Lariath- Live a Little.

It's been while I know, life is busy and my crochet has suffered for it. However,  I got my crojo back after my colleague complemented the Mini Triceratops  badge I made for a friend, without knowing it was me that made it! He then asked if I could make mushrooms. I jumped right on it and created this little thing.  There is no pattern for this lil mush I made it up as I went along. I may make a pattern in the future. For this one I used handspun yarn, that I  spun myself a few years ago , for the stalk. I'm surprised that the yarn looks alright in this pattern as its a bit thick and thin (it is the first yarn that I tried spinning!).   Hook off! Enjoy this post?

I wanted a dark blue crochet salvia but couldn't find a pattern I liked. So I used a pattern for lavender instead. This pattern is very easy and quite fun to make. Definitely a good pattern for a beginner. It is a video and easy to follow along. I have noticed that a lot of crochet flower patterns are videos as it's easier to show how a flower is made rather than following a written pattern. You can find the video  Here . As salvias have leaves along their stems I added a few leaves to my flowers. For this I used a leaf pattern found  Here . I used leaf pattern number 5- long and narrow leaf.  Hook off!  Enjoy this post?

I love plants. Infact I have a slight obsession with houseplants. That being said, they do have to be alive; buying flowers that are destined to die, just to display them for a few days, doesn't sit right with me. Not when you can buy a plant that can thrive for a long time. I do understand that they can look gorgeous and add interest and a pop of colour though.  This got me into thinking about fake flowers, there are some lovely fake flowers to purchase now but many are made using plastic, again this doesn't sit right with me. So I decided to use things I already had around the house (and garden) to make some decorative flowers.  I used some stems from a Crocosima in my garden that had died back for the winter. I think they give a nice natural look, they are quite sturdy and will last quite a long time. To add a bit of colour I chose three shades of purple with pop of yellow to make small crochet lilac flowers.  I think they look nice and simple by themselves but would a...

In the past I have had to re-purchase and re-purchase chargers because they get borrowed or moved and never returned, be that at home or not. So I wanted to customize my charger so that, 1 its easer to find and 2 nobody can mistake it as their own. So I had a quick peruse on the internet and found that there are a few good crochet cable customisations out there but, as I am OBSESSED with plants, it had to be a vine. The problem now is that I want vines everywhere not just on my charger. I have a plant problem.  Find the pattern I used  Here . Hook off.  Enjoy this post?

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 ha...

I enjoy growing plants that I can eat, there is just something about growing my own food from seed that I love. Especially basil, I adore basil. At the minute my house is rented so I can't trash the garden with food experiments so I'm stuck using the kitchen windowsill. My windowsill is full of herbs and 'speedy salad'. Anyway onto hamsters. I feed Tim bird seed just to add some variety to his diet, it's perfectly healthy as an occasional treat. While giving him his bird seed I had a random thought; I like to grow things from seed....these are seeds.... Oooooo. So I sprinkled a little bit of birdseed in a little pot of soil (my DIY Recycled Plant Pot  no less) watered the soil quite well and allowed it to drain then sprinkled a little extra soil on top. After a few days I had some green shoots coming up, then after a few more days I had this: Most of the shoots just look like grass, I cut a few pieces of the grass shoots about an inch above the soil and give ...