tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32491607673902464092024-03-13T14:09:00.365-07:00yesteryearknitsA chance to explore my collections, what good are they really if nobody sees them?Mrs Juzzie Greenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03242469303259126880noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3249160767390246409.post-18833845858765435712009-09-07T20:24:00.000-07:002009-09-07T20:34:54.292-07:00Hmmm my inner juries still out-Time travelers wifeI liked this book.<div>But sometimes I didn't. </div><div>Though I cried at the end.<div>Sometimes I felt that the two main characters were just missing some of the grit of life. Towards the end Henry seemed to flesh out a little more. And Kimmy was adorable, still I feel kind of empty towards it. </div><div><br /></div><div>I enjoyed reading a novel again though. I've spent too long looking at forums and blogs, it's been nice to chew the meat of a whole book!</div><div><br /></div></div>Mrs Juzzie Greenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03242469303259126880noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3249160767390246409.post-22946449510026393602009-04-23T19:32:00.000-07:002009-04-23T19:38:17.069-07:001954 Vogue Knitting Jumper<div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiG-bW08ClLKKqI4jJ9e4Tn_MEesUs46x6JuAymOswmN4a6nZ8-lqO5soPAxf1HMFR3iULB6ufSjTsqu0LR8P_X3Fw4JdTYIdtPk1iNXtPh1ASiUf38aRlM9xsK0dehr-ofm_P0VthEeSA/s1600-h/DSC_0155.jpg"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 214px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiG-bW08ClLKKqI4jJ9e4Tn_MEesUs46x6JuAymOswmN4a6nZ8-lqO5soPAxf1HMFR3iULB6ufSjTsqu0LR8P_X3Fw4JdTYIdtPk1iNXtPh1ASiUf38aRlM9xsK0dehr-ofm_P0VthEeSA/s320/DSC_0155.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5328080914296471698" /></a><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">I have just finished this jumper, I'm so proud<br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">And I hope however gets to wear it will love it as </div><div style="text-align: center;">it's being sent to Melb. </div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">You can read more about it on My Ravelry page</div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.ravelry.com/projects/mrsjuzziegreen/rabbit-design-sweater">http://www.ravelry.com/projects/mrsjuzziegreen/rabbit-design-sweater</a><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div><br /></div>Mrs Juzzie Greenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03242469303259126880noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3249160767390246409.post-23772826135967042102009-04-20T21:49:00.000-07:002009-04-20T22:06:56.917-07:00Vintage Fair<div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">I went to the Sydney Vintage fair, last Friday. Spent too much but came away with a foundation garment (been looking for one of those for ages) and some other treats...<br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">May I present to you <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold; ">Moviestar Knits,</span><br /></div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3659/3461928280_63f5935be6.jpg"></a><div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3659/3461928280_63f5935be6.jpg"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 377px; height: 500px;" src="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3659/3461928280_63f5935be6.jpg" border="0" alt="" /></a><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3286/3461115901_d73f3bd53d.jpg"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); "></span></a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3286/3461115901_d73f3bd53d.jpg"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 188px; height: 500px;" src="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3286/3461115901_d73f3bd53d.jpg" border="0" alt="" /></a><br /></div></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3488/3461960436_52ae7e7605.jpg"><img src="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3488/3461960436_52ae7e7605.jpg" border="0" alt="" style="cursor: pointer; width: 361px; height: 500px; " /></a><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3498/3461938806_d20c3b99de.jpg"><img src="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3498/3461938806_d20c3b99de.jpg" border="0" alt="" style="cursor: pointer; width: 366px; height: 500px; " /></a><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">All the beaut knits in here a made from 4ply or thinner, so sore fingers, but what beauty!<br /><br /></div></div>Mrs Juzzie Greenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03242469303259126880noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3249160767390246409.post-16402737918457527282009-04-14T21:06:00.000-07:002009-04-14T22:19:45.263-07:00CollectingI thought I'd join in with Meet Me At Mikes weekly blog homework and this week theme is collecting. Well I racked my brain trying to choose what to include; Crockery, napery, stationary, knit patterns, uke music, my precious <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold; ">complete</span> Golden Hands books or my magazine collection. <div><br /></div><div>My husband decided to make this easier by taking the camera into work, but I still have the scanner!