Indigo  Cat Crochet

I started to crochet about 2012 – 10 years ago after meeting a lady who crocheted.
She showed me that a few relatively simple stitches can make a masterpiece.

I grew up knitting with my grandmother and re-learnt that craft from the members at the Maleny Arts and Crafts Association.

There I also learnt to spin my own #yarn and how to prepare wool for spinning.

I will be honest at one point this made me a #wool only type of gal but then I learnt to #crochet and understand that acrylic yarn has its place as well. These days I favour cotton or bamboo for #amigurumi and #clothing to be worn next to the skin, especially my favourite to make festival tops.

More recently I have re-taken up sock knitting but still enjoy crochet and creating brightly coloured items for friends and family.

Kaety

a little bit about me.

My partner and I have 7 kids in our care, 3 of our own children (twins 14, and a 16 yr old) and 4 grandchildren (all under 9).

I love to crochet and knit for my friends  and family and often forget to post my latest creations. in sept. 2020 i suffered a stroke and have been re-learning to craft ever since.

 

How did I learn?

Well when it comes to crochet, there are thousands of resources available online. I predominantly used YouTube, Blogs and Craftsy (now known as mybluprint.com unlimited craft videos for $10.99 a month).

 

What do I use Now?

These days I have learnt to read patterns and my favourite website for both Crochet and Knitting Patterns is Ravelry

What about meeting other crafters?

Locally to me there are several craft and coffee groups that meet weekly or fortnightly, I join these groups when I can to learn new techniques and meet other crafters. I also started a local group on Facebook for crafting… feel free to join us! 🙂

Maleny Crochet and Knitting

Nambour knitting and  crochet 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Space Crochet or Knit Patterns

10 patterns here...

My Crochet Playlist

Over the years I have been collecting videos that are useful or teach stitches and techniques. Some videos are for complete items others for a pattern or stitch.

Amigurumi To Go: Wee Bear Frog and Bunny

Amigurumi To Go: Wee Bear Frog and Bunny: The wee frog, bear and bunny are all members of my latest series called the Wee bits. You can pick up the other animal pattern links ...My effort so far 

Bohemian Circular Vest Revival!

That's right after 5 months of sitting due to it being too warm to work on larger projects, we finally have a few cooler days and I am able to try and make progress on this beautiful...

Amigurumi Pineapple

Granny Squares Always Popular in our house

This week I have been committed to trying to get a cushion finished to replace one that is "over-loved".4 rounds to go ! 🙂

Resources

ResourcesThis is where you can find a collection of Crochet and Knitting resourcs I have collected

Maya Luna Corazon

Maya Luna Corazon is one of the biggest influences of the past 2 yrs in my crochet. The top above is the first one of hers I tried. It led to a long list of creations from her repertoire, some of which are shown below. She works very hard as a full-time Blogger and is...

Bella Coco

Ok so the first attempts were not so square! this shows my first ever attempts at Granny Squares. I was feeling defeated when I found Bella Coco on YouTube. Her instructions are clear and precise and the videos are clear and helpful....

Winwick Mum Sockalong

Winwick Mum Sockalong Site The Winwick Mum Sockalong has made a huge difference to my approach to knitting socks. It's a clever, easy method for creating great socks.

Crochet “Pineapple” Dragonscale Bag

This dragonscale "Pineapple" Bag is almost complete, I will update with a completed image as soon as its done. https://www.ravelry.com/patterns/library/dragon-scale-dice-bag-v2      

A year later the Pineapple Pincushion Revisited

Almost a year later and I revisited my pineapple pincushion. I made this one in less than 2 hourshttps://www.thecraftycats.com/pineapple-pincushion/