Thursday, September 22, 2011

Recipe Book


This recipe book is at least 70 years old.  It was one of my mother's treasures and she gave it to me when I moved into my first flat.  I wish I had asked her who made it.  The book looks like it was a woodwork project and I think my father may have made it at the Stawell Technical School.  He made a table and other items as well as producing some cool technical drawings.

The book is made using a cut down school exercise book.  The "cook" is drawn onto the ply wood and then painted.  The edge is decorated with burnt notches.

My first recipes were rather basic and some are recipes I had cut out of the Womens Weekly.  There are a few of my mothers recipes as well as a list of plates, cutlery, salt and pepper shakers.  I guess that is a list in preparation for a party.

Wednesday, September 21, 2011

A Woolly Week


A woolly week is  of course not unusual for me.  This week has been very much starting from the raw fleece.  This yarn has been handspun from some grey English Leicester Romney cross fleece from a very handsome sheep.  Just fabulous wool to spin.  This yarn will be available at the Arts Centre Market in Melbourne on Sunday or you can contact me if you are unable to make it to the market.

Friday, September 16, 2011

The Girls



Two of the new brooches for this weekend's markets.  I just love these buttons  - so much personality.


And the popular farmer and his sheep as well as the tree and house. I'll be at Buninyong on Saturday and the Melbourne Arts Centre on Sunday.

Now I'm off to Daylesford to have lunch and celebrate a special friend's birthday.  Market packing to be finished when I get home.




Thursday, September 15, 2011

Weaving Yarn


This hand spun lumpy bumpy yarn is ready for weaving into a floor rug. The wool is natural colours and I think the contrast of the light and dark browns will work well.


I was up early this morning.  The goose was making a lot of noise which sometimes is a signal that the fox is lurking.  No fox but a frost.

Wednesday, September 14, 2011

Just a hole



All that is left under Mopsy's kennel is the hole.  The echidna left and didn't return.


Lovely to see some spring colour.


My crab apple trees are covered with blossom.

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