tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13683808333319639912023-11-17T05:06:15.443+13:00Found in the SeaTheOtherSarahhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12307031916677379569noreply@blogger.comBlogger136125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1368380833331963991.post-36648293355289318832014-01-31T10:50:00.001+13:002014-01-31T10:50:59.836+13:00This Beauty!<br><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgLk0D34UK1Y_NR7KKspEYW_R3VFOd1fAoHTq48Xa_5Nfe6u024Ks1Ho5GHq2RmsQ9zSeLsOUtu5CopCIRsaP30vs3hUrhrqcBhCEk0vl9hHZBox5Wwdhba0_X-Q1h1u6_W_OnDdA_9Wt4/s640/blogger-image--880079265.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgLk0D34UK1Y_NR7KKspEYW_R3VFOd1fAoHTq48Xa_5Nfe6u024Ks1Ho5GHq2RmsQ9zSeLsOUtu5CopCIRsaP30vs3hUrhrqcBhCEk0vl9hHZBox5Wwdhba0_X-Q1h1u6_W_OnDdA_9Wt4/s640/blogger-image--880079265.jpg"></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">This beauty drove me to blog again. </div>TheOtherSarahhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12307031916677379569noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1368380833331963991.post-50226866083892480562013-10-05T21:52:00.001+13:002013-10-05T21:52:43.993+13:00Our Big Adventure Part 6: Following the Charente <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">
Staying in <a href="http://about-france.com/regions/poitou-charente.htm">Poitou-Charentes </a> was not an entirely random decision. My ancestors came to New Zealand from the town of Rochefort in 1840. They hoped to be part of new French colony in the South Pacific, instead they got few "Rue" in Akaroa. The kids wondered why they ever left, and it's easy to agree. Until you think of Les Miserables, and maybe a French naval town was not the most prosperous place be in the post Napoleonic era.</div>
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We followed the Charente from Chez Branger to Rochefort. On the way we stopped for Pizza in Cognac, a very pretty walled town on a steep hillside.</div>
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(We ate here, and it was perfectly acceptable, but the location was the best thing really)</div>
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Another town we only visited briefly but fell pretty heavily in love with was Angouleme. It was probably the wine and oysters and acapella Nirvana and Dead Kennedys in the covered market that did it.<br />
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Could only be France! The road to the coast and Rochefort.<br />
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Rochefort is another very pretty town, it feels rather prosperous and bourgeois.<br />
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And has possibly the coolest carousel we rode in France.<br />
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We liked these beetles with faces like African masks.<br />
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Last one for France - one of the prettiest villages in France, officially! So we had to go there. turns out being officially one of the prettiest villages in France means your streets are packed with tour buses, Aubeterre-sur-Dronne is super pretty anyway, and has an underground church which is in fact even cooler than that sounds!<br />
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Let's start with some random pictures of our cool gite. not much to see from the front, but inside was magical, and the garden was amazing. Unfortunately not swimming weather, no matter how hard the kids tried to convince themselves.<br />
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I can't rave to much about how great this little part of France is (Charentes). It's not touristy, although it's an old fashioned holiday area for French people, and it is reasonably popular for "house in the sun" real estate with English and Irish retirees. as a result there's plenty of affordable accommodation, and enough people speak English (or are used to English speaking customers) for a non-French speaker like me to feel not too uncomfortable.<br />
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Our nearest town was Ruffec which had a pretty good market twice a week,:<br />
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A very old church:<br />
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Wandering the lanes around our gite.<br />
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Playgrounds, tourist sights, fountains, chocolate snacks, and the marvelous Jardin du Luxenberg.</div>
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Paris to Bordeaux in 3 hours by TGV. Getting on and off the trains was probably hardest part of travelling with three children, one of them a baby. Getting all our bags, children and pushchair onto the train and safely stowed in the small amount of time the busy train schedules allow was always a little stressful to say the least. Once you're all on board though, the journey is a breeze. Ipods help. </div>
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The Bordeaux train station is possible not in the best part of town. Dodgy looking youths, obvious working girls and damn near impossible to find rental car offices. So once we found the rental car company, picked up our Peurgot, programmed the satnav to speak English and negotiated several wrong turns, we high tailed it out of there and on to the A10. Which was scary as hell for us provincials used to driving on the wrong side of the road.<br />
