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Hidden Japanese Gems
I spent the first 8 months of 2013 in the incredible, unpredictable and often weird country that is JAPAN! I was working in the beautiful Kyoto city for a year as an English teacher as well as...
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Tezukuri-Ichi Handcrafts Market, Kyoto
As well as discovering craft shops in Japan, I also stumbled across a handcrafts market called Tezukuri-Ichi (literally translates as ‘handcrafts market’) not far from where I was living in Central...
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Handmade musical instruments
I was asked by an ex-Creative Director of mine and his wife to handcraft some cardboard props for their wedding day, in the shape of musical instruments so that they and their guests could play...
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Kansai Scene Front Cover – 150th Issue
As Autumn began in Japan, KansaiScene magazine, the only English-language magazine in Japan’s Kansai region, asked me to create a woolly cover design for their 150th issue on the topic of Osaka being...
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Tribal Triangle necklaces
One of my bestselling necklaces is the Tribal Triangle necklace. I love making these necklaces because they’re not too time consuming, fun to make and pretty much come out looking identical every time,...
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Baby Bear: Newborn woolly gift
I crocheted this hat and booties set for my little newborn nephew, with a make-it-up-as-you-go kind of attitude and was pleased with how they turned out! As I didn’t know if he’d be a boy or a girl, I...
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Make your own: Sweet Tooth – Crochet Pattern PDF
When I first learned the basics of how to crochet back in 2008, Sweet Tooth was the first toy I designed and sold on my Etsy store. They were popular amongst friends too and I had many commissions...
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How to make woolly chair socks – crochet pattern
I live in a beautiful apartment with beautiful wooden floors. But the dining table chairs screeching across the floors were causing me grief, so I made them these chair socks! They started out as a...
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Sidestitch Sweater – Knitting Pattern
The clocks have gone forward, the days are longer and the weather is warmer – hooray! What better way to celebrate than to knit the Sidestitch Sweater in cotton yarn to wear to all those barbeques and...
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Snuggly Snood Knitting Pattern
A very simple unisex snood pattern! Suitable for a beginner who wants to create more than just a straight up scarf, using chunky yarn and chunky needles for a super-quick and super-snuggly knit-up (I...
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