Things to make & do with a VERY healthy preoccupation with yarn
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Last December I published this amigurumi pattern for an angel food cake that I designed in October. Time kind of got away from me and so I’m only NOW posting about it. BAD NETT! No cookie. Or I guess, no Angel Food Cake in this case. Which is a bummer, I could REALLY do with some cake… ^_^;; xD xD Oh pregnancy! 😉 xD The pattern is for two versions...
I’m kind of obsessed with fair isle and duplicate stitch. And the whole latest craze for hexapuffs has been igniting my imagination even more for designing cute little knit and crochet-able motifs. SO! My first toe-dip in and I decided to do a little series of fair isle apples on a baby vest. Seriously there’s SO MANY CHILDREN being born/expected in my friends circle at the moment its overwhelming! I...
A close friend collects Orangutans, which I find super adorable. For Christmas 2010 I thought I’d make her up a little tiny one to go on her desk, to go with some other gifts I’d collected throughout the year for her. Upon completion decided it’d make a great little pattern to share with others, remembering some monkey plushies I had myself as a child. The pattern is free, easy (advanced...
There’s a LOT of crochet star patterns out there, and several great free ones at that. Around a year ago now though I was embarking upon a project where I needed to create ‘under the sea’ themed knit or crochet items for an exhibition for the Adelaide Fringe. Called Knitting Nancy Dives In, the exhibit went really well, and garnered both excited local radio & newspaper coverage. Inspired by two...