Shoshiplatypus

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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WOYWW 599 Final Needle Book, Giveaway Reminder, Musical Chairs, Plans for Cooking and Crochet, and a New-Old Box

What's On Your Workdesk this Wednesday? Give-away reminder Just to remind you all that I am offering the final needle book as a giveaway to a WOYWW member, to celebrate WOYWW's 600th week, and I shall be announcing the winner at our Zoom session on 5th December. If anyone isn't already aware of…

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25th November 2020

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WOYWW 598 Giveaway, Tiny Carpet #6 Complete, Kitty History and New Glasses

First of all, I have discovered that quite a few of you have been unable to leave comments because you've been blocked. I seem to have a very over-zealous spam checker on my Wordpress blog. I have discovered how to deal with this and it's just a question of remembering to keep checking,…

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18th November 2020

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WOYWW 597 Tiny Carpet Progress, a New Tunic, and Feline Computer Skills

What's On Your Workdesk this Wednesday? Tiny Carpet #6 Good progress has been made this week, despite having to unpick a few errors. Mapping out the design with the dark red thread. I had to unpick and redo a bit at the top because I mis-counted. When I added the top diamond, the…

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11th November 2020

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WOYWW 596 And So I Face the Final Carpet (I Did it My Way), The Chattanooga Chew Chew, and a Roly Poly Pudding

I'm sorry I didn't manage to get round all the desks last week - it's been a busy week. What's On Your Workdesk this Wednesday? Tiny carpet #6! The final one. I have done the design and made a start. This is the inspiration for it: In order to co-ordinate it better with…

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4th November 2020

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WOYWW 595 Tiny Carpet #5, Winter Warmers, Kitties Doing Kitty Things, and Resistance is Not Futile

What's On Your Workdesk this Wednesday? Tiny Carpet #5 complete The work on this one has progressed really well this week. Last week I left you with the green partially done. Here is the green, completed (apart from the background). To begin the backgrounds for the top and bottom sections, I have chosen…

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28th October 2020