Amigurumi

It was on a lovely Sunday afternoon when I first browse through some of the websites about Amigurumi. Amigurumi is a Japanese word, it is the art of knitting or crotcheting small stuffed animals. It is a combination of ami which means crotcheted or knitted and nuigurumi which means stuffed doll. They are so cute and beautiful, it is indeed a very interesting art work and so I decided to do it myself.

Soon, I found out some videos on Youtube and started to try it out myself. For those of you who are interested, you may start by learning single crotchet stitches first and then slowly learn the other stitches. I started by practicing straight line pieces and then trying out to crotchet in spiral, in other words, to make a round ball. A lot of amigurumi worked by crotcheting round balls as different parts and joining separate pieces to form the final piece.  You may try to search on Youtube with the keywords "crotchet for absolute beginners" and you will get a few videos to teach on this. 

Here are some patterns which I found out and would love to share with you guys =)

Available from : http://www.ravelry.com (requires free registration on the website)

Available from : http://www.planetjune.com/blog/free-crochet-patterns/pumpkin/

Happy crotcheting! =D

With love,

Jessica