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Worth the drive? For 10 days this was our backyard in a tiny hamlet in Charentes in south west France. </div>
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Not a bad place to hang your washing!</div>
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Paris in the spring. Sometimes it is dazzling, mostly it is cold, grey and drizzling. Still, it's Paris!</div>
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Thoughts about Paris with kids: The toyshops are amazing, everywhere you find little playgrounds, beautiful parks, carousels and crepes (Nutella crepes mmmm). We wandered a lot, queued very little (sorry, no trip up the Eiffel Tower, and we mistimed the Louvre - it's closed Tuesdays and May Day), I got to wear my red beret in Paris, the children ate chocolate with everything. </div>
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How does this sound for a plan - let's travel to the far side of the world for six weeks and three days, with a just turned 12 year old girl (raging hormones, alternate sulking with hyperactive silliness, dislike of being photographed, irrational desire for light blue Converse Hi Tops, happy as long as her iPod's charged), an almost 9 year old boy, (head full of Minecraft, never stops talking, loves to pose for photos, irrational desire to look for Lego sets, happy as long as his PSP is charged) and a 15 month old baby boy (raging, hyperactive, silly, irrational, happy as long as he's got food)?</div>
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This means 10 hours on a plane to Singapore. I know know why toddlers cry when planes are landing. It's nothing to do with their little inner ear canals and air pressure. It's because they hate to have to sit on your lap with a seatbelt on, and not be allowed to fiddle with the tray, the inflight entertainment system, the window shades or the seats recline buttons. They are also devastated because the strange lady/man took away their cool new headphones. </div>
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<span style="color: #e06666; font-size: x-large;">Singapore</span> is hot. 30 degrees in Singapore feels hotter than 30 degrees anywhere else on the planet. I guess it's the humidity, or possibly the contrast to the crazy cold air con. In Singapore you wake up with condensation on the outside of your windows. We all love Malaysian food so feeding the family in Singapore was a doddle.</div>
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We didn't even find the heat too bad. It helped that we left home at the end of a long hot summer, also helped that you can spend wholes days in Singapore almost never going outside. You can wander from one air conditioned mall to another through endless underground levels, take the MRT to another mall, and with a quick hop outside (to warm up) be in an air conditioned taxi to your air conditioned apartment. South East Asia light. </div>
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Singapore Zoo has elephants. Lots of elephants. You can ride elephants! Squee, cue super excited inner child.</div>
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You can hand feed kangaroos, and take photos of your partner taking phone photos to post on Facebook of your children feeding kangaroos.<br />
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Sick of heat and delicious, cheap food? Better get on a plane for 13 and half hours (hell with a toddler, pure hell), and get off in<span style="color: blue; font-size: large;"> London</span>. It wasn't hot, it was freezing. But all was ok because we found the TARDIS. </div>
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Our apartment turned out to be on the 5th floor of a typical London terrace house. One floor past the top of the lift up a teeny narrow staircase. Welcome to reality of travelling with a baby, pushchair, portcot, two big packs, two middle sized packs, and daypacks/nappy bag for all. The rooms were so small we had to put C's cot up in the hall. But the awkward access was worth it for the rooftop views. I came over all Mary Poppins.</div>
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And that was pretty much London. We bumped C down an awful lot of stairs in the underground, crossed some bridges, saw some buses and heard Big Ben. The kids got an enormous kick out of watching the latest Dr Who episode actually in London, just after seeing the Shard that was in a recent episode. Geeklings.</div>
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This blog is really supposed to be my knitting blog, not my cute baby blog. So here are some photos of my cute baby modelling knitting. With Ravelry links if you want more details.</div>
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Here is Mr C in a newborn <a href="http://www.ravelry.com/projects/Serrawerra/puerperium-cardigan">Puerperium cardigan</a>. It looked so tiny until I got it on him!</div>
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Back at home we tried on the <a href="http://www.ravelry.com/projects/Serrawerra/very-vintage-baby-vest">very vintage baby vest</a>. Once again, so tiny in my hands, so big on a real new born! And he wasn't a tiny newborn but a very average 7 and 1/2 pounds. Proud big sister :-)<br />
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My very favourite baby knit - the <a href="http://www.ravelry.com/projects/Serrawerra/jumper-suit-for-baby-boy">Viyella Knitting Book Jumper Suit for Baby Boy</a>. I love this so much, lovely to knit and perfect on baby.<br />
