Craftiness, Fun stuff, Radical Parenting
You must forgive the quiet going on here recently. Those of you who follow this site/facebook/twitter would’ve been aware I was pregnant. Well, not no more! For a shorter version of the tale with less gory detail and more humour and profanity, have a read of Casey’s re-enactment. Otherwise, here’s the tale in all its [...]
Activism, Australian Politics, Environmental Politics, Stuff You Can Buy

Ok folks. Put your hands in your pockets. Uncle Kevin Buzzacott (Aboriginal Elder/Activist) needs money for a big operation soon. You can donate by buying his track “Rok Hop”. He needs your money quick, so dig deep folks and follow the link. You can donate as much as you want.
Craftiness
After years of dreaming, planning and saving money I went back to school last year. I’ve found a course that combines my nerdiness with my love for textiles: I’m now on my way to becoming a textile engineer! One semester down, this far we’ve had courses in knitting and weaving (and lots and lots of [...]
Craftiness, Fun stuff, Geek stuff, xstitch
As you’ve probably noticed by now I’m a sucker for big projects. So I just had to make another one. One more Super Mario Bros 3 map, world 2 this time. Size: 59 x 18 cm on 21 count Aida. It took just under nine months to finish (although I did mix it up with [...]
Economics, International Politics, Random stuff
It’s been a little while since I started a new Kiva loan. The last loan to Janet in Samoa was paid back a while ago and the credit has been sitting there waiting for me to get organised..
Since I last made a loan the Etsy Lending Team has got more active and there’s a number [...]
Craftivism, Economics, Environmental Politics, Fun stuff, International Politics, Photos, Tutorials/Patterns
If you’re a twitter follower you might have picked up a while back that I scored a new Gocco set for super cheap and it was PRETTY BLIMMIN EXCITING!
It took me quite a while to gather up the confidence to have a go. It’s all new and scary, you see. But I finally [...]
Australian Politics, Craftivism, xstitch

Further to the rad things in the last post is this awesome new group that’s just popped out of Adelaide. So if you live in the crazy hot city – check out Radical Craft Adelaide.