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Lyn Briggs Designs

Interests: I love stitchery, patchwork, knitting and crochet

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Beachcomber Socks

I think the Beachcomber Socks must be the quickest pair of socks I’ve ever knitted! I think my progress was helped by the fact that the yarn was beautiful to work with and the pattern, with a twelve-row repeat, seemed to knit up easily. As with all of Kay’s sock... Continue reading

Posted 2 days ago at Lyn Briggs Designs

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Travelling Light

I’ve recently read Travelling Light by Max Lucado which is about Psalm 23, The Lord is my Shepherd. It’s not the first time I’ve read this book and certainly not the last, because each time I read it, Max helps me to discover more about this beautiful psalm as he... Continue reading

Posted 5 days ago at Lyn Briggs Designs

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Whitmoor Cardigan - finished!

The Whitmoor Cardigan is finished, blocked, and already worn. It even fits well. The making of this cardigan has been a bit of journey; I started the knitting in January and finished in May. But, in between I did knit quite a few smaller things like baby jumpers, beanies, washcloths... Continue reading

Posted May 29, 2023 at Lyn Briggs Designs

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I’ve exceeded my expectations. Last week I said that I hoped that this week I would be up to the toe the Beachcomber socks by Bakery Bears; I’ve done better than that, the first sock is finished, and it not only looks beautiful, but fits as well. Now to start... Continue reading

Posted May 25, 2023 at Lyn Briggs Designs

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Dishcloths/washcloths for Sarah

The dishcloths/washcloths for Sarah were good knitting-watching-the footy projects. Notice I said 'dishcloths’ because I made more than one. For the first one I used a pattern downloaded from the Lincraft website simply called Wash Cloths (P334). The pattern features intarsia design which took me a little while to master... Continue reading

Posted May 23, 2023 at Lyn Briggs Designs

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Bricks Baby Quilt - WIP

Piecing the Bricks Baby Quilt was really fun. Instead of dealing with smaller pieces, you just cut strips from the fat quarters, join them together, and then cut out the blocks. I needed seventy blocks which sounds really daunting, but it worked out to ten from each of the seven... Continue reading

Posted May 21, 2023 at Lyn Briggs Designs

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Well, I’m up to date with the Beachcomber Socks in the Summer of Stitching. The leg is finished as is the heel and I’m onto the gusset decreases. On the front of the sock is a (fake) cable pattern which looks complicated but is not at all, and the back... Continue reading

Posted May 18, 2023 at Lyn Briggs Designs

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Sweet Sunday Dilly Bag

One of the patterns I purchased at Nesting Needles was Sweet Sunday Dilly Bag by Treehouse Textiles and to make it, I also purchased a pack of 5”charm squares of Winkipop by Jen Kingwell Designs. The front of the bag is made up of hexagons which are not paper-pieced but... Continue reading

Posted May 16, 2023 at Lyn Briggs Designs

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Whitmoor Cardigan - a sleeve!

Well the Whitmoor Cardigan is really coming along now; one sleeve down and the second one started. But as it often is with my knitting it wasn't without incident. I was working on the band of the first sleeve with only a couple of rows to go when I sat... Continue reading

Posted May 13, 2023 at Lyn Briggs Designs

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Bricks Baby Quilt - the start

In one of the frequent Spotlight sales, I bought a bundle of fat quarters with the intention of making a quilt for Knit4Charities. I didn’t have any design in mind so when it came time to make the quilt, I looked through some of my folders where I keep patterns... Continue reading

Posted May 11, 2023 at Lyn Briggs Designs

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All the Broken Places

The latest novel I’ve read is The Broken Places by John Boyne. It’s actually the sequel to his book The Boy in the Striped Pyjamas which I didn’t realise when I purchased it (should have read the cover) and even though I haven’t read the first one, it didn’t affect... Continue reading

Posted May 9, 2023 at Lyn Briggs Designs

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Summer of Stitching - week one

The sock pattern arrived as scheduled for the Summer of Stitching together with a video showing cast-on with a handy hint on how to join in the round to stop the ‘jog’ i.e. the little bump at the start which you usually have to fix when you weave in the... Continue reading

Posted May 7, 2023 at Lyn Briggs Designs

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Scrap Granny Blanket - finished

