Amanda has been teaching beginner’s amigurumi and crochet workshops in Sydney since 2013.

Since she was small, Amanda was always making something with her grandma and her mum. They encouraged her to try everything from painting, hand sewing, embroidery, paper craft to knitting and even making ribbon soap baskets! Whilst most were passing hobbies, knitting and sewing were always her go-to… until about 15 years ago when she discovered amigurumi.

Not having an ounce of knowledge in crochet, Amanda taught herself to make an amigurumi octopus by watching a youtube tutorial in 2008. This was the beginning of it all

Her obsession with making cute handmade things coupled with her love for mathematics motivated Amanda into the designing & writing amigurumi patterns. You can find Amanda’s free patterns in Ravelry and video tutorials on Instagram @stitchymanda.

With an aspiration of spreading the stitchy & crafty love to the world, it was a natural next step for Amanda to take up teaching when the unique opportunity arose with a visionary creative workshop space Sew Make Create in 2013.

When Amanda is not teaching at Sew Make Create, honing on her multicraftual skills or hanging out with her husband and their fur baby, she works full time at an investment management firm.