Amigurumi Yarn Sale & Sneak Peek

Just two of 12 different colour options.

Hello there Amigurumi fans!

You may be aware that Lupey Loops is collaborating with Melbourne-based business American Yarns which specialises in supplying Australian customers with American yarn brands.

This week, American Yarns has Red Heart's Amigurumi yarn ON SPECIAL.

Yarn Review: Amigurumi + Exciting News

Can you guess what these are?

This next photo has a clue:

Fibre Feast SA

Today is the day many South Australian crocheters, knitters, dyers, crafters and yarn lovers have been waiting for:

Fibre Feast SA!

Saturday 16 March

10 am – 4 pm

Ardtornish Primary School

2 Saarinen Ave, St Agnes

South Australia

$2 entry

Simple Stashbusters

This project is simpler than it looks.

Sometimes life becomes complicated–too many demands, activities, people, places, things, expenses, deadlines and other pressures!

This is when the fancy, challenging, thought-intensive crochet needs to be set aside in favour of easy, meditative projects.

"Simplify" is the operative word and that extends to my crochet environs as well–I am in danger of acquiring a condition called 'SABLE': Stash Acquisition Beyond Life Expectancy. *

Etsy Adelaide Community Market

It was a happy Saturday because I visited a market:
the Etsy Adelaide Community Market at Tonsley.

  
 

Crochet at AVCon

Last weekend was the weekend for pop culture festivals.

San Diego, USA hosted the massive Comic-Con convention and, at the same time, Adelaide, Australia had its own annual AVCon festival.

Circular Broomsticks

Last week, I dashed out to buy some circular knitting needles…

New needle sets for the collection.
(L–R) 12 mm and 15 mm sizes, 80 cm length.

Blue Skies and Blue Satin

Blue like the sky,
Pretty in the breeze.

My baby blanket has been at a standstill.
The hold-up? Fabric to line the reverse side.

How hard do you think it could be to find some basic satin in pastel baby colours?

Simple Crocheted Finger Puppets & Lupey Long-distance Gifts

Once upon a time, there were two little children, a girl and a boy. The girl was 2 years of age and her brother was almost 6 months old.

These darling children are very much loved by a large family with lots and lots of cousins–an ample supply of playmates.

The children have regular contact with most of their cousins but there are some that live more than 1000 kilometres away! (That's me and my family.)




Christmas and birthdays present a challenge when choosing 'long-distance' gifts. I'm here to share my pattern for crocheted finger puppets and to explain how they were the perfect choice for two young children and their cousins at Christmas (2016).

Hook Haul

I was devastated when my one and only American G6 hook snapped.  I glued it back together but it will never be the same …

Colour: a Strange and Wonderful Thing

Colour can be a strange and wonderful thing.

It was a colour adventure during the creation of the Woodland scarf.

Woodland Scarf
designed & crocheted by Jodiebodie, May 2016

Urban Alpacas

I live in the  metropolitan area of Adelaide, South Australia. Yes, the suburban life for me. It keeps me close to all the conveniences a busy family could want; e.g. schools, universities, shops, hospitals, public transport and entertainment. (Not to mention sealed roads and footpaths for wheelchair access.) Don't get me wrong, I love nature and the countryside, especially the coast, but at my current stage of life and family, it suits me to be a suburbanite.

One fine day in 2014, during a driving errand, I had to look twice: was that an alpaca I saw walking along the footpath??

Double the Magazine Fun

I went to the newsagency to buy one magazine …

 … and came home with two!

Adelaide Stitches & Craft Show

This badge was given to me
when I collected my ticket.

After a short break from the online world, and with renewed vigor, I am here to tell you about the current Stitches & Craft Show in Adelaide,  South Australia.  

You have 1 more day (today) to visit the Wayville Showgrounds and enjoy some crafty goodness. The show started on Thursday and runs from 10:00 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. daily until Saturday 9 May 2015.

Waking up with extreme tiredness and flaring symptoms, Thursday was not the best of mornings but I persevered and was rewarded with a happy day and some photographs.

April Update

It's the 1st of April but this is not an April Fool's Day joke - just a quick update on my current activities.

Fashioning the Fab Four (Part 4): Yarn shopping!

It was a year ago, almost to the day, that I went shopping for yarn for the Fab Four Amigurumi. The original pattern was published in an American magazine and I knew that I would not be able to find the recommended American yarn locally. This meant that I would need to substitute a different yarn for the project.

Fashioning The Fab Four (Part 3): Read The Pattern

First things first! When starting a new pattern certain time-honoured tricks will help to head off many problems.

A Crochet Christmas!

Someone must have told everyone that I like to crochet!  This Christmas I received a number of thoughtful crochet-related gifts–a mix of reading material, yarn and equipment (clockwise from top left):