Monthly Archives: May 2013

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Meet Roary

Say hi to Roary, who ventured out on his own this morning, off to join his new family.

I started Roary 1.0 on Friday, but horror of all horrors, ran out of yarn with three legs and a tail to go! Most of my amigurumi projects are made using Drops Paris (or Cotton Light), and I couldn’t find another ball of yarn anywhere without ordering online. Poor Roary 1.0 was abandoned and I had to make Roary (2.0) from a different yarn that I picked up in Amsterdam last minute.

Here’s Roary 1.0, banished to the WIP box until my next Drops order…

The pattern for this wonderful little fellow can be found in Zoomigurumi, which for a really limited time can be ordered together with Zoomigurumi 2 via amigurumipatterns.net (my new favourite pattern site).

Roary is designed by, you guessed it, A Morning Cup of Jo Creations.

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Posted on May 27, 2013 in Projects

Tagged amigurumi, crochet, haken, zoomigurumi

Pinspiration #4

Posted on May 22, 2013 | 3 comments

Neon. Right now I’m all about neon. Can’t get enough. I’m loving that I get to enjoy this trend for the second time in twenty years. I remember summer was all about neon zinc cream for a few years, even before Shane Warne made it iconic.

When I was in Rotterdam at the weekend celebrating a friend’s birthday (which you can read all about here) I couldn’t resist walking into a yarn store and jumping out at me was a big ball of neon pink yarn that was dying to be turned into a pair of leg warmers for my daughter (more about that coming up soon).

Here are some of the awesome neon crochet pieces that I’ve seen around Pinterest this week:

This one blows my mind. I’m so in love with the heart and arrow necklace it hurts. I need one of these.

Next on my project list: neon owls to accompany my ombre version

Perfection. That’s all.

Although not strictly crochet, this one certainly could be used in a beautiful scarf. Fingers crossed we’re still into neon when the weather cools down. Wait. It still hasn’t warmed up!

Aren’t these beautiful? And available in the sizes I use most… Thanks goodness it has sold out on Etsy.

How do you feel about neon? Are you as enthusiastic as I am? Stay tuned to see how the leg warmers turned out, my daughter could have been an extra on Fame!

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Miss Amigurumi needs her own name…

Posted on May 13, 2013 | 11 comments

Meet…. Well, I’m not sure on her name actually. For that I need your help.

My mystery girl is made from a pattern I picked up from A Morning Cup of Jo Creations and have been desperately trying to find the time to make.

Time has not been my friend recently. With a few upheavals at work and some sort of developmental leap going on with my fifteen month old, crochet has been taking a back seat.

But finally I could finish this project, but she needs a name. What shall I call her?

Fancy one for yourself? Drop me a line here and I’ll be in touch!

I’ve added Miss Amigurumi to Hookin’ on Hump Day, head over and check out all the beautiful submissions.

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Posted in Hookin On Hump Day, Projects

Tagged amigurumi, crochet, haken, handmade

Pinspiration #3

Posted on May 3, 2013 | 15 comments

I have an obsession with mug cozies at the moment. Odd, as we are finally heading towards some warmer weather. But, as my husband reminds me, this is a great idea as I never finish a cup of tea in one sitting. It’s nothing for me to microwave my forgotten tea three times before finally abandoning it.

What I would to do be able to sit and savour a cup of hot, milky sweet English breakfast tea….

This one rocks my world. I just love the sailor tattoo style. I’m part-way through making something similar, completely coincidentally!

I love the appliqué on this one:

I made one based slightly on this pattern. Quick and easy to work up and looks great when finished:

I just love the colour of this one, but it’s too high. The top is too close to the lip of the cup, so you’ll be sucking on yarn instead of tea:

And this one is just too cool. I love the tea bag attached:

What do you think of mug cozies? Would you use one? I know my dad would enjoy it, but I would have to make it to fit a beer can…

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Tagged coffee, cozy, crochet, handmade, mug, pinspiration, pinterest, tea

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Proof that crochet is not just for old ladies

A friend of mine made a special request recently:

That’s right. Those are nipple pasties made to look like nipples! This friend is right onto burlesque and obviously has a fabulous sense of humour.

They took me ages to make though. I would make one and get distracted so wouldn’t be able to make the second. Then when I’d sit down and make it, my tension was different, or I would get the stitches wrong and they’d look completely different. So tonight I decided, right. Time to do this.

They look cool, don’t they?