Look who I found in my garden: The reclusive yarn snake, finally waking from his long winter hibernation. Although he is small (6″ long), he doesn’t fit the theme of my new set of mini animals, but this is what my hands decided to make yesterday, and I like the way he wiggles. The curves […]
I’m so glad you guys like my tiny designs! I unfortunately don’t have the time to reply to every blog comment I receive, but I always reply to any questions you ask in the comments (either by e-mail or on the blog, if I think it’s something others may want to know the answer to […]
Yesterday’s amigurumi piglet needed a friend. Here is the smallest, simplest bunny I could dream up: If you’re interested, there will be patterns for the pig and the bunny – sign up for my mailing list if you’d like to know when they are available 🙂 And now I have a question for you. I […]
Sometimes a quick project is the most satisfying. He was quick to design and easy to crochet, but my amigurumi piglet does make me smile: He may be small (about 3″ long) but he has big ambitions! This little piggy is hoping for a grand adventure – I’ll have to see what I can do […]
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 […]
