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May 02
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Happy Days! Knitting … @Skeinydipping!

Happy Days! … Well… I turned shit into fertiliser and what a wonderful world I have re-entered.

 

Knitting. Yes knitting! Have a peek at my my new Instagram account @skeinydipping.

..and my new Skeinydipping Website

I learned to knit as a child and bred angoras when I was first married over thirty years ago; and smile quietly when I see sheep in the paddocks – wherever we go, all across the world.

 

I love wool. I love the hair from goats and alpacas. I love working with the softness in my hands. I love the earthy raw smell of unscoured fleece. I love the natural colours using plant dyes. I love the beauty in speckled hand painted yarns. I love the texture of stitches. I love the warmth of garments made with love and time.

 

I feel such a sense of comfort and joy when I knit.

 

I also love the rhythmic nature of spinning as the fibre slips gently through my hands.

 

The colours of nature reveal themselves miraculously as my pot of petals or plants surrenders and seeps their essence into the wet hot fibre.

 

Knitting pretty much was my saviour last year and I havent stopped. Always – “Just one more row! I laugh. My spinning wheel now takes pride of place in my room and I often have skeins of beautiful yarn at the end of my bed as I look at the colours in the morning as the sun rises.

 

I’ve been knitting a sweater for myself for a trip to the Arctic later in the year. I’ve also been knitting hats for our boys and their friends… and also jumpers and cardigans for the Syrian children in the refugee camps.

 

I’ve dived into the vortex of a crazy and vibrant knitting community. It’s so much fun. People throughout the world creating and sharing an ancient skill and amplifying so much joy.

 

I am excited to be starting a new instagram account @skeinydipping which will be online soon – so stay tuned! hehe.  It will be the sharing of my crazy adventurous nature, and love of experiencing working with wool.

 

Knitting brings me so much pleasure. Time to feel and create. Time to let my hands be soft and know when they move they are doing so much good.

 

Creative. Comforting.  … I am content.

 

Happy days! Happy, happy days!

 

 

 

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I am a Journeywoman. I live my life as an explorer. An adventurer. An Observer. An Artist. There is no differentiation between how I live my life and the art that is an expression of it. It is through my experience adventuring the unknown, that I learn more about myself. My aim through this connection is to live where my expression is fully in alignment with the essence of who I am. “In the field of Fine-Art Photography, Julie stands apart from others with the way she sees the world and expresses her connection within it. Julie Stephenson’s photographs are sublime. Her work is an expression of her deep connection; and a gift to the world.”

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  • If I could sit across from my 30-year-old self for five minutes, this is what I’d tell her:

1️⃣ You have WAY LESS time than you think.
Curve balls can come and skittle you. Embrace and have gratitude for each and every day.

2️⃣ Stop making decisions based on who might be disappointed.
You will always disappoint some others. Just try not to disappoint yourself. Your life gets really small when everyone else’s comfort becomes more important than your own truth.
Some people won’t understand your choices.
Make them anyway.

3️⃣ Your body will eventually make you slow down if you refuse to.
You think today is hard to move… when you’re nudging 70… don’t wait until tomorrow to try and move it more! Rest isn’t laziness.
And constantly feeling exhausted isn’t just the price you have to pay for being successful.
Stress causes illness.

4️⃣ Confidence comes AFTER you do the scary thing.
Stop waiting to feel ready. Just get on with it! 
Learn to say NO… and YES!

5️⃣ Wanting more doesn’t make you ungrateful.
You can love your family.
Be grateful for your career.
Appreciate everything you’ve built.
And still think:
I want something different.
Both can be true.

6️⃣ Your job is something you do. It’s not who you are.
I never excelled at anything. I thought I was going to have a career. It didnt happen. My choices led me elsewhere.
Your title, income, productivity, and accomplishments are not your worth.
There’s an entire woman underneath all of those things.
Don’t lose her. Hold her close.

7️⃣ Stop saving your dream life for “someday.”
Do the thing. Wear the bling! Go on the trip. Drink the coffee while it’s hot.
And start becoming the woman you keep imagining, or just BE the woman WITHOUT imagining!
Because your life isn’t waiting for you in the future.
It’s happening right now.

My life has unfolded more than I ever could have imagined, but there have been costs which could have been avoided. 
At 64, I don’t wish I’d worked harder.
I wish I’d trusted myself sooner.
Protected my peace sooner.
Cared for myself sooner. 
Respected myself sooner. 
So…they are the things I would tell my younge
  • Yay! You’ve found a space here where you can grab some of my experience l, tips and ideas and use in your upcoming projects. 

