tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-84886642245601309302024-03-12T23:44:41.483-07:00Mia foley ArtMia Foleyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12457807241836219216noreply@blogger.comBlogger62125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8488664224560130930.post-82996463403147245922015-09-11T10:24:00.003-07:002015-09-11T10:40:56.512-07:00The Ash Leaf Bag<div align="center">
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<span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;"> So, there were these off cuts from the making of <a href="http://www.miafoleyart.blogspot.ie/2015/09/the-moon-bird-bag.html">the Moon Bird Bag</a> and I
thought...“going to have to come up with something to make from these at some
stage” (only <i>slight</i> grumble involved!) Looking at them later,
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<span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;">I saw <span style="font-family: inherit;">glimmers</span> of ideas <span style="font-family: inherit;">for</span> <span style="font-family: inherit;">a second</span> bag.<span style="font-family: inherit;">.. </span></span></span><br />
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Mia Foleyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12457807241836219216noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8488664224560130930.post-72016247379306520802015-09-06T07:09:00.000-07:002015-09-06T11:34:58.792-07:00 The Moon Bird Bag<div align="CENTER" style="font-style: normal; font-weight: normal;">
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All, it's been a while since I've posted here, a long while actually!
I've been busy teaching, and being taught... and computer time has
not been a great part of it.</span></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="color: black;">It's
some years since I've had Internet at home (I still don't) but I'm
looking forward to making regular posts and connecting again with you
all.</span></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="color: black;">I completed the UK Waldorf Handwork Training in Wynstones Steiner
School in Gloucestershire this past school year, lots to share around
that soon. In our studies,we covered several different craft disciplines, as indeed
we are called upon to teach in the curriculum. At times, as a
craftsperson the picture can become very big indeed and I think you
can end up feeling like you have some knowledge/experience in many
different areas, but to specialise in <i>one</i><b> </b>has become a great
desire for me these past months, a need I suppose, both as a teacher
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I have settled on Feltmaking... returning, having walked a wide
circle, home again to my first love : )</span></span></span></div>
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I'm Felting, I feel like the wool is working <i>with</i> me, and that
I know it somehow. I seem to have a deep connection to it as a
material and I strive to learn more. </span></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="color: black;">I
jumped into Bag Making some months ago and have really found
something there, of the <i>beauty and purpose</i> model that so
resonates with me. With all the allure of spikes, craters and
other surface embellishments so popular in
contemporary Feltmaking, I seem to be a traditionalist in the end! I
love to make practical things of everyday use and value that are
beautiful to use and behold. And this is what I love to share with
others, in leading them on their own 'handmade' journey.</span></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="color: black;">The
wish to travel teach has been simmering away in me too. That journey
begins this November! A wonderful painter, the lovely <span style="color: #783f04;"><a href="http://elizabethcarringtonart.com/">ElizabethPorritt Carrington</a></span> has invited me to teach some Fibre Arts workshops in
Asheville, North Carolina where she now lives and works. I will be
delighted to share details of this upcoming trip shortly.</span></span></span></div>
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different fibres ( ie. wool from different species of sheep, wools
that have been processed differently) is generally not recommended in
the main body of a project like this. But I was on a mission to use
wools I've had stored for some time, four completely different
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="color: black;">which lasted <i>at least </i>two
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I've just finished reading Kathryn Stockett's<a href="http://www.amazon.co.uk/Help-Kathryn-Stockett/dp/0141039280/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1349213889&sr=1-1"> The Help</a>, I grew very fond indeed of Aibileen, Minny and Skeeter and I was left imagining what became of them all...great story : )</div>
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I am happily joining Ginny and the gang over at Small Things for this week's <a href="http://www.gsheller.com/">Yarn Along</a>.</div>
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It's tricky for me to post on Wednesdays now because that's a teaching day for me so I'll be linking up later than usual, hope you'll still find me ; )</div>
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Speaking of teaching, I look forward to sharing some wonderful needle felted figures made over the weekend at the young people's workshop I gave at the <a href="http://www.celtnet.org/page4.php">Weekend in the Woods</a> event. We felted through the wind and scattered showers and as always, so </div>
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There is much to do and take care of and I Thank God for the days when I wake up and feel like I'm able for it all, to work my way down through my 'to do' list with a vengeance, for not every day is a day like that ; )</div>
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The promise of being able to read enchants him. Exciting for me just to witness : ) I see how he was so ripe for the academic learning and is loving working in his main lesson book and 'busy bee book'. When I see that big ole schoolbag on his back as he wanders up the path towards me at pick-up time I see him so grown up, so capable and I know it's all perfect timing, life moving on exactly as it should.</div>
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And boy, <i>we</i> have been busy bees in the handwork room, getting everything set up for the term ahead and getting to know new students. I'm not quite past the feeling of overwhelm yet and look forward to feeling 'in the flow' of new curriculums and lessons.</div>
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Honestly, one of the things, if not <b>the most</b> heartfelt thing I grieved the loss of on <a href="http://miafoleyart.blogspot.ie/2012/08/to-school-s-omething-small-in-my-heart.html">leaving the kindergarten</a>, was their daily forest walk, now reduced to weekly. A nature table in the classroom reflecting/celebrating the seasons, goes at least some way towards bringing it into their daily conciousness. </div>
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It was good to set these up, then let them go, for already little drops of candle wax and a little settling of chalk dust have christened them ; )</div>
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I felt like she needed a brother so I'm just putting the finishing touches to Brother Autumn. He is bound for the seasonal table in the Handwork room, I'll share him with you next week.<br />
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Hope you and yours are settling back into good routines too. I'm happily joining with Ginny and the gang over at Small Things for this week's <a href="http://www.%20gsheller.com/">Yarn Along</a>.<br />
