Category: Making
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Hooray for the post
oooh this is what I’ve been waiting for!!!!!! Need I say anything more ? : )
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Easy top and pants + crochet
I used a Cath Kidston jersey knit for the little top and have so far made 2 pairs of little pants – the kimono ones, and the corduroy pair. On the cord pair I used elastic to gather the waistband and ankles and kimono pair uses vintage silk ribbon. Astrid’s also wearing her new little…
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Baby steals the show
Well we got the camera out today to take pictures off all the things I have made for Astrid in the past week. She is just so photogenic I was snapping away and ran out of battery – but fortunately not before she totally took me by surprise when she rolled from her tummy onto…
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A good post day and the joy of foliage
Today my much awaited parcel from Sweden arrived, brimming with vintage table linens and an embroidered wall-hanging. The postman also delivered the SylvaC vases from the Waikato at the crack of dawn. The vases, which I’d forgotten I had bid on, were $1 for all three. Such a bargain if ever there was one!!!! They…
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To do / Birkenstocks
ach. I am spoilt for choice. There are too many things for me to do. Too many fun things. And I now am officially working again. Hmm. And I did promise I would do my assignments this month so I can get my qualification. Right o. Then here is a list of things I must…
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New new new
Unbelievable how time flies – it’s been absolutely months since I last wrote here. I put my back out not long after my last post and spent weeks knitting little squares for the baby blanket which I still haven’t finished. Then we moved house – yes we did end up buying the big family house…
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Knitting and Stitching Show – London
Just got an email from Loop that the Knitting and Stitching Show is on in London this weekend at Alexandra Palace. Just when we are getting a wee bit homesick for London! We did think though if we could have London in Auckland that would be good. But then it wouldn’t really be London now…
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Baby Knits for Beginners
Here’s a book I got out of the library by Debbie Bliss called Baby Knits for Beginners. Project one is a simple garter stitch scarf and project two looks like I can tackle it – a patchwork baby quilt. I’m using some cotton DK I bought at Loop in London although I realised I only…
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Presents for Londres
We sent Polly and Steve some presents last Monday and they got them yesterday – so quick. Lucky I was up knitting until twenty to eleven because Polly phoned to say what a lovely civilised morning they had just had, sitting in bed, drinking tea, unwrapping presents! Steve was very pleased with the hula girl…