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Meanwhile, beanies
One day I was still contemplating the next topic for Blog Week and the next day it was the (end of ) the next month.How does that happen?Where did the days go???The Summer Throw aka Projek Bohemia has...
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A visit down the road
My sis and I share a Hanlie Kotzé print with the subscript "Today I took a walk around the block. It felt like a holiday in a far off land".Today I took a drive down the highway to the town on the...
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More beanies, blanket work and new yarn
We're a week into the new school term after three weeks of a super-lazy winter holiday. The season has already turned here, the first blossoms have appeared on the fruit trees, but we have also just...
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Done! A Cheap & Cheerful Blanket
At last I'm finished with a blanket that shouldn't have taken me more than a few days!(But alas, I don't have the attention span).A couple of months ago I launched a Cheap & Cheerful Challenge on...
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A Tommie Blanket
Our Tommie-cat has died.Suffice to say that there are currently very hostile feelings between us and that I'm counting the weeks until my kids can again safely ride their bikes in our (usually) very...
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Roadtrippin' and small things spotted
Being married to an after-hours endurance athlete, means a lot of road tripping to nice places, of which my South Africa has no shortage. So this weekend we went off galavanting to the Trans-Baviaans...
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Cheap & Cheerful Winners
Our Cheap & Cheerful Challenge has finished!What a joy to see what these ladies came up with, to show that even some of the cheapest yarns around CAN be used to produce a beautiful blanket. Here's...
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RusticLazyDaisie
Ooooh, I can sometimes fly right away with an idea, just to burn out five minutes later or get lazy, which is not a good thing. So I was watching the Rustic Lace frenzy, finding most of the squares...
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What I made with Moya Bulky Plush
Moya Yarns was so kind to send me another sample pack - this time the supersoft Bulky Plush. Did I mention that it is soft?Baby-bottom-cotton-ball-supersoft.I had to make something small (because of...
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My take on the Elise-shawl
The last couple of years I've been snapping away on our hunting trips, on the beach, in the veld, and noticed a recurring theme......starting with this rock rose in the Free StateThe next year when we...
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Elise shawl V.2
And yeay! V.2 of the Elise Shawl is done. It is huge. It is half a blanket. It is a triangular blanket. Which is what I wanted - something to permanently leave in the car for those days when you...
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Elise Shawl V2.1...yeaaaaah
AhemYeees, it had to happen, I can pretend all I want BUT.I was Very Happy with my Elise Shawl V2.Even though acrylic, the Lollipop worked very nicely, it looked great, I was so happy with the result...
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A "Thank You" Scarf for Mrs S
It's the end of the school year (Yeayyyy!!) and I like giving a small gift to my son's teachers in their Foundation Phase years. Last year I went a bit wild and crocheted SEVEN gifts - but then we...
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On the hook, at last, and randomising stripes
After nine long weeks of enforced hooky rest, the result of intense Elise Shawl-hooking, there are small signs of a recovering shoulder/elbow. Let me not count my yarn balls too quickly, though!So I'm...
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When Santa's helper left his hat
It is a very well known fact in my crochet group that I Absolutely Do Not Like any form of toilet crochet. Not toilet seat covers, not lid covers, not matching sets covering each and every object in...
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Get this book - Hooked on Mandalas/Mandalas to Crochet
I was whining a bit today, and contemplating how to justify the purchase of yet another crochet book, when I already have a good twenty or so on the shelf and a WIP list of a mile. So I went back to...
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Playing with my Tiles-WIP
Instead of completing my own Winter Blanket, or my boy's Summer Throw, or any of the 5/6/7 various shawls/cowls/tryouts currently on the hook elsewhere in the house, I have been playing around on...
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Catching up and taking stock
Time flies, eh, when...a) you're having funb) but actually get busier with the boys at schoolc) and really shut down most everything while the sisi is visiting here from Eired) and then it's crunch...
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At last, a Summer Throw Completed
At last, at last, a final post about the Summer Throw, that has actually been completed so long ago and is in use on the bed, even as a winter throw, but oh, the shame...because there was still more...
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A dark-side cowl
This whole winter I longed for a cowl around my neck. Polo-necked sweaters just don't work anymore, and although there's a neat basket full of various types of scarves, I. Wanted. A. Cowl. A twistie...
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