Lariath- Live a Little.

String art is getting more popular at the moment. I've been wanting to try it for a while now, I just needed an excuse to give it a go. A friend and I make gifts for each other each Christmas so this was my excuse. However I didn't get to see him until April so this post had to wait. It took me a while to decide what picture I wanted to try with string art. I didn't want my first string art project to be something really complicated but I also wanted it to look good, as it was a gift. Trying to find something that my friend would like, that wasn't too complicated, was difficult. He loves wolves so I was determined to make a wolf. I think I spent more time trying to decide on a picture to try than actually making the thing. I also spent ages trying to find some wood. So I ended up buying a chopping board... may not have been the best idea though as I will explain in a bit. So what I used: -nails -poster paint -thin string -chopping board -paint brush -hamm...

Who doesn't love a bit of Studio Ghibli? My favourite of them all being Howls Moving Castle. I decided to make Calcifer for a friend after she got a tattoo of him on her (as she calls it)'Geek leg'. If you don't know who Calcifer is then: Boo! I couldn't find a pattern for Calcifer that I liked on the Internet so I decided to give it a go myself, it seemed simple enough. I started by crocheting a tear drop shape with yellow in the centre gradually moving to orange and then red to get the fire effect. The end result was a multicoloured teardrop which didn't really look like fire. Luckily I'd seen a few days before that brushing crochet projects makes them fluffy. Perfect. I gave it a go. Brushing crochet (without a pet brush which is what your supposed to use apparently) takes a LONG time. So I sat for a while brushing this colourful tear drop, trying really hard to make it look even slightly like fire, until my hands ached and I had to give u...

I've been looking forward to posting this for a while, I made it as a Christmas present for my friend however life has got in the way and we haven't seen eachother. This is now my favourite amigurumi that I have made! He is adorable! I may be biased though because I do love a bit of Studio Ghibli. I think this is the biggest amigurumi I have made so far. It took me a while to make but I enjoyed every minute of it and as it's a gift I was thinking about my best mate the whole time :). The only bit I did not enjoy was sewing on the appendages but thats a personal opinion because I hate sewing and always panic that they are in the wrong place. The instructions for this are very easy to follow and there isn't any complicated stitches. If you can single crochet, decrease and increase your sorted. The size was a bit bigger than I expected and I ran out of stuffing half way through... here are the dimensions of my finished product: Hight (Inc. ears): 9.25 inches Wi...