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5 ways I use Rhinestones as Crochet accessories

Rhinestones are like tiny little shiny jewels… which I particularly liked to use for my Princess series! They are relatively cheap and easy to get and creates a shiny effect which crocheting a small magic ring won’t create…

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Knotions Magazine Feature

Amigurumi involves the art of using yarn to crochet or knit stuffed toys. This form of art originated from Japan, and the translation of ‘amu’ means ‘to knit’ while nuigurumi means ‘stuffed toy’.

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How to Shrink Amigurumi

Have you ever seen a great pattern and go… wow that’s awesome but I would really love make a tinier version of it? Over here, I made a version of Kanga, used the pattern and shrank it down to make Roo.

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Making Eeyore again

Once in while, I do like remaking some characters I have made before and usually I will make some changes to the newer version. In this case, I did so for Eeyore.

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Free Piglet Crochet Pattern

So excited about writing out this free pattern! It’s a tiny little Piglet. Most of my amigurumi are mini (not micro) and can fit into the palm of your hand. In this case, if you make Piglet, he can even be made into earrings!

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Crochet and Rotate

Have you been confused before on what a pattern means when they say rotate or go around?

What it actually means is crocheting on the other side of the foundation chain. This is a great method for creating leaves or ears like I made for Rabbit above.

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My First Magazine Feature!

Guys, I’m so excited! This was something in the works since last year but I want to reveal…. my first Crochet Magazine feature! It’s in ‘Crochet Now’! The theme was geared towards ‘Wild side’… and I really just love all the other featured patterns in this issue as well!

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How I made Hulkbuster from scratch

This was where I was at when I made my simple Iron Man amigurumi (I wouldn’t say 1st one, because there was a iteration before this). While I was aiming for the following image - the Hulkbuster. So I set about making this upsized Iron Man with many rounds of trial and error.

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8 Tips to Handling Black Yarn

Always avoided using dark colours in your yarn? Or worse still, just avoided black yarn altogether? We have all been there. I do use a lot of black yarn nonetheless, like the time I made Kylo Ren or Black Panther (c’mon how not to use black). So these are my top 8 tips to embracing black yarn into your crochet project!

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Making Quinjet - Part 2

If you have not checked out the 1st part yet - go check out the previous post. We last left off with the top part of the Quinjet done. Now we will proceed with the bottom half as well as the rest of the detailing on the quinjet. 

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