Lariath- Live a Little.

I always find that I loose my lip balms somewhere in my bag and generally give up trying to find it and just put up with dry lips for the day. That was until I found and ingenious idea of creating a little pouch on a keyring that is the perfect size for a stick of lip balm. I also find that the best type of crochet is practical crochet.  A friend of mine loves mermaids and anything to do with sea-life, so as I like to mash ideas together I had a quick look to see if there was a lip balm mermaid pouch. To my surprise there was! I based my mermaid pouch on  this mermaid tail chapstick holder . I chose to add a flap and bead to close the pouch just to make sure that the lip balm wouldn't get lost. Determination for no more dry lips! I also like the look of the bead on the pouch, it reminds me of a pearly shell. Hook Off. Enjoy this post?

I made this weeping angel some time ago as a gift, however the gift didn't get given until recently. The angel has been getting comfy on my fireplace for a long time. I think I'm actually going to miss it. I love Dr Who and I think the first episode involving weeping angels is my favourite Dr Who episode...so making this was quite exciting for me (I don't care how sad that sounds). The angel was quite easy and quick for me to make until it got the the hair. I absolutely hated making the hair of this angel. It involved a lot of precise and neat sewing that, as a perfectionist, took me ages. Enough said. However the detail of the end product does look really good so it is worth the pain.  The pattern can be found  Here Hook off.  Enjoy this post?

I had a quick try at Tunisian crochet a while ago for my  Afghan stitch charity square . I wanted to give afghan crochet another go for something small. I came across some lovely Tunisian crochet feathers that I had the urge to try. When I made the Tunisian crochet square I wasn't happy about the way the square curled upon itself when finished, however a feather with a bit of a curl sounded perfect. But what to use them for? My love of dream catchers started when I was very young. I just like the way something so simple can be made into something so pretty. I also have an affection for trees. One of my favourite trees is the Japanese Maple, which I happen to have in my garden, it changes gradually from orange to green, beautiful (such a nice surprise to find this gorgeous tree after I moved in to my house!). Anyway back to the point. I wanted to mash together two things that I love, dream catchers and trees. I roughly followed the tree of life wire crafts that can easily be fou...

I made a Mini Crochet Acorn  for Autumn to wear as a badge at work. It's holiday season soon so a change of badge is necessary. Here is my new mini stocking badge it's approx. 1 inch x 1 inch. Click  Here for the pattern. I used the pattern for the smallest stocking.  Hook off! Find other badges here:  Octopus ,  Triceratops Enjoy this post?

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 had a very unplanned trip 'home' to my parents town this weekend. I was very unprepared to be visiting family and I wanted to give them a little something. Luckily, being a crochetaholic, I took two of my current small crochet projects with me. Using the yarn I brought I decided to whip up something small and quick for my two grandma's. I spent a nice couple of hours of my morning crocheting two little dasies. I nearly forgot to take a picture, here is a quick snap I managed just before giving it away. The pattern can be found here  Click Click  the pattern takes a little bit of interpretation. I suggest reading it through first unlike me - mistakes were made, frogging ensued.  Hook off.  Enjoy this post?

My friend at work has been having a hard time. I recently found out she likes elephants so I had a gander online to find a tiny crochet elephant that I could whip up quickly as a cheer-me-up gift. I didn't expect the little chap to turn out so unbelievably adorable, I honesty struggled giving him up. I placed the little guy in her lab coat pocket as a cheeky little surprise. She loves him and he is now named Henry. I miss you Henry!  The amazing pattern can be found here  click click . Hook Off!  Enjoy this post?