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.
