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all Aussie adventures

16/09/201528/04/2016 Carolynfashion, knitting, sewing, shoes68 Comments on all Aussie adventures

MY OUTFIT IS FINISHED!!! And I am showing it all together here for the first time.  Can I just say right here; wooooohooooot! The challenge, as laid out by Nicki of this is moonlight, should you choose to accept it,…

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Midnight Miette

12/09/201506/02/2016 Carolynknitting31 Comments on Midnight Miette

What: I’ve finished knitting a new cardigan; another Miette, yes, that fantastically popular cardigan design and it’s super easy to see why, too.  Such a quick and easy thing to make, top-down, seamless, cute with nicely subtle zig-zag lace design at…

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an all Western Australian dress

30/08/201515/12/2015 CarolynUncategorized101 Comments on an all Western Australian dress

OK; it’s done, the second and arguably the most time consuming component of my one year one outfit project!   Can I just interject right here… WOOOOHOOOOO! Phew!  so, just saying, but I’m tentatively predicting that this one piece could…

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forest green twist top

29/08/201515/12/2015 CarolynUncategorized28 Comments on forest green twist top

I’ve made a new top. This is, as my title oh-so subtly suggests, the twist top from Pattern Magic; and is my fourth iteration of this top.  First three are here, here and here. Clearly I love this design. And…

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a bit of re-colouration

11/08/201515/12/2015 CarolynUncategorized27 Comments on a bit of re-colouration

I’ve just been updating a few bits and bobs in my wardrobe… when I get bored or dissatisfied with a particular item but it’s still in perfectly good nick or I still kinda like it because of a good shape/style…

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alpaca cardigan; a 100% local product

13/07/201515/12/2015 CarolynUncategorized47 Comments on alpaca cardigan; a 10047 local product

So, at the beginning of the year I mentioned that I was taking part in one year one outfit, the brain child of Nicki of this is moonlight; the challenge being that we participants have one year in which to make…

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not quite so baggy, blue pants

11/07/201515/12/2015 CarolynUncategorized20 Comments on not quite so baggy, blue pants

Remember these trousers below? well, they’ve had a little makeover! before… These are the tapered trousers from “she has a mannish style” a Japanese pattern book by Yuko Takada.  Renamed “She Wears the Pants” for the English version of the book, in spite…

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I’m a cow

02/07/201515/12/2015 CarolynUncategorized46 Comments on I’m a cow

… a Friesian cow! And here I am, out standing in the field. Ha! whenever I hear about someone, some highly accomplished person gaining recognition for being outstanding in the field of whatever, I cannot help it but that old…

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