One of my personal challenges for my other blog, Crochet Along, is to come up with a banner design to reflect the new blog theme every two months. I try not to be influenced by my personal preferences for colour, style, etc and I think it’s helping to improve my graphic design skills. I thought […]
Reporting back after day two of the show. Sunday was a lot quieter than Saturday, although I still had a lot of interest in my patterns. In the quiet periods, I managed to sneak away to wander around the show for a while, and pick up some new toys – some quilling paper, a bias […]
I found some interesting yarn while I was in the UK last week – it’s actually the same yarn that wibit uses for a lot of her lovely designs. I decided to try it out with one of my AmiDogs patterns and see what happened… Click for bigger pic It’s like magic, really. Any guesses […]
It’s still winter here. The snow hasn’t melted yet, and it feels like it’s been winter forever! I can’t wait any longer for spring to arrive, so I decided to create some spring for myself… Here’s my vase of crocheted daffodils – a bit of instant springtime! Click for larger picture I’ve written up the […]
I’ve tried something a bit different for my latest design for the AquaAmi range. My sea turtle is made with two colours of yarn, but is still all worked in single crochet in the round (apart from a few rogue hdcs). He is one of my largest and most ambitious designs to date, at 11″ […]
I decided I was being unfair by making my corgi design only apply to tailless Pembroke Welsh Corgis, so here is a Cardigan Welsh Corgi modification: (The corgi pattern will include both versions!) For everyone who is waiting, the AmiDogs Set 3 patterns will be available very shortly… UPDATE: Looking for the pattern? You can […]
By popular demand, I finally designed a german shepherd (also known as an Alsatian, for any Brits reading this): A big thanks to Kris and Kassie for your design feedback! It’s difficult to see his nose (black on black) but you can see it’s there from the profile of the face. I also just realised […]
Introducing the next addition to AmiDogs Set 3: a Corgi! While researching the breed, I discovered there are actually two breeds of Corgi. The Cardigan Welsh Corgi is larger and has a long bushy tail. The smaller Pembroke Welsh Corgi has a foxy appearance and no tail! I chose to make this variety 🙂 Queen […]