Thanking you for your visit xM<br />
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P.S. I will be teaching a Needle Felting workshop at CELT <a href="http://www.celtnet.org/page4.php">Weekend in the Woods</a> in Bealkelly Woods in East Clare on this Sept. 29th-30th if any of you locals feel like joining us under the trees to form wool into figures! I am so looking forward to this : ) I posted about a workshop I took at this event <a href="http://miafoleyart.blogspot.ie/search/label/Basketmaking">here</a></div>
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Mia Foleyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12457807241836219216noreply@blogger.com7tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8488664224560130930.post-21129956352441073722012-08-29T04:48:00.003-07:002012-08-29T05:15:38.233-07:00<div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #783f04; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: x-large;">To school</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #7f6000; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">S</span><span style="color: #783f04; font-family: inherit;">omething small in my heart lurches at the thought of my small boy walking through the doors of the main school today to join class one!</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #783f04; font-family: inherit;"> He's my only one and this is the very beginning of sitting behind a desk, the beginning of academic learning and so many other exciting new things that he is ready for. He has been such a dreamer, such a nature boy and his four years in kindergarten held him within that world. I keep remembering arriving at that little wooden gate to pick him up and so many times hearing 'Mommy!' and seeing him run towards me in his rainy, muddy waterproofs with holes worn in the knees.</span><br />
<span style="color: #783f04; font-family: inherit;">But time and life move on with or without us right? So I'm taking that deep breath, I know how Life calls us up to let go of what has been, and embrace what is.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #783f04; font-family: inherit;">Early this month, feeling that tinge of sadness, I poured my love into sewing the few small things he needed to have for school.</span><br />
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</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #783f04; font-family: inherit;">I am still just getting the hang of using a sewing machine and when handed to me, the pattern for the crayon roll seemed baffling at a glance and I decided I'd need the help of a willing school Mama! As it turned out, I woke up one morning and just decided it needed to get done and I would begin it that day. I figured it out, it was actually not complicated at all, just took time and I gave the time to it. It ain't perfect, but it's Mama made and smallie chose the materials from a small stack of leftover stuff from school.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #783f04; font-family: inherit;"><br />
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</span><span style="color: #783f04; font-family: inherit;">As a handwork teacher, I love that the children will learn to tie and untie bows when they use these. One more little skill mastered : )</span><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #783f04;">Making it got us both excited about this new chapter in his life, helped me feel like I'm ready for the next adventure too : ) As I stitched away I pictured him reaching for his crayons when it was time to draw and colour in school and the stories the children will work from. Making something always helps, right?</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #783f04;"><br />
</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #783f04;">Here is his hat. I made this some time ago but it only fits him now. It was the very first thing I made when a beginner knitter at our <a href="http://woolly-gathering.blogspot.ie/2011/05/woolly-gathering-on-my-way-to-woolly.html">Woollygatherings</a>. The pattern was for a plain slouch hat but I had to have some fun with it ; )</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #783f04;"><br />
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</span><span style="color: #783f04;">This was before I discovered circular needles, love them now. All made in DROPS yarn, the green is a wool alpaca mix and so lovely to work with.</span><br />
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</span><span style="color: #783f04;">I was kind of amazed by mattress stitch, once I got the hang of it.</span><br />
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</span><span style="color: #783f04;">Happily joining Ginny and the gang over at Small Things for this week's <a href="http://gsheller.com/">Yarn Along</a>.</span><br />
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</span></div>Mia Foleyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12457807241836219216noreply@blogger.com9tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8488664224560130930.post-58544216060898956942012-08-22T02:21:00.004-07:002012-08-22T02:36:43.622-07:00One red polka dot dress<div style="text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiNKln0ulWYtTuZV-mYdAD5DvakWRMlTaskXUEIwfS8RU6aHNjOSfRiVT8hPp0mvLRE6qoS8SvoDQxYu-hq89Jz2uSI70KDJlwoIJs_e1fmmMSxEZrJyc2tZLskaPerEUUrVxlCcVQhZHo/s1600/handwork+august+'12+358.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiNKln0ulWYtTuZV-mYdAD5DvakWRMlTaskXUEIwfS8RU6aHNjOSfRiVT8hPp0mvLRE6qoS8SvoDQxYu-hq89Jz2uSI70KDJlwoIJs_e1fmmMSxEZrJyc2tZLskaPerEUUrVxlCcVQhZHo/s640/handwork+august+'12+358.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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<span style="color: #990000; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">I</span>'m in the mood for all things Retro these days...and small crochet projects that don't go on for ever!<br />
I had fun making this cotton hanger, inspired by a <a href="http://dottieangel.blogspot.ie/2010/03/happy-hanger-how-to.html">pattern</a> I found on Dottie angel's blog, lovely though I found the pattern confusing.<br />
Now I want to make a colourful little collection of these for the few special things in my closet : )<br />
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</div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;">A</span>nd being that this is our last week of the summer holidays, let's talk dresses : ) I'd only ever made one before, a totally organic felted construction, you can see it <a href="http://miafoleyart.blogspot.ie/search/label/nuno%20felting">here</a>. But this one is my first humble foray into dressmaking.</div><div style="text-align: center;">I took a local class with the lovely Susanna Anker. And knowing I had a (big) mental block about learning how to use a sewing machine, I thought I'd better stick to a really simple pattern for a totally plain dress. And use affordable, basic cotton fabric. The options available locally are very limited anyway!</div><div style="text-align: center;"> On account of being a little pear-shaped, the sizing was tricky. And despite the undeniable fact that said dress looked dire when I first tried it on (think shapeless grandmother's housecoat...at best) nothing could discourage me for <span style="color: #990000;">I had sewed</span> <span style="color: #990000;">a dress!!</span> And I had somehow, though crudely, managed the machine and with the tutor's help, followed the pattern.</div><div style="text-align: center;">And though I am not so clever about those things, I am able to make something not-so-great look much better. I love details and I love to transform things.</div><div style="text-align: center;"> Nothing that a little crocheted something here, and a length of ribbon there can't fix I thought. I also wanted to add a ruffle. So I got to work at home. </div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
