Koalamea Crafts Crochet Blog

Here you can check out my latest crochet projects, as well as a little more info on the patterns I’ve made myself. My aim with this blog is to share what inspires me - maybe it can inspire you too!

Happy Crafting!

~KC 🐨🧶

New Pattern: Meet Skye the Squirrel!
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New Pattern: Meet Skye the Squirrel!

The inspiration for this little darling came when my mum saw a picture in a pattern book... of a pair of crocheted slippers that had been made fluffy... “That would look good on a squirrel’s tail” she said. And I simply had to test her theory!

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Multicoloured Granny Square Baby Blanket
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Multicoloured Granny Square Baby Blanket

…11 years in the making!

Some time around 2013, I started making granny squares out of all my variegated yarns… I wondered “Now what am I supposed to do with all these squares??” So I decided I would make a blanket out of them.

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Rebel Starfighter Pilot (from Star Wars)
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Rebel Starfighter Pilot (from Star Wars)

May the Fourth be with you!

For my mum’s birthday last month, we decided to give the day a ‘Space/Sci-Fi’ theme. Along that vein, I wanted to crochet something from Star Wars.

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Birthday Flower Wreath
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Birthday Flower Wreath

My nan got me a book of flower crochet patterns... I thought I’d use that book to make her a wreath of some of her favourite flowers!

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Valentine’s Day Flowers
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Valentine’s Day Flowers

I have spent the past week making each of my family members their favourite flower for Valentine’s Day!

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Crocheted Christmas Presents 2023
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Crocheted Christmas Presents 2023

I mentioned in my very first blog post that I like to take times of giving gifts as an opportunity to crochet, and this Christmas was no different.

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Accessories for a Christmas Bear
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Accessories for a Christmas Bear

It’s Christmas! (or thereabouts)

A few months ago, when looking through my teddy boxes, I found this little fellow…So I thought I’d crochet him some new warm accessories!

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What’s That Under The Bed…?
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What’s That Under The Bed…?

This year I took it upon myself to plan a treasure hunt for my family. The grand prize, of course, includes some spooky-themed chocolate treats, but I just had to add a little something extra…

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New Pattern: Meet Ava the Apatosaurus!
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New Pattern: Meet Ava the Apatosaurus!

One day, when my sister was feeling ill, I decided I wanted to make her something to help her feel better. Dinosaurs are her favourite thing in the world, so I thought I’d make her an apatosaurus.

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New Pattern: Meet Ollie the Owl!
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New Pattern: Meet Ollie the Owl!

This little fellow was first made as a Halloween treat for my dad. He was delivered in a little cauldron with Halloween chocolates underneath. Next to him were two more similar cauldrons, each with a different Halloween-y animal, for the rest of my family.

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Welcome to Koalamea Crafts!
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Welcome to Koalamea Crafts!

When I was eight years old, my mum sat down with my sister and me, gave us each a crochet hook that had once belonged to her grandmother and taught us how to make what I later found out was a granny square.

If she’d only known what she’d started.

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