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Here it is again at about 9 months.<br />
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My other favourite baby knit, <a href="http://www.ravelry.com/projects/Serrawerra/little-coffee-bean-cardigan">Little Coffee Bean cardigan</a>. Sooooo cute, I improvised a little hat to match,<br />
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Turns out my hat was a newborn size, but the cardi not so much. Nothing wrong with room to grow!<br />
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A test knit for Just Jussi, <a href="http://www.ravelry.com/projects/Serrawerra/linea">Linea</a>. <br />
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OK, my other most favourite baby knit. <a href="http://www.ravelry.com/projects/Serrawerra/garter-stitch-cardigan">Garter Stitch Cardigan by Debbie Bliss</a>. Ciaran is<i> still</i> wearing this at 13 months. Great excuse for a vintage button.<br />
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Sometimes Ciaran may have wondered what he did to deserve all this woolly goodness. My <a href="http://www.ravelry.com/projects/Serrawerra/sailors-rib-beanie-2">Sailor's Rib Beanie</a> pattern and a Young Einstein knitted by a friend.<br />
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My very first <a href="http://www.ravelry.com/projects/Serrawerra/milo">Milo</a>! Won't be my last I'm sure.<br />
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A <a href="http://www.ravelry.com/projects/Serrawerra/pebble-henrys-manly-cobblestone-inspired-baby-vest">Pebble</a> from Pippa's alpaca homespun yarn.<br />
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The very cool <a href="http://www.ravelry.com/projects/Serrawerra/baby-sophisticate">Baby Sophisticate</a>. A very quick knit this one. Another goody for the vintage buttons, leather this time.<br />
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A <a href="http://www.ravelry.com/projects/Serrawerra/ciarans-halloween-vest">Halloween vest</a>. I got the cats from an old 1970s Mon Tricot magazine. Or it might have been a Stitchcraft. I think it was a Stitchcraft actually.<br />
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Last one! Summer came around again and really that is enough knitting for one year :-). <a href="http://www.ravelry.com/projects/Serrawerra/young-einstein">Young Einstein</a> again. More vintage buttons. Hopefully this will still fit in the autumn.<br />
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TheOtherSarahhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12307031916677379569noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1368380833331963991.post-80218448240049388912013-02-19T20:53:00.001+13:002013-02-19T21:18:28.954+13:00I'm still here, somewhere under this pile of washing and scattered
possessions!As my dear doppelgänger, Pippa, pointed out to me it's been over a year since my last <strike>confession</strike> blog post. Part of that is this darn baby taking up all my time, part of it is my natural inclination towards laziness, part of it is I only just discovered there's a Blogger app! I can blog on my phone now, woohoo!<br />
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sorry about that if anyone was was hanging out for my vague ramblings and attempted creative musings. Pippa is just sad because she's <i>not on Facebook </i>so misses out on all the baby photos. So for Pippa and all, here is Ciaran Louis, age 13 months. Cute as a button and always busy. <br />
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A very, very, busy little boy. <br />
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This lovely scarf is a present for my son's teacher, but once I tried it on I found it very hard to take it off and wrap it up to give away.<br />
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The pattern is <a href="http://www.ravelry.com/patterns/library/garden-city-scarf-worsted-weight">Garden City Scarf</a> by my lovely friend-in-yarn, Sheryl Greenfield. The scarf is knit in worsted weight yarn, but a DK/8ply will do fine. I used Jo Sharp DK in Lichen, a colour I adore, not quite green and not quite gold. There is also a 4ply shawl version of the pattern. I found this seriously addictive to knit and am planning on knitting myself one soon. <br />
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Excuse the seriously unglamorous poor light phone pic!TheOtherSarahhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12307031916677379569noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1368380833331963991.post-61095331537713866992011-12-02T12:18:00.000+13:002011-12-02T12:18:51.122+13:007 Daisies<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">I read somewhere that if you can stand on seven daisies it is summer. Our lawn is just about more daisies than grass at the moment so we tried it out. Turns out 7 is easy, even for the kids, the most I could manage with my big feet was 13. Must be summer! </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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More signs of summer, I accidentally harvested some garlic today. I was covering the strawberry patch to protect it from birds and rabbits, and these babies were in the way.<br />
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The lemon is in full blossom, every time I step outside my back door it smells like I am in Sicily. <br />