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I pulled in the waist with a new seam and added a couple of scraps of trim I had stashed.<br />
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Just about special enough to throw all imperfections into the background, right? ; )</div><br />
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Thanks to Ryan for these last few photos : )<br />
Delighted to be joining Ginny and the lovely gang over at Small Things for this week's <a href="http://www.gsheller.com/">Yarn Along</a>.<br />
Really appreciate all your kind feedback on last week's post and<br />
thanks to you for reading today xM<br />
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<div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #073763; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">A</span>h the good feeling of finishing something, right to the end. And something that brightens our nest : )</div><div style="text-align: center;">I learned a lot about colour making this, always so much more to learn about colour, it amazes me...even after so many years of painting. With yarn it's different again.</div><div style="text-align: center;"> This was a project made from the scraps basket. I started out very casually, just nonchalantly putting one colour beside another that it seemed to work with, and kept going that way till I looked at it at a day later and realised I just didn't like the overall feel of the colour combination. So I did a lot of ripping back til I understood how the colours needed to flow. Some of the yarns are wool, some cotton.</div><div style="text-align: center;"> It's my variation on <a href="http://attic24.typepad.com/weblog/blooming-flower-cushion.html">Lucy's pattern</a> over at the lovely Attic 24. I wrote about it in a previous post <a href="http://miafoleyart.blogspot.ie/2012_06_01_archive.html">here</a>.</div><div style="text-align: center;">I took this with me in my work bag when I travelled to England a few months ago to observe for a week at a Steiner school there. It was a wonderful trip, I'll be writing about it here soon. </div><div style="text-align: center;">As I sat in each classroom each day watching and listening, I made a few rows...also one day there on the beach. When I sat in my room each night trying to absorb all I'd taken in, I made a few more. When I got home and looked with a fresh eye, I ripped back some and added some more, been a bit of a journey this one!</div><div style="text-align: center;"> I mentioned previously that I had to fashion a round cushion from a square pad. If I get to crocheting more circular cushions, I would source the right cushion forms online, there's no doubt that it makes for a better finish. </div><div style="text-align: center;">I'm already dreaming up the next cushion, an easy, cosy project to have on the go over the Winter months.<br />
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</div><div style="text-align: center;">I'm happily joining with Ginny and the gang over at Small Things today for this week's <a href="http://www.gsheller.com/">Yarn Along</a>.</div><div style="text-align: center;">Hey, remember my knitted gnome from <a href="http://miafoleyart.blogspot.ie/2012_08_01_archive.html">last week's yarn along post</a>? Well I made him that leather bag I thought he needed, it was so fun to figure out how really do-able this is.<br />
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What do y'all think he would carry in there..?<br />
Do tell!<br />
And thank you for reading x<br />
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</div>Mia Foleyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12457807241836219216noreply@blogger.com23tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8488664224560130930.post-17178447672631578732012-08-08T03:01:00.004-07:002012-08-08T03:39:45.794-07:00Postcards from Brittany part II<div style="text-align: center;">I'm also happily joining Ginny and the gang over at Small Things for this week's <a href="http://www.gsheller.com/">Yarn Along</a>.</div><div style="text-align: center;"> It's been a while, I know. Busy times. It always strikes me as ironic that when I've got lots of work going on and much to share here, there's no time to post! But I do want to share the small pieces I've been working on and will over these next weeks. </div><div style="text-align: center;">But first, back in Brittany, I knitted up another gnome for school while we were roving around, stealing little moments here and there in between digging in the sand with smallie, and savouring a few small windows of quiet time when the lads went off on some adventure of their own.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
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And tucked into our awning on a rainy Breton day, the lads started carving. Smallie wanted to make a digging tool for the beach<br />
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We whizzed through all kinds of terrain on our bikes and one small boy showed me that alas, he is not so small anymore but big, and brave.<br />
I left all my deadlines and worries at home, relishing the absence of computers and mobile phones... we never knew what time it was and every now and then wondered what day it was.<br />
I even got to draw : )<br />
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And I put the finishing touches to the gnome once we got home. Doing some leather work for him now, I want to make him a tool belt : ) or maybe a knife sheath..and want to explore what the children might be able to make for their gnomes from wool, wood and leather. I'm really having fun with this part. I keep thinking maybe they need a knitted fox friend too!<br />
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You can see the first post on our trip to France <a href="http://miafoleyart.blogspot.ie/2012_07_01_archive.html">here</a>.<br />
And read about the first knitted gnome <a href="http://miafoleyart.blogspot.ie/2012/07/yarn-along-i-wondered-when-my-smallie.html">here</a>.<br />
Looking forward to catching up with what you've all been up to out there.<br />
Thanking you for your visit x M<br />
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</div>Mia Foleyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12457807241836219216noreply@blogger.com7tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8488664224560130930.post-16410416047088598312012-07-21T16:04:00.000-07:002012-07-21T16:04:47.925-07:00Postcards from Brittany<div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"> </span><span style="color: #073763; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: large;">W</span><span style="font-family: inherit;">e sailed home across the sea last night, and found ourselves finally pulled up outside our place today with a hilarious ( I mean it would really have been funny if we weren't so tired : ) amount of unpacking, washing and sorting to do after two weeks camping in France in all weathers.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Driving on the road home I just wanted to take the whole island of Ireland in an embrace. </span>I am convinced we've got the greenest green of any land. <span style="font-family: inherit;">Great to go away and great to come home right? ; ) </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">If you've been following my blog awhile you might have spotted that as well as green, I'm very in love with the colour blue. The first place we stayed on our trip, the fishing village of Le Conquet seemed to share that passion. I never did find out whether there was a general concensus amongst it's villagers to paint most every shutter, window frame, door, railing and boat in varying shades of blue, or whether it was all a beautiful coincidence. Either way, it was a feast for the eyes as I pedalled through it on my trusty old bike.</span><br />
