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Hand woven scarf charity auction

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This scarf is hand dyed and hand woven from handspun yarn šŸ™‚ I’ve added a little beaded trim for a bit of bling. The scarf’s weft is throwsters silk, which is a waste product from silk making. It has a firm, rather than soft or floppy hand. 

I’m auctioning the scarf on my Facebook page tonight at 8pm with all proceeds going to Mary’s Meals – a very worthy cause. I hope you can make it, and if you’re not on Facebook just contact me and I’ll place a bid for you. Bidding starts at $25 AUD plus post ($8).

The Handmade Library Showcase

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I’m participating in The Handmade Library Showcase for the first time tonight! The showcase runs on Facebook and features many talented handmakers. The theme is “Something Old, Something New”.
Here is my “Something New” – a scarf I wove from my hand dyed 8ply merino. The colourways I used are “Bougainvillea” and “Pink Princess”.

And my “Something Old” – a silk children’s cape made from my hand dyed silk and silk ribbon.
Both are up for grabs at 8pm tonight, hope you can make it šŸ™‚

Pink Peacock and Soft Coral and a cardigan to be!

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Some new colourways from me. Technically, Pink Peacock isn’t “new” – I’ve dyed it before, but now it’s available in my shop and as a custom order.

Some pastels…


And some rather strong pink for my youngest girl’s new cardigan to be, just cast on tonight. She has outgrown her old cardigan and is my little woolly girl – she loves to wear hand knitted clothes.

Bougainvillea, Boysenberry, Princesses and Indigo

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My newest colourways are available now! These are all on an 8ply superwash merino base. All colours are customisable. Isn’t that a cool word? Customisable šŸ™‚
Where was I? So these are available to purchase now, either here or on my Facebook page.

I must say, I’m pretty partial to the “Boysenberry Swirl” which was inspired by my all time favourite ice cream flavour. Which colourway do you like the most?

Customer’s beautiful work.

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I do so love to see what you all do with my hand dyed yarn!
Zofia, who is a very talented and prolific knitter used some of my rainbow cotton to knit up this gorgeous little piece for her daughter. I think she chose the perfect pattern to showcase the yarn, doesn’t it look stunning?!
If you’re interested in the pattern, it is Shannon Passmore’s Poolside.
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Fun names for new yarns

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I decided to have a bit of fun naming my latest yarns. This one was inspired by a sunset while I was out walking. I wrote “sunrise” by mistake when editing, so sunrise it stays!
SOLD OUT!

Some members of my family thought I was a bit silly for this name, but what they hey, I said I wanted them to be fun!
STILL AVAILABLE!

I LOVE this yarn and if it hadn’t sold already it may just have quietly disappeared only to reappear much later in another form (a shawl perhaps?)
SOLD OUT!
I hope you like them as much as I do šŸ™‚
God bless you all.

Sing a rainbow yarn giveaway!

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I’m having a giveaway on the RetroMummy Facebook page!
I have 8 x 50gram skeins of 100% Australian merino superwash hand dyed in all the colours of the rainbow to giveaway to one lucky Australian resident.
Wouldn’t these look good in your stash? To enter, simply head over to the RetroMummy Facebook page and get your entry in before January 24th šŸ™‚

Charity auction

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As I mentioned in this post, one of my aims for this year is to have a monthly charity handmade auction. I’m pleased to announce that my first auction will be at 8pm tomorrow night on Facebook.

I’ll be auctioning 3x 100g skeins of this gorgeously subtle blue BFL (blue face leicester) 8ply superwash. I really love the soft and squishy factor of BFL!
I hope you will be able to make it to my first ever charity auction! My Facebook page is here. or you can click on the link in the sidebar to get there.