Learn a few tricks to make your own themed stitch markers for your yarn work.
Tag: Crochet
Food Colouring Dye Process
There are so many wonderful colourways available in hand dyed yarns. One of my absolute favourite stores is Stitchcraft & Wizardry. I love their mixes of colours, and the fun names as well. Being the curious person I am I started reading into the various ways to hand dye yarn. It turns out there are… Continue reading Food Colouring Dye Process
Crochet Minions
Ever since despicable me burst into the cinema with its Gru's tiny yellow workers, minions have captured the hearts of kids and adults alike. Something about their cute appearance and bumbling language captures the child within everyone. The minions have gone on to create their own merchandise, TV show and even their own feature movie.… Continue reading Crochet Minions
Rose Bookmark
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
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
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