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Intricate lace curtains hung in most every window, the detail of which fascinated me.<br />
And boy, do the French love their flowers.<br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">These last four images are from other Breton areas we explored </span><span style="font-family: inherit;">and everywhere the pride of place inspired us. </span><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: center;"> A little milestone, but one very dear to me : )<br />
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</div><div style="text-align: center;"> It is! This is just a first go, more are coming to my mind's eye and I'm suddenly flooded with all kinds of ideas about telling gnome stories to the children and building a little world around these characters and the little things we could make for them.<br />
Eyes are often stitched in thread, with fleece being used for hair, but I like the idea of doing everything in yarn, the children get a wide experience of all that you do with just yarn, how you can fashion and create a character using many different stitches. It also makes a really trusty toy then, hardy enough for play as well as storytelling.</div><div style="text-align: center;">Inspired again : ) and excited about bringing this project to the children and just watching where they take it.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
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I'm happily joining Ginny and the gang over Small Things for this week's <a href="http://gsheller.com/">Yarn Along</a>.<br />
<span style="color: #0c343d; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: large;">T</span>o celebrate one year of my blog : ) and to thank all my readers and especially all you regulars whose lovely comments I've so appreciated over the months, I'm giving away one of my needle felted figures!<br />
A Toadstool Elder, pictured below.<br />
Leave a comment and I'll randomly pick a winner by the end of this week and be in touch. <span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="color: #274e13;">(Comments are now closed)</span><i style="color: #0c343d;"> </i></span>As always, thank you for your visit x M<br />
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<span style="color: #274e13; font-family: inherit;">Thank you for all your lovely comments : )</span><br />
<span style="color: #274e13; font-family: inherit;"><i>And the winner is...</i>Svenna of <a href="http://stitchandpurl.wordpress.com/">Stitch and Purl</a>!</span><br />
<span style="line-height: 23px; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="background-color: #fce5cd; color: #0c343d;">"The gnome is beautiful, you are inspiring me again..</span></span></span><br />
<span style="background-color: #fce5cd; color: #0c343d; font-family: inherit;"><span style="line-height: 23px; text-align: justify;">And well done, little guy - may you have many happy hours of knitting!</span><br style="line-height: 23px; text-align: justify;" /><br style="line-height: 23px; text-align: justify;" /><span style="line-height: 23px; text-align: justify;">Happy anniversary, Mia! I always look forward to visiting your space and beautiful creations. I'm in love with your toadstool elder, honestly!"</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="color: #134f5c; font-size: 17px; line-height: 23px; text-align: justify;"><br />
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</span></span></span></div>Mia Foleyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12457807241836219216noreply@blogger.com14tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8488664224560130930.post-44203386261567050822012-06-27T03:28:00.008-07:002012-06-27T06:49:32.113-07:00<div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #7f6000; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: x-large;">Yarn Along</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #7f6000; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: large;">D</span><span style="color: #7f6000; font-family: inherit;">eep sigh. </span><span style="color: #783f04; font-family: inherit;">I am writing on this, the first morning of the summer holidays : )</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #783f04; font-family: inherit;">My students have all finished their handwork projects, beloved teachers have been hugged, flowers and cards have been given and received. Yesterday my small boy received his golden key and walked out the door of the kindergarten for the very last time. Bittersweet.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #783f04; font-family: inherit;"> Lots to take in.. and let go of. But mostly, lots to feel ever so grateful for.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #783f04; font-family: inherit;"><br />
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</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #783f04; font-family: inherit;">And so I am happily joining Ginny and the gang over at Small Things for this week's <a href="http://gsheller.com/">Yarn Along</a>, and for a change I'm not dashing ; )</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #783f04;">Having made all those handwork samples for school (phew!) I'm finally making something for us, for the home. A round cushion to brighten our couch, inspired by Lucy's </span><a href="http://attic24.typepad.com/weblog/blooming-flower-cushion.html">pattern</a> <span style="color: #783f04;">over at Attic 24. Only round cushion pads are not available in these parts, so I had to fashion one from a square. Which turned into quite a fluffy affair, being that I'd bought a feather-filled cushion and am a fledging in the use of a sewing machine. Suffice it to say to that I'm still coming across the odd feather floating around!</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #783f04;"><br />
</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #783f04;">I just need to crochet both sides together now and I'll post next week. This was a project I promised myself I wouldn't buy ANY yarn for, but just work out of my scraps basket. Soooo, the colours have turned out a bit pretty, just a little bit too sweet somehow. I would go for more edgy colour combinations normally. But I think I can live with it and it will certainly bring some cheer into our living space.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #783f04;"><br />
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<span style="color: #783f04;">Smallie finally got to bring home his 'Peter'. The rising class one children worked so lovingly on these felt puppets. </span><span style="color: #783f04;">One of their teachers proudly told me that the children used three different types of stitches in this project. Impressive and inspiring to me always, the teachers and the children.</span><br />
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<span style="color: #783f04;"> Hey, I just now realised that </span><span style="color: #7f6000; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">t</span><span style="color: #7f6000; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">his month marks one year of my blog!</span><br />
<span style="color: #783f04;"> I think that calls for a giveaway on next week's Yarn Along post, so stay tuned : )</span><br />
<span style="color: #783f04;">Here is <a href="http://miafoleyart.blogspot.ie/2011/06/yarn-along-i-am-joining-ginny-and-gang.html">my very first Yarn Along post</a> a year ago. A beginner knitter very much aware of all I did not yet know, and working on the jumper you see my son wearing in the photo above. He has asked to wear it pretty much every day since I gave it to him. Makes my heart swell. </span><br />
