Chara Craft and Yarn

Chara Craft and Yarn Hand dyed yarn -by Naomi
Creating colourful yarn for yarn lovers. Custom orders for Handmade items Crochet and Knitting. Why Chara?

I have always been a crafty kind of person, but never really found 'my thing' until in late 2011, I was unable to drive or look after my newborn due to chronic back pain, my mother took leave from her job and came and looked after our family 3. Not being able to do much at all except lie down I asked my mum to teach me to crochet, from their I became totally 'hooked' making things for family and

friends. I discovered a whole new world of colour when I came across
hand-dyed yarns through a friends link on FB. In the beginning of 2013 I started to dye my own yarns. I had been reading lots of blogs, watching youtube clips, speaking with other hand-dyers and then starting to begin dyeing my own yarns. I do it mainly for fun as a creative outlet. As I was enjoying what I was doing I started to share it on FB after a while I realised I probably should have a page that was dedicated just for my crochet and my dyes, so that I didn't fill up friends newsfeeds with stuff they weren't interested in...so Chara Craft and Yarn was created. Chara means Joy in Greek, Joy is what I feel when I am working on a new project or playing in the dye pots.

Celebratory coffee, sweets and knitting time with Miss Sally after being published and preparations for the next instalm...
26/03/2017

Celebratory coffee, sweets and knitting time with Miss Sally after being published and preparations for the next instalment.

So excited to be finally able to share this on the page. Last year I submitted my first design to Australian Artwear Ma...
06/03/2017

So excited to be finally able to share this on the page. Last year I submitted my first design to Australian Artwear Magazine, and today look what arrived in the letter box.

Had to share this one. The marvelous Sally has done it again and designed a fantastic hat pattern called Sippings. Des...
20/02/2017

Had to share this one. The marvelous Sally has done it again and designed a fantastic hat pattern called Sippings. Designed for a club in 2016 with Aussie Indie dyer Augustbird this pattern is now available to all and for the next 24hours Mss Sally has it 25% off. Absolutely perfect for that special skein of 8ply you've been hoarding.

Sippings is now available to purchase on Ravelry, with an automatic 25% discount for the first 24 hours!

Rebecca has also freshly stocked her Augustbird website with some beautiful Bowerbird yarn, perfect for knitting up your very own Sippings. {Links in comments.}

You know it's serious crochet when you are wearing shorts and a tank top to work on a blanket for Miss E during summer. ...
22/01/2017

You know it's serious crochet when you are wearing shorts and a tank top to work on a blanket for Miss E during summer. Skittles blanket by Felted Button.

First cast on for 2017. 😁 I've joined in the Grocery Girls BFF KAL check them out on Ravelry. I am making Yarnster by S...
04/01/2017

First cast on for 2017. 😁 I've joined in the Grocery Girls BFF KAL check them out on Ravelry. I am making Yarnster by Shannon Cook.

Happy New Year everyone. Hope that 2017 will bring you time for creating gorgeous things that you love, I certainly plan...
01/01/2017

Happy New Year everyone. Hope that 2017 will bring you time for creating gorgeous things that you love, I certainly plan to share more of my crafting with you all and would love to see what you are up to. I decided to take my blanket wip along with me on our little vacay after Christmas to work on and oh boy not sure what had happened while it sat unworked but it smelt bad....so returning home I decided to wind into hanks all the balls and wash them along with the blanket I was in a rush as it was a fantastic drying day and didn't secure then we'll enough and well a picture says a 1000 words and one would be whoops so an untangling kind of couple of days. At least it doesn't smell any more. :-/

26/10/2016

Do you ch3 to start a new row or round??? This will change your whole world. My favourite blanket designer Susan Carlson of Felted Button recently posted a link to an older blog on 2 other ways to start your row or round. This has totally changed the look of my crochet work.Check it out here: http://www.feltedbutton.com/2014/09/mind-gap-avoiding-turning-chain-hole.html
Also in today's news in the crochet world my favourite Aussie crochet designer Deanne Ramsay from Addydae Designs has released a new pattern that I am in love with and I just have to add it to my Ravelry queue. Check it out here: https://www.facebook.com/AddydaeDesigns/?fref=ts

http://www.addydae.com

When procrastination from working on a new pattern design leads to cleaning the 4 year olds bedroom......
31/08/2016

When procrastination from working on a new pattern design leads to cleaning the 4 year olds bedroom......

This album is created to help with the costs towards going to Thailand in September to teach English in a refugee camp.
29/07/2016

This album is created to help with the costs towards going to Thailand in September to teach English in a refugee camp.

**Nothing Mini about these Skeins, so so many!!** Sneak peek of the mini skeins.....
29/07/2016

**Nothing Mini about these Skeins, so so many!!**
Sneak peek of the mini skeins.....

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