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Moebius strip, in wearable form

20/08/201019/12/2015 CarolynUncategorized11 Comments on Moebius strip, in wearable form

Oh, I finished a new scarf.  Or cowl, more accurately.  A ginormous cowl.  I finished it a coupla weeks back and put it in one of my photos yesterday, in the outfit that seemed to have been the most popular…

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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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On growing old gracefully

26/07/201021/12/2016 CarolynUncategorized3 Comments on On growing old gracefully

Today met my girlfriends for a get-together and debrief after the school holidays… {You know how when something is troubling you, a good bit of advice is to write a long letter to yourself where you can purge all the…

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Birthday scarf

17/07/201015/12/2015 CarolynUncategorized5 Comments on Birthday scarf

It was A’s birthday a week ago, my sister-in-law, and I’ve made her a loopy scarf for a present.  She has a lovely olive complexion and reddish and caramel highlights in her dark hair, so I’m thinking these warm strong…

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Undersea-garden crocheted scarf

03/07/201015/12/2015 CarolynUncategorized4 Comments on Undersea-garden crocheted scarf

Now, I am no crochet-er.  I struggle with each and every stitch. I think it comes down to this, when I learnt to knit, my mother taught me.  I was taught.  Mum took the time and effort, it was a…

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Caramel “loopy” scarf

28/06/201015/12/2015 CarolynUncategorized6 Comments on Caramel “loopy” scarf

I made this scarf a few years ago, not really sure now how many.  Originally I had done a class at Ivy and Maude, and was so inspired I went on to make dozens of these.  Well, maybe a few…

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