Simone Quentin de Manson writes

Entries from October 2008

My take on sharing what you know.

October 31st, 2008 · 2 Comments

{Jess’s Yarn, from the dye day we had ages ago… she taught me how to dye yarn from food colouring.}
Something has been on my mind lately. Its started with someone i know purposefully not sharing her methods of making a product so not to encourage competition of someone else making the same product and selling [...]

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Tags: Arts and Culture · Life in general · craft

Amy Butler, Melbourne and Knitpick needles!

October 29th, 2008 · No Comments

Excitement being had! I am off to Melbourne in TWO WEEKS. For a one week trip, not so much shopping this time as looking around, meeting people and getting inspiration for whatever scheme I am plotting at the time.
I booked the tickets awhile ago but with the booking of accommodation it has become more real, [...]

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Tags: Adventures · Knitting · Life in general · craft

Floral Themed Inspiration

October 21st, 2008 · No Comments

Today I started trawling the net for inspiration and ideas for my latest website design. Quite by chance i happened across some fun lingerie, amazing artwork by a New Zealand lady, designer rugs and then I jumped into Trademe for something else to add to the yummy-ness. Here’s my little collage of goodies.

From the top [...]

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Tags: Web Things

Lovely gifts that i had fun making

October 18th, 2008 · No Comments

Lately I have been knitting and sewing alot. Here are a few things I have made for people who needed them.

A scarf for a friend who needed some warmth through a rough time. It was knitted using garter stitch with some Jo Sharp Silkroad tweed. (FAVORITE YARN)

A bag/satchel I made up using some gorgeous fabric [...]

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Tags: Blogroll

Giggle : How an Engineer folds a T-Shirt

October 10th, 2008 · 1 Comment


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Tags: Funny