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Because that is when the 110th Annual Gunning Show is on next year! http://www.gunningshow.com.au/home.htm at the 2012 Show, there will be ... Horse events - show jumping Shearing competition Pavillion full of local produce, arts and craft and photography Quality fleece wool competition Mechanical bull Showgirl and Showboy competition Magic shows for the kids Farm Yard Animals Tug

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Last night, my husband and I and two children attended the Gunning Lion's Club Christmas Dinner which is a bring a dish affair at the local meeting centre and we were asked to take along a contribution of a salad. I'm going to share my recipe for my pasta salad that I got from a friend because it is darn easy as most ingredients you can have on hand and whip it up in a couple of hours (the

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So okay, I've come back to blogging. It is has only been six months since I last blogged, the reason being my computer was stepped on by a random child when it was on the floor and should have been up high where little feet could not have trodden on it. I have borrowed a friend's screen and borrowed a keyboard and now my laptop is working rather dodgy as a CPU and it doesn't even know it. Now

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On the weekend, I took the kids for a drive out to Dalton, some 12 kilometres from our little town and took some photos to share! My son loved the cars! ______________________________________________________ var linkwithin_site_id = 289179;

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It started well, washing hung out, kids breakfasted, kids dressed, kids beds made and my bed made, washing up done, lambs bottle fed, showered, dressed and car fueled up. Off we went to Mitchell to leave my son with my husband and us girls (my daughter and her friend) were off to the Handmade Markets in Canberra. Or so I thought. I neglected to cement into my head that they were at the National

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I had a few nervous weeks there where I thought I might never get back into my blog again. Every attempt to regain entry was thwarted, both by the fact that I hadn't updated my alternate address for my email, had changed my main email account and no longer had access to emails going to my old address (same company) and I had forgotten my hotmail password. All fixed now after about 10 attempts to

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And we'll be off and racing from next Saturday, with a co-committee person and I doing setting up on Friday afternoon. I've been digging out my crafts to take to another committee member's home this afternoon, and I can't wait to see what has already been put forward by the new members. It is kind of fun to be at this beginning stage and to anticipate how well it might go and how it will be

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I was in the child's section of my local library the other day and at the "M" section, when who should I run into, but L. M. Montgomery. Having grown up reading Anne of Green Gables and the like, I skipped over these, and discovered she had also written another book called Magic for Marigold. The edition I am reading is published by Angus & Robertson Publishers and was purchased by the library I

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If you live in the Upper Lachlan Shire Council or former Gunning Shire area you may be interested in attending a meeting for the formation of a craft collective which is proposed to be established and trade from the former Court House in Gunning on Saturdays / Sundays and some Public Holidays. The collective proposed is going to be a group formed with the goal of meeting other creative locals,

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This evening I was reading Foxs Lane Blogspot, and I told Kate that her photo looked like Golden Hessian. I got her wondering what I meant. If I got you wondering what on earth I was talking about, I have a photo! Now, onto other things ... Today, I went to the Taralga Hotel .. Est. 1876 (here), on our (the girls) way back from meeting my husband, his friend Mick and my son Angus, who stayed

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If you have already followed the link once, details have now been updated. I'm hoping my husband won't be doing dreaded stock take that weekend and I will get a chance to attend both days and come out feeling a little more creative. Even better if he doesn't have to work that weekend and I can send him and the children to the coast for the weekend ... There are a few workshops available

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I have to blog more. I know! Today I thought I would take you for a walk through the floors of my house, mainly because they are photos that I took that I will not have to crop!  How could one not be inspired? Added: Because I was going out to dinner and had minimal time to post, but still wanted to post, and in response to some of the comments! The rectangular one above is in the shower

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Got your diaries out? Gunning Patchwork Weekend is coming up the 25th and 26th of June. Gunning is located just off the Hume Hightway between Goulburn and Yass, being 48 kilometres from Goulburn, and 32 kilometres from Yass. Gunning is about 40 kilometres from Crookwell and 32 kilometres from Gundaroo and 244 kilometres from Sydney CBD and 67 kilometres from Civic ACT. About 70 people

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Okay, no craft but I thought I would share a few images of what it means to live in the country ... This is a tea towel my Mum turned into wall decoration, a gift from an Irish friend. And the best thing about living in the country is the lovely generous neighbours with gifts of free vegies! ______________________________________________________ var linkwithin_site_id = 289179;