I’m no expert weaver, but have a lifetime of experience as an artist, creator and weaver. I may even make you laugh! 

Come follow along and see where it leads your own projects!
  • I’m not an expert weaver, but share a lifetime of creative experience. I may even make you laugh along the way! 

Come follow to see what I make and grab all the tips and ideas which you may use in your own projects.
  • So glad you’ve found here! Welcome! I’m no expert but have a lifetime of experience as an artist, creator and weaver. I share heaps of tips and ideas for your weaving; regardless of whether you’re a newbie weaver or established fibre artist. I often present new ways of approaching your projects. I may even make you laugh! 
Come follow along and see where it leads your own projects!
  • *hiding under a pike of yarn! :). Welcome to my space here - where I share my non-expert; but lifelong experience of being a creative. Want to weave? Need some tips and new ideas? Congrats for finding my space! No gate keeping! I’ll share what I know as I weave! I may even make you laugh along the way!
  • There was a discussion! :) Come along and noodle around my space to see the workings of a fun loving weaver.
  • Beginning weaving? Sharing my lifetime of creative process here, so you can learn about weaving, spinning and fibre arts; (and a few other life things in the mix!) and not make some of the unnecessary blunders I have! 

Grab a cuppa, noodle around my space and follow to see tips, ideas and how my projects evolve. I may even make you laugh.
  • Daunted to by start a project because you don’t want the uncertainty of wasting your time if it doesn’t ’turn out’? 

Want some direction on how to be more confident starting; then you need to see how other weavers approach their weaving for ideas. 

Pull up a chair to learn and follow my journeys of how I weave each piece, so that you can learn new ways so approaching your weaving.
  • If you are daunted by starting a project because you don’t want the uncertainty of wasting your time if it doesn’t ’turn out’; and you want some direction and ideas on how to be mor confident starting; then you need to see how other weavers approach their weaving. 

Pull up a chair to learn and follow my journeys of how I weave each piece, so that you can learn new ways so approaching your weaving.
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If I could sit across from my 30-year-old self for five minutes, this is what I’d tell her:

1️⃣ You have WAY LESS time than you think.
Curve balls can come and skittle you. Embrace and have gratitude for each and every day.

2️⃣ Stop making decisions based on who might be disappointed.
You will always disappoint some others. Just try not to disappoint yourself. Your life gets really small when everyone else’s comfort becomes more important than your own truth.
Some people won’t understand your choices.
Make them anyway.

3️⃣ Your body will eventually make you slow down if you refuse to.
You think today is hard to move… when you’re nudging 70… don’t wait until tomorrow to try and move it more! Rest isn’t laziness.
And constantly feeling exhausted isn’t just the price you have to pay for being successful.
Stress causes illness.

4️⃣ Confidence comes AFTER you do the scary thing.
Stop waiting to feel ready. Just get on with it! 
Learn to say NO… and YES!

5️⃣ Wanting more doesn’t make you ungrateful.
You can love your family.
Be grateful for your career.
Appreciate everything you’ve built.
And still think:
I want something different.
Both can be true.

6️⃣ Your job is something you do. It’s not who you are.
I never excelled at anything. I thought I was going to have a career. It didnt happen. My choices led me elsewhere.
Your title, income, productivity, and accomplishments are not your worth.
There’s an entire woman underneath all of those things.
Don’t lose her. Hold her close.

7️⃣ Stop saving your dream life for “someday.”
Do the thing. Wear the bling! Go on the trip. Drink the coffee while it’s hot.
And start becoming the woman you keep imagining, or just BE the woman WITHOUT imagining!
Because your life isn’t waiting for you in the future.
It’s happening right now.

