Play Crowns for open ended play

I've been working on creating a more meaningful, curated home since 2016 and one of my primary targets has been toys. I'll spare the long story of tears and stress but starting when my eldest was 4 I decluttered and researched and made considered purchases thinking long term. Her little sister joined the family in …

Happiness Is

I always suspected that when things went bad it would be a quick descent. I did not anticipate the toilet paper hoarding part though. While working full time, supervising homeschool and stopping the toddler eating her crayons, I've moved from the big scary things taking up my day to the small happy things. It's not …

Crochet Cashmere Baby Mittens

Made from a merino and cashmere blend, these scratch mittens are soft and warm. They are a standard newborn size, soft mint green in colour, and are best washed by hand in warm water. Crocheted by hand in Sydney, Australia. Shop Now on Etsy - 

Finishing the Crochet Diploma: Certificates & Thoughts

So two months later. Here we are and here are the certificates I received from Centre of Excellence for completing the Crochet Diploma. They took about 4 weeks and 6 weeks to arrive in Sydney from the United Kingdom.   Overall, I really really enjoyed the course. Learned a few new things and picked up …

Crochet Diploma: Final Modules 16 & 17

We've done it! We've reached the end of the course. Modules 16 and 17 are much like 14 and 15 as they focus on business skills. Module 16: Finances & Budgeting This module was a neat little guide on how to figure out your incoming and outgoing funds. First, there was a lesson on budgeting …

Crochet Diploma: Module 14 & 15

We have reached the home stretch of the Centre of Excellence's Crochet Diploma. The remaining four units focus on business knowledge and strategies relevant to crochet designers and fibre artists. They are also not as long (or as fun) as the crochet based units so I thought I'd roll 14 and 15 into one post. …

Crochet Diploma: Module 13

In this module, we tackle jumpers (sweaters for our US friends). For many, it is our first complicated large project. The lesson goes over a few different types of jumpers and their general shape and includes a good reference guide for how many metres of yarn you will need for each yarn weight and jumper …

Crochet Diploma: Module 12

Bags! One of my first freeform projects was making a simple bag in the Doc McStuffins colours for my then toddler who loved carrying around her own doctor bag. This module also included an easy bag pattern which happened to be the same basic design as the Doc McStuffins one I made all those years …

Crochet Diploma: Module 11

My favourite crochet subject - toys and amigurumi! I learned most of my amigurumi skills from Youtube by following tutorials on making play food and small toys for my daughter. I used these techniques to write my very first original pattern for crochet macarons. This module covered the basic principles of making toys such as …

Crochet Diploma: Module 10

This module moved on to Afghans. I have never had much patience for large projects and have only completed a few. My favourite of which is the 5 point star blanket from The Crochet Crowd. After a rather (I feel) unnecessary paragraph explaining that an afghan and the tunisian crochet stitch, also referred to as …