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 Ever considered getting a little practical hands-on experience in screen-printing and marketing? This job may suit you ... Thea & Sami - Junior Assistant Required ... I think it sounds like fun ... hope they get a fun somebody apply ... ______________________________________________________ var linkwithin_site_id = 289179;

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And it has only taken nearly a month to organise the phone line (first call made to my provider on the 25th of January), request broadband, have that switched on at the exchange and then receive my new modem, happily picked up from the post office the morning and I bet the post mistress was glad! After spending nearly an hour setting all the "new" things up, I am nearly there. The good news is

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The house cleaning has been done! Everything looks nearly as good as the day we moved in! Now it is time to go onto the next chapter of our lives! I'll see you in my next location! ______________________________________________________ var linkwithin_site_id = 289179;

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Insider Retailing Article All donations over $2 will receive a tax receipt at the checkout. ______________________________________________________ var linkwithin_site_id = 289179;

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I cannot post without mentioning the dreadful floods that Queensland and northern New South Wales are having at the moment. I am sure that by now most of my readers are aware of what is happening. I applaud the efforts of all volunteers and all paid workers who are assisting with the efforts and who are so brave as they save people from floodwaters and also the coroners and the police who

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Okay, maybe you know this magazine, maybe you don't. If you do, have you tried to get a copy lately and been unable to? I had tried just before Christmas and was told by several newsagents that it was no longer on their list (they looked it up for me). A bit more searching for the website and I find out it has been discontinued. Very disappointing .... Remaining magazines in their stable are

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Okay, I'm not doing this on my blog, but I am doing it on Facebook and if you are on Facebook and have crafty friends, perhaps you could do it on your page also! Leave this comment in your status ... Pay it Forward 2011: I promise to send something handmade to the first 5 people who leave a comment. They must in turn post this and send something they made to the first 5 people who comment on

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I'm back from spending Christmas with my sister and her family near Maitland and then camping from Boxing Day near Taree on the Mid North Coast of New South Wales with friends and have been catching up with washing since our arrival home mid afternoon yesterday. There were washing machines at the caravan park we stayed at, which I used every second day, but it still all catches up with you with

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 retromummy is having another giveaway! Oh the needlebooks I could make with these gorgeous fabrics! Go and check out her link for conditions of entry! ______________________________________________________ var linkwithin_site_id = 289179;

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Why Needlecase of course! Thursday and Friday while having a blog free day, I was busy sewing and embellishing and this is what I was making. Some are completely handsewn (no sewing machine in the car while a passenger ...) and others are initially machine sewn and then completed by hand. My lovely friend Megan has ordered five for Christmas Day to have as gifts for her female guests. I

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Okay, while others have been busy sewing, knitting, photographing and other crafty pursuits, I have been categorising the blogs I follow ... I now have 200 Australian blogs listed below that are an eclectic mix of sewers and designers, screen printers, knitters, mothers and humourists ... There are also Kiwis, Mapleleafians, Statesiders, Danes and a few others. This photo of my DMC cottons

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TWO SEPARATE GIVEAWAYS from blogs I follow, both AUSTRALIANS to share ... ONE Thea & Sami from Brisbane are having a Blog Giveaway to celebrate 500 followers! They design and hand screen-print natural fabrics for home & body decor.  Their range of products includes a boutique collection of eco-friendly homewares. To enter the competition, be a blog follower on their blog Thea & Sami and

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Okay, my day wasn't all about washing machines and short demographic surveys that would not be participated in. There was also the Charity Fundraising Day for Stewart House at school today where my daughter sold these headbands for $2 each and sold all 16 (including some to teachers, even her male teacher ...) And these ipod / iphone / Nintendo DS holders that should have sold, but didn't. I

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I just had a man ring about a short demographic survey that he was conducting for some company or another. I told him that any information about me was private and I was not compelled to give it to him and thank you very much for his call, but I would not be helping him today. Have these people not heard of the Australian Census where I am compelled to give it? Ahhh Between that and looking to

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 Robyn at Daisy Quilts has outdone herself with her display of  beautiful Christmas coloured things this week. I can't help but think Robyn must have the most lovely and organised home! I went down looking in my daughter's room and wasn't disappointed. If truth be told, the little boxes were on top of the stereo and the nativity scene was on the tall boy, a little repositioning and bingo! I

