Trampled by Geese

Trampled by Geese is a reminder to myself to look at the positive side of life and to endeavour to only write about things that inspire me rather than focus on what is negative in the world. Kirkegaard once wrote, “Being trampled by geese is a slow way of dying, but being eaten to death by envy and greed is even slower and more painful”.

Wednesday, July 04, 2012

Tour de fleece 2012 - day five

Been busy like crazy but still got a bit of spinning in. Mystery brow fibre plied with some merino Habu lace.

Tuesday, July 03, 2012

Tour de Fleece 2012: stage 2 and 3

(sorry all, don't know what's wrong with the formatting today) Yesterday, Stage 2 of the Tour de Fleece, was for me what they call...

Sunday, July 01, 2012

Tour de Fleece 2012 - Stage 1

Goals are a very important aspect of yarn sports. You may be tempted to think that an event like the Tour de Fleece, is a bunch of people w...

I'm in a contest!

I wonder if you've ever come across the Etsy Contest ? It's actually quite a fun little game. They show you two photos from two d...

Saturday, June 30, 2012

Tour de Fleece 2012 - Prologue

Today is the first day of the Tour de France, which makes it the start of the Tour de Fleece . The Tour de Fleece is a yarn-sport where we...

Saturday, June 23, 2012

The Grimms' Fairy Tales

Yet another yard sale find. I'm very tempted to use this book in a steampunk project; however, I don't want to cut it ...

Monday, June 18, 2012

Inspiration for steampunking the bees

Because I wanted to share this photo with some people and couldn't be bothered to find my flicker account password. It's from th...

Just a little bit of creation

So, here's some more photos of the current mystery project. I got some free things from a yardsale, brought them home, took them a...

Sunday, June 10, 2012

Little brass lamp

Yesterday's yardsale finds included a big box full of brass stuff. At the bottom of the box was this lamp. A bowl on a stand do...

Thursday, June 07, 2012

7 year fleece! or Llama gets a hair cut

Last summer, a rather harry llama adopted our heard. He's big and strong and we call him Tom. Tom belongs to our neighbour who lets o...

Wednesday, June 06, 2012

"IT WORKS!" Dances about the farm, in an over enthusiastic manner humming a little song about, "IT WORKS"

I've been tinkering away at my latest slightly steampunk mystery project where I convert an old (non-restoreable) vintage sewing machine...

Monday, May 28, 2012

The steampunk vintages Singer sewing machine mystery project

Take a couple of broken sewing machines, some stuff found in the back of the workshop and a bit of creativity, and you get something that lo...

Saturday, May 26, 2012

Yet another sewing machine, steampunk mystery project.

I spent a good chunk of the day - when I wasn't wrestling llamas or tending first aid to llama related injuries - dismantling a Singer ...

Thursday, May 24, 2012

Steampunk sewing machine - in search of ideas

I've been wondering how to steampunk (yes, apparently it is a verb now) an old sewing machine. Although this machine could be made...

Wednesday, May 23, 2012

The waxing moon

Friday, May 18, 2012

Farm photos May 2012

Still knocked down with this wild cold. It's the kind of cold that you get fed up with, go see the doctor and your GP sends you to the ...

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