Category: travel

Funny day here in Lakes. Yesterday it was so hot, today it’s almost cold! The town is really busy – which is great and will go a long way to helping some of the local businesses continue into the new year. The new works on the Esplanade are terrific, and that end of the town

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Cape conran

By Wendy Rooke on June 7, 2020

Went for a drive yesterday. Lunch in Orbost at our favourite “Chooky’s” – their egg and bacon rolls are fabulous and make a very satisfying lunch! We left Orbost and drove around to Cape Conran. We had not been in this area since the fires, and it is heartbreaking to see the damage. Fire must

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Colors of a Bushfire – East Gippsland 2020

By Wendy Rooke on February 15, 2020

Went for a drive today through some of the areas most affected by the recent bushfires. Our hearts go out to the many who have lost their homes and properties during this time. I have not shared any photos of your loss, but I have taken photos along the road, and I am astounded at

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Protected: A New Edition

By Wendy Rooke on January 24, 2020

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Four New Blankets Completed

Four new blankets completed and ready for donation, all based on the 10 stitch blanket pattern with variations as to number of stitches and methods of joining.

The other side

This is the other side of knitting blankets for the homeless from scraps and left over yarn, hours of sorting, joining and winding!

Another Complete

Another one based on the 10 stitch pattern, only this time it’s 15 stitches, knitted in strips, cast off, then cast on again and pick up down the side of the last panel. It’s reversible, nice on either side. Yarn is all acrylic, 8 ply, knitted on 3.75 dpns End blanket is approximately 1 meter […]

Complete!

Another blanket complete

Update February 2021

Been a little while since I posted here, so time for a catch up. The year is flying by so quickly! I have set myself a little challenge this year. Last year I made 30 blankets, this year I am going to try to top that number! So progress thus far has not been monumental! […]