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Introducing YARN + CO
My Grandparents had a sheep and wheat farm in the wilds of NSW (Moama) when I was growing up. My Mother worked for a time in a wool and haberdashery shop. It was expected she would know her product and...
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Wool Room Award Time.
Live from The Wool Room, the gentlestitches Awards! First is the Dragon’s Loyalty Award. Bestowed upon me by the awesome, talented and witty Evil Squirrel’s Nest and equally talented and very amusing...
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Peace
Come with me on a 30 minute vacation in Echuca/Moama and uplift your spirits as you quieten your mind. Start with a look at the PS Etona. This was a gospel Paddle boat that sailed around the river from...
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Pass the Parcel.
I felt a bit like I was playing the old children’s game ” Pass the Parcel” as I opened this package from England. Not a big shopper, I find I can make most of what I need, I nevertheless fell in love …...
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Awards in Time.
Thanks for the lift Doctor. I have some awards to distribute around the world. How could I know when I joined wordpress to promote my classes and wooly wares in my little part of this amazing planet...
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add free special rice edition plus jam tarts.
Rice. Delicious. Life giving. This was dinner. It was good. I want to share. Play games. Help people meet this most basic of needs. OK this game isn’t the big answer. Hunger is a big deal. There are...
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What can you make with a….polka dot sunfrock?
This post is inspired by my blogging friend Katherine who has a “what can you make with a?” series in her blog PILLOWS A-LA-MODE. Katherine takes a piece of fabric or a item of clothing and turns it...
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rising to a crochet challenge.
I was given a fun challenge which was” make something spotty” for Tricky the poodle. It came about during the recycling a polka dot frock post. Jennifer from Winter Owls suggested Tricky the poodle...
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Happy Mail.
I got happy mail yesterday and I put a finger crochet piece on top to keep the tone crafty. The package was sent to me from pjsassafras at Booze,Sugar and Spice. I have been keenly developing my...
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a little help from my friend Bashful.
Some of you might find it hard to believe but I have had a pet rock from Georgia, America helping me these last few days! I have had a lot of work on for Creating a Welcome and my anipal … Continue...
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Bashful stands by…
SURPRISE!! Bashful is going with the gentlestitches crew to China and then Japan!!!!!! He has his bag packed, his paperwork done and is leaving in a few hours. He will be incommunicado...
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the bullet train from Tokyo to kyoto.
The cherry blossoms were out in Japan but paled compared to the beauty and poise of the women we saw them after we left the temple of Higashi Honganji. Lucky us, after getting off...
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Creating a welcome and Charm of Finches.
Our Northcote Uniting Church all ready for our creating a welcome craft market last Saturday. Some of the many beautiful items for sale. Gentlestitches Owls and flower pins and Winter Owls Foxes and...
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pulling together
Our market was a complete success. People turned out in large numbers to support “creating a welcome” and artists and creators of all kinds donated beautiful goods for us to sell. It was held at...
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amigurumi fox pattern
Pattern for amigurumi foxes. a group of foxes getting ready for a pop up market two foxes showing off their tails. This fox is ready for his closeup. Visit ravelry.com for this pattern and many others....
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What can you make with a….polka dot sunfrock?
This post is inspired by my blogging friend Katherine who has a “what can you make with a?” series in her blog PILLOWS A-LA-MODE. Katherine takes a piece of fabric or a item of clothing and turns it...
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rising to a crochet challenge.
I was given a fun challenge which was” make something spotty” for Tricky the poodle. It came about during the recycling a polka dot frock post. Jennifer from Winter Owls suggested Tricky the poodle...
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Happy Mail.
I got happy mail yesterday and I put a finger crochet piece on top to keep the tone crafty. The package was sent to me from pjsassafras at Booze,Sugar and Spice. I have been keenly developing my...
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New friends.
Bashful is somewhere between here and Bacon’s house at the moment but they are in for a surprise! Bashful met a friend in Kyoto called Koishi and she decided she would like to visit. I have a new...
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