Made some adorable cupcakes for my workmates to celebrate our last day of work for the year tomorrow. I had these cute red and white polkadot cupcake cases from Look Sharp ($5NZD for 25, bargain!), and filled them with lemon coconut cake. The frosting is white chocolate marscapone buttercream, and I bought a bag of …
Knit another owl friend, this one’s for Nicki. I’m quite fond of him! Knitting without a pattern is pretty liberating, and I love how these critters all have such personality.
This little guy came into being with no pattern, and I hadn’t had my needles out in months and months and months. Pretty proud of him! He’s for my mum, who’s going away on holiday for a couple of weeks and will miss her bird (who I’m birdsitting). This little chap can join her on …
My first ever amigurumi creature! I learned crochet when I was a teenager, my mum showed me how to make a beanie (it was pretty average, of course). My boyfriend wanted one too, so I have a half finished blue crochet beanie floating around at home somewhere – the enthusiasm waned. When I started knitting …
These two little fellows came into being this weekend. The octopus is by request, for Theunis. The bumble bee is the first creature I’ve made without following any sort of pattern – I plan to give him to my grandmother, who taught me how to knit when I was a little girl.