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  • Knitting and me: Origins

    Art & CraftJanuary 29, 2018January 30, 2018 Jacquie

    One of my strongest memories of my nanna is her knitting. She was very good and made many a jumper, cardigan, and beanie for my sister and me when we…

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  • Ch-ch-ch-changes

    Who KnowsJanuary 5, 2018January 5, 2018 Jacquie

    If this interaction was face-to-face, I would be sidling awkwardly into the room, avoiding eye contact and mumbling incoherently in greeting.

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  • Daisies

    Saturday morning

    Brain to PageFebruary 18, 2017January 29, 2018 Jacquie

    This morning, I went outside to check on the strawberries. Five or six ready for picking, a few needing more sun before they become ruby red. I sat down on…

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Jacquie

Jacquie

I'm a homebody who loves nothing more than curling up with a blanket, a book, and a cuppa (preferably with some bed socks too). When I eventually leave the house, you'll probably catch me op shopping, tending to my cacti collection, or singing along to the Mary Poppins soundtrack in the car.

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  • Went to the Organ Pipes National Park yesterday. Whilst the Organ Pipes themselves were pretty cool, a definite highlight was catching this superb fairy wren mid-grooming. Swipe for peak floofiness.
#australianbirds #birdsofaustralia #birdsofinstagram #birdlife #birdstagram #organpipesnationalpark
  • Spent part of this afternoon doing the lovely @skillshare watercolour class by @inksnthings. The class is nice and chilled and you get pretty trees at the end of it 😁 Perfect way to round out an extra long weekend. I think I might give this watercolour business another go, maybe expand into flowers - what do you reckon?
  • Brrr...it's unbelievably comforting watching the world outside start to come to a frozen standstill while I'm inside with my knitting and my cat.
| Image: A yellow and green leaf on an almost bare tree, with fog in the background.
  • Look what just popped into my letterbox! An amazing amalgamation of Australian makers (say that five times fast, I dare you), just ready and waiting to push me further along in my quarter life crisis and call into question what the fudge I'm doing with my days and why (why, God, why?!) it ain't something creative that brings me joy à la KonMari. Just kidding - inspiration and motivation awaits! ...and, okay, maybe a little (helpful and necessary) crisis. Thanks @frankiemagazine!
  • Maybe it was the recent long chat with friends or visiting the Lost Trades Fair over the weekend or finally voicing my secret back up career to Mathew, or maybe all three, but something's put me in the mood for getting a move on with what I'm loftily calling my "creative endeavours". And so, let the mood board games commence!
  • Ah knitting. AKA practically conjuring up actual items of clothing and blankets and such from thin air. What a strange and wonderful practice you are. I am pleased to report that, for whatever reason, I have been able to "get" knitting this time round. This makes me very happy mostly because knitting holds a sentimental value for me, but also because I'm glad to have something to do that occupies my hands (and my entire brain at the moment) when I'm feeling anxious and fidgety. It also requires very little movement so is completely acceptable to do even though it is stinking hot in Melbourne right now and I don't feel like having any piece of clothing I may be making touch my skin for at least the next 500 years. Winner! More about my knitting adventure on the #handandhome blog (link-a-doodle in bio).
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Jacquie's books

The Hate Race
The Hate Race
by Maxine Beneba Clarke
Fight Like A Girl
Fight Like A Girl
by Clementine Ford
Girls & Sex: Navigating the Complicated New Landscape
Girls & Sex: Navigating the Complicated New Landscape
by Peggy Orenstein
Get Your Sh*t Together: How to stop worrying about what you should do so you can finish what you need to do and start doing what you want to do
Get Your Sh*t Together: How to stop worrying about what you should do so you can finish what you need to do and start doing what you want to do
by Sarah Knight

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