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Tea Cosy, specimen 8

17/01/201015/12/2015 CarolynUncategorized2 Comments on Tea Cosy, specimen 8

I think this is my favourite of the tea cosies I’ve made for my friends; it’s got a “Roly Poly” base, (pattern from Wild Tea Cosies, by Loani Prior), but the three chickens in a nest on the top are…

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Tea Cosy, specimen 7

03/01/201015/12/2015 CarolynUncategorized1 Comment on Tea Cosy, specimen 7

Here is the tea cosy I made for my friend T for her birthday.  It is the Roly Poly pattern (again!) from Wild Tea Cosies by Loani Prior.  I know, I know, so many Roly Polies, but they are cute,…

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Polka Dot

30/12/200915/12/2015 CarolynUncategorized1 Comment on Polka Dot

All polka dotty today!  I can’t believe I didn’t think of this combination before; I love it!  Especially as I’ve still got my Santorini Sunset nail varnish looking OK, so the orange and taupe combo is perfectly matched from top…

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Quiet study in neutrals

16/12/200921/12/2016 CarolynUncategorized2 Comments on Quiet study in neutrals

Today’s outfit is a little drab and neutral, however sometimes one feels like being drab and neutral.  Especially if it’s the last day of one’s holiday (sad face).  One is possibly overusing the impersonal first person pronoun here.  However this…

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Warm rocks and wet sand

12/12/200921/12/2016 CarolynUncategorizedLeave a Comment on Warm rocks and wet sand

Beach-combing this morning; my husband was deeply disappointed that Mr Cappuccino Man seems to be taking a day off…  So peaceful and blissfully tranquil out on the bay, we shared the beach with about fifteen people and everyone calls “good…

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Green smoothie and sprouted buckwheat pancakes

10/12/200915/12/2015 CarolynUncategorized1 Comment on Green smoothie and sprouted buckwheat pancakes

I think this is one of my favourite cafes.  Perhaps the favourite.   Ever.  It is the Samudra café in Dunsborough, and it has all this wonderful furniture, crafted from driftwood, fallen trees and pylons from the old Busselton jetty when…

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Tea Cosy, specimen 4

06/12/200915/12/2015 CarolynUncategorized1 Comment on Tea Cosy, specimen 4

This is the tea cosy I made for my sister-in-law S; another version of the Roly Poly from “Wild Tea Cosies” by Loani Prior.  I love the colours of this tea cosy; before giving it to S for her birthday…

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Tea Cosy, specimen 3

29/11/200915/12/2015 CarolynUncategorized2 Comments on Tea Cosy, specimen 3

This is my version of the Chicken Little tea cosy I knitted for my friend L from “Wild Tea Cosies” by Loani Prior.  I chose these colours for L because she often wears soft browns, olives and greens such as…

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