aubergine cladonia
This is my third time knitting this pattern and it gave me the most grief - i think i frogged the lace border three times before nailing it.It also took a long time to knit because i took most of the...
View Articlerestorative weekend
Oh, craft camp. So so good. This time we were very sadly missing Janet who had Life Stuff to deal with, and we celebrated Caroline's birthday, which reminds me i never shared pictures of the March...
View ArticleWinter solstice
Freeeezing here!Gale force winds, icy temperatures and i just saw online somewhere that the Yarra has burst its banks in the city and Southbank is flooded. Trees down everywhere too. We've had both...
View Articleround round get around i get around
Sunset in Bendigo, the weekend of the wool show. They're rebuilding the hospital, hence the cranes. Australian Tapestry Workshop, visited as part of Open Melbourne. I saw in the ATW newsletter today...
View Articleback to bali
My mum has had a pretty grim time these last eighteen months so as a little (big, actually) pick-me-up, she and I went on our very first Mother Daughter Trip. We escaped to Bali for a week and took in...
View ArticleFirst Sunday of Advent
The first light of adventit is the light of stones.The light that lives in crystals, seashells and bones.
View Articlecontinuing ...
First day of summerThank you for your comments about my father. I can't reply to all of them as they come through as no-reply comments for some reason, but please know that each one was greatly...
View ArticleSecond light of advent
The second light of adventIt is the light of plants. Plants that reach up to the sunAnd in the breezes dance.
View Articlethird Sunday of Advent
The third light of adventit is the light of beasts.The light of truth that we may seein greatest and in least.
View Articlebit o' this, bit o' that
Some sewing, some gardening, some working. I am firmly in denial that Christmas is a matter of days away.A terrifying new purchase has been made. I read the instructions and put the beast back in its...
View Articlefourth light of advent
The fourth light of adventit is the light of man.The light of love, the light of thoughtto give and understand.
View Articleclosing and opening
Christmas and new year took on a different shape this year - this first year without my dad. While we were all gathered in Queensland we took the opportunity to farewell Dad with friends and extended...
View Article2014 book list
Betsy says good morning I am feeling much better thank you please feed me.I updated my reading list for 2014. It's over there on the left under "not just cookbooks", or if you're reading via a reader,...
View Articledyeing experiments
Some years ago I was a member of the Natural Dye Group at the Plant Craft Cottage (at Melbourne's Botanic Gardens). I think I talked about it here on the blog although I can't find it. Since then I've...
View Articlepottery!
I told you I am doing a pottery course, right? It's a ten week beginner course, and then you can just pay for another ten sessions and keep turning up to the studio. It's kind of addictive and oh so...
View Articleretreat | recreate
So, the exciting news? I am hosting a women's creative [textile] arts retreat in beautiful Ubud, Bali.Details are at retreat|recreate if you would like to take a look!
View Articlehandmade update
Poor neglected (ten year old!) blog. I really should feed and water it occasionally.Ok. Here are some pics of my handmade achievements over the past couple of months.A couple of woven Hemlock tees....
View Articleindigo and shibori
Have I shown you all the blues yet I wonder? I used to use this blog as a record of all my makings but more and more I seem to use Instagram. I've done a lot of indigo and shibori dyeing this year -...
View ArticleLive from Ubud
I can't find any time to blog in a meaningful way while we're here in Ubud, but many of us (me included) are posting to Instagram frequently. Search the hashtag #retreatrecreate over there (and to -...
View ArticleVietnam textiles adventure :: expressions of interest invited now!
Prices and the finalised itinerary will be available in the next day or so, but if you want to join a group of like-minded textile-enthused women on a wonderful adventure exploring the textile...
View ArticleA 13 day adventure exploring the cultural and textile traditions of Vietnam...
Textiles, travel, craft, exploration! Does this sound like your cup of tea?If so, you're invited to join a small group of like-minded textile-enthused women for the experience of a lifetime, visiting...
View Articleuse it or lose it
turns out if you don't blog for over a year the part of your brain that stores your blog password (the same one you've had for the entire ten, no, ELEVEN years of this blog, mind you), atrophies, or...
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