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Beginner’s guide to knitting

25Jan

How to get started with knitting – made simple If you find yourself wanting to learn to knit and have no idea where to start, this Beginner’s guide to knitting a post for you. I’ll walk you through the supplies you’ll need to get started (without spending a fortune on

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The Inside Out Beanie

17Dec

In the mornings, I wake up with so many ideas and decide to work on them as soon as I get back home from work, but by evening half of the ideas I either forget or they don’t seem interesting anymore and the other half seem too complicated and

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Free crochet pattern: Amigurumi sheep pattern for beginners

03Dec

Introducing Sheepika I have made many Amigurumi animals for my niece and she has loved every one of them. I had knitted 2 bunnies, an elephant and crocheted a monkey for her. When I asked her which toy would she like next , she said a sheep. Initially designing a

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Free crochet pattern: Amigurumi hedgehog plushie pattern

30Nov

Hi there, Welcome to AsmiHandmade This is my first post after I moved from hookingtheyarn to AsmihHandmade. I have been planning to do this since I started my Etsy store, but hadn’t found time. Frankly, maintaining an Etsy store is more work than I thought. But I’m glad I finally

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My last post as Hookingtheyarn…

30Nov

Hi lovelies, This will be my last post as “Hookingtheyarn”. No, I’m not deleting the blog, I’m just renaming it. 🙂 I’m going to name it “asmihandmade”, same as my Etsy store. Well I started this blog way back in 2012, and I didn’t know then that I would be

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Asmi Handmade – My Etsy shop

26Nov

Hi there, I’m so excited to write this post and share some exciting news with you guys today. I OPENED MY ETSY SHOP!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! 😀 I have been dreaming of this for so long and finally I finally did it last month. My shop is called Asmi Handmade. I was thinking

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DIY tripod arm extension

21Aug

Recently I bought a tripod to take better picture and videos of my projects. I bought this on Amazon. It is not expensive at all if you compare it to all the hifi ones online. As I wasn’t sure if I’ll use it extensively or not, I didn’t want to

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Calligraphy and hand lettering

18Jun

We moved again. Not cities just houses. But I’m sure you will agree that’s it’s not any less stressful and tiring. With a lot of things going on, sometimes the craftsy side of me takes a back seat. We’re still settling in and I think I’ll take a few more

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Calligraphy and hand lettering

18Jun

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Free crochet pattern: Amigurumi pumpkins

10Oct

I know I’m a tad bit late, but here’s wishing you all a Happy Canadian Thanksgiving!!! It’s the last day of the Thanksgiving long weekend and it’s starting to get chilly, here I am snuggled up in my blanket writing this post. As we are approaching the rainy days, I’m

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