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Okay, that includes me! Make Mine Mid-Century  is not going to be deterred at being excluded. She has created her own adventures. Check that link out. Also check this one! Here Maybe check the second one out first .... Genius! I also follow another a blog that could sell bouquets of platypii to that Celebrity for all her guests ... Badskirt I'd just like to see that Celebrity visit somewhere

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Following on from Fairchild Street's entry in the Timeless Wonders Contest, I'm going to have a crack as well! Details of how to enter the competition are found here: These Are a Few of My Favorite Things 1. Spring at Gunning, New South Wales (Nectarines, Plums, Pears, Peaches or Apples? I should know!) 2. Nearly Every Boy Loves to Fish, Paynesville, Gippsland Lakes, Victoria (this could

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I missed last Tuesday's Treasures, but  today I am playing! This fellow I bought at the markets at Port Douglas in about October 2000 on the way back from Cape York. He is usually kept up on top of my china cabinet away from little fingers. When the Sydney Olympic Games were on, my husband and I and friends Robyn and Gary decided that we weren't going to be here for the chaos, and headed off

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If I read your blog, and I hope I do, I am in the process of classifying all the blogs I read by the country they come from, being the country they currently live in. This is a work in progress and boy will I be glad when I am done! Have a good weekend! ______________________________________________________ var linkwithin_site_id = 289179;

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We are going to pretend that today is Friday (because it is somewhere in the world) and that I didn't spend yesterday visiting op shops, fabric stores and supermarket and cooking a roast leg of lamb to have with a hastily made salad of rocket leaves, mixed lettuce, cherry tomatoes, cucumber, avocado, green capsicum and fetta cheese by South Cape and drinking Bella pink champagne with my husband,

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I've been non posting this week, but I have been busy ... My daughter woke on Monday and said she had a sore throat and had the day off. Again. I am a little over Madam having the day off, but when they say the throat is sore, I have to go with it ... I remember sore throats as a kid and they are horrible. So where was I? Oh yes, I was sewing. I was at Bankstown the other day and having been to

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I was over at Cathy's Sewing Room and saw that she had posted about a giveaway in this post. I'm glad the good fairy was out and allowed Cathy to share her find! Stray Stitches  is having a giveaway. And not just an ordinary one! It is a BIG one! The first thing I did when I got to her post was have a crack up about the quote at the top. Stray Stitches is giving away the mostly complete set

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I've been sitting here, taking almost forever to upload the right photos and Colourful Fridays is nearly over for today! So quick, the explanations! First a teapot Mum said I could bring back from the farm for tea cosy photos. Mum would like me to knit a tea cosy for one of my Dad's cousins and perhaps she thinks this would be a good model! This was the teapot most commonly used as I grew up

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This little blue teapot is feeling the love tonight and the need to share details about how to get a little love just like this one. Perhaps for Christmas? I have done a little more digging up about it. I purchased it in March 2008 off Ebay as I said. The seller's id is Artistnext and he is still selling teapots on Ebay, (hears screams of delight across blogland ...) and has one that is the

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Melody at  The House on the Side of the Hill has taken over from Tuesday Treasures from Clare at Clare's Craftroom and while I have never played before, I have long been an admirer, so here goes my first foray into Tuesday Treasure playing ... First, I have my needlebook, purchased from Como Markets, Sydney about ten years ago, before kids. Regardless of whether I am knitting or sewing on a

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Today, I was looking up Osti Fashions as a fellow blogger, Recycled Fashion had a photo of a skirt she had up cycled by making shorter and it very much reminded me of dresses my own mother wore in the 1980's and 1990's. I bet actually, if I searched through my Mum's wardrobe today, I would still find them, but that is another matter ... Anyway, in my googling for this company, I found this ...

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On Friday night, I met up with three girls from high school and had a post 20 Year Reunion reunion which was very interesting. While none of us had been particularly good friends at school, we very much enjoyed each others company at dinner and discussing the difficulties that each had felt while at school and were glad those times were over. Knowing that these three girls each had their own

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As today is Monday, it is Plug Your Mates Day and today I have chosen A Passion for Vintage Textiles to plug. She is from Toronto in Canada and I really enjoy seeing her displays at her market stalls and hearing about what vintage jumpers she has saved from obscurity and sold to other vendors or other purchasers! She also has photos of beautiful vintage scarves and her photos of seasonal

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This is one of my father's plantings at his farm. When I asked him what it could be he rattled off a few types of pumpkins and squash. I think it might be Butternut Pumpkin ... This is a teapot made by my sister while at school found lurking at the top of a cabinet! Dig the heart handle? While at school, my sister did 3 Unit Art for the HSC. My sister's artwork was chosen for Art Express