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<span style="color: #783f04;">Thank you for stopping by, as always x M</span><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: center;">Lovely to be joining Ginny and the gang over at Small Things for this week's <a href="http://gsheller.com/">Yarn Along.</a></div><div style="text-align: center;">These are a couple more handwork samples I made, to come up with a truly simple bag pattern for my class one kids, comprising pretty much everything they've so diligently learnt in this first year...how to cast on, knit plain stitch, change colour, decrease, cast off and seam. That's a lot, right?</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">I always feel that making a simple little bag is a great project for children, it fulfils the beauty and purpose ideals, but also children of this age still love to gather, collect, bring, find and carry. Though I do feel that these bags should really be lined, being that coins and stones seem to be high on the 'cargo' list for the lads ; ) We've run out of time this year but I'll make sure to work that part in to next year's lesson plans, great to develop their sewing and seaming skills too.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: center;"> I avoid projects that seem to go on forever for this age group, favouring instead smaller projects where children who need more time can make a smaller version if they like, and children who need less time can make a bigger/longer version. Getting the children to this stage is a lot of work and I have learnt sooo much in this new role, but when I look at and hold their work I am constantly impressed with their capabilities (a couple of finished ones below) And what a joy to see their pride and satisfaction when they finish and take their work home, I do feel honoured.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
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Loved seeing Ginny's daughter knitting away so carefully on her previous post : )<br />
And how about you, what are you working on..? And if you have little ones in your life who knit/crochet, what do they like to make..? Love to hear.<br />
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</div>Mia Foleyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12457807241836219216noreply@blogger.com7tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8488664224560130930.post-3190281965801463732012-06-06T02:08:00.004-07:002012-06-06T09:09:22.922-07:00<div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #0c343d; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: x-large;">Yarn Along</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br />
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</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Happily joining Ginny and the gang over at Small Things for this week's </span><a href="http://gsheller.com/" style="font-family: inherit;">Yarn Along</a><span style="font-family: inherit;">.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">A busy time at school, helping the children to finish their projects before year's end.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">And I myself have a small boy playing through his last few weeks of kindergarten blissfully unaware of the big changes ahead, that of transition up to the main school, for class one next September. I feel both sad and excited at once.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"> In fact, I will be his handwork teacher, hmmm....how that will go who can say! ; )</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: center;">The children crochet cases for their wooden flutes in class two, many of them are finished now and they've moved on to making the hat I posted about <a href="http://miafoleyart.blogspot.ie/2012/05/yarn-along-happily-joining-ginny-and_30.html">here</a> last week. Their flute bags are made to be worn around the neck during performances etc. I now wish we'd made them in wool rather than cotton, it stands up so much better to regular use and handling. So we'll line these with cotton fabric to strengthen them. (Thank you Gitta!) It's an ambitious enough project for them and once again I'm deeply impressed with their achievements.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: center;">So how about you, what yarn is passing through your hands these days, and is yet another school year drawing to a close in your part of the world...?</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">I so appreciate all of your visits and comments : ) Many thanks for the lovely feedback on last week's post, loved reading it. Looking forward to seeing all the wonderful things y'all are working on out there, always inspiring x M<br />
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</div>Mia Foleyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12457807241836219216noreply@blogger.com13tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8488664224560130930.post-83766012536258716792012-05-30T01:56:00.001-07:002012-05-30T02:00:12.882-07:00<div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #0c343d; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: x-large;">Yarn Along</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #0c343d; font-family: inherit;"><br />
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</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #783f04; font-family: inherit;">Happily joining Ginny and the gang over at Small Things for this week's <a href="http://www.gsheller.com/">Yarn Along</a>.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #783f04; font-family: inherit;">I'm home from my trip to England and trying to get back into the swing of things here, phew! </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #783f04; font-family: inherit;">I'll be sharing a little about that soon.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #783f04; font-family: inherit;"> Meanwhile.........a hat for class two to crochet! Curious time of the year for it I know, but it's the time when abilities and skills have built enough to work on such a pattern. Inspired by the hat pattern in <a href="http://www.amazon.co.uk/Crochet-Children-projects-holders-jewellery/dp/1907563806/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1338327144&sr=1-1">Crochet for Children</a>. I made some modifications (always looking to simplify) and used chunky yarn with a size 5.5mm hook.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #783f04; font-family: inherit;">A wonderful pattern for beginners : )</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #0c343d; font-family: inherit;"><br />
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</span></div>Mia Foleyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12457807241836219216noreply@blogger.com18tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8488664224560130930.post-44781217278557769692012-05-16T03:14:00.004-07:002012-05-16T03:37:27.908-07:00<div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #7f6000; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: x-large;">Yarn Along</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #783f04; font-family: inherit;"><br />
</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="color: #783f04;">Happily joining Ginny and the gang over at Small Things for this week's <a href="http://www.gsheller.com/">Yarn Along</a>.</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="color: #783f04;"> I decided to do wrist warmers with my class two children and made up this simple pattern for them. I posted before about it <a href="http://miafoleyart.blogspot.com/2012/03/yarn-along-happily-joining-ginny-and.html">here</a> when I made a pair for my small son. (you should see them <i>now</i> all worn fuzzy, and sporting bits of moss! ; ) With the amount of time these children spend outside in all weathers, I love how these keep the draught out.</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="color: #783f04;">I had fun making up this sample pair, so quick and easy.</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #783f04;"><br />
