1st Row: 1ch, dc into ring (6ch, slst into 5th ch from hook) twice, 8ch, slst into 7th ch from hook, 10ch, slst into 9th ch from hook, 12ch, slst into 11th ch from hook, 14ch, slst into 12th ch from hook, 12ch, slst into 11th ch from hook, 8ch, slst into 7th ch from […]

8ch, slst to form a ring. 1st Row: 1ch, 18dc into ring, slst into 1st dc 2nd Row: 1ch, dc into same place as slst, dc to end. 3rd Row: 6ch, slst back into 1st dc. Dc into 2dc, slst into next dc, 6ch, slst back into same dc as slst. Repeat from to end. […]

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All of us at one stage or another have experienced feelings of sadness, loss or grief. Quite often, we say that we’re feeling depressed. But what exactly is depression? Here, we explore the clinical definition of an illness that effects on average one in five Australians. From The Australian Women’s Weekly Health Series – Depression, […]

EXCLUSIVE INTERVIEW WITH Audrey Niffenegger author of The Time Traveler’s Wife (RandomHouse $32.95), our Australian Women’s Weekly Great Read for December. **Q Your book, The Time Traveler’s Wife is often described as a classic love story – do you agree with that? A** I’m interested to see how people very much want to classify it….’it’s […]

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Stranger than fiction, here are the real stories of the book world. In the US they paid $US2million, for an American Idol judge to write a book called, I Don’t Mean to Be Rude, But… According to rumours, There’s A Bear In There (and he wants Swedish) by Australian actress and former Playschool presenter, Merridy […]

**Thora ** Written and illustrated by Gillian Johnson (A&R $14.95) First in a new and charming series about a ten year old girl who is half human, half mermaid. Thora wears her pony-tail in a scrunchie – to disguise the blow-hole on top of her head – has scales on her legs and feet that […]