tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-55632184784880227292024-03-13T11:45:40.054+10:00dash robindash robinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09985007576083764068noreply@blogger.comBlogger341125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5563218478488022729.post-58506100691830749942014-08-01T13:40:00.003+10:002021-06-13T14:24:41.174+10:00Crochet in the garden-love heart pattern I am getting my yarn and craft items ready for the What's Cooking festival once more. I have made a little love heart pattern for this years event and am sharing it here with you! I also have put in a few photos of some wildlife we saw on a recent trip to Carnarvon gorge in Queensland. Enjoy!<br />
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">Heart Pattern<o:p></o:p></span></h1>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">UK terminology.</span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">Using any size hook and yarn. Most would use a size 3.5-4 hook and a DK or 8ply yarn.</span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;"><br /></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US">Make a slip knot around hook.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US">Chain 5 and slip stitch into fifth chain
from hook to form a ring.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US">First round : Chain one. Make 8 double crochet (DC) into
the ring and join with a slip stitch to first DC. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US">Second round : Make one chain stitch.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> Make f</span>ive half trebles into the next stitch. Make one half treble into each of next 2
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">I have noticed recently how popular some ravelry blanket projects which feature lots of bold and bright colours have become and I can see why</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">! Brightly coloured items can lift the spirits, whether they are providing a splash of colour in a neutral scheme or whether they are contributing to a riot of colours!</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">Sometimes it can be difficult to work out which colours work well together and so we can stick to a limited palette or just stick to one favourite colour. </span><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">So I thought I'd put together some ideas for working with colour choices. </span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">Looking at this picture you can obviously spot the yellow, pink and green...but looking closer there is also grey, brown, red and orange.</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">High contrast bright warm colours within large areas of cool will really jump forward, you could use this to great effect in forward post striped work for example or with a popcorn stitch.</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">Please forget limiting 'rules', like "never mix pink and red" or "keep blue and green apart". They can and do look great together! And taste is unique-if <b>you </b>enjoy any colours together-use them!</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">To build your confidence try using monochrome schemes with just one or two contrast colours. </span><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">You can build from there once you feel good about your work.</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">This project was for a circular cushion cover-these are very similar colours to the happy hexagon blanket above - however with grey stripes between. Notice how this contrast makes the stripes really stand out?</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">Above I have used warm colours (yellows, reds, oranges) in the centre and cool colours (blues, lilac) on the edges. </span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">Making this crochet basket/container I used 3 DK or 8 ply yarn strands held together to make it thick and sturdy. I changed one of the colours of yarn at a time to create this effect.</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">Crochet colour selection tips! </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">1 Find inspiration for your crochet colour choices around you, in nature or other peoples work.</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">2 Take photos of colour schemes you like and take these photos with you when looking at yarn.</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">3 Take your favourite coloured yarn with you when shopping and hold it up against the yarns available-something will work.</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">4 Think of the crochet pattern-if there are stripes of cables or areas which pop forward such as cluster stitches try use colours to enhance this.</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">5 Use small coloured or light/dark accents in projects to add interest to work.</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">6 Try using a colour scheme which moves from warm to cool.</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">7 Try breaking up a bright colour scheme with grey or other neutral colours.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Aside from the happiness of being with such wonderful clever and creative children and adults this event brings me joy because I adore yarn bombing or 'dressing up' the gardens before the event. It's such fun!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">I tried to slip in a little information here and there and I hope some of the kids will be telling their friends about how fungi can be all sorts of colours -they can even be blue! </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"> I have been taking lots of photos for my conservation course work assignments, I need to gather images of weeds and native plants. So many weeds out there, I wish it was a little harder to find them! Anyway, of course I notice other things too while spending time outdoors. And it's such a healthy thing to be outdoors observing nature. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">My favourite ABC gardening presenter <a href="http://jerry-coleby-williams.net/">Jerry Colby Williams</a> will be presenting a talk about sustainable living, I visited his beautiful property Bellis during the last open garden day and know he has lots to wonderful wisdom and local knowledge to share. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">So I hope to see you Sunday and in the following weeks I will be sharing my favourite free crochet patterns on this blog so pop back in won't you :o) </span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">But the journeys have their moments, this is a red capped robin we spotted in Victoria while driving near Echuca. Even though we often miss stuff driving in such long stretches on highways the little stops and observances along the way do mean a lot to us.</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">Upon our return this furry fella had disappeared. He returned a fortnight or so later looking shabby and skinny...he was ever so purry/grateful to be home. He quickly regained his weight and is back to his usual behaviour, biting toes and swatting us when he's hungry. He's laying on top of the lovely blanket Sitara made by the way!