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Sneak preview of Haggis….

Posted in April 2008, tagged amigurumi, cow, crochet, cute, Felted, hamish, highland, pattern, wool on Sunday, April 27, 2008 | 3 Comments »

My Lion pattern is nearing completion… I’m working out the last bits of his head & mane at the moment. The muzzle, body, arms & legs are done and look just how I pictured in my head
As soon as the head and mane sections are crocheted… I’ll felt all the pieces & keep [...]

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Scrummy new yarn to play with…

Posted in April 2008, tagged 4ply, kauni, rainbow, wool, Yarn on Wednesday, April 23, 2008 | Leave a Comment »

I only ordered this yarn yesterday lunch time. When I got back from taking Finn to his Jump & jiggle session this morning at 10.45am…. the parcel had been delivered!
I couldn’t wait to get the box open and have a sneaky peek before putting Finn down for his morning nap…. so after a quick look [...]

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New category in name the lion…

Posted in April 2008, tagged amigurumi, competition, crochet, Felted, lion, pattern, win on Saturday, April 19, 2008 | Leave a Comment »

I wasn’t sure if I could get away with a girl name for a lion with a big mane…. but why not?! Can always add a bow to the mane So I’ve decided to have 2 winners…. The best girl & best boy names will each win a copy of the pattern. I’ve [...]

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Win a copy of my felted Lion Amigurumi pattern…

Posted in April 2008, tagged amigurumi, crochet, Felted, pattern, toy on Thursday, April 17, 2008 | 2 Comments »

I will give a copy of the finished pattern free of charge to the person who comes up with the best name for him. Usually i’m good at names but this time i’m stumped! You can see a sketch of him on my felted patterns page. Still a work in progress so plenty of time [...]

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Sneak Preview

Posted in April 2008, tagged crochet, Felted, swatch on Wednesday, April 9, 2008 | 1 Comment »

I’m so excited! All my crochet swatches felted beautifully… now i have the hard job of deciding which toy gets which type of hair

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www.animoto.com

Posted in April 2008, tagged 30sec short, animoto, video on Wednesday, April 9, 2008 | Leave a Comment »

I found a new site and decided to have a go at creating a 30 second short using www.animoto.com & some of my photos. Great fun and totally free to use. You can see the finished short at…
http://uk.youtube.com/creativetextiles

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My first post… Hello world!

Posted in April 2008, tagged crochet, designs, toys, Uncommon on Sunday, April 6, 2008 | 4 Comments »

Well here I go… my first blog. Although this is uncharted territory for me i’m very excited! I’m still finding my way around and hadn’t planned to start blogging yet… but i just couldn’t wait
I hope to finish some of the exciting crochet toys i’m designing over the next month so please come [...]

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