The fourth in my series of amigurumi throwback posts and this one gathers together the birds and sea creatures. Owlets I think this was the first amigurumi pattern I crocheted and it's a good introduction to making little critters. It doesn't take long, but it manages to introduce a number of techniques: crocheting in rounds… Continue reading Amigurumi: air & water
The third in my series of amigurumi throwback posts and this one is all about the mammals: mostly British wildlife, but a cute little koala did manage to creep in there as well. Badger I did have an idea at one point to make a very geeky series of crochet animals. The Ubuntu operating system… Continue reading Amigurumi wildlife
The first amigurumi pattern book I bought was Amigurumi World which, as advertised, contained some seriously cute crochet including the bunnies from my first throwback post. After that, I needed something to counter the cuteness and I found the perfect antidote in Creepy Cute Crochet by Christen Haden. The patterns all use the same basic… Continue reading Creepy Cute Crochet
I decided that the time had come to clear my desk. I had too many half-finished projects lying around and they were all taking up too much brain space and causing stress because they weren't being done. I needed to make space for new things. I'm not counting the stack of backgrounds I've made or… Continue reading Tree and moon pendant
And now for something completely different. This is something I have been fascinated by since the first time I came across it. I really don't have room for a full encaustic hotplate — and it would be quite an investment on a whim — so I settled for getting a starter kit with an iron… Continue reading Encaustic landscape
I'd been thinking about doing a couple of blog posts with some of the amigurumi I crocheted before I started making cards — after all, I did set this blog up as a way to record the things I create so why not include some throwback crafts into the mix. When I realised that I… Continue reading Throwback Amigurumi
My other half was telling me about a work colleague who had described themselves as being "a rubbish friend". My brain decided that what I needed to do now was to make him an actual rubbish friend. My first thought was to start off with an empty toilet roll and make a doll-like friend, but… Continue reading Rubbish owl