</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"> I gathered some lovely yarns in the beautiful colourful town of Bellingen in NSW. I found an op shop and I was not disappointed by 50 c balls of beautiful pure wool! And I bought home some very special wool straight from the yarn producers of New Zealand. </span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I loved visiting New Zealand and would love to go again! It was inspiring seeing a country where it seems the environment is well respected and where travellers can visit so many free camping sites. The eco centres I visited while there-including the<a href="http://www.albatross.org.nz/"> royal albatross centre</a> and the <a href="http://www.orokonui.org.nz/">Orokanui eco centre</a> were brilliant. </span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Back on home ground again I've made a few changes this year, taking some time out of full time career crafting. I've begun studying conservation and land management in Nambour. It feels fabulous and wonderful to be studying something I am so passionately interested in..I keep getting my homework done and wishing there was more to do!</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Last week we had a field trip camping overnight at Charlie Moreland park to record fauna and flora. We saw lots of beautiful Australian mammals, birds, frogs and we aslo had 6 encounters with 5 different species of snakes (all in under 48 hours!!) I think snakes are gorgeous though and so long as you are careful you are safe-they really aren't out to get you, more like get away from you! </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I've been enjoying the paths I have taken lately. Part time gardening. Part time crafting. Heart-ful parenting and relaxing back into some kind of routines after travelling(while of course planning and dreaming of the next adventures!).</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I love my latest work place-I spend a chunk of my time in a very full organic permaculture garden...apart from the herb spiral, fruit trees and usual garden this ordinary house block home garden has 6 compost bins, 3 worm farms, visiting possums, honeyeaters, silver eyes, blue tongues and dozens of frog ponds teeming with tadpoles. It's a wonderful oasis for life.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">At home what I've been making lately is one heck of a mess while finding and matching all my fabric pieces. There is reason for this-making upcycled fabric bags and skirts. The process, the discovering of how an vintage piece of barkcloth might match a discarded Japanese fabric calendar wallhanging-pulling apart and putting together, reminds me of gardening and it's endless cycling of nutrients-nothing goes away, rather is incorporated and dispersed in different ways.</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">It has to be one of my happiest days! Thanks to all who visited, loaned crochet blankets and helped make flowers and played with natural paints. Warm thanks especially to those generous souls Helen and Rebecca who helped both before and after the event! </span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">(UK treble=US Double crochet, UK Half treble=US half double crochet)</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Chain 2, 9 double crochet into ring(Total 10 double crochet in ring) Join to 2nd chain with slip stitch.</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">*Chain 3, skip double crochet, slip stitch into top of next double crochet. Repeat from * 4 times to create 5 loops.</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Working into first loop make 1 single crochet, 1 half double crochet, 3x Double crochet, 1 half double crochet, 1 single crochet.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">So many many rainy days. Much time spent indoors, also 'in-tents' looking out.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">And sometimes also indoors looking in!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Between showers we've been venturing out to find Koalas going cheap...</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">and lots of loveliness...</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">All the rain, the fallen leaves, the sudden bursts of sun the other day reminded me of some lovely</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"> Leonard Cohen lyrics, from 'anthem'</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">'ring the bells that still can ring,</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Hello. Oh, how I love wearing crochet fingerless gloves and these are pretty easy to make and stretchy. </span></div>
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<span id="internal-source-marker_0.24509237543679774"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="color: black; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">These gloves have a nice stretch so they are great for a gift as the size need not be exact. An easy to use unisex pattern for adults and adaptation below for children.</span></span></span></div>
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<span id="internal-source-marker_0.24509237543679774"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="color: black; vertical-align: baseline;">For the adults size gloves I used Patons classic wool in moonrock and </span></span></span></div>
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<span id="internal-source-marker_0.24509237543679774"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="color: black; vertical-align: baseline;">dash robin organic natural dyed grey in 8ply. </span></span></span></div>
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Supplies Needed for adult unisex</div>
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<span style="text-decoration: none;">Size 5mm crochet hook</span></div>
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2x 50 gram balls or 1x 100 gram yarn</div>
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These classic fingerless gloves feature a subtle raised stripe created by stitching only into the back stitch of every second row. </div>
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They are made up flat and sewn together with a gap for the thumb. They work very well in stripes, simply change colours as you like or as I have (alternating colours by sets of two rows.)</div>
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Special Stitches</div>
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<span style="text-decoration: none;">No complex stitches are required. You need to be able to make a treble, half treble and know how to stitch into both the whole stitch and backstitch only. </span></div>
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<span style="text-decoration: underline;">Pattern for adults size</span></div>
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Skip first 2 chains and treble in each chain </div>
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Turn, chain 2, treble into each treble along row</div>
