I love hunting in Op Shops for vintage crochet patterns. I love all things vintage. The old styles and fads fascinate me. Some are not so vintage, just bargains . . . here are some pics . . .
This woman looks kind of like the lady in the “puffin muffins” iSelect insurance [...]
Posts on ‘August 7th, 2008’
Vintage Patterns
Spinning
I did a bit of a silly thing. It was for sale on eBay. An impulse buy. I don’t even know how to use it. I’ve got lots of people who can teach me and there’s even classes. There’s just something about making yarn from scratch and dying it in multicolours.
I [...]
Op Shopping
Today I went Op Shopping, (call it a thrift or charity store if you will), specifically to buy knitted garments to frog (unravel), wash, and make into recycled balls of yarn. Sharon from Laughing Purple Goldfish calls it a “frog pond” which I think is fabulous !
Here’s a pic.
Op shop knits reading for unraveling.
My dad [...]
Couch to 5k in nine weeks !
Hi everyone. After having two babies, and being very sleep deprived, I’ve put on a tonne of weight.
Today I joined the Couch to 5K challenge. This program takes you from being a couch potato to jogging 5 kilometres in two months.
The link below is the actual plan (its at the bottom of the [...]