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</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="color: #783f04;">And while my son is quite in love with <a href="http://www.amazon.co.uk/Seven-year-old-Wonder-Book-Isabel-Wyatt/dp/0863155278/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1337031199&sr=1-1">The Seven-year-old Wonder Book</a> above,... I myself am quite enthralled with this beautiful book <a href="http://www.amazon.co.uk/Essentially-Irish-Homes-Classic-Style/dp/1849751587/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1337030144&sr=1-1">Essentially Irish</a> at the moment.</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="color: #783f04;"><br />
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<span style="color: #783f04;">The children wear their wrist warmers with pride : ) </span><br />
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<span style="color: #783f04; font-family: inherit;">Hey, I think I've finally gotten over my block about blocking ; ) Having been a slacker about it for ages now, I had a bit of a blocking party over the weekend with all my wool handwork samples for school (the cotton projects will have to wait 'til another day)and a few of my own bits too, including a pair of wrist warmers I've been wearing for well over a year now!</span><br />
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<span style="color: #783f04;">In a few days time I will be winging my way over to the South of England to visit a bigger Waldorf School there for a week, to observe and assist in the handwork department. I am excited :</span> )</div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #783f04;"><br />
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</span></span></div>Mia Foleyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12457807241836219216noreply@blogger.com7tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8488664224560130930.post-49602579412030692972012-05-09T02:24:00.000-07:002012-05-09T02:24:51.672-07:00<div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #990000; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: x-large;">Yarn Along</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #990000;"><br />
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<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #783f04;">Happily joining Ginny and the gang over at Small things for this week's <a href="http://www.gsheller.com/">Yarn Along</a>.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #783f04;">I've been holding on to a lot our glass jars from the kitchen to re-use for storage in the studio and handwork room at school. Upcycling is an idea I love playing with these days. I couldn't find a pattern for a jar cover that I loved, so thought I'd try my hand at making it up as I went. Thinking it would be a great project for the children at school to store their crochet hooks and pencils and all. I don't know why this colour combination captivates me so, I love the retro feel of it.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #783f04;"><br />
</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #783f04;">I finished reading <a href="http://www.amazon.co.uk/The-Knitting-Circle-ebook/dp/B002RI9TGO/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1336555223&sr=1-1">The Knitting Circle</a> by Ann Hood. I've mixed feelings about it... the idea of a contemporary story that has the act of knitting as its centre thrills me, and the belief that knitting can be a healing practise, I love all that. The story did have glimmers of honesty and authenticity but overall I found it very contrived. Definitely an easy read though.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #783f04;"><br />
</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #783f04;">What's in your work basket this week..? I look forward to browsing through. Thanks for stopping by : ) x M</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #783f04;"><br />
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</span></div>Mia Foleyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12457807241836219216noreply@blogger.com11tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8488664224560130930.post-46799272503277675402012-05-02T02:13:00.000-07:002012-05-02T02:13:18.943-07:00<div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #073763; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: x-large;">Yarn Along</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #073763;"><br />
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</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #073763;">Happily joining Ginny and the gang over at Small Things for this week's <a href="http://www.gsheller.com/">Yarn Along</a>, having taken a little breather from my computer ; ) badly needed every now and then, no?</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #073763;">This was the first knitting project I did with class 1 when they'd just learned to knit.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #073763;">Inspired by Linda's <a href="http://naturalsuburbia.blogspot.com/2012/02/creative-friday.html">pattern</a> over at the lovely <a href="http://naturalsuburbia.blogspot.com/">Natural Suburbia.</a></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #073763;"><br />
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</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #073763;">The children were very proud indeed of their sewing books and could hardly wait to take them home to share : )</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #073763;"><br />
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</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #073763;">I finished reading <a href="http://www.amazon.co.uk/The-Horse-Whisperer-Nicholas-Evans/dp/0751539368/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1335798907&sr=1-1">The Horse Whisperer</a>...such an engaging story.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #073763;">Though I had a hard time with the ending, I found myself having grown very attached to the characters and their fate : )</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #073763;"><br />
</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #073763;">I look forward to checking out all your knits and your reads. And for the Yarn Alongers who wanted to see the painted bellycast I've been busy finishing, you'll see it in <a href="http://miafoleyart.blogspot.com/2012/04/bellycast-painting-this-is-ive-been.html">my previous post</a>. Thanks for all the lovely comments on that and for stopping by today x M</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #073763;"><br />
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</div>Mia Foleyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12457807241836219216noreply@blogger.com17tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8488664224560130930.post-13829363584467969662012-04-16T05:09:00.003-07:002012-04-16T07:50:15.957-07:00<div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #783f04; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: x-large;">Bellycast Painting</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #783f04; font-family: inherit;"><br />
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</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #783f04; font-family: inherit;">This is a</span><span style="color: #783f04; font-family: inherit;"> commission I've been working on ...it's out of the studio now and safely delivered to the golden-haired mama : )</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #783f04; font-family: inherit;"><br />
