
Winter Essentials Round Up
The patterns, recipes and tips that get my family through winter. Continue reading Winter Essentials Round Up
The patterns, recipes and tips that get my family through winter. Continue reading Winter Essentials Round Up
Usually I find a cute pattern, crochet it, hand it to Lottie then never see it again. I found these when organising her toy chest and was hit with the instant urge to make all of the things! The macaroon is my own pattern, strawberry and cupcake from HappyBerryCrochet and the star was a mix of a Pinterest pattern and my own improvising. Amigurumi is … Continue reading Amigurumi ๐
I wanted something special and not made out of chocolate for Lottie’s Easter present. Thanks to the wonderful Laura at HappyBerry Crochet I was able to make this sweet little bunny. Lottie loved her bunny and I loved the sweet amigurumi pattern that worked up in a few nights. Here is the link to the video tutorial and also HappyBerry Crochet‘s wonderful website if you … Continue reading Cute Crochet Bunny for Easter
I’m considering making a bunch of these as favours for Lottie’s birthday party next month so I combined some of the bits I’ve picked up from amigurumi and cupcake patterns and came up with a pattern of my own. I have come across crochet macarons before but they always turned out so small and not very macaron-looking. So here’s my own attempt at a pattern. … Continue reading Crochet Macarons Pattern
Halloween is only just starting to get big here in Australia. Our Oct 31st tradition of closing the blinds and ignoring the one neighborhood kid who watches too much American TV is changing slowly but Christmas is still the focus. I get very excited when the tinsel and plum puddings start appearing mid-October and have started stocking up for the big day. My favourite shop … Continue reading It’s Beginning to Look A Lot like Christmas
It’s spring in Sydney and that means fresh strawberries, flowers and ice cold lemonade feature heavily in our weekends. Lottie is almost 3 and really into tea parties and role playing with food. I have to check the grill for plastic donuts before putting on dinner! I used HappyBerry Crochet’s wonderful pattern to create this strawberry – – which was such a hit I’m going … Continue reading Bumblebees for Spring!
I’ve been wanting to try this pattern for a while and now that I’ve gotten into it I don’t know what intimidated me so much about it! I followed The Crochet Crowd‘s fantastic pattern and it’s coming together quick. Little Lottie thinks I’m making her a snowflake so I’ll keep going in alternate blues in DC then add a white SC & scalloped edge. My … Continue reading Star Baby Afghan