Rosebud Bookmark Recently I have been making quite a few book marks. With valenteins day there was quite a few clever flower patterns going around. I decived to try my hand at making a rose but. What started as following a youtube tutorial has ended as a pattern. I could not find an appropriately sized… Continue reading Rose Bookmark
Author: Michelle Norton
Elton the Elephant
How can you not fall in love with this adorable pattern from Stuffed Hearts. I stumbled across this pattern when looking for a project for my husbands colleague who had just had a baby boy (although elton could easily be a girls toy too!!). The finished product, with dumbo ears I like to find ways… Continue reading Elton the Elephant
Valentine Heart Bookmarks
As we enter the week leading up to valenteines day our social media feeds begin to fill with corny jokes, flower advertisements, chocolates to buy and more. The pressure to come up with a present can seem like a lot. This year I decided to focus on handmade presents rather then feeding the commercialisation of… Continue reading Valentine Heart Bookmarks
Koala Bushfire Bookmarks
In wake of the recent Australian bushfire crisis I wanted to work on some wildlife inspired crochet patterns.NSW has been suffering from bush fires since the Gospers Mountain fire beginning in September 2019. Five months later as I write this post there are still 61 fires burning across the state. In NSW alone over 4.9… Continue reading Koala Bushfire Bookmarks
Crochet Face Scrubs
In the lead up to Christmas I worked on a range of home made crochet presents for my relatives. My mother in law loves a spa day so this spa kit was the perfect gift. While there are many spa day patterns around, I thought I would experiment and make my own spa day face… Continue reading Crochet Face Scrubs
2019 Advent Calendar
Its christmas time again and who doesn't logve a good craft based advent countdown. Where I have found CAL advent calendar kits, this year December rolled around and I could not find any kits in stock anywhere! Faced with this conundrum I decided to pull together a searies of patterns to use as my own… Continue reading 2019 Advent Calendar
Icicle Ornament
As part of my advent calendar 2019 I have developed this quick and easy icicle tree ornament. The pattern is easy to adjust in both length and tightness of curl. This is a quick and easy crochet pattern that can use up your left over yarn! The pattern will take around half an hour at… Continue reading Icicle Ornament
Knitting, Crochet and Science??
Have you ever wondered if you could combine arts and crafts with maths and science? In my day job I am an Engineer. I like understanding how stuff works. So it should be no surprise that I like learning new stitches and coming up with ways to combine patterns and toy features. It should be… Continue reading Knitting, Crochet and Science??
The Journey Begins
Thanks for joining me! Good company in a journey makes the way seem shorter. — Izaak Walton I'm sharing my craft journey over this blog. Hopefully you may find some commute sized projects to work along with too on your daily travels. In Sydney, the average amount of time people spend riding public transport is… Continue reading The Journey Begins
Crafty Commuter 