1. Read the entire pattern first. This is very important.
2. Get your materials ready, supplies you will need for the project, ie, yarn, embellishments, etc.
3. Once you are ready, you start.
4. Crochet the head. Insert eyes, nose (if using safety nose). Stuff the head.
5. Embroider nose, mouth whiskers, etc, if pattern calls for those steps.
6. Crochet the ears - now attach the ears. The head is done - set aside.
7. Crochet the bow (Hello Kitty) - now attach the bow.
8. Crochet the body - now stuff the body. Attach head to body.
9. Crochet the arms - stuff (if pattern calls for stuffing the arms) and attach to body.
10. Crochet the legs - stuff (if pattern calls for stuffing the legs) and attach to body.
11. Add finishing touches, embellishments and you are done!
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2010/07/12
2010/07/08
How to Make Amigurumi - Materials and Basic Techniques
Amigurumi are crocheted or knitted stuffed toys, usually worked in the round. Amigurumi is a compound word made up of the Japanese words 'ami' (knit, crochet or braid) and 'nuigurumi' (literally 'sew and wrap' - refers to many kinds of sewn stuffed toys).
Amigurumi are most often dolls or animals, but can also be made in the form of inanimate objects of all kinds, often with cute faces and features added.
Amigurumi materials
Amigurumi are crocheted - or sometimes knit - from yarn. Some prefer cotton as it makes a firm structured fabric, others favour acrylic due to its cheapness and bright colours, along with being easier on the hands than cotton. They can also be made from wool, which is sometimes felted after crocheting for an even firmer fabric, or novelty yarns to get a particular effect. For example, furry animals can be crocheted from eyelash or fun-fur yarns.
Really, any kind of yarn can be used, provided it isn't too stretchy. The real key is to use a hook or needles 2-3 sizes smaller than would normally be used for that yarn. A tight gauge is important, giving a firm fabric that won't leak stuffing.
Amigurumi are generally stuffed with polyfil or other synthetic fibres, though some people use fabric scraps, wool, or other improvised stuffing. Sometimes polyester beads are added inside the base of the toy to give it weight and stability.
Other materials used can include felt, buttons and beads, for adding features, and pipecleaners (chenille stems) to make thin pieces such as skinny arms and legs more rigid and poseable.
How to crochet an amigurumi - basic techniques
Magic ring - Many amigurumi are cast on with a magic ring. This involves wrapping the yarn round your finger, then making your first round of stitches into the looped yarn. Once the first round is complete, you can pull the yarn tight, closing the ring.
Single crochet - the basic stitch for all crochet amigurumi. Put your hook through the next stitch and yarn over the hook. Pull the yarn through the stitch. Yarn over again, and pull the yarn through both loops on the hook. You've completed one single crochet!
Single crochet increase - increasing involves making two or more single crochet stitches into the same stitch.
Single crochet decrease - Insert the hook through the next stitch and pull the yarn through. Insert the hook through the following stitch, and yarn through that as well, so that you have three loops on your hook. Yarn over, and pull through all three loops.
So now you know what you need and the basic stitches, why not try making an amigurumi of your own?
Amigurumi are most often dolls or animals, but can also be made in the form of inanimate objects of all kinds, often with cute faces and features added.
Amigurumi materials
Amigurumi are crocheted - or sometimes knit - from yarn. Some prefer cotton as it makes a firm structured fabric, others favour acrylic due to its cheapness and bright colours, along with being easier on the hands than cotton. They can also be made from wool, which is sometimes felted after crocheting for an even firmer fabric, or novelty yarns to get a particular effect. For example, furry animals can be crocheted from eyelash or fun-fur yarns.
Really, any kind of yarn can be used, provided it isn't too stretchy. The real key is to use a hook or needles 2-3 sizes smaller than would normally be used for that yarn. A tight gauge is important, giving a firm fabric that won't leak stuffing.
Amigurumi are generally stuffed with polyfil or other synthetic fibres, though some people use fabric scraps, wool, or other improvised stuffing. Sometimes polyester beads are added inside the base of the toy to give it weight and stability.
Other materials used can include felt, buttons and beads, for adding features, and pipecleaners (chenille stems) to make thin pieces such as skinny arms and legs more rigid and poseable.
How to crochet an amigurumi - basic techniques
Magic ring - Many amigurumi are cast on with a magic ring. This involves wrapping the yarn round your finger, then making your first round of stitches into the looped yarn. Once the first round is complete, you can pull the yarn tight, closing the ring.
