Dotty is a crochet basket formed by squares, the famous granny squares! The square creates a basic module that can be composed to form many different projects. I am making baskets to keep yarn and notions. The instructions to crochet Dotty - and also Mini-Dotty! - in DMC Natura Just [...]
I’d love to share with you all my enthusiasm for my first amigurumi with chenille yarn, the “Flower Power” Hippo! The PDF file with step-by-step photos and written instructions is completely free for you to enjoy. Download the free pattern Continue reading this post for other curiosities, tricks [...]
AmiguruMay is a third of the way (if you don't know what it is, click here!) so I thought to share a little (or I should say big?) gift with you to say Thank YOU! I started this challenge just to have fun and You’ve made it the greatest [...]
How to deal with a crochet pattern in UK terms or US terms, the correspondence between the different abbreviations and a little bit of Italian crochet terms. In this post there aren't new funny animals or stuffed dolls - if you appreciate them you can not miss the second Easter [...]
On December 16th is the Christmas Jumper Day! A great excuse for a party, wearing funny clothes, listen Jingle bell and at the same time we can do something good raising funds for Save the Children. It's that time of year where bells, lights and red bows popping up from every [...]
For the free pumpkin amigurumi pattern scroll down the page jumping all the blah blah! I get back to write on the blog after more than three months and I have no excuses. Even on Facebook I haven't been very present. Fortunately I haven't entirely disappeared thanks to Instagram. Actually [...]
It is not a simple doily, it's a crochet Mandala! It is a little microcosm that contains a story, sets in the past or in the future. Spring Mandala starts to the center and grows outward, stitch after stitch, round after round, colour after colour, bringing within thoughts and even [...]
Winter is just started, but thinking about the time to make handmade objects (even if small!), it's never early to look forward one or two seasons. So, this year, the first free crochet pattern is a tag with a blue nightingale, with a yellow beak and a mess up tail. [...]
The Christmas countdown has started by a week, the advent calendar is empty for almost a third, but can we stop here? I think there is still room for some amigurumi with blacks eyes and smirk. This is a small selection... 1. Santa's Helper, available for purchase on Ravelry. He [...]
The month before Christmas Day always flows faster than the others, but this year I played in advance and I have a gift for you: the amigurumi tiny tree pattern. You can make this decoration in few hours, and it's soft and smiling. If for you decorate the tree with [...]
