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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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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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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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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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