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A collection of my designs and things I love that inspire me.
A collection of my designs and things I love that inspire me.
Pincushions
Made using my hand-dyed fabric, hand-stitched by me - using antique or mother of pearl buttons.
Each piece is unique - no 2 are the same.
Poncho made in 2013
This is my own design.
I have made a previous one, using chocolate brown alpaca.
It is a combination of knitting & crochet.
It is made using my Hand-dyed, Hand-spun single yarn.
I dye using food grade colouring.
19 Micron superfine Merino.
Free Form Embroidery in progress.
Free Form Embroidery on my hand dyed fabric.
Kit available for sale - includes hoop.
Minoan Octopus
I have used this image a few times in different formats/media.
Hand dyed yarn creature by Narda
Hand dyed 8 ply using food colouring. Pie weights in the feet & hands.
Learn how to Dye Your Own Yarn + Crochet session
This is a class that shows you how to dye your own yarn & then learn how to crochet.
Each person goes home with 2 balls of Hand dyed yarn & their own starter piece.
Also, written instructions so they can do it at home themselves.
Morton Bay Fig - Watsons Bay, Sydney
Couldn't resist taking this photo.
I love the way the roots twist & writhe.
Kirribilli 'Yarn on a Stick' Knit In
I designed & set up a free Knitting & Crochet Zone at the Kirribilli Markets.
This was for the 'International Day of Knitting in Public' 14th June.
Hand Made doll 2015
Everything on this doll has been hand done
The hair is some of my hand dyed & spun yarn.
Beginnings of ‘Avant Garden’
The Benevolent Moon
An illustration I did to go with a story I was writing in the early 2000's.
Lid of a clown toybox
A Painted toy box I designed & painted for a friends daughter to celebrate her 1st birthday.
Acrylic on paper-mache.
Varnished with clear lacquer.
Butterflies & Moths on Yellow
I don't usually use yellow
I have trouble with it.
I'm not a big fan of pale yellows.
Cadmium yellows are my choice
The Queen of Every Hive
A piece I started to do using the 'Song of Amergin' - ancient Welsh.
She started out as an eldery Asian woman but ended up looking more like my Croatian Grandmother.
Funny how genetics will out.
My hand dyed, hand spun 19 Micron Merino
Possum fur yarn + my hand dyed yarn
Sketchbook cover
This design was developed while on Holidays in Tasmania 2018.
Hand dyed fabric & hand painted - then stitched over the top.
Some of my hand stitched brooches
Using a variety of threads - to create hand stitched & individual tiny wearables.
A tiny wearable
Hand dyed fabric.
Hand stitched tiny Beetroot.