My life has unfolded more than I ever could have imagined, but there have been costs which could have been avoided. 
At 64, I don’t wish I’d worked harder.
I wish I’d trusted myself sooner.
Protected my peace sooner.
Cared for myself sooner. 
Respected myself sooner. 
So…they are the things I would tell my younge
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If I could sit across from my 30-year-old self for five minutes, this is what I’d tell her: 1️⃣ You have WAY LESS time than you think. Curve balls can come and skittle you. Embrace and have gratitude for each and every day. 2️⃣ Stop making decisions based on who might be disappointed. You will always disappoint some others. Just try not to disappoint yourself. Your life gets really small when everyone else’s comfort becomes more important than your own truth. Some people won’t understand your choices. Make them anyway. 3️⃣ Your body will eventually make you slow down if you refuse to. You think today is hard to move… when you’re nudging 70… don’t wait until tomorrow to try and move it more! Rest isn’t laziness. And constantly feeling exhausted isn’t just the price you have to pay for being successful. Stress causes illness. 4️⃣ Confidence comes AFTER you do the scary thing. Stop waiting to feel ready. Just get on with it!  Learn to say NO… and YES! 5️⃣ Wanting more doesn’t make you ungrateful. You can love your family.
Be grateful for your career.
Appreciate everything you’ve built. And still think: I want something different. Both can be true. 6️⃣ Your job is something you do. It’s not who you are. I never excelled at anything. I thought I was going to have a career. It didnt happen. My choices led me elsewhere. Your title, income, productivity, and accomplishments are not your worth. There’s an entire woman underneath all of those things. Don’t lose her. Hold her close. 7️⃣ Stop saving your dream life for “someday.” Do the thing. Wear the bling! Go on the trip. Drink the coffee while it’s hot. And start becoming the woman you keep imagining, or just BE the woman WITHOUT imagining! Because your life isn’t waiting for you in the future. It’s happening right now. My life has unfolded more than I ever could have imagined, but there have been costs which could have been avoided.  At 64, I don’t wish I’d worked harder. I wish I’d trusted myself sooner. Protected my peace sooner. Cared for myself sooner.  Respected myself sooner.  So…they are the things I would tell my younge
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Yay! You’ve found a space here where you can grab some of my experience l, tips and ideas and use in your upcoming projects. 

I’m no expert weaver, but have a lifetime of experience as an artist, creator and weaver. I may even make you laugh! 

Come follow along and see where it leads your own projects!
View Reel on Instagram
@skeinydipping
@skeinydipping
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Yay! You’ve found a space here where you can grab some of my experience l, tips and ideas and use in your upcoming projects. I’m no expert weaver, but have a lifetime of experience as an artist, creator and weaver. I may even make you laugh! Come follow along and see where it leads your own projects!
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I’m not an expert weaver, but share a lifetime of creative experience. I may even make you laugh along the way! 

Come follow to see what I make and grab all the tips and ideas which you may use in your own projects.
View Reel on Instagram
@skeinydipping
@skeinydipping
•
Follow
I’m not an expert weaver, but share a lifetime of creative experience. I may even make you laugh along the way! Come follow to see what I make and grab all the tips and ideas which you may use in your own projects.
2 days ago
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So glad you’ve found here! Welcome! I’m no expert but have a lifetime of experience as an artist, creator and weaver. I share heaps of tips and ideas for your weaving; regardless of whether you’re a newbie weaver or established fibre artist. I often present new ways of approaching your projects. I may even make you laugh! 
Come follow along and see where it leads your own projects!
View Reel on Instagram
@skeinydipping
@skeinydipping
•
Follow
So glad you’ve found here! Welcome! I’m no expert but have a lifetime of experience as an artist, creator and weaver. I share heaps of tips and ideas for your weaving; regardless of whether you’re a newbie weaver or established fibre artist. I often present new ways of approaching your projects. I may even make you laugh! Come follow along and see where it leads your own projects!
3 days ago
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*hiding under a pike of yarn! :). Welcome to my space here - where I share my non-expert; but lifelong experience of being a creative. Want to weave? Need some tips and new ideas? Congrats for finding my space! No gate keeping! I’ll share what I know as I weave! I may even make you laugh along the way!
View Reel on Instagram
@skeinydipping
@skeinydipping
•
Follow
*hiding under a pike of yarn! :). Welcome to my space here - where I share my non-expert; but lifelong experience of being a creative. Want to weave? Need some tips and new ideas? Congrats for finding my space! No gate keeping! I’ll share what I know as I weave! I may even make you laugh along the way!
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There was a discussion! :) Come along and noodle around my space to see the workings of a fun loving weaver.
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@skeinydipping
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•
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There was a discussion! 🙂 Come along and noodle around my space to see the workings of a fun loving weaver.
4 days ago
View on Instagram |
6/9
Beginning weaving? Sharing my lifetime of creative process here, so you can learn about weaving, spinning and fibre arts; (and a few other life things in the mix!) and not make some of the unnecessary blunders I have! 

