I must say, Im a total geek, and making geeky things is generally my main reason for crafting. When you love a tv show, or film, or even a book, its natural to want to make something to express your ...
My Finn and Jake amigurumi patterns are now available to buy in my Etsy shop.You can buy both patterns together for $8.00, or buy them separately for $4.50 each.Now I just need to get on with my Jawa...
I hope all you Star Wars fans out there are enjoying Star Wars Day - if you dont know its called that because of the terrible pun: May the 4th be with you (May the Force be with you). Anywa...
I recently started watching Adventure Time on Cartoon Network UK with my boys (I only just found out we could get it on our subscription). Its a great show, suitable for kids (maybe not very young on...
I love the Miyazaki/Studio Ghibli film My Neighbour Totoro, and the Totoros themselves, adorable monsters with features reminiscent of rabbits and cats, that come in three different sizes and colours...
These tiny turtles are great to use up scraps of yarn, and can easily be made as keychains. Using two colours and spike stitch makes a really pretty design on the shell. Why not make lots of the...
Using any colour of yarn you like, make these cute baby octopuses. Choose between one with long wiggly legs, or one with short stubby little legs. For general instructions and abbreviations, please c...
Happy Easter! Ive just written up a few patterns to make some tiny little crochet animals - a little sheep, a tiny turtle, and two versions of a baby octopus. Below are a list of abbreviations a...
I dont seem to have posted here for a while, but Ive definitely been busy.I have just finished testing my Flappy Owl pattern, that appeared in Inside Crochet magazine last year. I can now sell it mys...
There is lots of folklore regarding the little folk, and they have many names - elves, fairies, sprites, imps, brownies and hobgoblins. They are often described as being mischievous creatures, althou...
Tooterphants are friendly little creatures, similar in shape to elephants, if not in size. However, they have wide trumpet-shaped trunks that they use to make tooting noises to communicate with one a...
I made a set of Mother and Child Earth Spirits about two years ago, and theyve always been one of my favourite creations. Ive also had quite a few requests for me to write up their pattern, and now I...
When we rewatched Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows part 1 recently, my 9 year-old son got very sad at the part when Dobby dies. He would not be comforted, and kept insisting that he hated JK Rowl...
Im very excited! My pattern for Flappy the Owl has won a competition to be featured in a UK crochet magazine, Inside Crochet, issue 20. You can see him on their Facebook page or at Yudu, w...
One of the first crochet patterns I wrote was for a dragon - my fierce but friendly really dragon. I love dragons, and its hard to find nice toys of them, so that was a real incentive to make one mys...
Perfect for Easter - make a cute little Eggie friend. Hes about the same size as a hens egg - use light brown or white yarn if you want him to look like one, or bright yarn if you want him to look li...
This miniature chick is only 1.5" tall, so hed make a cute little extra for Easter. Materials:Small amount of pale yellow yarn, double knitting (dk) weight.Black yarn to embroider the eyes.Dark y...
I was thinking of something to make for Easter that was egg-shaped, when I realised that Gnomes, with their pointy hats, were perfect. I wanted them to be chubby and simple, so I started with one wit...
I was asked to make some toys for our schools Easter raffle and so I picked two of the animals I most associate with spring - rabbits and lambs. Ive been wanting to come up with a pattern for animal ...
Ive just finished my latest Star Wars amigurumi figure - Obi-Wan Kenobi. So far Ive only done characters from the Original Trilogy, so I made a little mini version of old Ben Kenobi, complete with a ...
I was delayed a bit by Christmas, but Ive finally finished my pattern for a miniature Boba Fett. This bounty hunter with the fearsome reputation is only 3.5" tall, and the pattern to make him is ...
Heres the pattern to make a tiny little cat - only 1.5" tall - thats the perfect pet for my mini amigurumi Witch. Make in the traditional black, or use and colours you like for a different type o...
After Id designed my Witch and Wizard amigurumis, I felt that they could both do with little pets, or familiars. So I made the witch a little black cat (pattern in the next post) and made a mini snow...
Heres a simple little pattern to crochet a tiny rabbit, about 2" long. You crochet the ears and the feet as you go along, so the only sewing is for the features and the tail.Tiny Rabbit Amig...
Fantasy has always been my favourite genre of books and films, so I thought Id design some cute lttle amigurumis of various classic fantasy characters. Given that its nearly halloween it seemed like ...
As Im just about to go away on holiday, Im putting a list here of the crochet patterns I usually have for sale on Etsy. These are all normally available, with all the details about the materials and ...
After I made an Adorable Snow Monster way back in January (http://lucyravenscar.blogspot .com/2010/01/adorable-snow-mon ster.html) I decided to write up the pattern. I made another Snow Monster to test...
Have you ever wanted your own pet dragon? Well, generally theyre a bit big to fit in the house, so what you need is a Dragonet, a small or young dragon. Ive finally finished my latest pattern, so now...
Getting my Star Wars patterns sorted finally allowed me to get on with all the other things I had been meaning to make. One of them was from a request I had quite some time ago to make a Water S...
Well, I've finally done it! I've designed all my Star Wars amigurumi to my satisfaction, written up the patterns, photographed them, put the patterns together and put them al...
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