Together with Carla, the previous owner of Yarn Artistry, we dreamt and created Greg the Care Bear. Carla is an amazing human who very sadly lost her husband Greg to cancer. She found some comfort through crochet and we wanted to create a beginner friendly design to hopefully also bring some comfort to people going through a similar experience....

This PDF pattern has detailed instructions to help you make your own crochet zodiac tiger.

Archie has been designed for the Amigurumi.com design contest in 2018. The theme was about prehistory and I wanted to make a creature that was a bit different from the standard dinosaur. I settled on an archaeopteryx because I think they are so cool. There are lots of different depictions of archaeopteryxes, including a beak or a more streamlin...

Sabrina the Tree had always loved Halloween but she never knew what to wear to her forest’s annual Halloween ball. One year, she decided to go all out! She hid in the shade to keep her bark pale, grew branches that looked like horns, and even asked her mum to cut out skulls in her leaves. Now, Sabrina is ready to be the spookiest of them all!

Florence was born in France and discovered that she loved nature. After a few years exploring her country, she

We all know the Easter bunny, but did you know that in Australia, rabbits are a pest? In some states, it is even illegal to own a pet bunny. This is why all Australians rely instead on our very own long eared marsupial for our annual chocolate eggs delivery! Bilbo the Easter Bilby has been taking his role very seriously and you can see him carr...

With the year of the Ox starting, I thought it would be the perfect time to design this little ox. Otto the Ox likes to take things slow and watch the grass grow. He is very dedicated to his family business growing and selling hay. He can be very stubborn when he thinks he is right (and he is always right!).

This year, many of our friends and close family welcomed new babies (including us!). This new wave of little ones made me nostalgic of my old stuffed animal, and it inspired me to create Banjo and Benedict with their soft round tummies and puffy sleeves. I find they are also just the right size to cuddle!

Halloween is one of my favourite seasons, I love the dressing up and the guilt free lolly eating, and I love decorating the house! In Australia, Halloween happens during spring, but we still have pumpkins for carving and it’s such a fun activity. I thought I’d switch things up a bit and make a gourd instead of a pumpkin. If you’re interested in...

Galahs, also known as the rose breasted cockatoo or the pink and grey cockatoo, are found everywhere in Australia, and what a sight they are! I absolutely love spotting them when we go on our walks, I find them so bright and pretty. I’ve designed Gigi with biodiversity month in mind (in September), to highlight the beautiful wildlife we have in...

Clownfish are super cool animals, they have a special mucus that allow them to live in sea anemones without getting stung. They provide some nutrients to the anemone and can protect them against predators and the anemones do the same in return, providing a safe place to live and lay eggs and sometime feeding the clownfish with their dead tentac...

At the moment, my little one is obsessed with farm animals. His latest fancy were roosters (which he very cutely calls “doodoos” referring to their cocka-doodle-doo noise), so I have decided to make him one. He is so obsessed that he has been carrying his rooster all over the house and often gives me rooster kisses. If you also know of a toddle...

You may remember Chase the Caterpillar (available as a free pattern), and it has now transformed into a beautiful butterfly! I hope you enjoy making Belle the Butterfly, I had lots of fun using the same colours used for Chase the Caterpillar to make matching sets.

Pelicans are pretty awesome marine birds, and they use their beak to catch fish. What’s really cool in my opinion is that they can actually drain the water from their beak before swallowing their prey! I also really like that their faces are so colourful. Now you can make your very own pelican!

Sea turtles have always been fascinating to me, they are so graceful and I love spotting them when I snorkel or dive. Did you know that there are 7 species in the world and that, in Australia, we are lucky enough to have 6 of those species on our coasts? It was a no brainer that eventually I would design a little crochet sea turtle, and that da...

To celebrate the lunar new year for 2020 (the year of the mouse/rat) I have decided to design this cute little mouse names Maurice (because he is actually French!). Maurice loves cheese and playing at the park, and you can follow his adventures on my Instagram stories as we explore different places this year.

Leafy and weedy sea dragons are fish native of Australia and they are South Australia and Victoria’s emblems respectively. I’ve always loved how pretty they look and one of my dreams is to find some while snorkelling. I find it super cool that their leaf like fins are actually there to provide camouflage and not to help them swim at all! With t...

Jellyfish can be dangerous, but they are also quite beautiful. I’ve always liked the look of the mediterranean pink jellyfish Pelagia noctiluca, I still remember going to the aquarium as a kid and watching the jellyfish bloom. And now, you can make your very own!

With a little boy just over one, we have been singing a lot of nursery rhymes in our house, and one of our favourites is ‘Five little ducks’. I have decided to make my own little duck to sing along with, meet Daisy the duckling!

One of my favourite Halloween tales is about how the tradition of carving pumpkins started, and believe it or not, the first vegetables to be carved to make lanterns were actually turnips!

Chase is a colourful caterpillar, ready for spring here in Australia! I hope you enjoy making him with this free pattern :)

All we need is love! And you can show yours by making Lara the love bug, displaying a cute love heart on her wings.

Who doesn’t love unicorns, right? Narwhals are the unicorns of the sea and now you can make your very own with Nate the Narwhal’s pattern. Did you know that their tusk or horn is actually a tooth? And even more interesting, male narwhals actually use their tusks to show their dominance in a group.

Cooper the Copepod is the perfect project for all marine enthusiasts. Copepods are tiny crustacean creatures (just like prawns or lobsters) that live in the sea’s plankton. They love to come out at night in the water and eat plant material that is just as tiny as them (phytoplankton).

Sandy is a Sea Dragon, and she loves swimming in the current, collecting sea shells and playing in the waves. She is a bit shy though, often hiding under water, but it is said that she brings good luck to all that become her friends.

Wiley is a mischievous Wisp who loves to go “trick or treating”. He loves Halloween holidays the most, but really, he enjoys all the free time he can get!

Dumbo octopi are deep sea pelagic umbrella octopi, so named for the prominent ear-like fins which look like the ears of Walt Disney’s flying elephant Dumbo. They live at depths of 3,000 to 4,000 metres (9,800 to 13,100 ft) and they are some of the rarest of the Octopoda species.

Escargot is the French word for snail, and as this little guys was inspired by my French best friend, it only seemed appropriate!

Mantas are large fish and can be found all over the globe. Despite their size, they feed only on plankton, which they swallow with their open mouths as they swim.

When I was in undergrad, I moved to Australia to study marine biology and fell in love with the colourful sea critters of the Great Barrier Reef. Most of my patterns are inspired by my love for the sea. Now, what’s a nudibranch, I hear you say? They are marine gastropods, and they look a lot like sea slugs. They come in a bunch of shapes and co...

This pattern is worked in rounds, using cotton yarn and a 2.5 mm crochet hook.