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Trial quilt block 28 Jul 2013 | 11:43 pm
So much fabric, so little time. I need to make inroads into my stash. I keep pulling out fabrics to try and decide which other fabric they go with. I decided I might as well indulge in my usual pro...
Grey striped skirt muslin 16 Jul 2013 | 11:38 pm
I would like to make a skirt in a fabric with a bold pattern - a sort of statement fabric. Something big, bright, oomphy. I am using Simplicity/New Look 6053, view E: the shorter A-line version. I r...
A small dent in my stash 14 Jul 2013 | 04:41 pm
This really was a great project to do - not just in terms of how quickly I was able to put it together but also with regards to how much of the fabric I could use up. Just look at how very little the...
I sewed something! A pink pieced summer top 13 Jul 2013 | 10:31 pm
I hate when people start posts by saying sorry about not updating for so long, - and now I'm about to do that myself smacks forehead Several reasons: + there's so much stuff to have fun with and so ...
Heavy A-line skirt 24 Feb 2013 | 08:50 pm
I wasn't going to blog about this skirt but I guess I can also show the projects that weren't roaring successes. It's nice to know what to avoid. This was one of those yarns that I knew immediatey I...
Birdsong Song 17 Feb 2013 | 07:38 pm
I am determined to blog about the projects I completed but forgot to write about. As if that should be a problem! I have not taken nice enough photos of some projects, those will have to wait. But ...
Pink crescent shawl 17 Feb 2013 | 07:08 pm
I loved knitting this shawl, love the colour, love the yarn: Wollmeise in colourway Tutu Dark. Unfortunately the stocking stitch made the edge curl up, some times all the way to where the lace starts...
One block of 12 16 Feb 2013 | 01:54 am
I went for tonal and colour progression on this. I picked the pink on purpose because the block I had seen, and liked very much, really came into its own for a very light second colour (lime green I ...
110 Projects and counting 15 Feb 2013 | 11:25 pm
I just noticed that I accumulated 110 projects on Ravelry. Obviously not 'completed' projects: I have 21 WIPs on the go (I moaned about this before, so I'll spare you) - 13 in hibernation and 2 rippe...
Feeding the fabric habit 28 Sep 2012 | 03:52 pm
Unfortunately I am buying a heck of a lot of fabric. I just can't seem to stop myself. It is as if I am addicted to poring over fabric, picking and choosing, and then carrying home my haul, - and as...
