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i found my sewing machine today.

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and it still works!

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i whipped up a sundress from ottobre magazine

and i like it!

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also flashing the stash additions



orange and purple sock yarn to make me smile
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yarn for forest canopy shawl

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capricorn yarn from yarn pirate

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roses from my honey to make me feel better

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trev waiting for pj to come home from a mates

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RIP

Martin Carl Schultz

15.02.75 ~ 07.02.09

Kelli

Callignee, Vic.

Gone, but never forgotton.

i spent yesterday organising my craft room, in between jumping in the pool to cool off, and putting away things i've accumuated in the past year. my desk was a complete disaster area, and i've got loads of filing and paperwork to archive (scan and backup onto usb), but as usual i keep finding more projects to sew/print/knit/crochet.....i've still got to unpack some craft things, like my gocco, more books, and repack the yarn stash, but i've been thinking of a craft-work plan for 2010. i've seen a "10 projects for 2010" knit-along somewhere on the net, so i've been thinking of the 10 things i want to achieve in 2010. but with a twist

• finish at least 1 knitted garment.

maybe a cardigan? my WIPs are huge for cardi's, it ridiculous, and pathetic, i call myself a knitter?

• knit 2 shawls

i have yarn, i have sticks, i have patterns, do i have the balls?

• knit 3 pairs of socks

1 toe up, 1 on magic loop and 1 lace. my sock knitting mojo is back!

• sew 4 quilts

3 of the old favourites went to the van at shallow inlet, 2 i had made myself and 1 that was given to parker after febraury, so i need to replinish the house ones, and make 1 with miss c, as i promised her and have the fabric we picked out together in august

• sew a wardrobe of 5 co-ordinating items

oh, big call hey?

• sew 6 different bags

for me, the gift stash, and for sewing experimentation. i'm thinking shopping totes too, using printed calico

• print 7 things

i have gocco hear me roar. i also want to do some lino printing, not to mention freezer paper stencils. i need to print more cards, i want to print some fabric.....

• 8 prints for my hallway wall

my hallway is nice and long and i'd love to have 8 prints/photos/artwork/collage etc of the same theme, made by me along the wall.

• spin spin spin spin spin spin spin spin spin

yep, 9 times.

• knit/crochet 10 different washcloths.

this way i'll have a stash of presents, and i'll have that warm finished object glow happening 10 times, and i would have tried new techniques. i also want to make 10 soaps to go with said 10 washcloths........

well i've covered a few bases here, i wonder how it will pan out?

one more week to bali.....

just a quick question: does anyone know of the whole knitting needle allowed in airports for GARUDA and DENPASAR airport????? I know I can finally knit in australian airports, but what about indonesia? madly googling now

so happy birthday to me.....

no new year resolutions for me this year, but some birthday ones instead. i turn 38 today, and if my math is on target that mean 24 months to the big 40. no, it doesn't scare me, but i have plans to make. if i'm going to be in my next decade, there are things that need to be right.

1: i'm over this weight thing, i will be [ahem] lighter by 40 kg's by 40. (ok actually 30....only 30, but i put the 15 back on that i lost...but 40 would put me underweight, so only 30, crap i'm babbling now)

2: i will be in some amazing, incredible "once-in-a-lifetime"exotic location for our 40th (my sweetie, S is one day older than me, but seeing as he was born in the UK, i think maybe we may have been born on the same day?)

3: i will have 2 more tattoo's. My pheonix i've been planning and maybe a wee hippo.....

4: good lord, i'll be finally wearing something i've knit with yarn i've spun over something i've sewn on fabric i've printed

5: i'll be a damn good mum to a great almost teenager....ok, so i can dream....about the great almost teenager, i'm already a damn good mum...ha-bloody-ha!! ...oh and a incredibly supportive step-mum to a teenage girl and a 9year old girl...so the kids are 7, 9 & 10 atm, mines 9, his are 7 & 10. and i'm a great step mum-girlfriend-of-their-dad anyways! really....i hope.....

yep that'll do. closer to home tho, it's gunna be hot today, and all i want to do is clean up my craft room. and play in the pool.

i have got something special planned for this year, but i've learnt to respect the universe and keep it under my hat, you'll have to wait and see.....mwah!

righto. just a bit glad to see the arse end of 2009. although i am holding my breath until february is done. i think once parker and i are done with the "firsts" we might be able to relax. the poor little one is freaking out at all these forcasts for 40+ deg's , he keeps asking me if it's going to be as hot as black saturday. urgh. so I brought him a pool. and filled it with the water from the creek next to our house. love it!

so we had a nice quiet christmas, and spent two weeks at our van at shallow inlet. two relaxing recharging the batteries weeks. we all went, S's two girls, parker & trev the dog as well. i got a swanky pink fishing rod off S for chrissie, but didn't get to use it! but i did knit and read and learnt a remedy for sandfly bites, a blend of detol, metho and babyoil.

So I read "The Book Thief" and "Little Bird" an am now reading "You or someone like You". i knit two facewashers, finished a long overdue ballband dishcloth, picked up my hibernating STR jaywalkers, started a pair of shazza's socks, rewrote groovy tueSdayS menu, got a terrible sunburn, and slept. oh, and drank my fair share of westies, millers chill, and kalhua & milks....but you get that!

i turn 38 tomorrow. 2 years until 40. more on that tomorrow!

why can't i pull out the core of the toilet paper roll and write.....

if you're reading this replace me and recycle me

or

if you're reading this why not think a little and pop a new roll on for the next person

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replace me or die

or

hell hath no fury like a woman with no toilet paper

or

think about it, replace it, toss out the old one, don't forget to put the toilet seat down and while we're at it, did you hang up your towel?

wouldn't life be grand?????

quack!

excuse the really long grass, but this was my view a few minutes ago....