Continuing the rainbow love with this beautiful crochet coin purse tutorial created by SparklePetal. If you’ve never added a zip or lined a crochet project before this is the one to start with, the tutorial is super detailed with loads of photos – perfect for beginners, or crocheters like me who haven’t picked up a hook in months!

With spring on the way the RSPCA is starting to become overwhelmed with baby possums that have lost their mothers, these orphans still need a place to sleep and chill out, and so they’re calling for volunteers to knit or crochet “Possum Pouches” to keep them warm, stimulate them and offer some home comforts. The pattern (posted below) is easy enough for a beginner. One thing to remember is to use natural fibres rather than acrylic to make these up, [...]

There isn’t much to say about the Sarah London blog, other than if you’re a fan of beautiful color combination and amazing crochet pictures then you’re in for a treat. The blog makes me want to move into a gigantic loft apartment with loads of windows (self cleaning, of course!), white open spaces with bright pops of colour everywhere. For now I shall be content in my little villa, but in the meantime I will continue to read Sarah London’s [...]

Amigurumi is a Japanese inspired form of crochet, worked in spirals it allows you to create projects in no time flat without worrying about joining rounds and because most of the projects are small it’s a great way to stashbust half skeins left over from other projects. Learning to Crochet With the magic of the internet you will never again be stuck looking at line drawings trying to work out exactly where your fingers are meant to be. Bethintx1 on [...]

Cate Blanchett caused a stir last night when she turned up to the opening of Screen Worlds at ACMI wearing a traditional granny square blanket fashioned into a dress. News.com.au had this to say: OSCAR-winning actor Cate Blanchett has been nick-named Cate Blanket after stepping out in a colourful crochet patchwork dress to open Screen Worlds at ACMI in Melbourne yesterday. The jury is still out on whether the style queen made an unusual red carpet fashion faux pas when [...]

Craftzine flashes back to one of their previous issues and reprints this pattern for a pair of knitted Converse All Stars! Designed by Katie Tesarowski in response to a challenge that she’d knitted everything in her wardrobe… apart from a pair of shoes. All you need is a couple of skeins of yarn and an old pair of chucks to work your way up from. The pattern is for a size 8 shoe (I’m assuming in American shoe sizes) I’m [...]

Magda Sayeg, founder of Knitta Please, is heading to Sydney with a promise that “There is no way I will leave Sydney without making my presence known.” and she “doesn’t care” if she gets arrested. Edit: [previous text = Of course, the fact that Kings Cross council have organised and given Magda a grant to spread her knitted goods far and wide making the graffiti less of a f-you to the establishment and instead a chirpy little council funded art [...]

My sister is having her first child sometime in August (depending on his schedule and her diabetes!) so I have been hard at work putting together a package to send to her after the bub is born. A collection of all the bits and pieces that I’ve found essential in my experience as a mum. Looking around there are some amazing tutorials and patterns floating around on the Internet, so I thought I’d share my favourite finds with you! Burp Cloths! [...]

Recently I’ve been working from “Mr Funky’s Super Crochet Wonderful” by Narumi Ogawa. I love Amigurumi and Japanese crochet patterns in general, and this little guy begged me to be made when I flicked through the book. Pattern: Mr Funky’s Pretty Little Kitty from Super Crochet Wonderful, the pattern is also available at Narumi Ogawa’s Etsy shop, although I feel that I should say that I find it very odd that she’s selling the “Spunky Funky Monkey” and “Pretty Little [...]

Crochet on tea towels is (in my opinion) a very Aussie tradition, my mum thinks it’s hilarious that I’ve resorted to crocheting on tea towels and insists that this alone should be enough for Mr Rudd to grant me citizenship. I’m not quite convinced on this one, but I do love that something so simple can make an otherwise cheapy pair of teatowels look so much cuter. If you’re experienced at crochet this is a very quick project to throw [...]