Month: August 2010
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Creating Crochet Coral Reefs
Today I spent a wonderful afternoon with a bunch of extremely creative crocheters creating more crochet coral for the Melbourne Satellite Reef Project. We were joined by Mark Rodrigue from Parks Victoria, Marine Coasts and Catchments Officer who spoke (rather passionately) about Victoria’s wonderful and diverse marine national parks and sanctuaries. VERY inspirational indeed. In turn, I think he…
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Blue Days Again
It’s been some time since I’ve posted about the progress of my blue days throw. I have admittedly been so focussed on crocheting coral for the Melbourne Satellite Reef Project (yes some may say obsessed) that I have not done nearly enough work on my throw and have thrown my original deadline out the window. …
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Speaking of Scarves
This is my newest scarf creation – I call it coral. Gorgeous, warm and snuggly, it was made as a gift for a colleague’s birthday. I’ve named it Coral because the design is based on the crochet “coral” I am making for the Melbourne Satellite Reef Project. This one is made in charcoal silk/wool/mohair mix –…
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Scarves Scarves Scarves
I have had a very busy week this week in my day job so no time for knitting/crocheting even though I really really wanted to. I have been working on the dlux stand (trade only) at the Melbourne Gift and Homewares Fair – and I thought I’d share an image of what I work with on a daily…
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Pubknitters
This week our Pubknitters group met for a meal, a chat and show and tell. We had a finished blanket to parade (there is still another one to finish off) and a gaggle of gGrrrRs to admire. It’s wonderful to see our community projects up and running and we’re looking forward to finishing off and passing…
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Scrumbling Naturally
I’ve not made mention of my scrumbling challenge with my sister-in-law Margaret for some time because we have both been bitten by the crochet coral bug and have been making coral with gay abandon for the Melbourne Satellite Reef Project. However, I thought it was high time to share with you the progress of Margaret’s beautiful…