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Is on tonight in Sydney and I am going with my neighbour, Margaret and my two children! Daddy has declinded attending, having gone last year. It starts at 6.00 pm, so it will be straight home from school, into the shower and into fancy clothes and off on the train with 10,000 other Sydneysiders! Hopefully less. Justine Clarke from Playschool is MCing with Yo Gabba Gabba, Curious George, Beccy

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This is from Goo and Titches blog and you can play along too if you like! Go and see who else is playing and read their responses too! 1. Sweet or Savoury? 2. Dresses or Jeans? 3. House or Apartment? 4. Shop Online or Offline? 5. DVDs or Downloads? 6. Cocktails or Juice? 7. Chocolate or Strawberry? 8. Laptop or PC? 9. Magazines or Newspapers? 10. Facebook or Twitter? 11. CDs or MP3s? 12. Kids

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Not blooming much these days. Perhaps two cups of coffee, if you are lucky. BUT perhaps if you shopped at the oppies at Padstow, you could get REALLY lucky, like me and $9 could buy you this: Shop X Bag of Books $6 Last Chance Saloon by Marian Keyes To Love, Honour and Betray by Kathy Lette A Wedding in December by Anita Shreve Constance by Rosie Thomas Freedom Land by Anna Jacobs Wuthering

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It is Monday and I have choosen Fairchild Street to plug. She has been blogging since mid August, and the photos on her blog are glorious. She sews, she DIY's and you should see what she can do with a plain old pine set of drawers! DIY So head on over and check out her work! Also, today I went shopping at my local oppies and scored a few treasures ... I'll save them to share with you

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Aside from posting pictures of lavender things, pulling the Christmas tree out early from the cupboard under the insistance of my children, who have now put it up very nicely, thank you, I have been knitting and sewing headbands for my daughter to sell at her Stewart House fundraising day at school. These are knitted on 4.5 mm needles, 7 stitches, using My Friend Kylie etc pattern in my

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She has two (TWO!!) sets of 14 fat quarters of Sweet Broderie by Rosalie Quinlan fabrics in delicious colours. Go and check out her blog here ... Retro Mummy She is based in Sydney and the fabrics will also be available from her shop. var linkwithin_site_id = 289179;

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Normally Daisy Quilts hosts Colourful Fridays, but for the time being, Bev of Kainga Happenings has been chosen for the special job in her absence! This week is Lavender. I used to have a French Lavender plant in the front garden until it became way too woody. So I took to it with secateurs last year and cut the lot out. Now I have no Lavender in the garden at all! I do have hydrangeas and also

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Just as I was reading GeorgyG Design's blog, I realised I had been tagged! Here we go! 4 things that..... are usually in my handbag 1. Knitting. I always take knitting everywhere. In fact, I feel naked without it. It is perfect for occupying me on the bus, on the train, in a doctor's reception etc. Today my daughter had conjunctivitis and we visited the doctor's and got drops and I had my

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The first is a scarf I completed last night which might have Sharon's name on it! It is in Lincraft Surprise yarn. I promise you, I have no commercial arrangement with Lincraft, even though I do use Lincraft Surprise Yarn a LOT. It appears I am drawn to this yarn. It is knitted on the diagonal, the first time I have tried this. I cast on 21 stitches on 4.5 mm needles, knitted the first row

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I was feeling guilty about not posting today, as I have spent much of the day packing and unpacking from a camping trip at a great caravan pack on the south coast of New South Wales for my son's 5th birthday, and suddenly inspiration struck in the form of MonetPaisley!  http://monetpaisley.blogspot.com/2010/11/swimwear-giveaway.html Did you read that? GIVEAWAY! She also has an ETSY store just

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Why so much Pink? I'm playing along with Daisy Quilts and Colourful Fridays. Play along too! I'm a little early with my posts and won't have the proper link because I will be away camping for the weekend! House alarm is on, so don't get any ideas! First, I have my paternal grandmother's tea set, which has Tuscan Fine Bone China on the bottom and is "Made In England". Note the handpainted roses

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For those that have joined my blog because my name purported that I am a knitter, I really am. Even though I haven't posted a knit post for a while. Here is my latest scarf (and I am knitting other things, which I may post in the future ...) 4.5 mm needles, 17 stitches, My Friend Kylie M Definitely Isn't a Singing Budgie Scarf Pattern, Lincraft Surprise Yarn. HERE. I've also included my

