My Favourite Place and Back to Work!!

Happy Australia Day Everyone!
For my last fling of Summer Holiday we went to our favourite part of Victoria's Bellarine Peninsula.
I always need a dose of the sea to feel really relaxed!

 Mr Purly and I visited as many of our favourite spots as we could squeeze in to one day!

Now back to work!!
Precious Purl will be open this Saturday 28th January and will then resume usual trading days, Wednesday to Saturday 11 - 4pm from this Wednesday, 1st February.
We are looking forward to new and exciting things in 2012. Pop back soon for our calendar of  workshops.
 

Just a teaser of "gorgeous goodies" now available at Precious Purl. 

Luscious hand dyed Silk Velvet and tasty yarn "lollies".

And a beautiful rack of hand dyed Tissue Silk just waiting for some clever Felting to be added .

 

Holidays, Computers and Sales!!

Happy New Year to all my lovely readers! We are in Holiday mode at Precious Purl, that is, only open on Saturdays during January. (see the previous post for actual dates)

 We have spent lazy days in our caravan parked in my sister's beautiful garden.

 This has been the delightful view from my bed each morning, woken by the country sounds of roosters, kookaburras and noisy corellas! A gorgeous garden filled with roses.

 My Christmas gift of a wonderful Art set to my 5 year old great-niece was much enjoyed by Mum and Auntie too! Must foster those creative genes!

 

A lot of time was spent  in this deliciously cool pool!

Mr Purly and our much loved diabetic Burmese, El,  preferred the Hammock! Yes! she came too and loved her country holiday!

I have had a more thorough audit of my blog posts and find that I am really only up to 95 posts so the promise of a 100th Giveaway will be a little while yet!

PLEASE NOTE
The 2012 Computer gremlins have made it impossible to update our website www.lara-downs.com.au and to update the sales for our online Summer sale. SO we will continue the sale until the end of January, when hopefully the Computer Techs are back working!
Feel free to email and make an offer on items listed. Pam will then let you know if goods may have perhaps already been sold! All online Sale items are available at Precious Purl, plus many others. Visit us on one of the Saturdays in January and get yourself a bargain. Enjoy your holiday crafting!

Holiday Hours!

Precious Purl's usual trading days are Wednesday to Saturday 11-4pm but PLEASE NOTE:

Precious Purl will be  
                               OPEN: Wednesday 21st & Thursday 22nd December 
                               CLOSED:  Friday 23rd & Saturday 24th December

                                

                               OPEN: Wed 28th, Thurs 29th, Fri 30th December.

Sale continues this week with all reasonable offers being considered on unsold Sale items.

                               CLOSED: Saturday 31st December

During January we will only be open on Saturdays 11-4pm while we take a well earned break.
Other times may be arranged by appointment!
Please ring 0423 514 668

                                OPEN:   
                                               Saturday 7th January
                                               Saturday 14th January
                                               Saturday 21st January
                                               Saturday 28th January

                                             Resume Normal Hours 1st February 2012

Thank you to all our lovely customers for your support and we wish you a very Merry Christmas.
We look forward to seeing you back at Precious Purl in 2012

Nuno Felted Summer Scarf/Wrap Workshop.

We had our last workshop for the year at Precious Purl today.

 

 Our participants made beautiful filmy wraps with Muslin. These would be equally beautiful on silk but the girls chose muslin. Glen selected wool top, silk top, mohair curls and some silver lurex to make this beautiful tone on tone wrap, just right for cool Summer evenings. This was a great workshop for beginning Felters to learn the steps involved in Nuno Felting without too much of the rubbing /rolling being required. Glen, our sometime assistant at Precious Purl, did a great job on her first felted piece.

 

Moyna chose beautiful blues and greens producing a gorgeous wrap she was making for a gift. Lucky friend!
This was a 3 hour workshop that I will run again at Precious Purl as it produced lovely results in a short space of time.

I have just 3 more posts to reach my 100th and I am planning a great giveaway, so keep checking back!!


Keep checking our Lara Downs Online Sale (see the address in my sidebar!) for some great bargains too.
All products featured in the Sale are available from Precious Purl - Wednesday to Saturday 11 -4pm.

Engaged!

 I don't often have personal posts on my blog, but sometimes, very important family happenings need to be announced to the World!!

The Purly Family Number 1 and only son has become engaged to his long time love!

We had a great Party to celebrate this event along with a House-warming of their beautiful home!  We are so happy for both of them!


It's not just his Mum who thinks he looks about 18 years old. He was always the one asked for ID!
He's really almost 28!!
Wonder where those youthful genes came from??

"SALE" and Out & About!

Busy times at Precious Purl!

This Sunday 27th November from 10-4.30 we have been invited to join the very active Geelong Patchwork and Quilter's Guild to trade at their Biennial Quilt Exhibition.This will be held from Friday 25th November until the 27th at Deakin Waterfront Campus. Enter via Gheringhap Street.
Hope to see you there on Sunday! We will have lots of goodies to tempt you!

Our ANNUAL SALE commences at 9am Monday 28th November online at www.lara-downs.com.au  
All SALE items will then be available at Precious Purl from 11 am Wednesday 30th November.
Lots of Bargains so be early!

I'm sorry if you have this post twice in your Google Reader! Blogger wiped all my previous posts from the page when I posted it the first time??? Love the Cyber Gremlins!

Great way to spend a day!

Saturday! What a beautiful day! Warm and Sunny in Melbourne, some great company and enthusiastic "Cobweb Felting" was happening at Precious Purl.

 Designing with pre felts.

Laying out a Merino/Silk Lap, hand dyed by Pam of Lara Downs in a gorgeous colourway called Jewel.

                                   

The fibres have been thoroughly wet and rubbed and now ready for the rolling.

Coming together nicely! Definitely looking like a Cobweb!

So pleased with the final result!

Thanks Lynda, we had a great day!