Category: Charitable Creatures

Buddy and Buddy 2

My charitable creatures are crocheted animals. I crochet a favourite animal or pet and in return people donate to their chosen charity. Here you can see some of the animals and the charities they have benefited or stories behind them.

Most crochet patterns are from ‘Edward’s Menagerie’ at Toft.co.uk

Warrior Badger

Mini Badger was made for my friend Kate. I met Kate through my yoga class and sometimes when we were holding a particularly tricky pose Kate would exclaim ‘Oh Badgers!’ which generally resulted in a lot of agreement and giggling. Kate has a new job teaching children with special educational needs and would you believe… Continue reading Warrior Badger

Rag Doll Cats

These rag doll cats are definitely one of my favourite breeds. Meet Boots and Beans (licking lips after tasty treat to bribe for photo!). I think I might have to give Zach a job as my official photographer to #charitablecreatures. I loved making these, not only was the wool and fluffiness of them very tactile… Continue reading Rag Doll Cats

Cookie the Cat

This is Cookie, another cat crocheted for Nikki in return for a donation to The Trussell Trust, a charity who support food banks in the UK. Cookie has absolutely stunning markings too, I made them a bit clearer using double black or double brown instead of mixing the wools together like I did with Gizmo.… Continue reading Cookie the Cat

Gizmo the Cat

Gizmo has been made for Nikki, in return for a donation to Macmillan Cancer. Gizmo has beautiful markings with a very soft white chest. These cats are the hardest to make as I need to crochet with five balls of wool on the go all at once! The markings are really tricky as the pattern… Continue reading Gizmo the Cat

Baby Rainbow Highland Cow

This is Douglas the Highland Cow, made for Thea using rainbow wool. Check out his mini horns! Thea loves every type of animal and it was a tough choice. In the end she went for the ‘Hee-land Cow’ as she’s half Scot. I know he’ll be treasured.