Grab a cuppa, noodle around my space and follow to see tips, ideas and how my projects evolve. I may even make you laugh.
View Reel on Instagram
@skeinydipping
@skeinydipping
•
Follow
Beginning weaving? Sharing my lifetime of creative process here, so you can learn about weaving, spinning and fibre arts; (and a few other life things in the mix!) and not make some of the unnecessary blunders I have! Grab a cuppa, noodle around my space and follow to see tips, ideas and how my projects evolve. I may even make you laugh.
5 days ago
View on Instagram |
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Daunted to by start a project because you don’t want the uncertainty of wasting your time if it doesn’t ’turn out’? 

Want some direction on how to be more confident starting; then you need to see how other weavers approach their weaving for ideas. 

Pull up a chair to learn and follow my journeys of how I weave each piece, so that you can learn new ways so approaching your weaving.
View Reel on Instagram
@skeinydipping
@skeinydipping
•
Follow
Daunted to by start a project because you don’t want the uncertainty of wasting your time if it doesn’t ’turn out’? Want some direction on how to be more confident starting; then you need to see how other weavers approach their weaving for ideas. Pull up a chair to learn and follow my journeys of how I weave each piece, so that you can learn new ways so approaching your weaving.
5 days ago
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If you are daunted by starting a project because you don’t want the uncertainty of wasting your time if it doesn’t ’turn out’; and you want some direction and ideas on how to be mor confident starting; then you need to see how other weavers approach their weaving. 

Pull up a chair to learn and follow my journeys of how I weave each piece, so that you can learn new ways so approaching your weaving.
View Reel on Instagram
@skeinydipping
@skeinydipping
•
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If you are daunted by starting a project because you don’t want the uncertainty of wasting your time if it doesn’t ’turn out’; and you want some direction and ideas on how to be mor confident starting; then you need to see how other weavers approach their weaving. Pull up a chair to learn and follow my journeys of how I weave each piece, so that you can learn new ways so approaching your weaving.
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@skeinydipping

𝐌𝐮𝐥𝐭𝐢 𝐌𝐞𝐝𝐢𝐚 𝐀𝐫𝐭𝐢𝐬𝐭 | 𝐇𝐞𝐢𝐫𝐥𝐨𝐨𝐦 𝐓𝐞𝐱𝐭𝐢𝐥𝐞𝐬 Luxury Handwoven Blankets 🌏Stories from life & global adventures 🧩Woven into unique collector pieces Explore ⬇️
  • If I could sit across from my 30-year-old self for five minutes, this is what I’d tell her:

1️⃣ You have WAY LESS time than you think.
Curve balls can come and skittle you. Embrace and have gratitude for each and every day.

2️⃣ Stop making decisions based on who might be disappointed.
You will always disappoint some others. Just try not to disappoint yourself. Your life gets really small when everyone else’s comfort becomes more important than your own truth.
Some people won’t understand your choices.
Make them anyway.

3️⃣ Your body will eventually make you slow down if you refuse to.
You think today is hard to move… when you’re nudging 70… don’t wait until tomorrow to try and move it more! Rest isn’t laziness.
And constantly feeling exhausted isn’t just the price you have to pay for being successful.
Stress causes illness.

4️⃣ Confidence comes AFTER you do the scary thing.
Stop waiting to feel ready. Just get on with it! 
Learn to say NO… and YES!

5️⃣ Wanting more doesn’t make you ungrateful.
You can love your family.
Be grateful for your career.
Appreciate everything you’ve built.
And still think:
I want something different.
Both can be true.

6️⃣ Your job is something you do. It’s not who you are.
I never excelled at anything. I thought I was going to have a career. It didnt happen. My choices led me elsewhere.
Your title, income, productivity, and accomplishments are not your worth.
There’s an entire woman underneath all of those things.
Don’t lose her. Hold her close.

7️⃣ Stop saving your dream life for “someday.”
Do the thing. Wear the bling! Go on the trip. Drink the coffee while it’s hot.
And start becoming the woman you keep imagining, or just BE the woman WITHOUT imagining!
Because your life isn’t waiting for you in the future.
It’s happening right now.

My life has unfolded more than I ever could have imagined, but there have been costs which could have been avoided. 
At 64, I don’t wish I’d worked harder.
I wish I’d trusted myself sooner.
Protected my peace sooner.
Cared for myself sooner. 
Respected myself sooner. 
So…they are the things I would tell my younge
  • Yay! You’ve found a space here where you can grab some of my experience l, tips and ideas and use in your upcoming projects. 

I’m no expert weaver, but have a lifetime of experience as an artist, creator and weaver. I may even make you laugh! 

Come follow along and see where it leads your own projects!
  • I’m not an expert weaver, but share a lifetime of creative experience. I may even make you laugh along the way! 

