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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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B-Day

23/09/201215/12/2015 CarolynUncategorized74 Comments on B-Day

Hmmm.  It’s my birthday. Yes.  Well.  I’m too shy to go into sordid details, like giving an actual number or any nonsense like that.  OK, so maybe I just don’t feel like it.  But here is a hint; one of…

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White-y tighties

06/09/201215/12/2015 CarolynUncategorized49 Comments on White-y tighties

hai there  đꙂ oh sorry, were you expecting some fashion?? My set-up photo with just one lonely loyal dog sitting there really made me smile, so I had to put it in here.  For fun. I’ve made some new jeans…

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Red Riding Hood

13/08/201215/12/2015 CarolynUncategorized23 Comments on Red Riding Hood

…along with requisite “wolf” hehehe. This is the latest in my attempts to make usable things out of things not being used…. I pulled out of my bag of toss-outs this oversized cotton cardigan along with another old Tshirt tossed…

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Sleeve

06/08/201215/12/2015 CarolynUncategorized34 Comments on Sleeve

Tattoo-ed sleeves are a “fashion” trend just like anything else, and so hot right now!  (ergo, probably destined to be so not some day  đꙂ  )  in the meantime I’ve made for myself a new Tshirt that is a nod to…

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A tee or three

04/08/201215/12/2015 CarolynUncategorized28 Comments on A tee or three

I have made a few new Tshirts… I’ve noticed a few examples of mixing and matching different colour and/or width stripes in the one Tshirt, and decided to have a go at adding something like to my wardrobe; using up…

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Peppercorn cardigan

21/07/201227/12/2016 CarolynUncategorized34 Comments on Peppercorn cardigan

  I have knitted a cardigan. The pattern is Jo Sharp’s “Tweed Coat” available as a free downloadable pattern here and the yarn is Jo Sharp Silkroad DK Tweed in Peppercorn (col 425) which I bought during the 30% off closing…

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A Velvet-y Dress

14/07/201215/12/2015 CarolynUncategorized51 Comments on A Velvet-y Dress

I desired to make for myself something quick and easy and selfishly frivolous…   and a Tshirt dress is very quick and easy, yes?  The fabric, a stretchy panne velvet from Fabulous Fabrics, is very lush; smooth and slippery and glides over the skin,…

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