DMC Crochet Kit - Mindful Making (The Peaceful Plant Pots)

The Peaceful Plant Pots - crocheted covers to slip over plant pots, from DMC's Mindful Making range. One kit makes six covers in two sizes: two large at roughly 7 x 11 cm and four small at roughly 6.5 x 9 cm. Around twelve hours of work, graded beginner.

Mindful Making is DMC's range built around the idea that repetitive handwork settles the mind. DMC describe it as kits designed to slow the mind and centre the spirit, focusing on achievable pieces with simple, joyfully repetitive designs - and each one is sized so you finish it, which matters more than it sounds.

• Makes: 6 pot covers - 2 large (approx. 7 x 11 cm) and 4 small (approx. 6.5 x 9 cm)
• Yarn: 3 balls of 100% cotton, 50 g each
• Hook: 3.5 mm (US 4) - included
• Also included: Sewing needle and simple instructions
• Level: Beginner, with supporting videos for each stitch
• Time to make: Around 12 hours

Six finished objects from one kit makes this the best value of the three and the best one to learn on - you work the same shape repeatedly, so by the third cover your tension has settled and you can see yourself improving. They also make a good way to smarten up cheap plastic nursery pots without repotting anything.