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<span style="color: #783f04;">We had a sweet Easter this year...hope you did too.</span><br />
<span style="color: #783f04;"> I immersed myself in the spirit of it, colouring lots of eggs with the children, and getting in a bit of crochet. You'll find lots more about our onion skin-dyed eggs in my previous post <a href="http://miafoleyart.blogspot.com/2012/04/easter-antics-there-are-no-less-than.html">here</a>.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #783f04;">These crochet eggs were fun to make, <a href="http://thecraftfrog.blogspot.com/2010/06/eggs.html">this</a> is a nice easy pattern. </span><br />
<span style="color: #783f04;">Boy, this nest was a workout for the fingers! in pure hemp cord. You'll find the pattern <a href="http://naturkinder.typepad.com/naturkinder/2011/04/anleitung-jute-garn-haekel-oster-koerbchen-instructions-jute-yarn-easter-nest.html">here</a>.</span><br />
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<span style="color: #783f04;">Some of the small people I am auntie to seem to be growing more craft hungry as they get bigger, and I was amazed with all the finger crochet they asked to do. Lucky for us we found a bag of bright yarn stashed in the bottom of Nana's hot press : )</span> <br />
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<span style="color: #783f04;">And spent one fine sunny evening out on the lawn turning this finger crocheted rope, as the bigger boys took turns skipping and jumping. </span><br />
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<span style="color: #783f04;">Happily joining Ginny and the gang over at Small Things for this week's <a href="http://www.gsheller.com/">Yarn Along.</a></span><br />
<span style="color: #783f04;">Thanks for stopping by and I look forward to checking out your easter makings x M</span><br />
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There are no less than nineteen of us gathered at my parents house over these few days...the entire family under one roof!</div><div style="text-align: center;"> Blessed by mild weather we have feasted and frolicked. And lucky for me there's been much creativity : ) in the great company of my nieces and nephews..</div><br />
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<div style="text-align: center;">I was inspired by the children's eggs at kindergarten to colour these eggs with the smallies, using wet crepe paper. So simple and fun for even the smallest of hands.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
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But this year I have surely found my all-time favourite way of colouring eggs.<br />
With onion skins : ) </div><div style="text-align: center;">I've really enjoyed dyeing fleece and silk this way in this past. But doing this with the bigger children and the excitement and mystery of seeing the lovely results, really lit up my little world this Easter Sunday.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: center;">We gathered flowers and foliage from Nana & Papa's garden and made little egg parcels to cook, using both white and red onion skins. Inspired by <a href="http://ulicam.blogspot.com/2012/04/easter-tutorial-how-to-color-eggs-with.html">this tutorial</a> over at Ulicam. I can certainly imagine this becoming an annual ritual now. The only shame was that I could not find any white eggs...on which the effect of both of these projects would have been far greater.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: center;">I will be back in a few days </div><div style="text-align: center;">with more makings and doings from our stay ; )</div><div style="text-align: center;">I hope you've had a wonderful Eastertime x M</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
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</div>Mia Foleyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12457807241836219216noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8488664224560130930.post-927105352336573002012-04-05T03:15:00.001-07:002012-04-05T03:20:45.678-07:00<div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #7f6000; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: x-large;">Easter babes</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #783f04; font-family: inherit;"><br />
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</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #783f04; font-family: inherit;">I can feel the anticipation grow in my small boy, as we pack up the car and head to our Easter family gathering : )</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #783f04; font-family: inherit;">We're looking forward to decorating eggs with all the cousins and as we gather the supplies, we got to thinking of the woolly eggs we made last year.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #783f04; font-family: inherit;"><br />
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</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #783f04;">You can see the full post about them <a href="http://miafoleyart.blogspot.com/2011/06/this-piece-also-appears-on.html">here</a>, with lots of other Spring makings too.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #783f04;">Wishing you and your families a happy, fun Eastertime x M</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #783f04; font-family: inherit;"><br />
</span></div>Mia Foleyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12457807241836219216noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8488664224560130930.post-13926102105893591532012-04-04T00:43:00.006-07:002012-04-04T00:56:01.147-07:00<div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #073763; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: x-large;">Yarn Along</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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<div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #783f04;">Happily joining Ginny and the gang over at Small things for this weeks <a href="http://gsheller.com/">Yarn Along</a>.</span><br />
<span style="color: #783f04;">I had fun working out this square, it's for a group project to mark a special occasion, a secret for now ; ) </span><br />
<span style="color: #783f04;">How to turn a circle into a square...another crochet mystery solved!</span><br />
<span style="color: #783f04;">The pattern ended before my square was big enough so I had to improvise on the last few rows and make up the increases which I'd say are not perfect but I am learning, learning. </span><br />
<span style="color: #783f04;">I've become such a slacker when it comes to blocking.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #783f04; font-family: inherit;">But thinking how lovely it would be to make a small blanket or throw from these squares and <i>what fun</i> to be had playing with the colours... the best part : )</span><br />
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<span style="color: #783f04;">Still reading <a href="http://www.amazon.co.uk/Happenstance-The-Husbands-Story-Wifes/dp/0586092242/ref=sr_1_2?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1333491526&sr=1-2">this</a> Carol Shield's novel, and so far despite the wonderful cover art, I'm just not feeling it!</span><br />
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<span style="color: #783f04;">Thanks so much for visiting and for all your lovely comments on last week's post which I so appreciate. </span><br />
<span style="color: #783f04;">Look forward to seeing what you're working on x M</span><br />
