December 2020 - Shoshiplatypus

Review of 2020 – My life during the Weirdest Year in History

Well, what can one say about 2020? So much has been said already so I'm not going to say anything! - at least, about national and world events which I actually do have a great deal to say about, but this is not a political blog. I shall stick to my own personal…

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31st December 2020

Cards / Cats / Fibre and Textile Art / Food / WOYWW

WOYWW 604 Dancing Bees, Around the Chair in Eighty Squares, and Shoshi Goes Nuts

What's On Your Workdesk this Wednesday? I'm sorry I didn't manage to visit many desks last week - rather busy with other things! Celtic Bee Dance This is the title I have given to the birthday card I made this week for a bee-keeping friend. I usually try and make a bee-themed card…

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30th December 2020

Cats / Fibre and Textile Art / WOYWW

WOYWW 603 With Knots and Squares and Cones and Flares, With Cat-Like Tread (Tarantara) We Go Flashing in the Rain

What's On Your Workdesk this Wednesday? Firstly, a gorgeous Christmas card from Cindy. Thank you Cindy - love the layers! Really effective, how you've created a star out of squares. Celtic knot thank you card I made this for my cleaning lady. I used one of the blanks I created a while back…

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23rd December 2020

Cats / Fibre and Textile Art / Food / Health Issues / WOYWW

WOYWW 602 Crochet Kitties, Vanishing Emails and a Corny Tale

What's On Your Workdesk this Wednesday? First of all, a beautiful card from Shaz (Silverwolf). Thank you, Shaz! It's shiny and glittery and quite 3-D, and I love the embossed background too. Brilliant! As for what I have been doing this week, I have been making slow but steady progress on my crochet…

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16th December 2020

Cats / Colorectal / Drawing and Painting / Food / Health Issues / WOYWW

WOYWW 601 Name Dropping, Bread Correctly Spelt, and the Two Year Waiting Game

What's On Your Workdesk this Wednesday? It was so lovely to have the two Zoom meetings on Saturday - thank you Julia for arranging it all - and to put faces and voices to so many of you! In the past I've never been able to attend the meetings in person and this…

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9th December 2020

Cats / Fibre and Textile Art / Food / House / WOYWW

WOYWW 600 Tiny Carpets, Cat Throw, Kitty Fest, New Furniture and a Farting Devil

What's On Your Workdesk this Wednesday? Wow, this is the 600th desk sharing session! I haven't been involved in this longest blog hop on the web from the start, but I've been around for a good number of years now, and have made friends, gained inspiration, had great encouragement and comfort in difficult…

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2nd December 2020