Single crochet - the basic stitch for all crochet amigurumi. Put your hook through the next stitch and yarn over the hook. Pull the yarn through the stitch. Yarn over again, and pull the yarn through both loops on the hook. You've completed one single crochet!
Single crochet increase - increasing involves making two or more single crochet stitches into the same stitch.
Single crochet decrease - Insert the hook through the next stitch and pull the yarn through. Insert the hook through the following stitch, and yarn through that as well, so that you have three loops on your hook. Yarn over, and pull through all three loops.
So now you know what you need and the basic stitches, why not try making an amigurumi of your own?
2010/07/06
Joining the Parts Of the Amigurumi
An amigurumi is created in parts and finally joined together. So when you finish each part do not weave in the yarn tail. Leave a long yarn tail so that it will be easy to join the pieces when all the parts are finished. The whip stitch can be used for joining. When you do the joining, all the yarn ends will get hidden inside the doll.
If you are changing color, be sure to secure the yarn so that it won't come loose. It is better to do a double knot there. Then insert the ends of the yarn inside the amigurumi so that it will not be visible.
Use a yarn needle or tapestry needle to sew the parts together. Then bring the end of the yarn through the other end of the body and pull tightly before creating a knot. The end will be pulled into the body and will not be visible. You can do the same with any embroidery thread you use on the amigurumi
If you are changing color, be sure to secure the yarn so that it won't come loose. It is better to do a double knot there. Then insert the ends of the yarn inside the amigurumi so that it will not be visible.
Use a yarn needle or tapestry needle to sew the parts together. Then bring the end of the yarn through the other end of the body and pull tightly before creating a knot. The end will be pulled into the body and will not be visible. You can do the same with any embroidery thread you use on the amigurumi
Beginning The Amigurumi Pattern
The crocheting of amigurumi starts with a crocheted ring, or round. A simple doll can be made with only the head and body. Make sure to create the head comparatively larger than the body.
The ring must be small to keep the filling inside as well as to make an aesthetically pleasing doll.
It is easiest to make an adjustable, or amigurumi double ring to begin the pattern. This will help you tighten the loop after the first round of single crochet stitches and prevent the doll having a hole on its head. If you are not comfortable with those methods, then you still can make a small length of crochet and slip stitch to the beginning to make it round.
Once the beginning round is made, begin single crocheting on the ring, following the pattern.
Begin filling the amigurumi once you are at half way to the head/ body. Overfill the parts
The ring must be small to keep the filling inside as well as to make an aesthetically pleasing doll.
It is easiest to make an adjustable, or amigurumi double ring to begin the pattern. This will help you tighten the loop after the first round of single crochet stitches and prevent the doll having a hole on its head. If you are not comfortable with those methods, then you still can make a small length of crochet and slip stitch to the beginning to make it round.
Once the beginning round is made, begin single crocheting on the ring, following the pattern.
Begin filling the amigurumi once you are at half way to the head/ body. Overfill the parts
How to Crochet Amigurumi
Amigurumi is the Japanese art of making crocheted or knitted stuffed animals. The crocheted amigurumis are made using single crochet stitches in rounds. The rounds are not joined, instead they are crocheted in spirals.
To make a cute crocheted amigurumi one need to know the crochet basics, like making chain stitches, joining the chains to form a ring by slip stitch. And, of course you need to know how to single crochet too.
Once you master all the basics mentioned above, it will be easy to make crocheted amigurumi. This How to Crochet Amigurumi page has valuable information about making crochet amigurumi. It has been created with the assumption that you know how to increase and decrease in single crochet. The traditional amigurumi has large head on cylindrical body, with cylindrical hands and legs.
To give eyes to your amigurumi, you can use safety eyes or beads. You can alternative create facial features with embroidery. Using pieces of felt cut in appropriate shapes will also fashion a cute face on your finished doll
To make a cute crocheted amigurumi one need to know the crochet basics, like making chain stitches, joining the chains to form a ring by slip stitch. And, of course you need to know how to single crochet too.
Once you master all the basics mentioned above, it will be easy to make crocheted amigurumi. This How to Crochet Amigurumi page has valuable information about making crochet amigurumi. It has been created with the assumption that you know how to increase and decrease in single crochet. The traditional amigurumi has large head on cylindrical body, with cylindrical hands and legs.
To give eyes to your amigurumi, you can use safety eyes or beads. You can alternative create facial features with embroidery. Using pieces of felt cut in appropriate shapes will also fashion a cute face on your finished doll
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