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We have three feijoa trees here as well. I hope the number of flowers are a sign of the bumper crop to come.<br />
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I'm not really able to tackle the vegetable garden at the moment so it has become rather overgrown, but I like the way it looks in all it's weedy, seedy glory. There is still plenty to eat in there - garlic, potatoes, broad beans, runner beans, coriander, celery, rainbow chard and silver beet. Will also be plenty of seeds to harvest for next year!<br />
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The bare branches that I suspected were some sort of currents are indeed - I suspect I'll need to protect these from the birds as well.<br />
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and of course my favourite scarlet runner beans. Nothing says summer is on it;s way more than their wonderful orange flowers and bright green leaves.<br />
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I knit exactly to pattern with a couple of small mods:<br />
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Pattern as written seems to be two rows short in the front, I added in an extra two rows in pattern before casting off for the neck.<br />
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Only knit 12 rounds in pattern on cuffs to match the hem and to have less bulky turnbacks on the sleeves (and I got bored).<br />
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Finished measurements: <br />
chest 18” <br />
length 10.5” <br />
sleeves 7” (not turned back)<br />
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These correspond to sizing for a baby of 3-6 months.<br />
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I didn't have enough wool left from 2 balls for “the knickers”, but there may be just enough for a hat or booties.<br />
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</div>If the linky button won't work, you can enter Vintage Knitting College <a href="http://blog.bygumbygolly.com/p/vintage-knitting-college.html">here</a>, and Tasha's first class is here: <a href="http://blog.bygumbygolly.com/2011/11/vkc-getting-started-with-stranded-fair.html">Colorwork: 101</a>.<br />
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Mostly I'm just looking at all those gorgeous vintage chicks in their gorgeous vintage sweaters and wondering about their boobs. Luckily Tasha's blog even has a post about <a href="http://blog.bygumbygolly.com/2011/10/adventures-in-recreating-1940s-bust.html">re-creating a vintage bustline</a>. I'm not taking the Mickey, quite seriously, I've often wondered about retro bustlines. Not quite sure where to from there, except maybe it's time to re-post this one:<br />
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That'll be me soon, 20" waist and all.TheOtherSarahhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12307031916677379569noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1368380833331963991.post-56411703936081162932011-11-07T14:22:00.000+13:002011-11-07T14:22:55.766+13:00One for Trish<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">I spied some familiar fabric on the <a href="http://quietvintagesewing.wordpress.com/2011/10/29/autumn-palette/">blog</a> of my vintage loving, clever sewing, old school friend, Trish. I'm sure it's the same as my De Vol "Jeannie" dress. What do you think, Trish?</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br />
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</div>TheOtherSarahhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12307031916677379569noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1368380833331963991.post-53616822417318037562011-11-07T14:12:00.000+13:002011-11-07T14:12:29.762+13:00Barefoot in the KitchenI know, I know, I've not blogged forever. But I have been busy, buying selling and shifting houses, and growing babies...<br />
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Helloooo feet! Sorry I can't reach you anymore, promise I'll try and paint your toenails anyway.<br />
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Yup, there's a new baby on the way. One of those accidental "much the younger" babies. I always swore I wasn't going to be one of those woman who had babies in their 40s. Well, you live and learn.<br />
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So what am I knitting for baby? Hardly anything! He's due in the middle of summer, how many woolies will he need? Still, gotta knit so I'm making a <a href="http://www.ravelry.com/patterns/library/moderne-baby-blanket">Moderne Baby Blanket</a> blanket in Blue Sky Alpacas Organic Cotton. I've wanted to knit one of these for ages - here's mine so far:<br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">And of course some vintage baby knitting has to be tackled. I'm starting with this little "Jumper Suit" from the No. 2 Viyella Knitting Book. It's really a tiny gansey, knit mostly in the round, with the sleeves picked up and knit top down. Very simple and very 1920s. If it works out ok I'll post the pattern. I'm using Cleckheaton Coccoon, a little nylon content in homage to Viyella perhaps? </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br />
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I love these old Viyella books, I threaten my big kids with such joys as "school girl knickers", they're not impressed even when they like to dress the part.<br />
