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Surprises

Wednesday, September 30, 2009
I came home to two lovely surprises tonight :D Firstly the pendant that I won in the KanYoFuse giveaway on Life, Love, YARN arrived in the mail! Very exciting! And here it is! An awesome thing about getting this one of the three (which is more orange than it looks in this photo ) is that I just coloured my hair red too...

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Resin ring giveaway (link)

Wednesday, September 30, 2009
A resin ring from one of my favourite shops, DELicious Designz, is part of a giveaway at Adelle's blog! Click here here to go to the giveaway page. Etsy: Your place to buy & sell all things handmade DELiciousDesignz.etsy.com ...

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Another sale!

Sunday, September 27, 2009
Update 2011: all doctor who patterns now available free on my patterns page -- I worked very hard yesterday and finished my first Doctor Who pattern. I listed on Etsy about midnight and went to sleep, and when I woke up someone had bought it! What a lovely way to wake up! I will be adding several more Doc patterns as soon as I...

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A TARDIS is born

Saturday, September 26, 2009
@haikugirlOz from Angels Have the Phone Box has already used my pattern as a base for this compltely awesome TARDIS that looks heaps better than mine! __________ See all posts about Doctor Who __________ ...

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Update to TARDIS pattern and 9th Doctor

Saturday, September 26, 2009
Hello all, It didn't seem right to have a TARDIS without a light on top so I have made a little one to add on to the pattern this morning. I have also finished my 9th Doctor (Christopher Eccleston) so have photographed the two together :) Download TARDIS pattern (PDF) | View on Ravelry Download Mini Doctor Whos pattern (PDF) |  View on...

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Free crochet TARDIS pattern

Thursday, September 24, 2009
I decided the photography of my mini Doctors would not be complete without a TARDIS, so I am providing a free crochet TARDIS pattern/tutorial for anyone who would like to have their own. Download TARDIS Pattern (A crocheted light has also been added to the top of the TARDIS, read about the update here) I am working hard on my patterns for the...

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Doctor Who - The First Doctor

Sunday, September 20, 2009
Well I've finished the first doctor - William Hartnell Download free pattern for mini Doctors from the patterns page As I mentioned previously, my friend is in South Africa (exciting ^.^) and has given me her sewing machine to play with for a month. I wanted to machine sew the hair, because it looks better that way for photos, but it is possible...

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10th Doctor sneak peak

Friday, September 18, 2009
I'm running of to the Melbourne Juggling Convention now - but David Tennant crochet plushie is coming soon! and his cute reading glasses too! __________ See all posts about Doctor Who __________ ...

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Library craft meetup

Thursday, September 17, 2009
Again I have proof that I have stumbled across the perfect job for me :) The newest development is that a bunch of the library people have decided to get together every once in a while for a crafting session. This makes me very happy, because I am a bit of a strange one with my crafts (crocheting and knitting at every available...

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I won a giveaway!

Thursday, September 17, 2009
Eeep! I have been entering quite a few handmade crafty giveaways from blogs that I follow - and today I actually won one!Life, Love, Yarn held this giveaway for one of three pendants from KanYoFuse. I was the third winner so I get to have the one that the other two winners don't choose - they are all awesome and I am very...

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Doctor Who amigurumi progress

Sunday, September 13, 2009
Well after posting a note about my 5th Doctor on Crafty_Tardis and Who_Knits I have had a lot of traffic today from around the US *waves to everyone* So I thought I would post up a couple of in progress pictures that I have taken so far. William (1st doctor) is pretty much complete - here he is pictured without his jacket. He...

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Some older things - friendship bands and such

Thursday, September 10, 2009
I was over at This Year's Dozen having a look at her wonderfully photographed macrame belt tutorials, and I noticed her use of the double-half-hitch knots to create distinctive V-shaped lines in the belts and this reminded me of some of my creations of a few years back.My hands can't really stand up to the strain of the intensive knotting required to make...

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Flowers and flu

Monday, September 07, 2009
Well it's been a pretty yucky week. I went down with the flu on thursday night and have only just got out of bed again. Haven't been able to do anything but sleep, so am feeling very craft deprived.I had a nice surprise, however, when I finally emerged into the sunlight this afternoon. I looked out my window to find that my first...

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Upcycled coats and dresses

Thursday, September 03, 2009
Something I've been feeling quite inspired by recently is upcycled dresses and coats. I like the idea of transforming old into new. In the same way, I feel getting an old jumper and pulling out the wool to knit with would be an interesting endeavour (but probably laborious.My favourite shop producing upcycled garments is Katwise.Her output is prolific, and coats and dresses seem...

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First sale!

Wednesday, September 02, 2009
First (two) etsy sales today! look look look! yay!! I saw an email in my inbox saying 'Notification of Payment Received' and i thought 'oh it's probably just some spam message' - and then i saw it was from paypal, and opened it up - and saw $6 listed - which was strange, because I hadn't got anything listed for $6 - and...

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