I was on a deadline for the Scrappy Granny Blanket because the church Sewing Group has a craft stall for Mother’s Day and I really wanted the blanket finished by then. (The proceeds of the sale go towards mission projects) As a result, the joining of rows became a priority,... Continue reading

Posted May 4, 2023 at Lyn Briggs Designs

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Tealicious Placemats - Part 2

For Version 2 of the Tealicious Placemats, I joined the remaining nine Four Patch blocks into three rows of three blocks and added side borders of 2 ½” wide pieces of spotty fabric. For the backing for both placemats, I joined together remaining pieces of the fabric until I had... Continue reading

Posted May 2, 2023 at Lyn Briggs Designs

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Summer of Stitching

Every year the Bakery Bears (podcast with Kay and Dan Brown) host a Summer of Stitching for patrons of which I am one. Being a patron means that I subscribe to their podcast and receive exclusive patterns and videos. I’m silver level which is $7 a month which is well... Continue reading

Posted Apr 30, 2023 at Lyn Briggs Designs

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Tealicious Placemats - Part One

After finishing the Joy Journal Cover, there was a small pile of fabric left sitting on my worktable. Not wanting to return it to my stash, I started thinking about what to make with it. Well, it didn’t take long to decide what to do because I needed a couple... Continue reading

Posted Apr 27, 2023 at Lyn Briggs Designs

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Scrappy Granny Blanket - WIP

Remember the Scrappy Granny Blanket, I'm making for the church Sewing Group? When making the squares, I restricted myself to the yarn in the bag we were given and the number started to grow. But then as I looked at the photo I thought that some of the colours looked... Continue reading

Posted Apr 25, 2023 at Lyn Briggs Designs

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My friend Daphne and I recently visited a lovely quilt shop in Coramba NSW called Nesting Needles. Coramba is a small country town not far from Coffs Harbour and the drive there is through some beautiful countryside. (Along the way we discovered another small town with the best bakery!) The... Continue reading

Posted Apr 23, 2023 at Lyn Briggs Designs

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Stitching in Progress

Since finishing the Joy Journal Cover, I don’t have any of my own stitchery designs in progress (I do have one in my head – just need to design it) but I do have two other stitching projects – a redwork project and a cross-stitch project - which I plan... Continue reading

Posted Apr 19, 2023 at Lyn Briggs Designs

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The day before I was to fly home from Canberra, I visited the Harry Hartog bookshop (worth a visit) to purchase a book to read on the flight. I came out with this: March by Geraldine Brooks. It’s not a new book; in fact, she received the Pulitzer Prize For... Continue reading

Posted Apr 16, 2023 at Lyn Briggs Designs

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Joy Journal Cover - the finish

The Joy Journal cover is finished! The flaps were sewn in place on the lining and it was pinned to the wrong side of the cover, handles were added and binding sewn in place. Then it was finished... and the back It's already been put into use for my daily... Continue reading

Posted Apr 10, 2023 at Lyn Briggs Designs

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I recently spent a couple of weeks in Canberra with my son and his family because it was my grandson Alfie’s third birthday! Can’t believe how quickly time flies. We had a great family birthday party complete with a delicious cake baked by his Mum Sarah and decorated with lots... Continue reading

Posted Apr 6, 2023 at Lyn Briggs Designs

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Easter has become a lot like Christmas, with mixed messages. On, one hand you have bunnies, eggs (I've already had some), and hot cross buns (my favourites) and on the other hand there’s the cross bearing the crucified Christ. There’s a beautiful song by Phil Wickham, Sunday is Coming, that... Continue reading

Posted Apr 6, 2023 at Lyn Briggs Designs

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Joy Journal Cover still in progress

With the front of the Joy Journal Cover finished, it was time to work on the back. Like the front, I started with the stitchery. This time it is the Bible verse, Jeremiah 31:13: Also like the front, borders were added to the top and bottom edges as well as... Continue reading

Posted Apr 3, 2023 at Lyn Briggs Designs

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Lyn's Folly Part Eight

Welcome to Part Eight, which is also the final part, of the Lyn’s Folly Block of the Month quilt. If you are wondering what it’s all about, all the details are at the bottom of this post. Part Eight, includes all the finishing details including joining the blocks into the... Continue reading

Posted Mar 31, 2023 at Lyn Briggs Designs

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