Archive for April, 2008
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Wednesday morning - as I see it.
I am today, distracted, and procrastinating.
There is work to be done - on the website for my husband’s shop, and I need to do it today. *sigh*.
Why is it - that a job that remains undone for a while seems to get bigger the longer you leave it. Why [...]
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socked
My little one is a bit under the weather at the moment, plus it’s so suddenly cold outside, we can’t just go to the park or walk about for a break in routine.
The only answer is sock puppets.
I hate throwing the kids socks out. Their little feet speak on their own when they are babies, [...]
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adventures with needles
First there was this
then there was this…
and then there was this, because I was going a little bit crazy with small amounts of learning and testing, and I just wanted to make huge swings with the knitting machine and pump out some yardage of fabric.
THAT was fun. Watching it all just pour out was fun, [...]
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Tags: Knitting, knitting machine
ends
It seems to be a week of tidying ends up.
The stainless steel skirt is finally finished. I thought it was finished, and indeed wore it for a week before reconsidering and embellishing. It now sports a flap that was rescued from an old backpack many years ago and has been waiting for a suitable host.
It [...]
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Happy Days
Happy Days - oil on linen. Finally finished!
Close up of the dangling peg-dolly.
Detail of the legs.
I am so happy with this painting. It’s taken me a few weeks - and I have walked past it over and over spotting areas to work on, and changing my mind about background colours. It feels [...]
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Time out
I don’t know how it started, but I have become - like so many people, preoccupied with time. The time it takes to do certain things… time wasted… time saved… time slipping by…..
I’m over it.
I hope.
Sitting down for lunch mid-painting yesterday I turned on Oprah (I never do that). I mean, I don’t sit down [...]
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Tags: journey, peace, stillness
self-portrait wednesday
One of the most exciting things I have done in the past year was buy a knitting machine. With no prior knowledge of knitting machines, or having ever even seen one.
One of the silliest things I have done in the past year was buy a knitting machine. With no prior knowledge of knitting machines, or [...]
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Tags: knitting machine, self-portrait, work in progress
taking time
Painting today, and something exciting happening later on that I’ll spill about tomorrow.
It has been driving me a bit mad, not being able to get to this painting. But having to restrain myself has been a good thing too. I walk past it 50 times a day, and see little things that need fixing or [...]
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Fluidity
My weekend turned into a free-form no plans, coping kind of continuous portion of time
Saturday - mix fluid for cleaning Passap (knitting machine), and find ways to stretch 100mls to do the job where 1 pint is suggested by instructions.
1 pint would have been impossible to source - as apparently ’surgical spirit’ is illegal and [...]
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Scatter
Warning - post contains nerdity and embarrassing confessions.
I met Tina, at last year’s blogmeet, and made contact again when I took possession of the knitting machine. She is a scientist, a software designer and a crafter who lives on the other side of town. She is amazingly patient with her time and generous with her [...]
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Tags: enthusiasm, knitting machibne, maintenance
