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Mel-Made: Crafty resolutions
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Sewing, quilting, knitting, crochet and other crafting adventures/catastrophes. Saturday, January 7, 2012. It's a New Year and I've just gotten out of the walking boot that has been firmly attached to my right foot and limiting my world somewhat for the last three months.yep, I'm a klutz who busted her ankle! Not recommended. But it's on the mend now which hopefully means I'll be able to use my spinning wheel and sewing machine soon. So herewith are some crafty resolutions for the year:. Posted by M.J.
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Mel-Made: July 2010
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Sewing, quilting, knitting, crochet and other crafting adventures/catastrophes. Saturday, July 17, 2010. Yesterday the lovely Jo and I roadtripped it up to Bendigo for the annual Sheep and Wool Show. The weather cooperated and was cold but not rainy so we could drive and traipse around the show without fearing for our lives on the highway or getting soggy at the show. As per last year. Supersoft 8 ply merino. Possibly destined for a small shawl of some sort. If I stop petting it. More Premium Merino Sock...
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Mel-Made: Toe-ectomy (or a tale of knitterly denial and remorse)
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Sewing, quilting, knitting, crochet and other crafting adventures/catastrophes. Monday, July 25, 2011. Toe-ectomy (or a tale of knitterly denial and remorse). Well, having finished the green socks. And then wearing them around yesterday, I decided they were definitely too big. Which looked like this. And then turned into this. Eeek! Toe-ectomy. (sorry blurry pic, was overcome with the vapours again). So then I turned around and did it again on the other sock. Knitterly redemption! And lessons learned (pl...
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Mel-Made: Colour steps
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Sewing, quilting, knitting, crochet and other crafting adventures/catastrophes. Saturday, January 21, 2012. So I said in my crafty resolutions. That I wanted to try some colourwork projects. Now I will confess, my only real experience with colour work (other than contrast heels and toes on socks) is a very ill conceived attempt at an intarsia sweater when I was a teenager. It involved mohair, a fox pattern, batwings (it was the eighties! My continental tensioning continues to suck but I shall work on it ...
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Mel-Made: February 2012
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Sewing, quilting, knitting, crochet and other crafting adventures/catastrophes. Tuesday, February 21, 2012. War of the stitches. So I'm doing Nerd Wars. On Ravelry (it's all Jenny Crusie's fault. And check out the Nerd Wars forums). Some nice warm mittens for my Mum to keep her always cold fingers from getting chilblains this winter! And because, I am apparently in a hat mood, two hats for me:. Firstly one with cute owl cables because well, they're cute. Stay tuned for more insanity next month.
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Mel-Made: September 2010
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Sewing, quilting, knitting, crochet and other crafting adventures/catastrophes. Sunday, September 26, 2010. Now all I have to do is resist spending a fortune on more turkish spindles. Not getting along quite so well with my other non-CD top whorl spindle. Not sure what's going on there. I shall persevere for a bit longer otherwise, I'll be on the hunt for a new one that suits me better (hard when you have to do things over the internet without trying! Posted by M.J. Links to this post. Posted by M.J.
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Mel-Made: June 2010
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Sewing, quilting, knitting, crochet and other crafting adventures/catastrophes. Sunday, June 20, 2010. Needed something to keep the hands busy while I mentally wrestled my last few chapters of plot into some semblance of working order (and while watching telly last night! Star Crossed Slouchy beret (pattern available from Ravelry) in the Dream In Color that arrived this week. Plus hey, I commited cables! Very easy cables but still, cables! Posted by M.J. Links to this post. Saturday, June 19, 2010. Gorge...
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Mel-Made: August 2011
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Sewing, quilting, knitting, crochet and other crafting adventures/catastrophes. Monday, August 22, 2011. A tale of two shawls. I've been busy busy with writing things (my very first book. Comes out in just over two weeks! But have managed to finish two more projects. I get cold easily so I'm a big fan of wraps and scarves and shawls and am trying to bolster my supply. From Knitty (waiting for a skein of Dream in Colour Baby in Bermuda Teal) and I also signed up for the Knitspot Fall in Full Color club.
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Mel-Made: July 2011
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Sewing, quilting, knitting, crochet and other crafting adventures/catastrophes. Monday, July 25, 2011. Toe-ectomy (or a tale of knitterly denial and remorse). Well, having finished the green socks. And then wearing them around yesterday, I decided they were definitely too big. Which looked like this. And then turned into this. Eeek! Toe-ectomy. (sorry blurry pic, was overcome with the vapours again). So then I turned around and did it again on the other sock. Knitterly redemption! And lessons learned (pl...
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Mel-Made: More socks
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Sewing, quilting, knitting, crochet and other crafting adventures/catastrophes. Sunday, July 24, 2011. It must be sock finishing week as, lo, I have managed to finish another pair. These are the Riverbed master pattern from New Pathways for Sock Knitters: Book One. Knitted in nice cushy 8ply Merino in various shades of New Greens and Blues by Stranded In Oz. On the leg (which having just looked at this tutorial again, I realised I did a little bit wrong but hey, it still worked). Posted by M.J. Other pla...