There’s a new velvet yarn in town – Bernat Baby Velvet, a new 8ply yarn that is super soft to touch and is perfect for making crochet blankets. As soon as the new range hit the shelves at American Yarns HQ, I popped in and picked a up a couple of balls to give it a try. I made Emma…
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I’m doing my best to reduce our consumption of single use plastic in our home. It’s an ongoing challenge but I feel that when it comes to our fruit and veg shopping, I’m making some progress. We always take along our own reusable carry bags to the market and supermarket, but until now, our fruit always just rolled around loose…
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There’s nothing I like more than trying out new craft tools, and when it comes to knitting and crochet accessories, you can never have too many. Well that’s my personal opinion anyway! The right tools can make or break a craft project, so I’m always on the lookout for novel products that are ‘game changing’. The quest to find that…
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There is something super fun about making food themed craft projects. I don’t know why, but everyone just seems to love food made from felt, fabric or yarn. On My Poppet we’ve made an Egg purse, a Hamburger brooch and Pizza, and some Fairy Bread Sew-On Patches. Today I’ll be reviewing a crochet book by the queen of crocheted food,…
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Seems I’m hooked on making rag rugs! I can’t help it, they are just such a great way of upcycling unwanted textiles and clothing. I’m currently working on two large rag rug projects using old t-shirts, they’ve been so successful that I’ve run out of old t-shirts! (You can read about my big braided t-shirt rug experiment here). I’ll have…
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Is there anything hexagons can’t do? They are really very magical shapes. It never ceases to amaze, how many clever ways there are for combining hexagons to create interesting patterns. I mean, who knew you could jigsaw just 17 crochet hexagons together to make a Crochet Christmas Stocking! Mind Blown! Inspired by a vintage hexagon crochet stocking pattern, I thought…
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As soon as I saw the lovely gradient colour changes of Lion Brand’s Mandala yarn cake, I knew I had to crochet a shawl with it to show off the gradual color shifts. I experimented with a few shapes and stitches while designing this crochet shawl pattern, and finally settled on a simple design that let the yarn do all…
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The crochet world is abuzz with a fun new technique called ‘planned pooling’ which when done correctly creates really striking argyle pattern effects in the finished crochet fabric. I’ve used a brand new pooling yarn to create a fun and easy crochet bag pattern with cute bamboo handles, and have included lots of tip for getting the best results from…
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