Dec 4, 2017 | Amigurumi, Crochet, Pattern
I try my darndest to keep my houseplants alive and well but I must admit, I’m not the best at remembering to water them. Imagine a plant that added much-needed greenery to your home, and requires no attention at all to keep it alive. That doesn’t exist, of...
Aug 31, 2017 | Amigurumi, Crochet, Pattern
I love the shape of pugs. That little loaf body and itty bitty legs is just too much! I set out to develop a simple and quick pug amigurumi pattern that epitomizes that adorable loaf shape. But I soon realized that all animals are cuter in loaf form. By changing up...
Aug 7, 2017 | Amigurumi, Crochet, Pattern
I have been playing a LOT of Mario Kart 8 Deluxe and I’m finding that I often have to keep my road rage in check. To do that, I developed this pattern for the Koopa shells that you can use as items in the game to launch at your opponents. But now you can make...
Jul 22, 2017 | Amigurumi, Blog, Crochet, Pattern
I was very lucky to receive some Paintbox Cotton Aran yarn sent to me from LoveCrochet.com and I’m stoked to be collaborating with them by designing a Sea Turtle amigurumi with the Paintbox yarn. The colours on top from the left: Sailor Blue (col. 640), Dolphin...
Jul 7, 2017 | Amigurumi, Blog, Crochet
When I first started crocheting amigurumi, I tended to avoid patterns that required changing colour because I didn’t know how to do it properly. I figured that you would just drop whatever colour you were working with and start crocheting with the new colour but...
Jan 16, 2017 | Amigurumi, Blog, Crochet
I am incredibly excited to announce that my book, The Crochet Wildlife Guide, has now been released! This book was a project that my co-author, Jeff Wiehler, and I have been working on over the past year. It feels so surreal to be holding a book that we made together....