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Knitting

so the knitting bug continues  and I find myself most evenings curled up by the fire with my yarn and needles maybe once the summer returns I will drift back to my needles and thread I ve finally taken the big leap and started my first sweater  in  a lot  of years I ve chosen to go with  Truly Myrtle's Gingerbread sweater it's really quite a simple but elegant design  and just perfect for my first top down sweater. the yarn is Nyx from Outlaw yarns and comes from across the pond New Zealand  and is a Polwarth, silk mix it's a very soft pink  tonight I discovered the joy of  tassel making I have just finished knitting a shawl (which I will show you next time)  and needed to make a tassel to complete it Truly Myrtle has a great tutorial I got so into the swing of it, I even made one for my super cute  little sheep scissors I love learning new things starting new projects and creating

The lady and the unicorn

today i took myself on a bit of an adventure. I rose before the sun and caught the train to Sydney. My main destination was the art gallery of NSW. I have been to the art gallery several times before. But this time i was heading for a special exhibition. as you can see in the images it was a beautiful sunny Australian day not a cloud to be seen, but still i couldn't wait to be inside The art gallery of NSW is currently exhibiting the 500 year old French Tapestries titled  The Lady and the Unicorn they created this fabulous entry for us to walk through and the fabric was of course Millefleur the six tapestries were all hung all together in a semi circle, interestingly they were different sizes which is possibly due to the fact that they were custom made to fit a particular space. interestingly they don't know whom they were made for or even exactly where the were made, but they suspect they were made i

The nest and a 30 day challenge

I first had my little nest quite a while ago, then lost it for a while and for the past few months this lovely little space has been myn again. my old horn sewing machine cabinet is now my cutting station and that little pile you can see on the left is my current project pile, it's not very big but thats because most of my UFO projects are  packed away this is my little sit and stitch corner, Jemima and Paddington are my favourite companions. Jemima was made when my girls were little and was recently re- dressed by my mum as a nurse using my old nursing uniforms. Paddington returned from England with me this year. my sewing area is just as I wanted it, the table is our old dining room table, purchased by Mr Googy and I when we were first married, I just couldn't part with it and am glad I didn't because its a perfect sewing table, even down to the convenient draw that holds all my bibs and bobs that I need in the middle of stitching. my ironin