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How do you like Miss Z's new hair cut? A big change around here, life is so much easier without the daily hair battle! I thought she looked very 1920s in this outfit but she rolled her eyes as only a pre-teen can do and informed me it was Edwardian. I used to wear the dress and gloves out clubbing when I was about 18. My hair was always too curly to carry off a flapper bob, I'm jealous of my 10 year old!<br />
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Spy the blue blankie?<br />
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That's my big boy, with Kanga too, he's still my baby really ;-) TheOtherSarahhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12307031916677379569noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1368380833331963991.post-85448026891751899802011-08-18T17:21:00.000+12:002011-08-18T17:21:38.746+12:00Out with the Old.My real life friends know that we've bought a new house, conveniently just around the corner. Not only are we moving within the same suburb, but we're not even leaving the neighbourhood! The kids can walk the same way to and from school, they'll just get there a couple of minutes quicker :-).<br />
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More about the new house when we're moved in (it's bigger, on the flat and has lots of storage), but for today a few random things I'll miss about my home of the last ten years.<br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">1. Pink tiled fireplace. Who else has a pink fireplace?</div><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">2. Red in the kitchen. I guess I can repeat that anywhere, but it goes so well with the white windows and cream tiles. I'll miss my kitchen full stop - everything is in just the right place, I never really thought about it until I realised in our new kitchen the dishwasher is on the opposite side of the room from the sink, and the stove top at the far end of the room from the oven. What were they thinking?</div><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">3. Delusions of grandeur. I love the way these modest little bungalows have quirky touches that really belong in a much bigger and flashier house.</div><br />
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4. Modest Arts and Crafts detailing. Just to contrast with the silly domed ceiling. The builders were a little confused in 1926, throwing in a bit of this and a bit of that...<br />
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<div style="text-align: center;">5. Morning glory vine? </div><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">6. The square bay windows that make me think of an Elizabethan ship. I love lying on the sofa and looking out this window at the trees and the sky.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">7. The sunporch that makes me feel I'm at the beach even the midst of a winter storm. And it's great for watching the waves in a storm!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">8. The view from my bedroom window.</div><br />
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10. Original clawfoot bath. This bath makes me rediculously happy. It's 5'6" long inside - how convenient that I'm 5'5" long and can lie full length in it :-). You can bath four kids in one go as well.<br />
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as you can see, a great house for someone obsessed with all things old and quirky. But eventually the need for a bit of space, a built in wardrobe or two, some flat land for the kids to run around, a warm, well insulated home and other such practicalities over took the need for quirky style. and luckily the place has its own fair share of quirkiness!<br />
TheOtherSarahhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12307031916677379569noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1368380833331963991.post-76790289122680105322011-08-16T14:15:00.000+12:002011-08-16T14:15:10.099+12:00oops, I was wrong!<div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh2KwDS5ASLNvzbht21PblBQnMdYESPd9pbIb6aAD_YaAZFQWTBL0K-bg0ByUQtZXDuFwjAkOvBb1FartYUNnYi6P23n898t5M4p0W-fpySy3r_MipAUDNRwmck-52oe8ruiI4BjbODXKQ/s1600/IMG_0997.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240px" naa="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh2KwDS5ASLNvzbht21PblBQnMdYESPd9pbIb6aAD_YaAZFQWTBL0K-bg0ByUQtZXDuFwjAkOvBb1FartYUNnYi6P23n898t5M4p0W-fpySy3r_MipAUDNRwmck-52oe8ruiI4BjbODXKQ/s320/IMG_0997.JPG" width="320px" /></a></div><br />
I think I said it never snows where I live. Oops, I was wrong - seems it does snow once every 50 years or so, turns out I just hadn't lived long enough ;-)<br />
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Yesterday we had real, proper snow for over an hour, and then flurries on and off for the rest of the day. More is forecast for tonight! While Wellington does occasionally get a little snow in the higher hill suburbs, down at sea level where I live it's very, very rare.<br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">The children were at school, but it sounds like they didn't spend much time in the classrooms. Bet they were glad I made them wear their jackets and gloves.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">A confession, before yesterday I'd only once in my life been in falling snow (and that was at age 34). So when the flakes started falling thick and fast I was out there playing too, amazed and delighted. Just like these people:</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Later in the day the weather deteriorated into a terrible storm with gales and thunder and hail and sleet and even more snow. I think it might just be the spirit of the Antarctic come for <a href="http://www.stuff.co.nz/national/5449729/Its-even-too-chilly-for-Happy-Feet/">Happy Feet</a> - our very own chilly ET.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">I'll leave you with a snowy cabbage tree, Dr Suess craziness as a friend commented:</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br />
