Lariath- Live a Little.

A friend of mine was pregnant with her first child and I wanted a personal gift for the baby shower. What better than some lil' handmade baby Martens?  Now these are one of the cutest things I have made yet, so much so I was asked to make 2 more pairs for another little human (unfortunately I lost the pictures of all 3 different sizes completed). The pattern is purchasable  Here and is quite easy if you are a seasoned crocheter, it may be a bit difficult for beginners, however there are great guidance pictures throughout. If you want an adorable gift for a mini human I definitely recommend these.  Just a quick note- I do not have an affiliations with the link posted I am just sharing the love!  Hook off.  Enjoy this post?

After finishing our Biomedical Science degree my friend and I wanted another project to do together (like we hadn't done enough projects already). We found an amazing website devoted to making gorgeous blankets. The site has a large variety of different blanket patterns, the yarn used to make the blanket is sent out in the post in a lovely sheer drawstring bag. The patterns are very well written and the yarn is good quality with a beautiful array of colours. My friend and I each chose a pack and a pattern to crochet and updated each other on our progress which made crocheting this blanket even more fun!  As I have a habit of mashing things together I chose the blanket with the colours that I loved and then chose the blanket pattern that I preferred. It took a bit of preparation before I could start the blanket as I had to decide what order I wanted the colours in and then transfer those colours into the written pattern. I had to make an excel document so I could follow the colour p...