After the sunflower bookmark I made previously, I decided to make another bookmark people can use to raise funds. Last year, I raised more than 100 euros for the red cross and this year I’m hoping to do something similar 🙂 Feel free to make these bookmarks yourself and sell them to donate the profits!… Read More Free pattern: Watermelon Bookmark
September 2022, I went to visit Bosnia & Herzegovina and Montenegro. I tried to make an itinerary that was a good mix between nature and cities where it was possible to travel by public transport. Sarajevo, 2 nights Hostel: Balkan Han Hostel – it’s a nice hostel with nice people but I didn’t get much… Read More Trip Report: 2,5 weeks in Bosnia & Herzegovina and Montenegro
With everything going on in Ukraine, I figured I’d make this pattern for a bookmark, so people can use it for fundraising. The sunflower is the flower of Ukraine and this bookmark has the colors of the Ukrainian flag in it. Feel free to make these bookmarks and sell them to donate the profits! Materials… Read More Free pattern: Sunflower Bookmark for Ukraine
I promised someone to make a pattern of the Wheel of Time embroidery I made, so here it is! It shows the Wheel of Time book logo and the great quote “the Wheel weaves as the Wheel wills”. So here is the pattern! I never made an embroidery pattern before, so please tell me what… Read More Free pattern: Wheel of Time embroidery
I love doing the Popsugar Reading Challenge every year. The new promps have just been announced on their site. They already made a printable version of the 2022 reading challenge, which you can use to noted down which books you’ve read for which prompt. If you print this on A5 format (which I like to… Read More 2022 Popsugar Reading Challenge
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
When you look at any amigurumi pattern, often it just says “finish off” at the end, or “slst to finish off”. In this blog post, I explain what I mean what I say this. There are two different kinds of ways you can finishing off. One is for finishing off when you make filled 3D… Read More How to finish off your amigurumi
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