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Author Archives: Margaret Ford
Welding: The Next Step?
In my last post of 26 October 2022 called 25+crossover: a juried exhibition I admitted that my original ambitions for the selected piece were stymied by my lack of the requisite skills of armature building. I had designed a work … Continue reading
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25+ crossover: a juried WAFTA exhibition
When I posted on 7 Sept 2022 about my work in a WAFTA (Western Australian Fibre and Textile Association) members’ exhibition in 2020 I said that I was thrilled to have been juried into a special 25th anniversary exhibition by … Continue reading
Contemporary Quilts: The Challenge to Make a Point
Bear with me, this is a long and indulgent blog. At a recent meeting of the Contemporary Quilt Group (contemporarywa.wordpress.com/about/) of the Western Australian Quilters’ Association (https://www.waquilters.com) our speaker issued a challenge. After a thoughtful presentation to us all about … Continue reading
Je ne sais quoi: but it’s fun!
I love making fabric out of yarn using knitting and crochet plus hand stitch. A recent request, in the context of an upcoming exhibition, to provide some background images of my work and perhaps some work in progress, prompted me … Continue reading
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Vegetable Stash-busting: Baba Ganoush
I’m not hoarding, promise. But I must admit I am probably a bit ambitious when I go to the green grocer. For example, I bought a large eggplant six days ago and it’s still in the crisper. I would have … Continue reading
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Crochet bags as stash-busters
I’m probably not alone in having accumulated lots of the “novelty” yarns of the nineties and noughties. You know the kind: hairy, glitzy, chunky, loopy and often all these in the same ball! Time, I thought, to get rid of … Continue reading
Posted in Bag, Clothing, Crochet basket, Crocheting, Design, Stash-busting yarn
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Hanging By A Thread: catch up post
Hooray!! A piece of my work will be in the landmark juried exhibition celebrating the 25th anniversary of the Western Australian Fibre and Textile Association Inc. (WAFTA). The exhibition will run from 22 October to 12 November 2022 in the … Continue reading
Posted in Design, freeform crocheting, freeform knitting, Knitting, Stash-busting yarn, WAFTA
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More Marled Wrap Magic
More than two years ago (in April 2020) I posted about making a Stephen West design called Marled Magic. I based its colours on a photograph and used yarns from my stash. I’ve done it again. This time I was … Continue reading
Posted in Clothing, Knitting, Scarf
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Crazy Diamond Wrap
I love to make the patterns of gifted knit artists/designers. The Crazy Diamond Wrap pattern of Australian designer Ambah O’Brien (https://www.ravelry.com/designers/ambah-obrien) intrigued me as it promised a complex-looking result from an “easy to work” pattern. This time I ordered her … Continue reading
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Grevillea Wrap: a knitted treasure
I like the knit designs of Ambah O’Brien. Her designs are on Ravelry. (https://www.ravelry.com/designers/ambah-obrien) So I bought her Grevillea Wrap pattern and also a kit of yarns for it produced by Koigu. It was not my preferred colourway but it … Continue reading
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