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Harris Tweed Doorstop
I am still knitting the hat, but before I started I managed to sew the front door onto the Harris Tweed Doorstop. The felt is a beautiful hand dyed piece of wool felt I bought at the Stitches &...
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Fences for a Doorstop
A little bit further on the Harris Tweed Doorstop. Worked a couple of fences, a solid one and a picket one. The grey looks a little stark on the background but will soften once further embroidery has...
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French Knots
Been making little box hedges with lots and lots of french knots. And a little bit of gravel under the gate.
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Harris Tweed Doorstop
I finished the Harris Tweed doorstop last night. Here is just a preview, the roof. I will take some photos today out in the daylight. The wool for the roof is a 10ply knitted on 3.75mm sized needles....
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Harris Tweed Doorstop
These are the photos of the finished Harris Tweed Doorstop. It was based on the old post office in Ballan, Victoria. I didn’t try to make an exact reproduction of the old house, just used it as...
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Spinning & Weaving House
In continuing to tidy the craft room, here is another project finished. The walls of the house were woven. I bought two small looms last year and I played around with some possibilities, being very...
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Little Blue Doorstop
I don’t have any new craftiness to show, so it’s a revisit to a house I made a couple of years ago. It is a small doorstop with half a paver inside. I think it is the only doorstop where I knitted...
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Houses Under Glass
I changed the display in my dining room from woodland creatures to houses. A mix of felt, knitting, paint, sewing, doorstop, pincushions and just houses.
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Australian Cottage Doorstop
Revisiting one of the first doorstops I made. It’s more Australian than English in style with it’s corrugated iron roof, chimney on the outside, clothesline out the back and daffies under the windows....
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Stephanie’s Doorstop and Pincushion
Let’s revisit houses I made a couple of years ago. I made them to give to Stephanie for allowing me to decorate the window for Christmas at Can Do Books. My first Christmas window. The cream felt is...
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Christmas Doorstop
It feels like I haven’t made a doorstop in a very long time. The cream felt of this doorstop was the first piece of hand knitting that I felted in the washing machine. You never really know how big...
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Doors on the Doorstop
The doorstop for the commission is coming along. I have been working on the front and back doors.
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Windows
I am making the windows on the doorstop differently than how I usually make them. Hope it works. The photo is two windows at the first stage.
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Making a Chimney
I am making a chimney for the doorstop that attaches to the outside of the house (as opposed to one that comes out of the roof). The first step is to make a chimney in cardboard and masking tape. I...
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Doorstop Tree
Been working on the doorstop, adding a tree and some garden. This is still in progress, there are a few more things to add. The trunk is wool wrapped wire, leaves are a mix of embroidery and felt.
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Knitting, Knitting, Knitting
I’m knitting the roof for the doorstop and it seems to be taking ages. It’s probably because it’s k1 p1 rib on smaller needles. It needs to be the size of the piece of felt. Not worried about the...
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Doorstop
I finished the doorstop for the commission. I will share photos of the whole doorstop once it reaches it’s final destination. I will share this little snippet, washing on the line. I crocheted a tiny...
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House Project Week 14
Farmhouse Doorstop. I was asked by my friend Judy to make a doorstop for a friend of hers that is about to turn 100 years old. Judy sent down a red cardigan owned and loved by her friend for felting...
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House Project Week 17
Little house on a door wedge. I made one of these in the very first week. I bought two door wedges at the time, so here is the second. I make a little cardboard house first, then embroider the felt,...
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Very Tall Doorstop
The commission piece is finished. I will show photos of the completed amigurumi girl once it has been delivered. So today it’s revisit a past project. I can’t believe it’s been two years since I made...
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