Change things up this year and give something personal. Christmas is around the corner, so don’t waste time and start with your gifts. What would be better than a gift you made from the heart? These quick and easy gift ideas are perfect for beginners. Don’t leave it for the last minute and end up…
TIGER Baby Rattle Pattern This was the first baby rattle that I made and I decided to give it to my son, because man, this was quite a bit of a challenge and hard work. The pattern I’ve used for inspiration was a pattern created originally by Claudia Stolf for Circulo Yarns. Her Tiger pattern…
DOG Baby Rattle Pattern From the entire series, this was my favourite rattle to make by far. I’ve made this for a particular baby boy who has two older sisters…two toy poms and I just thought this will be so cute if he can have a doggy rattle to play with. Hope this inspires your…
BEAR Baby Rattle Pattern It’s always nice to appreciate friendships and to express it with a personalised gift. I’ve made this baby rattle for a dear friend of mine’s son and he just adores it! Hope this inspires your to make one yourself. Materials needed: DK yarn in different colours. 4mm Crochet hook Wooden ring…
OWL Baby Rattle Pattern This particular baby rattle I’ve made for a dear friend of mine’s daughter. We’ve been friends since school and it was so special that we could share our pragnancy journey’s together. Hope this inspires your to make one yourself. Materials needed: DK yarn in different colours. 4mm Crochet hook Wooden ring…
FROG Baby Rattle Pattern I’ve made this baby rattle to welcome a new friend and he just loves it! It’s perfect for teething. Hope this inspires your to make one yourself. Materials needed: DK yarn in different colours. 4mm Crochet hook Wooden ring Stuffing Scissors Tapestry needle Bells (optional) Notes Level: Intermediate Size: Approximately 11cm…
For those of you who don’t know yet, I’m a new mom…so it’s just fitting that I tried to make some toys for my baby. These baby rattles was so much fun and I managed to complete them all in just a weekend. Rough Around the Edges I’ve bought wooden curtain rings for the rattle…
Brought the audience to tears When you bring your audience and the cast backstage to tears, I would classify that as a success and the finale of the Les Danseuses dance production “When Life Happens”, did just that. It was definitely the climax of the show. Every scene lead up to this moment and it…
Working with difficult fabric This silver glitter fabric looks amazing and was quite striking on stage, but it was a big challenge to work with. The main problem with the fabric was that it stretches in only one direction, which makes it difficult to make a full leotard from this fabric, because a leotard needs…
This scene was a very sombre low point in the Les Danseuses dance production “When Life Happens”. It depicts the world in utter desolation and hopelessness without any colour. So for this scene we decided to use grey for the costumes to accentuate that. Add some interest We really didn’t feel like making another plain…