Come follow to see what I make and grab all the tips and ideas which you may use in your own projects.
  • So glad you’ve found here! Welcome! I’m no expert but have a lifetime of experience as an artist, creator and weaver. I share heaps of tips and ideas for your weaving; regardless of whether you’re a newbie weaver or established fibre artist. I often present new ways of approaching your projects. I may even make you laugh! 
Come follow along and see where it leads your own projects!
  • *hiding under a pike of yarn! :). Welcome to my space here - where I share my non-expert; but lifelong experience of being a creative. Want to weave? Need some tips and new ideas? Congrats for finding my space! No gate keeping! I’ll share what I know as I weave! I may even make you laugh along the way!
  • There was a discussion! :) Come along and noodle around my space to see the workings of a fun loving weaver.
  • Beginning weaving? Sharing my lifetime of creative process here, so you can learn about weaving, spinning and fibre arts; (and a few other life things in the mix!) and not make some of the unnecessary blunders I have! 

Grab a cuppa, noodle around my space and follow to see tips, ideas and how my projects evolve. I may even make you laugh.
  • Daunted to by start a project because you don’t want the uncertainty of wasting your time if it doesn’t ’turn out’? 

Want some direction on how to be more confident starting; then you need to see how other weavers approach their weaving for ideas. 

Pull up a chair to learn and follow my journeys of how I weave each piece, so that you can learn new ways so approaching your weaving.
  • If you are daunted by starting a project because you don’t want the uncertainty of wasting your time if it doesn’t ’turn out’; and you want some direction and ideas on how to be mor confident starting; then you need to see how other weavers approach their weaving. 

Pull up a chair to learn and follow my journeys of how I weave each piece, so that you can learn new ways so approaching your weaving.
View on Instagram
If I could sit across from my 30-year-old self for five minutes, this is what I’d tell her:

1️⃣ You have WAY LESS time than you think.
Curve balls can come and skittle you. Embrace and have gratitude for each and every day.

2️⃣ Stop making decisions based on who might be disappointed.
You will always disappoint some others. Just try not to disappoint yourself. Your life gets really small when everyone else’s comfort becomes more important than your own truth.
Some people won’t understand your choices.
Make them anyway.

3️⃣ Your body will eventually make you slow down if you refuse to.
You think today is hard to move… when you’re nudging 70… don’t wait until tomorrow to try and move it more! Rest isn’t laziness.
And constantly feeling exhausted isn’t just the price you have to pay for being successful.
Stress causes illness.

4️⃣ Confidence comes AFTER you do the scary thing.
Stop waiting to feel ready. Just get on with it! 
Learn to say NO… and YES!

5️⃣ Wanting more doesn’t make you ungrateful.
You can love your family.
Be grateful for your career.
Appreciate everything you’ve built.
And still think:
I want something different.
Both can be true.

6️⃣ Your job is something you do. It’s not who you are.
I never excelled at anything. I thought I was going to have a career. It didnt happen. My choices led me elsewhere.
Your title, income, productivity, and accomplishments are not your worth.
There’s an entire woman underneath all of those things.
Don’t lose her. Hold her close.

7️⃣ Stop saving your dream life for “someday.”
Do the thing. Wear the bling! Go on the trip. Drink the coffee while it’s hot.
And start becoming the woman you keep imagining, or just BE the woman WITHOUT imagining!
Because your life isn’t waiting for you in the future.
It’s happening right now.

