Over the years I’ve collected a lot of crochet materials. For beginners, it might sound overwhelming what to buy if you want to start making amigurumi. In this blog post, I will tell you some materials that I have an use. I will also explain which extra’s I like to use and whether I have… Read More Materials I like to use
This week it’s Pride week in Amsterdam (the Netherlands). I made these cute bees, which are a cute way of showing your pride I started by making the bi bee, but also made some variations (enbee for our enby/non-binary friends and a lesbeean for the lesbians), the patterns of which I’ll also share in this… Read More Free patterns: Bi Bee, Enbee, Lesbeean
Last month was Pride month in the USA and tomorrow is the start of Pride week in Amsterdam (the Netherlands). So it’s time to share some patterns to show your pride! I made two versions which both have the same rainbow. One has a red heart and black braid, the colors of the most well-known… Read More Free pattern: Pride Bookmark
For pride month, I made two special pride patterns! They can be found on my ravelry. If you scroll to the end of this blog, I even have a coupon code so you can download these patterns for FREE! The coupon is good for the rest of June 2021. The first is a cute bi… Read More Coupon for free Pride patterns
This cute mini bunting is a great way to decorate many things! With COVID, I can’t visit my friends on their birthday. But I can still send them some bunting to celebrate with them! You can make them in many different colors. I’ve made some red-white-blue or orange (the colors of the Netherlands), but I… Read More Free Pattern: Mini party bunting
And I’m back with the first post of 2020 already! In 2017 we made a rooster, in 2018 we made a dog and in 2019 we made a pig. Making an animal for Chinese New Year has kinda become my own little tradition so I’m glad to continue making them 😀 I will also have… Read More Free Pattern: Rat for Chinese New Year
This TARDIS is crocheted in continuous rounds. Using stitch markers or a contrasting color of yarn can help you to count stitches. You can use any yarn, as long as you use the right hook size. Here is how to find the right hook size for your yarn. I used cotton yarn and a 2,5mm… Read More Free Pattern: TARDIS from Doctor Who
This year, Chinese New Year starts on February 5th and it’s the year of the pig. Last year I made a dog and the year before that a rooster for Chinese New Year. Making a Chinese New Year pattern is now kind of a tradition, so here is the pig I made for this year!… Read More Free Pattern: Pig for Chinese New Year
For Christmas I made this tiny snowman. Because of his size and weight he’s perfect to send to friends via post! You can also use this pattern to make a bigger version – just use thicker yarn. Because of the small size of this snowman, they are perfect if you don’t have a lot of… Read More Free pattern: Tiny Snowman
Edit: I actually wrote this post in April 2017 but for some reason never published it! So here it (finally) is 🙂 After Dick Bruna died last month, I made this little Nijntje/Miffy pattern to honor his memory! Nijntje is the Dutch name for Miffy and is a shortening for the Dutch word for “little… Read More Free Pattern: No-sew Nijntje / Miffy