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Author Archives: Margaret Ford
Beanie
I’m going to Canberra in July for the graduation of my sister. She will be conferred with a PhD from The Australia National University on 13 July. It will be very cold in Canberra in July. This is a beanie … Continue reading
Posted in Beanie, freeform crocheting, Knitting, Uncategorized
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Indian Textile Tour: Introduction
This post begins a diary of my recent trip to India. Route: Perth to Mumbai to Bhuj to Ahmedabad to Lucknow to Jaipur to Delhi (via Bharatpur) Name of Tour: Beauty Unwound: A Textile Tour of India Travel Agent: http://www.touchofspirittours.com.au/tour/textile-cultural/ Dates: … Continue reading
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Textile Tour of India :Tuesday 9 Feb 2016
On coming back from breakfast in the hotel dining room I travelled in the lift with two people who didn’t look like locals. Just as I was wondering if it would be too rude to ask them what they were … Continue reading
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Dill dyeing in a jar
It is almost always time to prune the dill. It’s rampant. So at this last trimming time, early in November, I stuffed a handful of the tiny leaves into a small jar with a small piece of silk and tap … Continue reading
Posted in Natural dyeing, Solar dyeing, solar dyeing with dill
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Dressmaking: another knit top
Here’s what I did with the second piece of fabric acquired at the Fibreswest garage sale last October. I used the same “pattern” as the previous one but made several more changes. Ran it up very quickly. This is the … Continue reading
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Dressmaking: a Fibreswest fabric
I don’t usually make my own clothes. However, at Fibreswest in October this year in Northam , Western Australia, the “garage sale” yielded some beautiful fabrics. i got two metres of a gorgeous knit for A$5. Tonight seemed like a … Continue reading
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Sarong transformation
My Friend Anne Williams showed me how she makes batick sarongs into relaxed cotton shirts last Friday at a WAFTA meeting. So I made one from a sarong I bought many years ago. I do have some newer and more … Continue reading
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