

03/08/201015/12/2015 CarolynUncategorized5 Comments on Communing with the lorikeets

Today I asked Tim if I could borrow the scarf I made for him years ago to photograph for the blog here; he is far too busy for me to needle him to model it…  and found this lovely bench…

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Black with rose-pink accents

28/07/201015/12/2015 CarolynUncategorized4 Comments on Black with rose-pink accents

My husband wittily suggested I title my post “Amish chic”, he he  cheeky…  It’s my hat.  But we’ve lived amongst the Amish and I never saw an Amish lady in jeans.  “Amish menswear chic”?  I hope not.  I prefer to…

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“Snow Bunny” beanie

21/07/201015/12/2015 CarolynUncategorized5 Comments on “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…

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“Jewel” knitted waistcoat

20/07/201015/12/2015 CarolynUncategorized7 Comments on “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…

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