Lariath- Live a Little.

I was asked by a work colleague if I could crochet Ponyo for her children. Of course I said yes!   I was dreading creating Ponyo's hair as I have never made hair like this before. It took a LONG time to insert all the yarn for the hair and I was super nervous about cutting it into shape, however, I found cutting the hair very therapeutic in the end; maybe I'm in the wrong profession...  Before the haircut: Post haircut: End result: Here  is the pattern that I based my Ponyo on. I found it very easy to follow and quite fun to make. The only changes I made were to the 'tail', I think I prefer the wavy look.  For other Ghibli posts click  Here . Hook off.  Enjoy this post?

'May all your bacon burn' I made Calcifer a while ago find the post  here . I have since been asked to make more on request so whilst making the most recent one I decided to write down the pattern. Now I have it to hand if any more requests come through. So I am sharing my pattern here. If you do use this pattern please link any photos/blog posts ect back to my pattern so that others can enjoy it too! Things I used: DK yarn (yellow, orange and red) Scissors Stitch marker 3mm crochet hook yarn needle Two 4mm black beads  Clear thread (or white thread to sew on the beads)  White felt  Toy Stuffing Pet brush Pattern:  sc = single crochet dc = double crochet  tc = triple crochet ch = chain  Begin with yellow yarn - chain 6 and create a magic ring: Round 1: 2 sc in each stitch around (12 stitches). Round 2: *sc in next stitch, 2 sc in next stitch* repeat around (18 stitches). Round 3: *sc in next two stitches, 2 sc in nex...

Totoro seems very popular among my friends at the moment, I have now made a total of 4 of them. It's a good job I love Totoro! A friend at work asked for a smaller version of my 23cm tall  Totoro , but not quite as tiny as Chibi Totoro . This Totoro is 12cm tall and very adorable: Bum!  The pattern I used was really made for Chu Totoro (the medium blue one) but I think it works well. Find the pattern here click click . Hopefully my friend will like him.  For other Ghibli posts select  Here . Hook off!  Enjoy this post?

I have been really struggling to find the time to blog since I started uni again whilst simultaniously working fulltime. It is really difficult to find time to do anything else. My crafting has taken a really big hit, which is very depressing. But here is something I made a while ago now that I have a quiet moment to blog :). After seeing my Ghibli based crafts someone requested for me to make Kaonashi (No-face). I figured it can't be that difficult. It's pretty much just a skittle shape with a face attached (ironically). The body, as I thought, was very easy and simple to make. The face, however, was difficult for me. I have never in my life done any embroidery. -Insert my repeated annoyance at sewing-. I really struggled getting the features right and I had to find something I could follow/copy. Then BAM  Here's one that someone made earlier . This pattern is amazing, it has a mouth! Shame I didn't see this before I made No-Face's body. So No-Face's...

Just a quick post as I haven't been on here in a while. My life is so busy right now!  I like to make cards; I feel like they mean more because they take time and some thought to make. Also they can be as personalised as you wish! My friend and I love Studio Ghibli films and we adore Susuwatari (Soot Sprites). Therefore I decided to give a Susuwatari card a try.  I think it's quite cute and the integrated card stand works really well, I am defiantly going to be adding that to my future cards. Also it's orange! See more of my Studio Ghibli projects  Here Enjoy this post?

I made Totoro  for a friend as a gift and could not resist making the Chibi Totoro too. Just too cute and small not to! I found Chibi very quick to make, yet a little fiddly due to the small size. I am going to be making myself one too because I love it so much, especially with the little leaf! (I went a bit crazy with the pesky Susuwatari.) The pattern for Chibi Totoro can be found Here  and the pattern for the leaf is at the end of  this pattern. Here Chibi is with friends:  I am hoping to make a Chi Totoro and No-Face soon so watch this space. Update: See other Ghibli projects  Here . Hook off.  Enjoy this post?

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...