About the creator 🩵

I always get stuck when I have to write these types of things, and I realize it’s because I care so much what others think, but since turning thirty, I haven’t worried about that as much. 

Sometimes the thought (or doubt) creeps in, and I suckerpunch it to the sidelines as fast as it comes at me, and it fades more so each day. So let’s give this a real try. 🤍

Hey, I'm Dandy...

I’m thirty glorious years young and only just starting to live now.

I’ve spent most of my life searching for a purpose. I’ve trialed and tested so many avenues. A lot of them were pivotal parts of my history, and although I experienced a lot of toxic work environments, they all shaped me into who I am today.

I wouldn’t be here today if my work environment was ‘all dandy’, so it’s important to let it be part of my story.

Crochet gave me the confidence to know I can do anything I set my mind to. Although crochet will always be a massive part of my life and business, it won’t be the only creative outlet for me. I have invested time every day in building a small community on threads, and it has made me realize how many people just need a safe space to land sometimes when they possibly don’t have anyone to talk to. 

The best way I know how to help and fix this problem is to be that daily reminder you can go to. I’m investing my time, love, and energy into my community, memberships and showing up for you every single day, because damn did I need it when I was younger. 🫶🏼

Say hi to Maple & Panda...

I’m a dog-mom to two beautiful yorkies, Maple & Panda. I live in South Africa, a few minutes from the beach and the mountains.

I’ve always been a very creative person from a young age and had arts, photography and drama in school. I won a singing competition in primary school, and got honour colors nationwide for acting in high school. 

I grew up on a farm with horses and animals. I struggled with anxiety and depression in my teens, and that significantly shaped the whole trajectory of my life. I don’t look back at what could have been, because the future needs my attention and I always strive to be the person I needed when I was younger.

I promise you I have so much depth to me, so you’ll never be bored. 🤟🏼🖤

I’m passionate about spreading kindness and treating others how you want to be treated because I used to be a people pleaser, and I’m slowly navigating my thirties doing what benefits me, not others.

I’m a type two personality, which I think already says a lot about me without even going further into it. I have ten tattoos, which is not nearly enough, but future me will benefit from these bare arms.

I am a music junkie, having loved most genres under the sun. Lately, my music style has changed about 90% and it’s a genre I’ve never discovered before, metalcore, and now I’m obsessed and can’t go back. Ask me about my taste in music and I’ll send you my Spotify playlist. 🎶🎧

I am a huge empath, I love sour worms, I am obsessed with lemon water, a hopeless romantic (I’m sure you can guess how great I do in movies, crying like a river), love myself some trashy tv, more recently horror movies and smelling the flowers along the way. I would rather take the scenic route, rather eat my dessert first in case I died after one meal, stop and admire a daisy growing in the concrete, help a homeless dog and would show up for you no matter what.  🤭

I absolutely love gaming, having spent most of my life playing Sims and, more recently, Hogwarts Legacy, Red Dead Redemption, Resident Evil etc. I have started being more adventurous with games over the last few years, after realizing how much of a juicy story games can have. I was captivated by some, and playing them for the first time without fear is exhilarating. 🎮🤍

110 pounds less of me...

I have two autoimmune diseases and take every day as a brand new day. I am slowly learning to find a balanced life for my health, but I am a big believer in sustainability.

Speaking of, most of my life I’ve been obese, and although the majority of it was contributed by medication, it didn’t stop others from making their own assumptions. Countless of failed diets and a decade of a toxic relationship with food, nothing worked until I started doing what I thought could work for me.

Over the last four years, I completely changed my entire life and have come out the other side with a healthy relationship with food and enough lifestyle changes to lose 50kg (110 lbs) so far, on my way to my goal weight. It’s been slow over the last two years, but every day pays off and I’m so damn proud of the progress I’ve made. 💪🏼🏋🏻‍♀️

What's the road looking like...

I would love to host workshops locally and make crochet accessible to folks who didn’t know they could make absolutely anything from yarn. I have always loved teaching others so this is something that you can look out in the future for. I love crocheting, making plushies and (recently) designing my own plushies. 🧸

 

I am getting into the groove of documenting the rest of my weight loss journey, updates regarding my business, behind-the-scenes, exclusive podcasts, and just getting to know my community on a better level. I hope to create an authentic and kind space for anyone who needs it. 

dive into this fantasy world

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Who's Sabrina Sully?

In 2018, I started writing a book and uploaded my book for free to an empty void. Soon enough, I amassed a readership of over 200k across my 12 books that I wrote. 💖

I always loved writing in school, and my teachers encouraged creativity, so I always had it at the back of my mind. When writing books, ranging from romance, action, thriller, and fantasy. ✍️🖤

Having readers connect with your characters and seeing them able to imagine the world you created is something I never want to stop experiencing. I was inspired to write the kind of books I'd wanna read & obviously be a published author someday, one way or another. I am convinced I’m supposed to be an author; delusion is the way to success, as they say. 

Last year I picked up one of my stories that I wrote back in 2019. I completely scrapped the idea, only keeping the title and species of the old book. Then I started planning, and I currently have 5 books (3 books fully) planned out.

I always get overwhelmed when seeing so many writers surface on social media, thinking I don’t know if there’s room for me. I now believe the story deserves to be out there. The stories in my head are coming to life and I can’t wait for others to see what I’ve been working on for over a year. 👀

It’s angelic & deathly. That’s as much as I can share publicly (membership tier for this coming soon - join to see exclusive updates, character ideas, arc reader updates, release date etc).