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Coming to my senses…

20/01/201215/12/2015 CarolynUncategorized25 Comments on Coming to my senses…

Employing that pleasing dichotomy of minimal with steam-punk in my outfit today… yeah?   Dichotomy.   Is good stuff. Now, I’ve had a re-think.  And thank you all for helping me to come to my senses!  I did feel a…

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A small silk surprise

24/12/201115/12/2015 CarolynUncategorized22 Comments on A small silk surprise

I think it is safe to put this here since no one in my family is going to be reading my blog at this late stage in the game… And if you are a family member reading this, then quickly;…

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On the rocks…

17/12/201127/12/2016 CarolynUncategorized12 Comments on On the rocks…

… in my on-going part-time quest to get great pictures with my dog; can you see her?  She is there in the picture… just. Camouflaged well in amongst the rocks… Blue and green together is such a great summer time colour…

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Iceberg garter-stitch jacket

13/12/201113/08/2020 CarolynUncategorized41 Comments on Iceberg garter-stitch jacket

With impeccable timing I have finished a toasty warm little knitted jacket.  Yeaah, just in time for these really hot hot summer days ahead, hehe…   I’m a bit sad about having to pack it away for a while, but that’s my own…

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The day of the bushfires

25/11/201115/12/2015 CarolynUncategorized21 Comments on The day of the bushfires

(Wrote all this yesterday, but our internet here is being veeery dodgy at the mo) Thank you Robyn, for your thoughtful well-wishes; our family and house are safe.  I was a little bit concerned about my parents who are both active in…

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Crescent moon

22/11/201115/12/2015 CarolynUncategorized26 Comments on Crescent moon

Now my new little top here is a very quick and easy, yet still interesting design.  And like all the designs from the Pattern Magic series; very very clever too, and another example of a “why hasn’t anyone thought of…

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A sleeveless top, con latte

12/11/201115/12/2015 CarolynUncategorized46 Comments on A sleeveless top, con latte

I’ve made a new top! This is the little top from Vogue 1248, made of a light cotton voile the colour of pale milky coffee, and with miniature metallic silver polka-dots dotted sweetly all over like a starry starry sky……

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Kelly-green cardigan

10/11/201115/12/2015 CarolynUncategorized30 Comments on Kelly-green cardigan

Remember how I mentioned fashioning a little cardi out of the leftovers from the ponytail top?  Well, here ’tis! If I say so myself this was a minor miracle in cutting out; why? Well I originally had bought this Kelly…

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