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some noice new basics…

31/08/202031/07/2023 Carolynsewing, Uncategorized3 Comments on some noice new basics…

I’ve had this post sitting just as a draft for weeks now and just keep adding new tees to it but I’m rapidly coming annoyed with myself that when I wear one of them I have to write “not blogged…

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a little packet of masks

16/08/2020 CarolynUncategorized2 Comments on a little packet of masks

… we are so very very fortunate here in WA so far, there have been no outbreaks of covid-19 but we’re not taking that for granted! everyone including me is continuing to practise social distancing and hygiene because for sure…

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golden yellow Jade skirt

11/08/202011/08/2020 CarolynUncategorized3 Comments on golden yellow Jade skirt

… sooo, while I was knitting up my new blue-flecked jumper I was all the time envisioning it worn with a brightly little coloured little skirt.  Only problem was that I currently did not have such a thing in my…

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fluffy blue speckles

10/08/202010/08/2020 Carolynknitting, Uncategorized2 Comments on fluffy blue speckles

Oh hey!  I’ve just finished knitting a new jumper.  Perfectly fluffy and perfectly relaxed and slouchy, the most wonderfully comfortable lounge-able thing you can imagine.  This is the We Are Knitters sparkle raglan sweater, a design by Krysten Ritter, in the “sprinkle blue”…

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I made a little red top

03/08/202003/08/2020 CarolynUncategorized4 Comments on I made a little red top

… hot on the heels of my turquoise skirt, I whipped (k-chshhhh!) up a little top! This is made from the leftovers from this little skirt, that I wore to near-death last year.  I still have that little skirt actually,…

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I made a turquoise skirt

01/08/202010/08/2020 Carolynsewing, Uncategorized6 Comments on I made a turquoise skirt

Enough said! Well actually, I guess I can say a little more… so I bought this turquoise denim in New York City during my holiday in the United States with Yoshimi last year…. and who could have guessed how much…

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blue Blair jacket

22/04/202022/04/2020 Carolynsewing, Uncategorized10 Comments on blue Blair jacket

Hello!  I made a new thing.  It’s sort of a jacket, sort of a coat.  What’s the difference between those two things anyway, I wonder?  I always thought a jacket was short, like maybe no longer than hip length max,…

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I sewed selflessly

21/04/202022/04/2020 Carolynsewing, Uncategorized4 Comments on I sewed selflessly

So, I sewed some stuff! Item A; a dress for Mum to wear to Cassie’s wedding… I started out with Burda style 09/2019; 109 because I thought the sleeve cuff really lovely; however I ran up a muslin – actually…

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