Last time we went to Alice Springs was in winter time to take part in the Alice Springs Beanie Festival. Knowing it was going to be a cold experience I knew I needed some woollen clothing and definitely a beanie and some leg warmers. I intended to knit the leg warmers out of my hand spun wool and alpaca but as we all know time flies like blow flies. So departure date arrived and I still had no beanie or leg warmers. We left sunny warm Mareeba not caring much about the cold desert far away. We did not travel far and I was reminded about the frosty nights in Alice when I ogled at the weather forecast on the internet and saw that Alice was sitting on 0 degrees at day break. I knew that I had to get my act together. No good coming to Alice Springs blue legs and frost damaged knees and … [Read more...] about My Crocodile Wrap
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Kaleidoscope
When I was a child I was intrigued by the kaleidoscope. I was given a kaleidoscope when I turned seven. I could sit for hours and just turn this cylinder around and around and forever create new colourful patterns. I thought it was magic. Later at school I was taught how to make one and my universe unfolded and revealed yet another dimension. Inside the cylinder which had three mirrors put together in a triangle we put loose colourful objects such as beads, plastic bits and pieces and broken glass. We found amber at the beach and added it to the collection of objects. Make your own kaleidoscope and look into the cylinder and with the light entering from the other end and as you turn the cylinder beautiful symmetrical patterns are created, due to the reflections in the triangle … [Read more...] about Kaleidoscope