</div><div><br /></div><div>Now I haven't counted, but I would have over 100 vintage mags from the '20s through to now (though I wish I'd kept that 3D Dolly from the '80s- it was magical) so I had to narrow it down.</div><div> I chose the '50s because there is a sumptuousness to these covers, war was over, lifestyles and incomes were on the up and there seems to be an air of possibility. </div><div><br /></div>So please enjoy<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3591/3443106281_562165229f.jpg"></a><div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3591/3443106281_562165229f.jpg"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 369px; height: 500px;" src="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3591/3443106281_562165229f.jpg" border="0" alt="" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3642/3443933034_52dd4afec9.jpg"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 384px; height: 500px;" src="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3642/3443933034_52dd4afec9.jpg" border="0" alt="" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3410/3443940494_82e48edd68.jpg"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 360px; height: 500px;" src="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3410/3443940494_82e48edd68.jpg" border="0" alt="" /></a><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3585/3443950290_05d4a8029b.jpg"></a><div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3585/3443950290_05d4a8029b.jpg"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 372px; height: 500px;" src="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3585/3443950290_05d4a8029b.jpg" border="0" alt="" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3546/3443954020_5499cd7967.jpg"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 362px; height: 500px;" src="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3546/3443954020_5499cd7967.jpg" border="0" alt="" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3649/3443141967_ca078cdcc0.jpg"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 362px; height: 500px;" src="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3649/3443141967_ca078cdcc0.jpg" border="0" alt="" /></a><br /><br /></div></div>Mrs Juzzie Greenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03242469303259126880noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3249160767390246409.post-13762749352411922862009-04-09T19:44:00.000-07:002009-04-14T21:05:40.814-07:00I see a pattern forming ('scuse the pun)<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjOoeqjLdi_dcRiLZr2XELUD7mj2f-V2dhVrUWgSoMPvhYlvbwSti8QlBr-Qn_HVHOihPI0P_Rx8m5vNtd8Qh6ppBJja6-95LMF-D1FLMc5r9DmycsUqvsQVjbFVuddnGTg2vOxmPCe2Tg/s1600-h/AWW+Fam+Knit+55.jpg"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 134px; height: 200px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjOoeqjLdi_dcRiLZr2XELUD7mj2f-V2dhVrUWgSoMPvhYlvbwSti8QlBr-Qn_HVHOihPI0P_Rx8m5vNtd8Qh6ppBJja6-95LMF-D1FLMc5r9DmycsUqvsQVjbFVuddnGTg2vOxmPCe2Tg/s200/AWW+Fam+Knit+55.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5322891301549373170" /> </a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgdwXH2Ji0lkssk1TncHjDPt3kORRROCt7xkgncGIV1Khyphenhyphenz1cekgFObFR6NDtvwOvtz2PcTYCbrTC2cqvDRi_-HHDIqdYAzGaIQ44rHQZtpNWYfE9eGXISuruRJLyiMldS-kNFND783U3c/s1600-h/Patons+Kids.jpg"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 135px; height: 200px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgdwXH2Ji0lkssk1TncHjDPt3kORRROCt7xkgncGIV1Khyphenhyphenz1cekgFObFR6NDtvwOvtz2PcTYCbrTC2cqvDRi_-HHDIqdYAzGaIQ44rHQZtpNWYfE9eGXISuruRJLyiMldS-kNFND783U3c/s200/Patons+Kids.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5322891296418882114" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj3KoZcG-29drgTJ8r_3qkvwhBzOJvZPtiDmQ9h39XM2hwJ6iCpAcN7GW1hGhWCUw2MokWybDZCgeJPhUZ8qxGpuInm8UMuEx4tWwn236gaXDdo9gZTaMhN59HImhPzJdAf1CO2FqwAoYU/s1600-h/Patons+Bootees+book.jpg" style="text-decoration: none;"><img style="text-decoration: underline;cursor: pointer; width: 150px; height: 200px; " src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj3KoZcG-29drgTJ8r_3qkvwhBzOJvZPtiDmQ9h39XM2hwJ6iCpAcN7GW1hGhWCUw2MokWybDZCgeJPhUZ8qxGpuInm8UMuEx4tWwn236gaXDdo9gZTaMhN59HImhPzJdAf1CO2FqwAoYU/s200/Patons+Bootees+book.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5322891273259519666" /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"> </span></a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgXDL1tM9PpPlTHZd_G71YqwiDA8n1y1td-4jXOnTjEvbE14NYW_LY1Ay2Y1OdJBA9CHQabA3hzcXfmWzRtJApwkKqitWBGo0pKlu5uvt3M6-Qy_dNKOaKfuCAk8Ltyx3NDzAUUQHePmlY/s1600-h/Mon+Tricot-kids.jpg"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 128px; height: 200px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgXDL1tM9PpPlTHZd_G71YqwiDA8n1y1td-4jXOnTjEvbE14NYW_LY1Ay2Y1OdJBA9CHQabA3hzcXfmWzRtJApwkKqitWBGo0pKlu5uvt3M6-Qy_dNKOaKfuCAk8Ltyx3NDzAUUQHePmlY/s200/Mon+Tricot-kids.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5322891272025659858" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh4nJ51Iy_qu6yckEap7Nie6XwcwUFGDIbCuJqZaewFl8CL1MCviAA7NbEAr8FVkcRuZtSchDFvWs6HDM7JUPZCM5ys7joivH9qcHpfuLkU5CIMraCmUoLKZGQh_b8ZUO_t63ST-NfSQjQ/s1600-h/Aust+Home+Journal+Baby.jpg"> <img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 144px; height: 200px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh4nJ51Iy_qu6yckEap7Nie6XwcwUFGDIbCuJqZaewFl8CL1MCviAA7NbEAr8FVkcRuZtSchDFvWs6HDM7JUPZCM5ys7joivH9qcHpfuLkU5CIMraCmUoLKZGQh_b8ZUO_t63ST-NfSQjQ/s200/Aust+Home+Journal+Baby.