Amigurumi Girls
Amigurumi Girl gets a little sister!
Sunday morning my daughter and I were going through my leftover yarn collection. I have a bag of one-skein yarns that I reserve for very small projects, such as amigurumi toys. We found a skein of the Classic Elite Flash in marled pink that reminds me of peppermint candy. I bought it for my daughter years ago but never got around to doing anything with it. That morning, I asked her what she imagined that yearn could be made into.
"Can you make a sister for Clariana?" she asked. Clariana is what she named the Amigurumi Girl I made last summer.
So I set to work. Then halfway through the head, I broke my bamboo crochet needle. The only US size B I have. This must be why metal crochet needles are popular.
I had to use a smaller size. 1.75 mm metal hook.
My stitches were tighter with the smaller hook, which made this sister a little sister. Other than the difference in hair and dress color, I used the exact same kind of yarns, Classic Elite Bam Boo for the dress and skin, and Classic Elite Flash for the hair.
I had finished the head and the body, and was working on the limbs when my precocious 5 year old made a discovery. Put together differently, the head and the body looked like a mushroom. Since she's the boss of this project, I had to turn the parts into a mushroom and start all over with the little sister. I spent the whole day crocheting, supervised by my 5 year old boss.
It was a lovely way to spend a rainy Sunday together.
The Girl Pattern is in page 84 of Kyuuto! Japanese Crafts Amigurumi by Tomoko Takamori.
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Posted on Wednesday, January 27, 2010 at
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Amigurumi Girl and Alien
She may have button eyes, but she's a doll! She instantly became my daughter's favorite. I made her in Maine on a rainy day last summer. She tagged along our cross country trip from Maine to California, and now lives happily with the Alien in my daughter's bedroom.
I made the Girl with Classic Elite Bam Boo, spun from 100% bamboo, which is hypo-allergenic. Her hair is Classic Elite Flash, 100% mercerized cotton. Don't you just love the yellow highlights in her hair? The Alien is Debbie Bliss Alpaca Silk, a 80% alpaca wool and 20% silk. His eyes are Classic Elite Star.
The Girl Pattern is in page 84 and the Alien is actually a Butterfly without wings in page 62 of Kyuuto! Japanese Crafts Amigurumi by Tomoko Takamori.
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Posted on Friday, August 28, 2009 at
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Amigurumi Bunnies
It's been over 20 years since I crocheted anything. I learned how to make doilies and toilet paper cozies back in high school, but I hadn't picked up a crochet needle since.
Then I saw these adorable Amigurumi creatures. I wanted to make some too. Here are my first two tries. They look a bit ramshackled, but not bad for a newbie. The next one will be cuter.
I learned and am inspired by these books:
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Posted on Monday, April 13, 2009 at
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