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Sweater and scarf
Two different items finished this week, on very different scales. The baby sweater, ordered by my step-daughter, is now finished (along with one baby boot, but I have another to do before posting here).
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Progress!
I've managed to start the upholstery, although there's a fair way to go before it's finished. I've got the front of the back covered and started the upholstery of the seat cushion, although it needs another two sides of the cushion covering sewn on. Anyhow, have some pictures.
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Too many projects!
As I alluded to in my last post, I've got a number of things ongoing. The first is the reupholstery of my grandfather's rocking chair. I've been procrastinating over this one for a long while, but last weekend I started to get on with it. The photos below are of it in it's mostly stripped down state. The only thing that I've done so far is ( Read more... ) -
Returning
After a very long dearth of posting in this journal, I've finally decided to take a leaf out of raeyn's book and maybe start to post about crafting, as she does over at digitalglitch. I've rediscovered knitting and have joined ravelry but I also do various other handicrafts. I've started reupholstering a very elderly sprung rocking chair for example ( Read more... ) -
Twice-cooked rice
Another in my occasional foray into cookery blogging. On Friday, I cooked a big meal in anticipation of my partner's daughters arriving - only to be phoned ten minutes before they should have been arriving to find out it wasn't going to happen. Well, I'd done a sticky chicken with broccoli and rice. The sticky chicken was sort of chinese ( Read more... ) -
More stuff - over there --->
Lots more entries on my other blog at http://dorki.org/blogweb/index.php
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On quick and easy feed stuffs
I'm not going to turn into a foodie and there will be no photographs of beautifully presented food here, but a couple of months back I posted onto Facebook about something I'd made for dinner in five minutes flat which was nutritious, delicious and less effort than junk food. Well, the commentators mostly came back and said - sure that's easy for ( Read more... ) -
My other blog
I haven't been particularly good about posting here when I've made a new blog entry over at dorki.org but this is to remind people here that I'm still posting around once a week there and today's missive is now posted -
Cross post
I'm working in Australia at the moment and documenting my time here on dorki org.
Should you wish to read up about it, please visit HERE