Hook and Needles: Knitting and Crochet Blog (cool stuff, techniques, and things I find)

In the first amigurumi tutorial I went over the basic crochet techniques needed to make amigurumis. In the second installment, I explained the most common types of patterns, and how to read them. In this final amigurumi tutorial I’ll cover some additional techniques often used when making amigurumis. Other Crochet Stitches Although most amigurumis are made with the single crochet stitch shown in the first tutorial, you are often required to use other stitches to shape your doll. Slip Stitch (sl st) Half Double Crochet (hdc) Double Crochet (dc) Triple Crochet also known as Treble Crochet (trc or tr) Font Post or Front Loop, Back Post or Back Loop (fl or fp, bl or bp) Working with Color You’ll often want to add a splash of color to your projects. If you are working in stripes, you’ll want them to be as jogless as possible. If you find a better way to the jogless stripes, let me know. Adding Faces Your amigurumi won’t be complete until you add a cute face to it. Keep safety in mind. Closing words

Learn to read crochet patterns The key element in learning to read crochet patterns is understanding the writing style, which includes the crochet abbreviations and symbols included for your convenience at the end of this article. It's not necessary to learn the abbreviations and symbols all at once, but refer to the lists as you find these terms listed in your crochet patterns. Some things to remember when reading crochet patterns: Crochet patterns are worked in either rows or rounds (rnds). Each pattern will specify whether you are working in rows, rounds or a combination of both. Most crochet patterns are rated according to level of difficulty, including beginner, easy, intermediate and advanced. To most beginners, a pattern written in standard crochet abbreviations looks like a foreign language. Written in standard crochet abbreviations, row 1 looks like this: Row 1: With size H hook, ch 15, sc in 2nd ch from hook and in each ch across, turn. (14 sc) Now, written in standard English, row 1 looks like this: Symbols 1.

Nimoe’s Blog From a Japanese pattern. One of my earlier projects. I call him p-chan. ^_^;; The pattern is from Clover’s website . I’ve been working on a pattern that just needs to be typed up, so that should be ready in the near future. Simple and cute and quick to make. The pattern is Amigurumi Girl’s pear pattern , minus the leaf. This tutorial accompanies my free cupcake pattern and is geared towards beginners. (more…) Repost of my amigurumi cupcake pattern. Materials needed Worsted weight yarn of your choice; I used Red Heart Super Saver in Cornmeal (MC), Light Blue (CC1), Cherry Red (CC2) 3.75 mm (size F) crochet hook (or size needed to obtain tight gauge) 6 mm black safety eyes Black embroidery floss Polyester stuffing Abbreviations sc — single crochet st — stitch sl st — slip stitch ch — chain sc2tog — single crochet 2 together Assembly Attach eyes and embroider face on base. © 2007 Nimoe This pattern is written by Nimoe. Sailor Moon, from Bishojo Senshi Sailor Moon. …hmm. Hello hello!

Free Hobbes Crochet Pattern I've finally decided to write up my Hobbes pattern and instead of selling it I'd like to give it to you for free. The reason he is free is because the creator of Calvin and Hobbes, Bill Watterson did not want to commercialize his work so keeping that in mind Please don't sell this pattern and don't sell the completed work. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ I originally made this up for my son because of his love for Hobbes (he's 23 now) I armed myself with Watterson's brilliant drawings as a reference. I made this pattern to look as close as possible to the Hobbes' drawings . I realized that Hobbes could be broken down into basic shapes. He also had the muzzle of a cat so I looked to the famous Amineko cat. Once I got the shapes down I worked on size. Until I started making him I never realized how different Hobbes looks from a regular cat. His head and body are a lot longer thanan normal cat plus he has the shortest fattest legs. That caused me problems since tubular legs and arms don't want to bend. Resources:

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All Things Thrifty Home Accessories and Decor not martha - to make: marble magnets I finally gave in and made marble magnets. Not surprisingly they are quite fun, smooshing the glue out to make a perfect little magnified image is very satisfying. Here, in order of appearance, are the places I referenced: paper candy instructions with pictures (this is the first place I saw this project) dogmestic with instructions and pictures photogeek pictures ugly green chair cute ladybug magnets – pictures with packaging threads at Glitter:onetwothree I bought all of these supplies at Michael’s, including the glue I went back for since I got the wrong kind to start with. These are great packaged in those Altoid-sized tins, I’ve seen them in office/gift shops like that.