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Lerato's baby blanket
Last week on Ons Hekel, at least two baby blankets were finished. I completed this one in V-stitch:A blankie for Lerato's baby girl...and a hooky friend completed a beautiful, light pastel hexagon...
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My Mzansi 14/10 - My Cool Pretoria
I took my boys out for a drive to Church Square, in the old city centre. It is the site of one of the latest happenings of Cool Capital 2014, an uncurated, "guerilla" art biennale, by the citizens of...
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What to do with those keepsakes?
...like your parents' wedding telegrams?You decoupage the inside of an old trousseau kist with it, of course. I am sentimental, and a hoarder, the combination of which makes for horrific storage...
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Projek Bohemia...Trial Version
The end of the year is rushing up to me and I realised I'd quite forgotten to report on a few of my FO's!In August, I started a trial version for my summer throw (at LAST I decided on something). I...
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This year I crocheted teacher gifts
I'm not much of a teacher gift giver.For the preschool yes, and during the Foundation Phase I thought up tiny gifts that didn't break the bank. But this year, we finished at the preschool, after six...
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Another Baby Blanket - Call the Midwife
December has flown by and so has most of January and I've been in my new town for six weeks now, but my books are still all over the place and there are six or so boxes to still unpack,but for now...
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A January Festival - Dias Festival in Mosselbaai
I've never been a big fan of festivals, be it music, culture, grape-harvesting or hunting. However, I do find myself now in a town with festivals happening left, right and centre; so I thought - let's...
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Anja's Blanket - a year on
Around a year ago, members of Ons Hekel shared in the grief member Katinka's daughter Anja died. She underwent heart surgery during December, started her recovery and even posted on the group to thank...
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A universe of Sophies
You couldn't live in this universe and not know about Sophie's Garden, or Sophie's Universe! Every day, when I think I've seen the prettiest version of this pattern, another one comes up. Sophie's...
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A monster-pouch for his recorder
My little one started recorder lessons this year...so he wanted a little bag of something for his recorder.Out came the crochet hook, 'cos the sewing maching is 22 years old and SO in need of a service...
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My sisi's blanket for Laura
While I'm slowly nearing the end of my summer throw, I can at least brag with my sisi's Elmer Blanket.She's good at making beautiful gifts for her in-laws, my sisi, and this one was made for her SIL...
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Shamrock bunting day!
It's that time of the year again!When I wear my silly green sock with shamrocks on, put on my dainty silver shamrock that my aunty brought from Ireland, make the best mash potato, have a little bit of...
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Christmas in March
Christmas in July happens when you get this gift of Moya yarns:Six colours in my basket! What shall I do with it?The very next day the new Ideas magazine hit the shelves, with a shawl pattern that had...
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What I made with Moya - A yellow lacy scarf
When I received my gift pack of Moya Yarn, I didn't immediately have a plan with the Canary yellow yarn. I chose it because it looked lovely, and I knew something would come up.And so, something did....
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When my Mzansi makes blankets
Last year some time, Carolyn Steyn was challenged to make 67 blankets for Mandela Day. She responded by organising an event that yesterday tripled the Guinness World Record for the largest crocheted...
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My non-random placement of randomly placed squares
I am (now really) nearing the end of the Summer Throw aka Projek Bohemia V.2There goes Tommie CatI was checking it out for size, out on the floor and over the bed, and decided that the hooking will...
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Cheap & Cheerful Crochet
We need to talk about privilege.Allow me some ramblin' here, because it's been sitting at the back of my mind for quite while now. It came to the fore again this past week as I followed Jack Monroe...
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Ten things about me
This is a Knitting and Crochet Blog Week PostTalking about yourself. This is not always the easiest thing to do, nè, because although there might be a million things to say, what do you actually say?...
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Photographing my crochet work
This is a Knit & Crochet Blog Week Post, hosted by Eskimimi Makes- all about experimental photography and image handling - I'm not really one for gimmicks and props and my photos tend to be simple....
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Pandora's boxes and bags - my crochet stuff
This is a Knit & Crochet Blog Week Post, hosted by Eskimimi Makes- my crochet bag, caddy, box, basket...whatever it is that I use -Today was one of days where you have appointments scheduled weeks...
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