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you can tell it's been a long day

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Jax Blunt
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when you get home, make yourself a nice cup of tea, sit down to enjoy it…and discover you forgot to boil the kettle before making it. Bleargh.

Think I might try that again.

baby doll crochet dress

Let’s see, I did promise to update a bit on the type of thing we’ve been up to. I made Big some doll’s clothes:

There’s a barbie top modelled after the yoke of the dress as well, but I don’t have a photo of that hanging around.

We’ve been working from the Gifts for Kids to Make book, and Big also picked up a craft kit in some shop in Crystal peaks during yet another abortive shoe shopping mission (two hours, every shop with anything resembling children’s footwear, not one pair of anything that she was prepared to wear 🙁 ) and decorated a bag, a purse and a keyring chain. Can’t find a link to the kit, which is a shame as it was rather fun, if a touch over packaged.

Have been browsing pattern sites looking for something to make for me, not quite sure what is going on, but I’m craving vaguely pretty things, which is not a standard state of affairs. I’m pondering crochet with wires, or maybe a little purse or even a hat. What do you all reckon?

Bit of a bonus picking up the kids today – one of the staff had been to costco and bought a bead and jewellrey findings set, much the kind of thing I’ve been looking for. It came home with us 🙂

Making some headway in day to day life, but it’s still tough. Glad to see Gill back blogging again 🙂

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12 responses to “you can tell it's been a long day”

  1. Kath avatar
    Kath

    Hat looks good, earrings look a bit complicated? Bag looks nice but I’m not sure what kind of occasion you could use it for?

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  2. Jax avatar
    Jax

    well, I was thinking about making the bag in the multicoloured wool I’m trying to use up, thought it would be quite a useful little handbag for all the times I don’t have one!
    Did I link to earrings? I meant to link to a necklace.

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  3. Ron avatar
    Ron

    I use a french press to make coffee and I’ve done the same thing. The worst of it is that you don’t find out until you’ve sttled into a comfortable spot 😀

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  4. t-bird avatar
    t-bird

    love the jewelry, bu tthen i like the look of the bag too. Can’t quite picture you in the hat though.

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  5. t-bird avatar
    t-bird

    oops, pressed send before I’d said… Like the doll dress, lovley yarn too.

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  6. Em avatar
    Em

    Ooo Love the bag. Might have to make that thanks! I’m half way through a dress that was supposed to be for me, but since it turns out that having a hook half a size too small and DK does not = worsetd it’s going to be a dress for one of my girls. Problem is I’m at the half way stage when I’m bloody sick of the pattern. Only half way down the yoke, on 36round of pattern and its so boring now. I should know better than start on something like that.
    Anyway I think that bag is great.

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  7. Joanna avatar
    Joanna

    Not the hat. Reminds me of 1970s Abba – and not flattering even on them!

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  8. Ann avatar
    Ann

    Had read this post twice before I registered that Jax wrote it, not Tim… now the comments about pretty things are less worrying!

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  9. Alison avatar
    Alison

    No, I could see you in the hat (maybe not in pink though 😉 ). The necklace etc looks lovely, you should definitely have a go at that 🙂

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  10. Jax avatar
    Jax

    rofl at Ann!
    I’m tempted by the necklace as well, and I’ve got some rather nice deep red that I thought might work for the hat. Might try mocking up the necklace in thread to practise the technique 🙂

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  11. ~drew emborsky~ avatar
    ~drew emborsky~

    I vote for the little purse! 😉

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  12. Jax avatar
    Jax

    crochetdude!
    have to say I am very tempted by the bag 🙂

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