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dino cards

July 21, 2010 @ 3:34 pm · Filed under: Crochet, My Craft Business

I’m just back from my sister’s wedding (which was spectacular); my refashioned shoes held up well and I managed not to trip on my way up the aisle, so we’ll call that a success! It was lovely to see my family, but I really missed being online (other than daily email checks for anything urgent) […]

more Dinosaur patterns (finally!)

July 6, 2010 @ 8:15 am · Filed under: Crochet, Patterns

I have a confession to make: when I launched my Dinosaurs Set 1, I promised I’d design another set if/when I sold 100 copies of the first set. And, ahem, well let’s just say that happened quite some time ago… I did start working on Set 2 in rare quiet periods while I was working […]

Summer Crochetalong: Alpacas & African Violets

June 29, 2010 @ 11:23 am · Filed under: Crochet

After the success of the Spring Crochetalong (CAL) in the PlanetJune Crochet Designs Ravelry group, people have been asking for another CAL. I put it to the vote, and this is what we came up with: For the Summer CAL, we’ll be crocheting two of my most popular designs: my Alpaca and/or African Violets patterns. […]

AmiDogs Akita crochet pattern

June 23, 2010 @ 2:23 pm · Filed under: Crochet, Patterns

Every time I say I’ll take a little break from AmiDogs before adding another breed, something happens to change my mind! In this case, a pattern commission from an Akita owner. By the way, I love to get commissions for new patterns! (If you’d like to commission a pattern, get in touch – my rates […]

everyone’s a winner

June 21, 2010 @ 1:38 pm · Filed under: Crochet

I’m a winner Yay – my Reepicheep has won the Craftster Fantasy Crochet Challenge, with 64% of the votes! (Are you bored with seeing Reep’s picture yet? I’m sorry – I promise this is the last time I’ll post it!) I am a bit disappointed though, because I thought the fantasy theme was really rich […]

water lily crochet pattern

June 18, 2010 @ 2:54 pm · Filed under: Crochet, Patterns

I’m happy that so many of you are enjoying my botanical crochet patterns – it’s a refreshing change for me to mix it up a bit (although don’t worry, I won’t neglect the animal designs either!). I just love nature, and now I have an excuse to examine animals and plants in detail and challenge […]

crocheted Reepicheep the mouse

June 14, 2010 @ 11:49 am · Filed under: Art, Crochet

I was inspired to make this by a crochet challenge on Craftster. The challenge theme was fantasy, and Narnia sprang to mind immediately. When I was younger, I loved the Chronicles of Narnia series, especially The Lion, The Witch and The Wardrobe. I spent my pocket money on a lovely boxset of the paperbacks that […]

Yeti & Bigfoot crochet patterns

May 25, 2010 @ 12:07 pm · Filed under: Crochet, Patterns

I was commissioned by comic book writer Jeff McClelland to design a cute yeti – Jeff’s comic book series, Teddy and the Yeti, is about a robot and a yeti who defend the Earth from external threats. A yeti is a bit of a departure from my usual subject matter, but it was an interesting […]