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Crochet Inspo-gram

30 September 2020 by Danielle Leave a Comment

Looking to fill up your insta feed with more crochet goodness? Our crochet teacher – Amy has put together some of her favourite hooker inspo’ on Instagram for you: 

Mostly Clothing & Accessories 

  • Katie Jones Knit – @katiejonesknit
  • GimmeKaya Crochet – @gimme_kaya
  • Sandra – @littlegoldennook
  • Wool and The Gang – @woolandthegang
  • Roberta Ramona – @robertaramona
  • Julia Mackeprang – @mamaquillatejidos
  • Alexandra Lund – @nattythread
Join the Dots Summer Set – Katie Jones

Homewares/ Accessories/ Some Clothing

  • Molla Mills – @molla.mills
  • Olivia Laws – @olivialawsart 
  • Lindsey Newns – @lottieandalbert 
  • Caroline – @poppyseedandpom
  • Juliet Gunn – @juliet.laura.gunn
  • Make Create Do – @makecreatedolondon
  • LoveCrafts Crochet – @lovecraftscrochet
  • Soy Celes – @bhindi.crochet
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Ice Cream Squares – Poppy Seed and Pom

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Victorian Yarn Stores

4 August 2020 by Danielle Leave a Comment

A lovely little list of yarn stores located in Victoria – because we want to support our local craft family during these crazy COVID times. This is a shorter repost from a journal entry made back in 2018 – read it in full here.  

Bellemae Yarns

Some of the accessories are seriously swoon worthy

Bendigo Woollen Mills

We love the value of their 200g balls

Craftee Cottage

They stock our favourite Clover Amour hooks and loads of other brands at very good prices

Dairing Yarn

Really interesting and unique yarns available here

Fibresmith

Make sure you check out the Good Stuff section on their website

Handweavers & Spinners Guild of Victoria

Mail orders available via email

Hook and Hop

Super cool t shirt yarns!

Janique of Chelsea – Wool World

Little Woolie Makes

Located on The Peninsula in Hastings.

Maker Maker

If you live near Brunswick East you can get your yarn delivered by bicycle

Mooroolbark Wool – The Aussie Knitting Co

Morris & Sons

Possibly the biggest range in Australia

Rose’s Knitting Centre

Sunspun

Range focuses on natural and sustainable fibres

The Wool Shop – Creativity to Go

Was selling via eBay – moving to an online store

Wangaratta Woollen Mills

They can create a custom worsted yarn from your fibre!

Wondoflex

The well organised online store is a dream to find your way in

Woolarium

Free shipping on orders over $50

Woollybutt

Lots of free patterns from their own exclusive designs

Wool Baa

There are heaps of their own pattern downloads available at great prices

Yarn + Co

A fellow Fitzroy neighbourhood friend – Note now online only

Yarn Barn

1/2/4/8 PLY yarn specialist

Yarn Me Calm

Yarning Place

Filed Under: Melbourne Suppliers Tagged With: crochet, knitting

New Online Workshops

22 July 2020 by Danielle Leave a Comment

We have started offering online workshops! This week we added a whole new class to our line up – How to Use Your Sewing Machine.

We know that people often buy machines but things don’t go to plan and sometimes that shiny new machines doesn’t make it out of the box. Or, those bird’s nest threads underneath your fabric and other things that go wrong were just too much frustration – we get it and we’re here to help.  This newest workshop is a 2 hour workshop to give you the confidence to start to play around on your new sewing machine.

Check out this new workshop and our other online classes – click here.

Online Workshop How to Use Your Sewing Machine

Filed Under: Workshops Tagged With: crochet, knitting, online

Calming, creative & soulful skills

17 June 2020 by Danielle Leave a Comment

relaxing hobbies

If you are looking for ways to unwind, relax, make the stress of your day stop, crochet or knitting could be your hobby. Let our teachers Lorena and Amy show you how these handcrafts encourage imagination and develop your artistic side. Stimulate the logical part of your brain, distract the chatty bit in the back and calm yourself with these creative therapies. 

“Spending time on an activity that you enjoy can improve your mental health and wellbeing. Research shows that people with hobbies are less likely to suffer from stress, low mood, and depression. Activities that get you out and about can make you feel happier and more relaxed. Group activities like team sports can improve your communication skills and relationships with others.”

Read more from Head Health a resource from the Australian Government – click here.

Filed Under: Crochet, Workshops Tagged With: covid, crochet, online

Crochet Hook Size Conversions

18 February 2019 by Danielle Leave a Comment

At a bare minimum to get yourself started on crochet you’ll need a crochet hook and some yarn. As you become a premier hooker you’ll build up an arsenal of hooks of all sizes, and you’ll also find it handy to have stitch markers and a yarn needle.

Different brands have slightly different benefits to their hooks. Bamboo hooks can be nice to work with but sometimes little splinters will grab your yarn. You can also get steel and plastic hooks, ultimately any cheap hooks can be a bit grabby and tough on your hands after hours of absent minded hooking. Soft rubber handle hooks are more gentle on your hands and they are a much better choice for people suffering from arthritis and finding it difficult to grasp a thin hook.

There are (unfortunately) three different ways to refer to the sizes of crochet hooks, these are outlined in the table below.

  1. The U.S. identify hooks by letters and numbers from B to S and 1 to 15.
  2. There are imperial measurements of the shank diameter (common in The U.K.).
  3. Australia commonly uses the metric measurement of the shank diameter.
  4. Steel crochet hooks are finer and generally used with lace weight yarns and crochet threads.

    Crochet Hook International Size Conversion Chart

Filed Under: Crochet Tagged With: crochet

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