DIY Crochet Plant Hangers (in recycled pots)

I have recently become a little obsessed with plants. Mainly houseplants at the moment with a mini jungle that I have started. Here's a small section:

As my plants have got bigger and created 'pup' or baby plants I needed somewhere to put them and I wanted it to be somewhere decorative and pretty. Who doesn't love to show off baby plants?!

I had three glass pots that were previously dessert pots. I keep a lot of glass jars ect because I prefer glass to plastic for storing things and these glass desert pots were dinky and cute, don't judge me.

So i decided to use these as small plant pots for the baby plants. Yes I know plants should all be in pots with drainage holes but these are just temporary pots whilst the plants establish themselves a little before being placed in their permanent pot/position. Now, I'm slowly running out of windowsill space for plants thus needing to find somewhere else for the babies. With my crocheting skills I crocheted some hanging pots to hang on my wall that way they are out of the way and not only look really cute but perfectly match my DIY yarn curtain.

I just crocheted around the pots using double crochet in the back loops only to create a bit of an interesting texture and look. There is still one pot to fill which will soon be filled with this little guy:

Hook off. 

Mini Octopus Amigurumi

I went to see Stephen Fry in London on his 'Mythos a Trilogy' tour. The show was everything I had hoped for, as he hasn't been on tour in about 40 years this was something I couldn't miss. I find Stephen Fry very relaxing to listen to on audiobooks so when his show was mostly of him sitting in a chair reading different parts of his book 'Heroes' I was very pleased. Obviously there were a few quips intermingled with the discussions of his book which rounded off the show really well. I'd love to see him on tour again.

Anyway back to crafting. The drive to the show was quite long so for entertainment I took a small pattern with me to crochet in the car. I struggle finding time to craft from September through to May as I'm studying for university alongside my full time job so I have to make the most of every spare second I get (which is not a lot). Therefore crocheting whilst travelling is perfect.

The pattern is quite easy to follow and relatively quick. It is a little fiddly though as it is teeny tiny.

The pattern can be found Here.

I used DK yarn a 3mm yarn hook and 4mm black beads for the eyes. Finished size is 1.5 inches long, deep and wide.