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Inspired by so many sewing blogs, I got out the machine and sewed this black cape for my son with the partial help of my daughter (okay, a short run on the treadle!). They looked very cute. She with purple hair and he with red! Forgive me for the delay in posting, I was searching for the battery charger for the camera! var linkwithin_site_id = 289179;

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Today is Monday and as I declared Monday ~ Plug Your Mates Day and as I only have one real friend who actually blogs that I know about it, I have been debating loudly who to choose! (Okay, silently, the kids and husband are sleeping and I am actually writing this on Sunday evening as I listen to the movie Juno in the background!) Let me introduce you: http://valeriesownsewingblog.blogspot.com/

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I had intended yesterday to go to Paddington's Mathilda's Markets http://mathildasmarket.blogspot.com/ with my daughter, but my husband decided to work instead. This meant I would have been taking my son who is nearly 5 and that would have been impossible. So my daughter and I went to Macarthur Square instead when my husband got home and he took my son with him From Lincraft: One pack of

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 Fairchild Street who has a lovely blog and is based in Melbourne, Victoria, has tagged me in a game and who can resist that ... 1. What is one thing you cannot stand? Washing up. I am quite over it. Yes, I do have a dishwasher, but my 2 year old (he's now nearly 5) thought that was a great step ladder to trouble and I feel he has warped the door and it doesn't close properly, so I don't use

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Patons Book R.14 Specially Requested Reprints with Men’s Jumpers and Vests including Rocky, Denis, Brian, Biscay, Tasman, Flinders, Baltic, Caucasus, Alpine, Sierra, Dampier, Pacific, Grampions, Sturt, Andes, Ritchie, Henty, Man’s Scarf in Totem. Man’s Scarf in Fingering, Man’s Gloves, Man’s Scarf and Gloves, Heel-less Spiral Stockings (A) and Heel-less Spiral Stockings (B) - 51 pages in all, C5

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I went shopping today. Yes, I know, again. Yes, I know, more Amber Glassware. Who could walk past this beautiful vase for $4.50? Not me. My neighbour even assisted by being at the same store and carefully driving it home for me, while I went and did more shopping. She was going home anyway. I also got this cute Butterfly sugar bowl and the Pennine Wedgewood Cup for $3.50 or thereabouts. Not

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I don't know if Monday has a theme for blogging yet, but I am going to declare it "Monday ~ Plug Your Mates Day"  on my blog and if I knew how to use one of those linky tools, well I certainly would. One of my old school friends who I met up with again at my recent 20th Year Reunion let me into the secret world of her blog last night and I can't be selfish about this. I have to share. She is

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I was reading Sophie Isobel @ Her Library Adventures and as part of Blogtoberfest, she is hosting a competition for everyone's favourite finds of the year with people able to vote for their favourite second hand discovery. Here is my favourite find of the year. Look past my bad photography and the shadows overhanging my jacket. Look at the shape of the jacket, the Shepherd check fabric, the

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I've been thinking this week about Glory Boxes and wondering if any mothers (and fathers) in this modern world we live in still keep Glory Boxes for their daughters? My sister and I both had Glory Boxes which were started for us from about the age of 10. I married at 23 and she about six months after me. We are 14 months apart in age and I have been married 15 years at the end of the month.

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Daisy Quilts...: Welcome to another Colourful Friday ~ Orange One Orange Feather and Fan Scarf for Sharon One Doily with Orange Hollyhocks from Vinnies Bankstown, purchased recently  One pair of 8.25mm Orange NeedlesOne pair of Milward 2 mm Needles with Orange LabelOne Orange and Blue Pocketbook Bedsock (don't know where the other one is ...)One Quintessential DVD and Book purchased from

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I quite like collecting drink trays, especially Willow ones and most especially the Brian Baigent one above. I bought it at the Salvos at Bankstown about two years ago for about $5. Salvos at Bankstown is no longer in the shopping centre and it is a pity. The middle Queensland tray is made in Hong Kong, but quite attractive and the top tray is by Maynard Waters and is also manufactured by

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So I was at my Mother and Father's farm on the weekend and I was looking in the china cabinet and look what I found, and of course I had to photograph them to preserve the images forever and share them with my blog readers. These are from my Grandmother's (Nannie's) collection and from my mother's Nan's collection. They are a little tattered and a little bit unravelled, but you can expect that