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Turn, chain 2, treble into backstitch only of each treble along previous row</div>
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Turn, chain 2, treble into each treble along row</div>
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Turn, chain 2, treble into backstitch only of previous row trebles</div>
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Follow instructions as for row 4, 5 </div>
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Turn, chain 2, half treble into each treble along, fasten off leaving a 30 cm length of yarn for sewing side seam.</div>
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Sew side seam for approximately 2 ½ cms, leave a 3 cm gap (for thumb) and then continue to sew the rest of the side seam together, fasten off and weave in end.</div>
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Repeat for second glove.</div>
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Childrens unisex classic fingerless gloves</div>
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Materials needed</div>
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5 ply yarn</div>
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Skip first 2 ch and treble into each chain along</div>
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Turn, 2 chain, treble into each treble along</div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">The time has come to spread my wings and open some more doors, I am sooooo excited about having time on weekends to join other groups and activities-my first Sunday off is coincidentally the Q<a href="http://qldspinners.org.au/events/open-day/">ld spinners, weavers and fibre crafts</a> guild open day!! </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I visited lovely people in Tasmania and enjoyed such varied fun as staying in a beach hut, attempting to not freeze stiff on Mt Wellington, going to see a roller derby and taking in the gorgeous sights of Russell falls and Peddar lake.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">While travelling and home I have been making up new stock for Village life market, Cultiver and Reverse Garbage and a pop up shop stall this weekend outside of Nook. For the latest R.G exhibition I used some recycled leather to create pendants and dyed some blankets to fashion into felt flowers...very stimulating to work within their guidelines of recycled content and the theme of "salvage garden.' </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"> And the dyeing continues and evolves... I learn each time I dye that I need to learn more! I have borrowed my friends book eco dyeing by India Flint-it is beautiful and would be wonderful for textile artists who want to dye their own fabrics. This is some cotton yarn I dyed with eucalyptus and mordanted with iron to bring out a blue-grey colour.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Eco experiments aside my more modern dyeing projects are ongoing and I am loving the landscapes rainforest collection of fibre reactive dyes gifted to me by my aunty...hand dyed yarns whether they are chemicals from plants and metals or manufactured are soooo different to the colours you find in shop bought ones. There is just not the same bland conformity or sameness about hand dyes...they burst with life and bring my attention and focus to a steady place as the colours shift and deepen and lighten (as I work them up into crocheted items.) I love the variety and the uniqueness of each batch.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"> It's all decked out with a gorgeous blend of beautiful vintage furniture and stylish recycled eco friendly fittings.</span></div>
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dash robinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09985007576083764068noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5563218478488022729.post-2801591938330595132012-02-24T18:32:00.003+10:002014-05-31T21:52:00.105+10:00Wool red cabbage dyeing & landscape dyes<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;">
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">These 'softy softy' colours are the results of a natural red cabbage dye...they were modified with lemon juice to give the pink and salt to give the grey-blue shades (with no mordants.) </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I wouldn't expect these colours to be very light fast but red cabbage dyes are nice gentle dyes suitable for children or folk with chemical sensitivity to play with. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">The red on the right in the image up above is a commercial product, a landscape wool dye, I have just started using some of their products to broaden my colour range and really am having fun getting into colour mixing, reminds me of my uni days of mixing up paints!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I love the simplicity of the pattern but this is so special to me because it has such a lovely selection of raw(un-dyed) yarns!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"> I absolutely love how it contains all kinds of kooky animals yarns, including some Australian alpaca(so frickin' cute, eh) and some Scottish highland cows yarn! </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Guess who seems a little jealous of my recent east coast travels? I found my cat Tripitaka curled up in a postage pack, don't cats just love cardboard, huh? </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Folks who follow will be pleased to know I did finish the crochet bag. It is currently in use as a library book bag but I will take a piccy and update soon. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I am now making a capelet and am utterly relishing using these gorgeous hand spun natural yarns which Sitara gave me...she bought them from places as diverse as Findhorn in Scotland and Madison, in the U.S...actually just thinking about her trip makes me want to climb into a post pack too!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">We have had rain bucketing down here the past few days so the ground is totally and completely sodden at my place. I took the opportunity to pull out some <a href="http://www.weeds.org.au/cgi-bin/weedident.cgi?tpl=plant.tpl&state=&s=&ibra=all&card=H04">fish bone fern</a> which grows around the back of my house. I also broke apart some comfrey growing nearby and popped in chunks of root where the soil was bare and loose.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">The lovely border of comfrey began as a piece of comfrey root given by a permaculture friend. It's awesome seeing it take off in the garden to the point where now I would be able to give some away too...</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Apart from weeding I am making some crochet gifts for friends from a pattern on <a href="http://www.ravelry.com/">ravelry</a> called twitterpation. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">The yarn I'm using is a gorgeously rich multi dyed one hand dyed with some help from a lovely friend-I love the yarn 100% but think the random colours cause the ripple pattern to get a bit lost?!</span></div>
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