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Friday, April 22, 2005
baby wrap - 01:52 PM
(filed under 'creative')
this could go under the baby category because it's something for the baby, but it's something that i made, too, so i think the creative category will win this time.
it's a wrap. angie showed me. it's for holding your kid close to you & leaving your hands free. my sling is similar & that style is actually featured at mamatoto, the site where i got the instructions for my no-sew simple piece of cloth wrap.
i did actually do a bit of sewing on it, just overlocking the raw edges since i do actually have an overlocker now.
on the (amreican) site they call it gauze & i was wondering what the hell sort of fabric that was until i looked at the picture for the nth time (after i'd already bought the wrong type of fabric) & realised that it was cheesecloth! anyway, so the only cheesecloth available was white, which is pretty much what i expected.
it looked rather like i was wrapped in a huge bandage. in fact, one person even said that, so i decided to tie dye it. i thought it would look nice coloured before they made that comment anyway.
i bought some dye from the supermarket, the only place that seems to sell fabric dye. it was just as well that i thought blue would nice, because i had a huuuuge range to choose from . there was black, blue, green & grey. me is thinking that people around here mainly use this stuff to dye work clothes. at least i didn't have to worry about a tough decision between lots of nice colours.
so last night i put twisted bits & put rubber bands on & i tie dyed it. i only dyed three fingers, too, & even that colour has mostly worn off already. heh. i rule.
so i took a picture of it. i'm pretty happy with the way it turned out. it's a rather large piece of cloth (5 metres/5.46 yards) so i can only show you a couple of the patterns on it. have a look at it here.
if you're wondering why i want this since i already have a sling, well, smiley's getting a bit heavy these days & the sling goes across just one shoulder. it's good for short spells in it, but if i have to carry him around for longer than just a ten minutes, it gets abit hard on the back. the wrap can be used in many different ways using both shoulders, so it's good for longer wearing times.
also, i lent my sling to jess to use while she's off visiting her family, since she was interested in trying different types of slings & i thought it was the perfect timing to try this new type. i'm very pleased with it. it's about the most versatile carrier i've come across, not to mention the cheapest! 
visiting hellie & co - 10:24 AM
(filed under 'general')
my friend, helen, is going to be in town this long weekend. when i say 'in town' i actually mean that she'll be within a couple of hours drive of me rather than in sydney where she lives.
she's visiting with her family on their 2000 acres partway between here & rockhampton so i'm going to go & stay with her there for a couple of days. yay!
i can't wait to see her. she's one of my closest friends & i miss her quite a bit since we live so far away from each other.
it was a bit up in the air though for a couple of hours there as to whether i'd be able to go or not. with smiley being sick (still snotty & phlegmy, but much more 'himself' than he was) & now i've also developed symptoms, i wondered if it was a good idea to expose helen & her family to it. so i emailed her to check.
she thought it wouldn't be a problem (since she's as keen as i am to catch up with each other again) but she called her mum to check.
i just heard back & she said that a few others are also suffering from one thing or another so it's fine for me to come along & add smiley's & my germs to the list.
yay for everyone being sick! 
so anyway, i leave tomorrow morning to pick up hellie from rockhampton around 9:30ish or so. we'll spend a couple of hours having a break in rocky & taking smiley to the zoo there & then we'll head back out to the farm. i was going to meet her there, but it works out so much better for me to pick her up. it not only saves her mum one of several trips into rocky & back, but it means i don't have to worry about finding the farm on my own.
also means we'll have company for some of the trip. it'll be nice to have that extra time to catch up & chat while we're driving.
i can't wait! yay!
getting cooler - 07:17 AM
(filed under 'weather')
brrr. it's a bit chilly this morning. i might even have to put some long pants on if it doesn't begin to warm up soon!
nice that it's beginning to cool off.
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