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Thursday, 21 April 2011

Never a dull Moment

Celebrating 30 Years of Origin in Kerikeri
Photos from the exhibition:
https://picasaweb.google.com/ilseseidel/Exhibition30YearsOfOrigin#

Sunday, 10 April 2011

After struggling for month it seems I've got some energy back to do things. I had so many ideas and I was so overwhelmed by inspiration but I couldn't sort out where to start. Things start to settle now. Maybe the decision not to go to Europe this years was a good one, even I am still struggling with the idea not to see my son. For mums the kids will always be a/the importants part of our life, but of course that isn't the same for the kids. They move on, have their own life and we have to let them go, just follow them in our heart.
But here is also a lot going on, with the baby granddaughter around every week and my oldest grandson diagnosed with Type 1 diabetis recently. Alex is on the 6 month waiting list to see a specialist for his back and hip problems, which is annoying that it takes so long when he is in so much pain and cannot move much.
Some exhibitions are also coming up the next months...
Anyway the last week I've got some things done, which I would like to show, nothing exciting, just ordinary things to put in the shop.

funky hair ties still drying

I beat the knitting machine and finally finished a pair of socks.
They are slightly too big for me but I will NOT undo them again.

just a pair of mittens

and another pair

nuno scarf, wool and silk hand dyed

nuno scarf, silk hand dyed

nuno scarf made with habotai silk which give the nice baubles I like so much
silk hand dyed

detail

nuno scarf, wool hand dyed

nuno scarf, wool and silk hand dyed

plain white nuno scarf

detail
I am not sure if I like it or not. It didn't turn out exactly how I wanted it to be.
I am thinking about some embellishment

silk hand dyed for hair tie

The silk hair ties have to be finished still. And I will also lable everything today to have a good start in the new week tomorrow.

Sunday, 20 March 2011

lamp shades

For a long time I was keen to try out to make a lamp shade. A browse through our local charity shops brought me a selection of frames. I didn't find my very favourite shape, but I had a go with 2 of the frames, a bigger one

and a smaller one

I am still in two minds about the smaller one, I might cut it short. But I like the bigger one with just simple rough wooly look.
This 2 will go to our exhibition of 30 years of Origin as well as the wall hanging I made

The title is 'Quardle oodle ardle wardle doodle - The magpies say'.
I was inspired by this poem of Denis Glover, which I often heard from Alex. I do like it very much.

The Magpies

When Tom and Elizabeth took the farm
The bracken made their bed
and Quardle oodle ardle wardle doodle
The magpies said

Tom's hand was strong to the plough
and Elizabeth's lips were red
and Quardle oodle ardle wardle doodle
The magpies said

Year in year out they worked
while the pines grew overhead
and Quardle oodle ardle wardle doodle
The magpies said

But all the beautiful crops soon went
to the mortgage man instead
and Quardle oodle ardle wardle doodle
The magpies said

Elizabeth is dead now (it's long ago)
Old Tom's gone light in the head
and Quardle oodle ardle wardle doodle
The magpies said

The farms still there. Mortgage corporations
couldn't give it away
and Quardle oodle ardle wardle doodle
The magpies say.