Another month has flown by! For the September Ravelry swap, the theme was “fruits & vegetables”. I decided to make a little clementine with a flowering branch. Branching is an easy and useful technique. There are two ways to create a branching effect: add a branch to the current round by crocheting in the back [...]
My latest amigurumi project, the mermaid, features long hair combining microspun and eyelash yarns. Here’s how I achieved this look: I wanted the ends of the hair to look a bit tangled, so I chose Berrocco Comfort (yellow yarn in picture). Berrocco Comfort is a nylon/acrylic blend, and is similar to Lion Brand’s Microspun. Take [...]
Ever wondered how to get those perfect, even stitches that you see on amigurumi works by professional designers? You know, those stitches that look GREAT even in macro photography? It’s all about the tension, baby. Experienced knit and crochet mavens know that the key to beautiful stitches is even tension. For amigurumi, that means even, [...]
One of the things I quickly discovered when making amigurumi is that stuffing them is not as straightforward as you might think. To get the look of professional amigurumi projects, you need to stuff your objects very firmly – much more firmly than I would have imagined. I stuffed my first projects relatively lightly in [...]
[Note: This is the first in a series of tutorials for making amigurumi forms. I hope this will help you in designing your own patterns. Feedback welcome!] Amigurumi projects often include even increases to form circles, balls or cylinders with spiral crochet. Often, you will be called upon to “increase evenly” to a certain number [...]