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</span></div>Mia Foleyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12457807241836219216noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8488664224560130930.post-16371677597183776902012-03-28T01:58:00.000-07:002012-03-28T01:58:43.079-07:00<div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #0c343d; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: x-large;">Yarn Along</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #783f04; font-family: inherit;"><br />
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</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #783f04; font-family: inherit;">I remember my mother having a drawer of special things, in the trusty chest of drawers they'd shipped back from America.</span><br />
<span style="color: #783f04; font-family: inherit;"> As a little girl, I loved looking in there. Amongst them was a cream lace collar, the button black with a 'diamond' in the centre. Even then I found it charming, and had a sense of it as style from another time, another place. I imagine it worn over a simple black dress...velvet probably, in her years in New Jersey. I doubt she ever wore it once back in Ireland. She gave it to me recently, knowing my interest in such things of late.</span><br />
<span style="color: #783f04; font-family: inherit;">Inspired by this and by a lovely artist friend <a href="http://elishevaproject.blogspot.com/">Liz</a>, I went on a little journey making crochet collars. I posted <a href="http://miafoleyart.blogspot.com/2011/11/yarn-along-happily-joining-ginny-and_15.html">here</a> about my first one which came about quite by accident : ) </span><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #783f04; font-family: inherit;">The first several rows of this one are from <a href="http://www.ravelry.com/patterns/library/crochet-collar---unavailable">this pattern</a>, (unfortunately no longer available online) the last few rows I just created as I went along. I so enjoyed making it .</span><br />
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<span style="color: #783f04;">Happily joining Ginny and the gang over at Small Things for this week's <a href="http://gsheller.com/">Yarn Along.</a></span><br />
<span style="color: #783f04;">I'm reading Carol Shield's </span><a href="http://www.amazon.co.uk/Happenstance-The-Husbands-Story-Wifes/dp/0586092242/ref=sr_1_2?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1332890592&sr=1-2">Happenstance</a><span style="color: #783f04;">. I'm very in love with the cover although really its far too much like my partner and I to be funny ; ) The front cover features her sitting up late at night under a work lamp, stitching, with great resolve...the back features him falling asleep.</span><br />
<span style="color: #783f04;"> Oh Dear, sound familiar ladies..? ; )</span><br />
<span style="color: #783f04; font-family: inherit;">Thank you for your visit and for so many lovely comments on last week's post x M</span><br />
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<span style="color: #783f04; font-family: inherit;">P. S. I posted about the Spring Figures in my new header <a href="http://miafoleyart.blogspot.com/2011/06/farewell-to-spring.html">here</a>.</span><br />
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</span></div>Mia Foleyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12457807241836219216noreply@blogger.com18tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8488664224560130930.post-52580563249503173602012-03-21T03:10:00.000-07:002012-03-21T03:10:18.644-07:00<div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #274e13; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: x-large;">Yarn Along</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #274e13; font-family: inherit;"><br />
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<span style="color: #783f04; font-family: inherit;">And so it is </span><span style="color: #783f04; font-family: inherit;">that I find myself knitting lambs</span><br />
<span style="color: #783f04; font-family: inherit;"> something I never imagined myself doing ; )</span><br />
<span style="color: #783f04; font-family: inherit;"> in preparation for the next handwork project for class 1. The knitting of them is a pleasure, but my,</span><br />
<span style="color: #783f04; font-family: inherit;">the stuffing and sewing may be tricky for little hands at first. It was for mine!</span><br />
<span style="color: #783f04; font-family: inherit;">I do love <a href="http://www.amazon.co.uk/A-First-Book-Knitting-Children/dp/0946206554/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1332286549&sr=1-1">this book</a>:</span><br />
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<span style="color: #274e13;">Out walking in the fields behind our house we happened upon this little scene.</span><br />
<span style="color: #274e13;"> I was deeply charmed, </span><span style="color: #274e13;">and it put me in mind of an Elsa Beskow story </span><br />
<span style="color: #274e13;">where the old women gnomes of the forest </span><br />
<span style="color: #274e13;">wash the gnome beards and hang them out on branches to dry : )</span><br />
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<span style="color: #274e13; font-family: inherit;">Happily joining Ginny and the gang over at <a href="http://gsheller.com/">Small Things</a> for this week's Yarn Along.</span><br />
<span style="color: #274e13; font-family: inherit;">I've got two big projects going on these days, one involving wool the other involving plaster.</span><br />
<span style="color: #274e13; font-family: inherit;"> It's been so busy I've not had the chance to post about them here. But I shall </span><br />
<span style="color: #274e13; font-family: inherit;">so watch this space!</span><br />
<span style="color: #274e13; font-family: inherit;">Thanking you for your visit xM</span><br />
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</span></div>Mia Foleyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12457807241836219216noreply@blogger.com22tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8488664224560130930.post-91711168502800961592012-03-14T03:33:00.002-07:002012-03-14T03:37:27.840-07:00<div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #660000; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: large;">Yarn Along</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #660000; font-size: x-small;"><br />
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</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Happily joining Ginny and the gang over at </span><a href="http://www.gsheller.com/" style="font-family: inherit;">Small things</a><span style="font-family: inherit;"> for this week's yarn along. </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">One of the <i>many</i> things I appreciate about participating in this community of stitchers is that I get to document most of the little projects I'm working on, some are just for me, many I'm trying out for school. And I can easily check back in my Yarn Along archives to see what I made and remember how it worked out, especially for the children : )</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">I'm working on a crochet hairband that they can make and I spent an evening this week working on the progression of a flower, to decorate it. Really fun. I especially loved Lucy's <a href="http://attic24.typepad.com/weblog/crochet-flowers-and-leaves.html">flower tutorial</a> over at <a href="http://attic24.typepad.com/weblog/">Attic 24</a>, she makes it so easy to follow each step. </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br />
</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Reading time is short, but I have reached my favourite part of Jane Eyre : )</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">I look forward to seeing what you're all up to out there, and thanks for your visit.</span><br />
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