Category Archives: Stash-busting yarn

Crocheted necklace ventures

Posted on February 26, 2023 by Margaret Ford

Recently I was showing some friends the bag handles I’d crocheted for an, as yet, UFB (unfinished bag). I got this technique from a marvellous u-tube video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RnX4t8ypGtc The comment was “that rope would make a great neck piece”. So…. … Continue reading →

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25+ crossover: a juried WAFTA exhibition

Posted on October 26, 2022 by Margaret Ford

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 →

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Crochet bags as stash-busters

Posted on October 7, 2022 by Margaret Ford

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 →

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Hanging By A Thread: catch up post

Posted on September 7, 2022 by Margaret Ford

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 →

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Marled Magic Shawl by Stephen West

Posted on April 28, 2020 by Margaret Ford

I like Stephen West’s designs (https://www.westknits.com). I have made them before. He backs the sale of his written patterns with videos which elaborate and demonstrate some details of his designs. Buying the pattern for Marled Magic Shawl, I was attracted … Continue reading →

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Oh, What a Feeling!!

Posted on January 25, 2019 by Margaret Ford

No, not Toyota***, but related.  I’m watching the first day of the Brisbane Test match Australia vs Sri Lanka.  As I start this blog the score is Sri Lanka 7/105, which partly accounts for my happiness. In parallel, as one … Continue reading →

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