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So I'm a little late posting this post as I went to the group on Monday, so I should have done it by now! The third Social Knit In was a great success, with about 10 people showing up, including many people that had previously attended. Some leave early and some come late ... Maybe next time we'll need a bigger room? I have two photos for you from the meeting, one of  Jann's bed socks, her "

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Okay, I know I SHOULD be in bed, but I have been listening to a wonderful documentary called "Macarthur's Dream" that had been on TV this morning. "Jack Thompson presents the story of Australian wool - a story of pioneers and visionaries and the building of a nation that takes us behind the scenes of the fashion capitals of the world. We experience the lives of the Merino farmers and feel the

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Is on again today and I'm going, though I am a little unsure if anyone is going to join me, given that the original leader of the group is unable to come anymore due to the impending birth of her grandchild. If anyone is in the vicinity and wants to swing by, it starts at 11.00 am and is in the Progress Hall in Ryan Road. I'll be taking my four year old son ... I can teach you to cast on and

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I don't know if this is a goose or a duck, but I found it in my laundry the other day (when I was cleaning the rung where the clothes and hangers go, I know ... hard to believe). I am pretty lucky to have it I think, being one of four children and this being the only one my family had when I was a child. Note the tatty ribbon. It says I'm nearly 40. var linkwithin_site_id = 289179;

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On Tuesday, we were at Bankstown to get my daughter's arm x-rayed, and while we waited for the films to be processed and reviewed, we went to Vinnies. This is what $5.85 buys you on half price Tuesday! Bargain. Two pairs of Queen Bee Size 9 (3.75 mm) knitting needles (thinking about the knitting a Patons Cossack Hat) 5 Patons Patterns from the '70s with groovy photos. 1 Crucci Pattern from the

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These photos were taken at our holiday house on Friday, two weeks ago on a quick flying trip to mow lawns before heading across country. So pretty! We have Australian Native Violas, planted amongst the pavers and Australian Swan River Daisies planted near the gate, alongside agapanthas. The last is a daisy which I can't name, but when the agapanthus come into purple bloom in early December,

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var linkwithin_site_id = 289179;  Once upon a time ago when my mother was young, she knitted herself this very heavy this purple tweed jumper. And once all the pieces were knitted, she discovered that it wasn't wide enough. Did she panic? Maybe a little, I wasn't there to witness. Did she find a solution? Yes, she inserted a rib gusset up both sides of the jumper and partially along the

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her brother Russell that she knitted him a heavy 16 ply wool jumper when he was 18. Twice. First time too small and was frogged. And the second time too large. There wasn't going to be a third time, so she used the one she had knitted the second time and made sure that it fitted by sewing the side seams up on the sewing machine, trimming about two inches from either side of the

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Lincraft Price Crash. Though they name it October Prize Crash on their page header ... duh. From  50% off regular prices of floor stock yarns. Colours and styles may vary from store to store. Excludes Lincraft DK, Lincraft Cosy Wool, Cleckheaton Bamboo, Patons Sorrento, Hobby Knit, and Panda Cotton Blend 8 ply yarn apparently. I had to blow this up to attempt to read from the brochure online ...

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This plate and pattern is from my mother's collection and is special because my father went as a small child to Farmers Department Store in Sydney and choose the pattern with his mother. More on J & G Meakin, England I promise to post more knitting next week. I have been knitting squares for the Made With Love blanket I am working on and have nearly done all my coloured ones ...

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For years this carnival glass cherry bowl sat in the cupboard on top of my microwave because I hated it. Truly hated it. Wished it would drop out of the cupboard and break into 1000 pieces kind of hated it. But guess what. I got it out of my cupboard within the last six months and put it on the bench near my apricot kitchen blinds, and slightly apricot tiles (hello, house built in the 1990's)

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 This is a milk jug cover which came from my grandmother. Notice the tiny tea cup of top.

