This week's Friday blog review is one for the crocheters, Roman Sock. Crochet designer Brigitte Read blogs mainly on amigurumi and larger crocheted animals and items, with asides on food and other crafts. Her designs are simply lovely, and she's put several of the patterns up for you to download and make at home. We especially like her Frog Pincushion (he doesn't turn into a prince, but then princes tend to object when you stick needles into them), her fluffy Pomeranian and her Meerkat. If you can't think of a reason why you'd want to crochet a meerkat, go and look at the picture and you'll understand. It's so cute, you won't be able to help yourself.
The more complicated patterns come complete with picture-heavy tutorials, so as well as getting the patterns you can see exactly what you're supposed to be doing. For anyone who's at the stage of progressing from basic crochet to more complex designs but would like a little extra support as they improve their skills, the downloadable PDFs are excellent.
If you don't have time to crochet things yourself, or have yet to learn how to do it, you can buy ready-made items from her Etsy shop (sellername: Wibit) from time to time.
