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New Toys
I couldn't help myself, the new butterfly and shamrock (4 leaf clover) Clover quick yo-yo makers are on their way to my house thanks to the current exchange rate between Aussie and US dollars :) My daughter is currently doing...
How to make a rag rug
I don't usually put tutorials straight in the blog but I couldn't wait to finish my rug to show you this! I will eventually put the measurements of the loom and detailed instructions for several projects on the small looms...
Sometimes I Feel Like I Have ADD or Something...
Seriously though, I don't have ADD, I'm just totally out of practice with editing my website (and concentrating on anything) after spending three and a half months spending every waking moment sewing the suffolk puff quilt. So, having said that,...
Potterflies and Crochet Trees
I finally had time to fix the thread crochet butterfly that I stuffed up a couple of weeks ago! Pattern here and followed by getting totally carried away making more butterflies :-) The first one was meant to be a...
It's Finished!
I'm going to try and take a better photo outside but for now, I HAVE FINISHED THE SUFFOLK PUFF/YOYO QUILT! Yay me :-) Begun: Last week of April 2007 Finished: August 10th 2007 Fabrics: Mostly cotton oddments and offcuts from...
Suffolk Puff/Yoyo Coverlet Update
No, I'm not trying to trick you! I couldn't resist the shiny pretty sparkly photos on the online tatting class website so I bought some birch creative button forms when I went to Spotlight yesterday and I made one....
Suffolk Puff/Yoyo Coverlet Update & Hairpin Lace Patterns
The suffolk puff/yoyo quilt is almost done! First I took the 100 squares that I had sewn together and laid them out on the bed to figure out how I wanted to arrange them. Then I stacked them from left...
Hairpin Lace Fringe
I'm still sewing the suffolk puff/yoyo coverlet together, enjoying my Farscape marathon and taking breaks with a little hairpin lace experimentation :-) After seeing pictures of hairpin lace fringe forks in The Young Ladies Journal (downloadable from Google.com) I thought...
Another Hairpin Lace Experiment
I spent most of yesterday catching up on Farscape DVDs (I never got to watch it when it was on TV) and sewing my suffolk puff/yo-yo coverlet together, but whenever I took a break I worked on this: Another hairpin...
Today's Blog Entry is Brought to You by the Letter "T"
for "Tatting" and "Torchwood". I finished #4 for the 25 motif tatting challenge. I used Sunshine's antique edging pattern and crocheted along the top. I had planned to do a fancier crochet heading but the simple row of chain looked...
Hairpin Crochet & Things that Begin With the Letter "R"
I'm getting far too distracted with new toys at the moment, when I should be finishing the suffolk puff/yo-yo coverlet so these will be the last little experiments with new toys until I've finished my current projects (or at least...
I Should Get Back to My Suffolk Puff/Yo-Yo Coverlet
but I haven't :-) I picked up my tatting last night and got into "the zone". Before I realised it the bobbin was empty and my 3rd "motif" for the 25 motif challenge was finished. It's actually a really pretty...
25 Motif Challenge #2
I finished my edging for the 25 motif challenge. I'm very happy with it, even though the treads between a couple of the rings are a bit long. I discovered it isn't possible to tat well and watch Torchwood...
A Bit of Tatt
Since I ended up five days ahead of schedule on my suffolk puff/yo-yo coverlet I've decided a break from it for a couple of days and practice some tatting because I've been dying to make something lacy. While I was...
Flickr Favourites Mosaic #9
.flickr-photo { border: solid 2px #000000; } .flickr-yourcomment { } .flickr-frame { text-align: left; padding: 3px; } .flickr-caption { font-size: 0.8em; margin-top: 0px; } Favourites Mosaic #9, originally uploaded by knittingand. 35 suffolk puff photos and one cool gathered...
The Suffolk Puff/Yo-Yo Squares Are Done!
My apologies for the rubbish photos. It's difficult to get a good shot at 7:15 am in Winter. This means that I've sewn all 100 squares and have just got to sew all the squares together into the finished coverlet...
90 92 Squares!
I thought I had enough dark brown suffolk puffs left to make 7 squares but I was mistaken as it was only enough for six. See? So now I've finished all the dark brown squares and only have ten multicolour...
I Need to Rethink My Filing System
My tax return isn't quite finished yet. I'm having an argument with my filing system. "Shove it in a shopping bag and deal with it later" has resulted in a couple of missing receipts and a whole bunch of electronic...
This is Getting Complicated
First of all, let me say that none of the following will delay the release of The Any yarn, Any Size Knit Hat Book in spiral binding or downloadable pdf. This will only delay the publication of the perfect bound...
Harry Potter, More Circles and a Hat Book Update
OK, let's get it out of the way: !!!!!! Only 6 days until the last Harry Potter book is released !!!!!! :-) I promise to keep Knitting-and.com a spoiler free zone. In fact, as soon as the book is released...