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http://catalogue.nla.gov.au/Search/Home They are just so cute and wooden and perfect. I wonder if the National Library of Australia is prepared to share? I saw a similar set at a 2nd had store at Huskisson a few months ago and they were deceiving in that they weren't drawers at all, but cupboards with drawer structures over the top. var linkwithin_site_id = 289179;

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Joan loves yellow. I hope Joan loves yellow wool. No photos I have taken tonight will do justice to this scarf, but it is lovely. It is sandy yellow with tweed flecks of orange and green. It is knitted in Lincraft Premium Italiano donegal merino 12 ply yarn (silver label) which is Made in Italy composed of 100% merino and is heavenly soft using 6.5 mm needles (40 stitches) and 3 balls of

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I am a book collector. In fact, I have so many books, I wonder how my 2nd storey has not collapsed under the weight of my bookshelf. I am currently typing up a list of my books because I am packing them away for a potential move in January of next year. I have cookbooks, Patchwork and Quilting magazines, Better Homes & Gardens, Family Circles, Country Craft Collections, Australian Good Taste

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Bananas in Pyjamas "Morgan and Lulu knitted until their arms were aching ..." var linkwithin_site_id = 289179;

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I have to say YUM. I borrowed several Vogue Knitting Magazines from the library recently and they are just divine. Here is their website ... http://www.vogueknitting.com/magazine.aspx

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Using Lincraft Merino Crepe 8 ply (Made in China) because I could only find one ball of Patons Totem in Lincraft at Bankstown in black and I'm not sure it was what it said it was on the ball band. I'm using the Family Helmet pattern from Patons book C46 Winter Warmers 5, 8 & 12 ply yarns which I bought when a Huskisson Wool shop closed down about 10 years ago. Everything with wool has a memory.

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My husband has several male friends, who every time they see me knitting a scarf exclaim in disgust, "Vanessa, what are you bloody knitting another scarf for? Why don't you knit something useful, like a balaclava?" One of those friends is having a 40th soon, and I would dearly love to knit him "something bloody useful". My idea is a balaclava as worn by Sir Douglas Mawson and shown here. I've

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Purchased from my local Red Cross Store and now sits nicely on my dresser down the coast.

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 This is an email I sent to Bowel Cancer Australia ....I'm throwing this idea out there because it came to me last night at midnight and sometimes you have to write these ideas down. My family and I are thinking of moving to XXX in the Southern Tablelands of New South Wales in January of next year. My husband has accepted a transfer to Reece Plumbing at XXX. We have yet to find accommodation,

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I figure if you are having to go to a Holden Show you may as well find yourself some Amber Glassware and rescue it from being the coin container. A slight imperfection, but still perfect in my eyes.

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More.

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Come along to the Coolaburoo Neighbourhood Centre, at 11 Ryan Road, Padstow for a Learn to Knit group for Ladies only from 11.00 am to 12.30 pm on Wednesdays. If you are interested in more info call 02 9774 2426 or email cncinc@coolaburoo.org.au. That's where I'll be this morning (though I can already knit!) So far some of the group have tackled a teddy bear, a scarf, and last week were

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All new faces, with a few from last month having forewarned that they would be on holidays for this session and back in October. At this rate, we will be moving to a bigger room next month!! Jann, the librarian and facilitator brought in her comfort rug to share and I took a photo for the blog. Each patch of colour is of significance for where she bought it during various world travels and

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One slight chip I will choose to ignore. var linkwithin_site_id = 289179;

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Okay, at this stage, I am a knitter, not a crocheter, but to anyone who reads my blog and loves crochet please go and look at this blog http://sunshineinternationalblanketsoflove.blogspot.com/. Every time I look at it the colours are divine and they inspire me to want to be a crocheter. Well done all those beautiful crocheters who contribute to these blankets! I also followed her "Link Within"

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I have to admit to another addiction. I collect Amber Glassware. Actually I also have a few Uranium Green pieces as well. Occasionally I will share a piece with you. Who knows, somebody might just find inspiration in the patterning for a hat or other knitted object. var linkwithin_site_id = 289179;

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http://trove.nla.gov.au/ndp/del/article/6452507?searchTerm=knitting This article is from The Advertiser (Adelaide) Monday 5 June 1916, and is sure to tickle sock knitter's feet. The National Library of Australia has digitalised many newspapers from 1803 through to 1954 and there are many wonderful articles on their TROVE website. var linkwithin_site_id = 289179;

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Is next Monday, 6th September commencing at 10.00 am. Bring your knitting and come and join us. For more details press the Label below and follow the links! var linkwithin_site_id = 289179;

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I bet everyone has a rib scarf pattern. Here is mine. Using 8mm needles and 8 ply acrylic (or DK yarn), cast on 30 stitches. First Row: Knit 4, *purl 2, knit 2* to last 4 stitches, Knit 4. Second Row: Knit 2, Purl 2 across row to last two stitches, K2. var linkwithin_site_id = 289179;

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