CROSHIKO · Shopify website · Independent hobby business · 2026
I built a Shopify shop for the things I make
I wanted one place for patterns, tutorials, experiments and whatever craft I wander into next. So I rebuilt CROSHIKO on Shopify instead of pretending a hobby has a stable roadmap.
The Shopify website is live. The shop and content will grow as I publish patterns and make more things.
The challenge
My craft work was scattered across finished objects, half-finished experiments, photos and ideas. I needed a home that could support both publishing and selling without turning the hobby into corporate theatre.
My role
I set the product and visual direction, adapted the Pipeline Shopify theme, shaped the navigation and content structure, configured the store and worked directly in the theme code.
What changed
CROSHIKO is live as a coherent craft brand and publishing home, with the foundation for digital patterns, tutorials, experiments and whatever I decide to make next.
01A real site for a hobby that refuses to stay in one lane
CROSHIKO started with crochet and sashiko, but I also knit, bead, sew, weave and occasionally decide I should learn another craft. The site needed room for that without becoming a random dumping ground.
I structured it around patterns, tutorials, experiments and blog content. The shop can grow gradually while the site is already useful as a record of what I make and learn.
02A Shopify theme is a starting point
I used the Pipeline theme as the technical base and a Lovable direction as an early visual reference. Then I adapted the colour system, typography, navigation, links, hover behaviour, content hierarchy and dark mode until the site felt like CROSHIKO rather than a theme demo.
The main navigation and footer links are deliberately separate. That sounds small until a platform keeps trying to make one menu do two different jobs.
03Live does not mean finished
The site is public and working, but the pattern catalogue is still growing. I would rather show an honest evolving shop than fill it with fake inventory so it looks established.
The architecture is ready. Now the slower part is making, testing, photographing and writing the actual craft work.
Open CROSHIKO