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Don't often get one of these on the weather for Wellington! No snow at our house sadly, just cold wind and sleety rain. Luckily it's school holidays so we can stay in and keep warm. Ryan is having an Angry Birds marathon and Zoe is practising being a teenager by staying in bed as long as possible.<br />
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Anyway, I haven't blogged for ages. I will be back soon with news and knitting :-)TheOtherSarahhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12307031916677379569noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1368380833331963991.post-84708394010152778542011-06-17T10:11:00.000+12:002011-06-17T10:11:48.061+12:00Are you a change-daily girl?<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgYKf1G5_eHAWcKwx1EXanVujdG-g3JBLuojyCyy0KlL1Mn6Cf-32wgUOvS8VZ-R65hqWcTfPhZsRvc18CLcIkw8R7Cs4rmsb5iA6XxlYLWn_ooXyjvqGnCHIsk2QvXMmMT3MnViRENx34/s1600/003.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640px" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgYKf1G5_eHAWcKwx1EXanVujdG-g3JBLuojyCyy0KlL1Mn6Cf-32wgUOvS8VZ-R65hqWcTfPhZsRvc18CLcIkw8R7Cs4rmsb5iA6XxlYLWn_ooXyjvqGnCHIsk2QvXMmMT3MnViRENx34/s640/003.JPG" t8="true" width="478px" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Some mindless fun after my last horribly technical knitting post. <em> Imagine</em> the risk the personal daintiness! </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br />
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I've made mine pretty much the same shape and size as the genuine 50s versions below (I based my measurements on a pattern for a 32-34" bust, and seeing as I have 33" bust the sizing is pretty spot on). I added a wider cowl neck to made it a bit more modern, and I think the dolman shape needs something up top to make it look balanced. I've kept the 3/4 length sleeves, but I think it would also look good if you continued the ribbed cuff down to the wrist. My cuffs are actually 4" but folded back.<br />
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The sleeve seams were a fun challenge. I didn't want a sewn top seam as I thought it would be too bulky in double knit, and I wanted it as invisible as possible. Kitchener stitch was the obvious solution, but as the sleeves are a triangular shape the top of them needs to be progressively shaped. I improvised a method involving putting stitches on spare needles, but it was clumsy, and I have little uneven bits where I turned the rows. In hindsight I think I could have used short rows to shape the top of the sleeves - next time! The end result is pretty good all the same, you can just see the seam on my left arm, It's less visible now after a wash and block.<br />
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</div><div style="text-align: left;"> This is my inspiration in it's purest form - Stitchcraft 1950. Do you see what I mean about this shape needing some balance? I find that really tight neckline unflattering (not to mention uncomfortable).</div><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">The obligatory dolman sweater pose! This one is interesting because they've got around the top of the arm seam problem by adding in a crochet panel. Needle and Thread magazine, also around 1950.</div><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">The pose again - I'm going to have to get another pic of mine in the correct pose! This one is from a Modella booklet, I'm going to have to guess 1950 because 1950 seems to have been the year of the dolman. For a brief time the knitting booklets and magazines were full of dolman cardigans and sweaters, several in any given issue. The shape shows up again around 1960, and in a wider "batwing" form in the 70s and again in the early 80s, but never seems to stay in fashion for long. So I figured I'd better knit mine quickly before I tired of the style ;-)</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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Pretty china, irresistable wool, mustering <strike>wool</strike> sheep, cycling, football, basking seals in the sparkling winter sunshine.TheOtherSarahhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12307031916677379569noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1368380833331963991.post-15847604530679989202011-05-19T17:07:00.000+12:002011-05-19T17:07:02.393+12:00What a fabulous New Idea!<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div> <br />
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A grapevine sweater? Oh YES please! Can't you just imagine it knit in a rich burgundy, and worn (with full ironic self-awareness) while sipping a glass or two in a vineyard cafe on a crisp autumn day?<br />
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I do like New Idea knitwear books. I feel another blog post coming on.TheOtherSarahhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12307031916677379569noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1368380833331963991.post-44152036362257899622011-05-19T13:09:00.001+12:002011-06-15T14:20:34.943+12:00Something Special for My Vintage FriendsIt's been awhile, I just don't seem to have the blogging mojo at the moment, but to make up for it I've got something special today.<br />