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5322891251392183986" /></a><br />Recent purchases and cast on's are starting to suggest a theme...If only I were actually in the family way. At this point it's all wishful thinking.Mrs Juzzie Greenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03242469303259126880noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3249160767390246409.post-11622055680558748262009-02-05T13:13:00.000-08:002009-02-05T13:22:33.469-08:00Pears Cyclopaedia Vocabulary B<div><br /></div><div>Blackguard- (n)-vulgar fellow</div><div>Bumptious-(adj)-boastful, self assertive</div>Mrs Juzzie Greenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03242469303259126880noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3249160767390246409.post-71337043309321289242009-02-03T21:06:00.000-08:002009-02-03T21:46:24.490-08:00Home Decor<div><br /></div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh914DqTbod2-V2N3AdaILE3SZpNZ4fn7csCwv7bgWF-qMsIZpbNe7meziNPycCIo2z1kYKUfB83v-f3c9-UPheuXIi4_lgdIM_WGMqAuTeknWkCfmSdrUTlP3WylhUs5nklq8TCKsTe2o/s1600-h/sc00046a6f.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 200px; height: 156px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh914DqTbod2-V2N3AdaILE3SZpNZ4fn7csCwv7bgWF-qMsIZpbNe7meziNPycCIo2z1kYKUfB83v-f3c9-UPheuXIi4_lgdIM_WGMqAuTeknWkCfmSdrUTlP3WylhUs5nklq8TCKsTe2o/s200/sc00046a6f.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5298813155972738322" /></a><div style="text-align: center;">Lets start with 1966 Aust. Better Homes & Gardens. Take away the carnations and you could be looking at a Modern lounge! <br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3455/3252618834_c022d73197_m.jpg"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 188px; height: 240px;" src="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3455/3252618834_c022d73197_m.jpg" border="0" alt="" /></a><br />Here's a page from 1959 Aust Home Journal<div><br /></div><div>Don't you just love the Horse on the</div><div> TV.</div><div><br /></div><div>And I would repaint my china cabinet Red, if I had one.<br /><div> </div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjseS94SWaR7kKXGhotXh15LE_hm6bQbFAS_bps4ek16yAbUbalPg7IyY1V5LOWFJ4g4STHXIblwnP7lj4cBfaPJlsACivSA0kctXV3HaEnTgccjdQDJ_HHhPIyUKx8QWj2PvzaF63Ci30/s1600-h/sc0004a14d.jpg"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 140px; height: 200px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjseS94SWaR7kKXGhotXh15LE_hm6bQbFAS_bps4ek16yAbUbalPg7IyY1V5LOWFJ4g4STHXIblwnP7lj4cBfaPJlsACivSA0kctXV3HaEnTgccjdQDJ_HHhPIyUKx8QWj2PvzaF63Ci30/s200/sc0004a14d.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5298808525684590962" /></a><br /></div><div>This is from a doorstop of a Book from the mid fifties called Newnes Better Home Making- oh what a treasure trove for so many things but the decor sections are STUNNING!</div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><img style="float:right; margin:0 0 10px 10px;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 200px; height: 190px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEijNFy7VHXCareAMVF6Yl5urpGOXNIyhW8lDQDRiK-SMHju26nDhGJy-zFk6DP5-d70liO0AMUicBnm0Sm1kPetWiH6wxcyxDyfxjSdROyZ8AQEosOJ6_kqmg48Wkxux_pUTFQKrB_GE40/s200/sc00038cad.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5298811701354161762" /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div> On a different Colour ideal here is a room displayed in the Aust Women's Weekly 1969.</div><div> Part of me is revolted by this room and the other half of me loves it.</div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3444/3251796683_8f2421ed4d.jpg"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 387px; height: 500px;" src="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3444/3251796683_8f2421ed4d.jpg" border="0" alt="" /></a><br /><br /><div><br /><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div>This is a from a book from the 50's attached to a Sunday news paper. The Australian Home Decorator and Painter. It's chock full of goodness with perfect colour charts and furniture tips. I will use this as soon as I'm able to repaint<br /><div><br /></div><div><br /><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div></div></div></div></div></div>Mrs Juzzie Greenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03242469303259126880noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3249160767390246409.post-31679557527993156232009-02-03T17:16:00.000-08:002009-02-03T17:24:36.484-08:00Vocabulary early 20 century styleWell hello!<div><br /></div><div>I have a Pears' Cyclopaedia with many fabulous sections such as the Ready Reckoner, wireless, office compendium and many others. However the dictionary is something else.</div><div>So lets start at the beginning shall we...</div><div><br /></div><div>A</div><div>Acephalous- (adj) headless</div><div>Agglomerate- (v) to mass together</div><div><br /></div><div>Now try to use these in a sentence<br /><div><br /></div><div><br /></div></div>Mrs Juzzie Greenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03242469303259126880noreply@blogger.com0