Crazy Knitting Girls

Amigurumi – (n) 1. knitted or crocheted animal, usually of an adorable, squee-inducing appearance

I love amigurumi. I can’t say I’m really one for stuffed animals, but these are soooo cute. Not to mention fun to make. I usually give my finished ones to my little sister (she’s nine) and she makes good use of them.
A good, basic crochet pattern for amigurumi is the Amigurumi Dude from Crochet Me. Anyway, here are a few I’ve made:

This is Bernie Cheesey Pot. He’s a bat of limited intelligence but infinite charm.

And these guys… Um… I forget their names, to be honest. But the big yellow one likes to play DDR on the humongous calculator my sister has. And the little white one likes to bounce up and down on the yellow one’s back.

So… there you have it. Amigurumi.

P.S. I’m going to start making a page for good patterns, including the ones in my last post. There may be more book reviews up soon also!

*Note from Lily:

Part of my issue with crochet is that for the longest time, all I knew of it was my work, and I taught myself how to crochet, and my Great Aunt’s work, which, as you may imagine, was totally the steriotypical old lady stuff. So when B got into crocheting, at first I was narrow-minded and disgusted by it. But now, when I see someone who doesn’t a) suck at it, or b)make ugly stuff all the time. After I got over the fact that she was crocheting with angora (at the time, I found that totally wasteful), I started to love little Diddle. So, while I don’t like crocheting as much, I do like amigurumi, and lament the fact that I can’t actually make it.

I’ve been seaching like mad to find good teen patterns on the web. It’s been hard, but I’ve found a few. Most are from Knitty, which rocks.
Tubey – This pattern… Well, what can I say. Everyone who’s seen it seems to love it. I’m not exception; I’ve made my own (though I changed it quite a lot from the original pattern).
Convertable – This is a shrug that can be worn in three different ways – regular shrug, mini poncho, and a cowl-type this with sleeves. It’s not for the beginner, but it would be fun to make if you have some experience. I don’t like the color that it’s knitted in, but this potentailly a very cool thing. ‘
Nagano Sakura – Okay. Almost everybody says this scarf seems like a little noose. But as long as you’re not suicidal (and you don’t ten to pull on the ends of your scarves like I do), this is a cute accesory.
Kyoto – If you’re into Japanese chic, this sweater rocks. It’s on my knitting to-do list.

This is Lily. I have to say, that Crocheting is something that B and I have little arguments about it. Just so you know, I don’t hate crocheting. I think that part of my issue is that I don’t crochet well. All my stuff turned out awful, and I kind of stereotyped crocheting. However, there ARE CROCHETED ITEMS THAT SUCK! While things like adorable little Diddle (B, that’s your cue to put on a picture of him), there are things that ABSOLUTELY SUCK! Like this GRANNY SQUARE sweater. I HATE GRANNY SQUARES! EEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEW!

That means that someone needs to put on that one pattern so that people won’t be bored!!

That’s why, we shall shortly put on a few random patterns. We promise

Well, this site is up and rolling. We may even be able to get some video tutorials on here in the future. We have, as you probably noticed, added some new pages. If you didn’t notice, there are links up at the top. There’s knitting lingo explinations, an About Us page, and some reviews of those teen knitting books so you can tell which ones are good and which ones are hideous.

Hi. This is Lily.

We made this site mainly because we want teens to have good patterns to look forward to knitting. Okay, I have to admit, we also made it to get publicity for an upcoming secret . . .

Hello, all. This is Bronach, founder number two of this site. Lily and I are, as you can tell by the header, teenagers who like to knit (but do not necessarily like Fun Fur). If you’re a teenager, you will probably be able to find some good patterns for yourself on here that you’d actually like to knit. If you’re someone who wants to knit for a teenager, you’ll be able to figure out what not to make for them. In fact, here’s a wonderful example right here:

Don’t make that for the teen in your life. The “I’ve drapped a rainbow-colored dead animal over my shoulders” look is not (and will never be) “in.” In fact, try to avoid teen patterns by Lion Brand unless the recipent of your knitted object has approved it. (Which is unlikely.)

Pretty soon, we’ll have up:
-A list of some teen-friendly knitting patterns, because it’s hard to find good patterns in the right sizes for us.
-Some tutorials for fun techniques
-An “About Us” page
-And more! Yay!

Hi, this is Lily speaking. I am one of the founders of the site. Welcome to one and all. Once we get things up and running, we will have a great time all together, I can promise you that

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