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The Lux Knitting Book 1935!<br />
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I've been watching this little coverless book for ages on Trademe. I couldn't quite bring myself to pay $15 for a book with no cover, even if it was The Lux Knitting Book 1935. But I had a moment of weakness and she arrived in my letterbox this morning. As soon as I turned the first page I knew I was not going to regret a single cent of that $15.<br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Fascinating construction, and gorgeous buttoned neckline. I LOVE her side buttoned skirt too.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Perfect. Would be completely in fashion today. I'd wear this one too.</div><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">For the crochet girl, but the angora "jaunty collar" is knitted seperately and is just too sweet.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">In maize yellow with brown buttons and belt.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Time for some undies...</div><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Be still, my beating heart!</div><br />
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Finally, a simple sweater in an evening. Frustratingly this pattern doesn't give any tension <em>or </em>measurements so it would take a bit of experimentation to work it out. But should anyone feel up to the challenge, here it is:<br />
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There are also patterns for the other members of the family, but meh, who needs them.<br />
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P.S. if you like these, why not get your own copy! Bex who blogs at <a href="http://subversivelesbiananarchicknitter.blogspot.com/">http://subversivelesbiananarchicknitter.blogspot.com/</a> has a new Etsy store selling PDFs of fabulous vintage patterns, including this and other Lux books. Pop over and have a drool: <a href="http://www.etsy.com/shop/dair">http://www.etsy.com/shop/dair</a>TheOtherSarahhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12307031916677379569noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1368380833331963991.post-38507465787546940612011-05-06T17:37:00.000+12:002011-05-06T17:37:53.048+12:00See darling....<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhIFkRIAab0BBpMVnO44NB0W2zqfv7PTv2BOIdSJXpan0HAE2iStELh7Fi5IqUk06graQwW7YDFiBIdWRPGNfxx-41QClK8Ei6rdz_yizs3grU3K2zHk-EdP6JyIK8LCjhxmG2UuBFNNPI/s1600/001.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhIFkRIAab0BBpMVnO44NB0W2zqfv7PTv2BOIdSJXpan0HAE2iStELh7Fi5IqUk06graQwW7YDFiBIdWRPGNfxx-41QClK8Ei6rdz_yizs3grU3K2zHk-EdP6JyIK8LCjhxmG2UuBFNNPI/s320/001.JPG" width="239" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">See darling, we're dreadfully low on red wool. I really must take advantage of the <a href="http://www.yarn.com/index.cfm">Webs</a> sale and order some more!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">I'm in absolute retro-knitter heaven today having acquired a big box of OLD Stitchcrafts, some from the late '30s, a bunch of wartime issues, and a good whack of 1950s numbers to fill the gaps in my collection.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">You know your collection is becoming an obsession when you're seriously considering a spreadsheet to keep track of it.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div>TheOtherSarahhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12307031916677379569noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1368380833331963991.post-2433060482676223282011-05-02T23:26:00.000+12:002011-05-02T23:26:59.273+12:00Nature ConnectionsI've been stalking the contributions to Nature Connections over on <a href="http://livingandlearningnow.blogspot.com/search/label/Nature%20Connections">Living and Learning</a> and thought maybe it was time I joined in. We live in a city, but we're blessed that this is a small city surrounded and encroached upon by bush and sea and farmland. Nature is never very far away and our mostly mild climate makes it easy to connect with it all year round. <br />
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So anyway, here's my pic for April - Miss 10 in the sand, but not any old sand!<br />
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We have just got back from a few days deep in the countryside. We stayed in an old farm cottage out of cellphone range and a good 30 minutes drive on windy narrow roads from the nearest town of any kind. The children got to ride cross country in a farm ute, watch dogs muster sheep (and cuddle the dogs to bits - city kids have no concept of working dogs not being pets!), groom horses, find giant tree fungi, and experience real night time darkness. But the thing that amazed them most of all was our brief stop at the beach at <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Patea">Patea</a>. Being children of the '80s, me and the bloke can't help breaking into <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DQLUygS0IAQ">Poi E</a> at the very mention of Patea, but the kids ignore us and are just fascinated by the black Taranaki sand. The finest, softest, blackest sand. I agree, it's pretty magical.<br />
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