My life has unfolded more than I ever could have imagined, but there have been costs which could have been avoided. 
At 64, I don’t wish I’d worked harder.
I wish I’d trusted myself sooner.
Protected my peace sooner.
Cared for myself sooner. 
Respected myself sooner. 
So…they are the things I would tell my younge
View Reel on Instagram
@skeinydipping
@skeinydipping
•
Follow
If I could sit across from my 30-year-old self for five minutes, this is what I’d tell her: 1️⃣ You have WAY LESS time than you think. Curve balls can come and skittle you. Embrace and have gratitude for each and every day. 2️⃣ Stop making decisions based on who might be disappointed. You will always disappoint some others. Just try not to disappoint yourself. Your life gets really small when everyone else’s comfort becomes more important than your own truth. Some people won’t understand your choices. Make them anyway. 3️⃣ Your body will eventually make you slow down if you refuse to. You think today is hard to move… when you’re nudging 70… don’t wait until tomorrow to try and move it more! Rest isn’t laziness. And constantly feeling exhausted isn’t just the price you have to pay for being successful. Stress causes illness. 4️⃣ Confidence comes AFTER you do the scary thing. Stop waiting to feel ready. Just get on with it!  Learn to say NO… and YES! 5️⃣ Wanting more doesn’t make you ungrateful. You can love your family.
Be grateful for your career.
Appreciate everything you’ve built. And still think: I want something different. Both can be true. 6️⃣ Your job is something you do. It’s not who you are. I never excelled at anything. I thought I was going to have a career. It didnt happen. My choices led me elsewhere. Your title, income, productivity, and accomplishments are not your worth. There’s an entire woman underneath all of those things. Don’t lose her. Hold her close. 7️⃣ Stop saving your dream life for “someday.” Do the thing. Wear the bling! Go on the trip. Drink the coffee while it’s hot. And start becoming the woman you keep imagining, or just BE the woman WITHOUT imagining! Because your life isn’t waiting for you in the future. It’s happening right now. My life has unfolded more than I ever could have imagined, but there have been costs which could have been avoided.  At 64, I don’t wish I’d worked harder. I wish I’d trusted myself sooner. Protected my peace sooner. Cared for myself sooner.  Respected myself sooner.  So…they are the things I would tell my younge
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I’m no expert weaver, but have a lifetime of experience as an artist, creator and weaver. I may even make you laugh! 

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Yay! You’ve found a space here where you can grab some of my experience l, tips and ideas and use in your upcoming projects. I’m no expert weaver, but have a lifetime of experience as an artist, creator and weaver. I may even make you laugh! Come follow along and see where it leads your own projects!
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I’m not an expert weaver, but share a lifetime of creative experience. I may even make you laugh along the way! 

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I’m not an expert weaver, but share a lifetime of creative experience. I may even make you laugh along the way! Come follow to see what I make and grab all the tips and ideas which you may use in your own projects.
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So glad you’ve found here! Welcome! I’m no expert but have a lifetime of experience as an artist, creator and weaver. I share heaps of tips and ideas for your weaving; regardless of whether you’re a newbie weaver or established fibre artist. I often present new ways of approaching your projects. I may even make you laugh! 
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So glad you’ve found here! Welcome! I’m no expert but have a lifetime of experience as an artist, creator and weaver. I share heaps of tips and ideas for your weaving; regardless of whether you’re a newbie weaver or established fibre artist. I often present new ways of approaching your projects. I may even make you laugh! Come follow along and see where it leads your own projects!
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*hiding under a pike of yarn! :). Welcome to my space here - where I share my non-expert; but lifelong experience of being a creative. Want to weave? Need some tips and new ideas? Congrats for finding my space! No gate keeping! I’ll share what I know as I weave! I may even make you laugh along the way!
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*hiding under a pike of yarn! :). Welcome to my space here - where I share my non-expert; but lifelong experience of being a creative. Want to weave? Need some tips and new ideas? Congrats for finding my space! No gate keeping! I’ll share what I know as I weave! I may even make you laugh along the way!
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Beginning weaving? Sharing my lifetime of creative process here, so you can learn about weaving, spinning and fibre arts; (and a few other life things in the mix!) and not make some of the unnecessary blunders I have! 

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Beginning weaving? Sharing my lifetime of creative process here, so you can learn about weaving, spinning and fibre arts; (and a few other life things in the mix!) and not make some of the unnecessary blunders I have! Grab a cuppa, noodle around my space and follow to see tips, ideas and how my projects evolve. I may even make you laugh.
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Daunted to by start a project because you don’t want the uncertainty of wasting your time if it doesn’t ’turn out’? 

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Daunted to by start a project because you don’t want the uncertainty of wasting your time if it doesn’t ’turn out’? Want some direction on how to be more confident starting; then you need to see how other weavers approach their weaving for ideas. Pull up a chair to learn and follow my journeys of how I weave each piece, so that you can learn new ways so approaching your weaving.
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If you are daunted by starting a project because you don’t want the uncertainty of wasting your time if it doesn’t ’turn out’; and you want some direction and ideas on how to be mor confident starting; then you need to see how other weavers approach their weaving. 

Pull up a chair to learn and follow my journeys of how I weave each piece, so that you can learn new ways so approaching your weaving.
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If you are daunted by starting a project because you don’t want the uncertainty of wasting your time if it doesn’t ’turn out’; and you want some direction and ideas on how to be mor confident starting; then you need to see how other weavers approach their weaving. Pull up a chair to learn and follow my journeys of how I weave each piece, so that you can learn new ways so approaching your weaving.
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