Tag: Crochet
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I love Roses…new designs
They are likely my favourite flower of all. So many colours to choose from with different characters and beauty abounding from their leaves and petals. I especially love the aroma they share, it is soft and delicate and oh so lovely. With roses in my mind I decided to design a style that was different…
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Inspired by our Heritage
Inspired by your heritage is something that can be exhilarating to do and of great importance in ones life. Who you are is greatly influenced by your family’s history and background on various levels. I recently spent a fantastic afternoon at the Local Heritage Festival. I highly suggest you take a visit to your local festival of similar…
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Rose R… The Rose Onie Scarf
Roses R… The Rose Onie Scarf and Collection has been keeping me busy these days as I design the new Rose Onie Fingerless Gloves and Head Scarf/Ear Warmer. This is my all time favourite scarf I have designed, mostly because it is a dedication to my Mother. My mom was an amazing woman with great…
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Naturally Embellished! By a Dragonfly!
This is definitely a One of a Kind scarf that I could in no way plan ahead as this beautiful Dragonfly decided to land on one of my designs while I was selling them at the local Farmers Market. I hadn’t seen it land and had no idea it was there until I went to…
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To Market, to market…..
To Market, to market to sell my designs. A couple of weeks ago I ventured out to my first attempt at selling my designs at the local outdoor Farmer’s Market. I wanted to do some marketing and market research to see what people were gravitated to and hear first hand comments about my work. I sell…
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Friday’s Finishing
Just a quick peek at what I was working on this week. Managed to finish another Ocean Breeze scarf this time in a medium blue green combination. The embellished coral reef broche is done in colours with a brighter quality than the last one. All I can say is I really need my beach fix…
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Altering the Ocean Breeze
This weekend I was busy working on altering one of my designs previously called the Modern Twist Scarf. This scarf had an embellished broche included. It just so happened I had made most of them in a selection of blues ranging from darks to lights. I am in the middle of reworking some of my current…
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Hand Spun Treasures
Hand Spun yarn adds such an amazing colour, texture and style to any design. The garment is handmade from the top to the bottom of the piece with a special yarn spun with love and great skill. The skein of art is then passed over to another Artist to create a design with this magnificent yarn. I…
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I Envy Green
Someone once told me “blue and green should never be seen”. On the contrary, I envy green and seriously disagree with this statement. What a loss it would be to not put these two colours together. The pictures shows some of what I have been inspired to work on this week and blue and green were obviously…
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Fuzzy Little Friends:
These fuzzy little friends of my knitting world are so adorable and belong to the Alberta Rose Alpacas at www.albertarosealpacas.com Stopped by for a visit to check out the amazing yarn they grow locally. Alpacas have to be the most adorable animals and one of my favourite yarns to use. These guys had such character…
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