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Welcome to Wool on Sundays and thank you to everyone who visited last time :) I’m sorry to say, although I haven’t actually abandoned it, I’ve still not finished with the ends on the rustic lace blanket. We went on holiday and I had thought I’d take it with me but I decided it was […]
Read More…Welcome to Wool on Sundays – sorry I know it’s really Monday this week – and thank you to everyone who visited last week :) The blocks for the rustic lace are finished but, unfortunately, before I get the the end there are the ends. I was happily avoiding them by working a border until […]
Read More…Welcome to Wool on Sundays and thank you to everyone who visited last week :) I have been joining the rustic lace blocks, this week. I still have three more blocks to make and join in and I haven’t decided about what to do for a border yet but it’s slowly coming together. And I […]
Read More…***** dog days plural noun 1. the hot period of the summer reckoned in ancient times from the heliacal rising of Sirius (the Dog Star) 2. a period marked by inactivity[source] Word Origin C16: translation of Late Latin diēs caniculārēs, translation of Greekhēmerai kunade …1530s, from Latin dies caniculares, from Greek; so called because they occur around the time of the heliacal rising of Sirius, the Dog Star ( kyonseirios). Noted as the hottest and most unwholesome time of the year; usually July 3 to Aug. 11, but variously calculated, […]
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If this were a gardening blog, I should not be short of things to post but I fear it would get very repetitive – weeding, clearing brambles, weeding, clearing brambles, weeding, clearing brambles… Luckily it is not a gardening blog so, I will spare you pictures of all the nettles and brambles and just show selective successes! […]
Read More…Welcome to another Wool on Sundays :) Thank you to everyone who visited last week and thanks especially to those who linked up. In case you missed them, I’ve copied the links below… 1. Kim 2. Maria 3. Opat I’ve made a small amount of progress on the Rustic Lace blanket but I’m questioning my colour […]
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Do you love lavender? Are you mad about mauve? Today is the third reveal day for Four in Art – an Art Quilt Group, which aims to: “…to break out of the usual gridded experience and try a new concept, free of structure or preconception, moving the boundaries of our own skills forward in both concept and […]
Read More…Welcome to Wool on Sundays and many thanks for the kind comments about my ripple blanket last week :) Lately, it seems that I am constantly kept from sewing, blogging or wool work by one thing after another. The most fun of these things was going to a Steam Fair. It was a big family outing […]
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Welcome to Wool on Sundays and thank you to everyone who has been kind enough to leave such encouraging words whilst my Ripple Blanket has been in progress :) It’s finally finished and photographed! Whilst I was making it, I intended to have the stripes running widthways across the bed. The foot of the bed (below) […]
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