Hello everyone

My name is Katka, I am from Slovakia, I live in England since 2004. Sorry, if my Enlish isn't perfect.


I love crafts (crochet, knit, dressmaking, macrame, papermache..)

Mostly, I make crochet toys - amigurumi.
Amigurumi is the Japanese craft of making stuffed crochet or knit toys.

I opened facebook account at the end of September 2011.
I was really surpriced how many lovely pages are there.
My facebook page is: katkas creations - you can see more creations of mine there...

 

I would love to show people that no matter how old they are, crocheting is not only for grandmothers.. 

Really, it is quite easy, just try it !!!

 

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ABOUT ME

I learnt to knit and crochet when I was about 8 to 10 years old. My grandmother showed me bacis.

 

When I was at school, I was knitting jumpers (without patterns) for myself, sewing dresses, shirts, trousers, even made one underlined skirt suit.
 

For few years, mostly I was crocheting doilies and crochet angels for Christmas tree..

 

I knew people were knitting toys, but never know people were making crochet toys...

About 8 years back, I saw first ami ever in our Slovak magazine, it was little Easter bunny, there was written pattern, but also picture pattern (used in German magazines to make doilies). So I tried picture pattern to make bunny, I couldn't do anything from written pattern before.
It was really hard, I used embroidery cotton, I made one bunny, I said to myself  "no more"...
I tried it and that was enough for me. I went back to making crochet angels, doilies.. 

I had a very hard & busy job, I did all the accounts for a big company, making doilies made me more relaxed.
 

2007, I saw big crochet ami doll in magazine. But I couldn't follow English written pattern. So I made my first crochet doll. I made my first dolls from crochet yarn - there are quite small.

 

I didn't write down my pattern, so I tried again and I made even smaller dolls (see picture below).

 

Autumn 2010, I made lovely square crochet blanket for my 2nd baby boy. I didn't have any pattern, so I just design it as I was making it. I was afraid how it would turn out, but it is quite lovely. I kept my notes, so I made the same blanket for my mum, because she saw it... (see picture below)

January 2011 - I made bigger crochet dolls, I used the same pattern, but made dolls from wool (see picture below).

 

 

November 2011 - I made pink tiny bunny from English written pattern. 

Pattern was from: Stephanie - All About Ami.  

Hooray, made my first amigurumi from written pattern... (see picture below).

 

I will share my patterns soon. I will type and post them here.

Bye for now, Katka