Being Boring and an Ouchy
Despite my attempts to make them more entertaining, blog posts around here may be a bit monotonous until I get my suffolk puff/yo-yo coverlet finished because there are only 5 weeks and 3 days until the wedding. Here goes with...
Yesterday's Squares
Yesterday I finished the dark blue squares for my suffolk puff/yo-yo coverlet and started on the black. Since all of these were done yesterday and I'll be doing at least another four today, this puts me three days ahead of...
Erg and "Yay!" (A Review of the Clover Quick Yo-Yo Maker)
OK, I'll put the "Yay" first. A Review of Clover's Quick Yo-Yo Makers First of all I'll fess up and tell you that this review is from the point of view of a person who had never made a suffolk...
6 More Squares Done
I have finished 6 more squares for my suffolk puff coverlet. This puts me two full days ahead of schedule. I need to get at least another day ahead so I have time to read the last Harry Potter book...
Some Things That Make Me Happy
In order to avoid posting endless posts that just say "I finished another 4 squares", I thought I'd blog about some things that make me happy. In no particular order. Japanese embroidery books. I love them and this particular ebay...
No Electricity for 8 Hours?
That's OK, I had a bit of hand sewing to do... 12 more squares for my suffolk puff coverlet are finished. That makes 22 squares done, 78 to go. That puts me a day and a half ahead of schedule,...
Putting a HUGE Project in Perspective
Six more squares for my suffolk puff coverlet are finished. These are the last of the green squares. I have two light blue squares to finish today to keep on schedule but that shouldn't be a problem as it's...
Circles in Squares
I've sewn the first four squares for my suffolk puff coverlet, 96 squares to go :-P The goood news is that none of my suffolk puffs has imploded, ungathered, or staged a revolt so it looks like I made...
1,600!
1,600 suffolk puff yo-yos finished and sorted into basic colour groupings for my suffolk puff coverlet. My colour groupings are: Light pink Dark pink Light blue Dark blue Light brown Dark brown Black Red Green Yellow (and mostly yellow)...
So Close!
I missed posting a photo of about a hundred suffolk puffs (I've sorted them into basic colour groups along with most of the puffs from previous photos), but here's the next big pile for my coverlet. Only 30 more...
Hat Book & Suffolk Puff Updates.
The rewrite of my hat book has been a long time coming, but I'm working really hard on it and it's almost done! I've only got a tiny bit of editing to do to two patterns (one I have to...
Arrrrrrrrrrr
I've gone back to working on my book at the moment (I have to reknit two hats because I wasn't happy with the prototypes), so Miss Brittany's jumper is languishing a bit. Here's a photo of what I've done so...
Nearly There & What's Coming Up
The server move is nearly complete. I successfully reinstalled the photo gallery, only to realise that most of the photos were missing so I'm uploading them now and will need to reinitialise the software to get them to show up....
This, That and the Other Thing
Techy Website Stuff The move to the new server is going well, despite my broadband being speed limited at the moment because we used up our monthly bandwidth limit 2 weeks ago. Good news is that it should reset and...
VPS and Biscornu
I think I have figured out how to use the new virtual private server thing that my webhost made me upgrade to. We're just having a "discussion" about how they've moved me from a server with php 5 (needed to...
Inch by Inch
Or more accurately, 4.5cm circle by 4.5cm circle. I now have 1,210 suffolk puff yo-yos for my coverlet made. Shown from the top: and shown from the front of the bag: 390 suffolk puffs and a heck of a lot...
Suffolk Puff Yo-Yos, Miss Binky's Jumper and the KnitWiki
Just a quick update on a few things: Suffolk puff/yo-yo count to date: 1,155 I'm getting a bit behind so I'll be madly sewing little circles tonight to try and make it up to at least 1,200 Miss Binky's Jumper:...
For your listening pleasure and a short wool review.
Whilst I'm attempting to tame that damn Bendigo Mills yarn and sew 470 more little suffolk puffs, I give you the following videos from youtube for your listening pleasure. BTW, that Bendigo Mills wool is crap. I will **NEVER** buy...
Going in Circles
So to speak. I've been furiously stitching away on little suffolk puff yo-yos in every spare minute in order to get my coverlet finished in time. Here's the total so far. One thousand and six done. Five hundred and ninety...
More yo-yos and a little thrifting
I finished 100 more suffolk puff yo-yo's for my coverlet. That means I'm halfway there! I'm trying to finish 100 every three or four days. That will leave plenty of time to sew them together, and still make it OK...
Yo-Yos and Reindeers and Skulls, Oh My!
A very quick project update, because I need to rush off and have a shower and tidy up the house. And make more yo-yo/suffolk puff thingies. :-P 100 more yo-yos for my coverlet. That makes a grand total of 700...
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