After learning amigurumi, I had to have a go at designing some of my own so I made a series of bunnies.  3 of these pics are not my design (the bears and flower).  More info on the ol' blog here:
http://makingitwell.blogspot.co.nz/2012/10/crochet-kick.html







this one, I brushed up its fur for fuzziness, using a pet slicker brush (the one with short wires)


I think my fav is the grey bunny- that was the hardest to design too since the body has a more complicated shape.
Although figuring out the colour changes for the spotted bunny took me a long time too!

And this is the box they were photographed in.  If you're interested, more info in the blog post

Hi everyone!
I made an amigurumi chu chu!

You Zelda afficionados will know who this goopy little guy is
Here a pic of original chu chu (usually they are much smaller)


I made him for my husband as we are both Zelda fans!

I worked quite hard to make it just right, and I even wrote out the pattern if anyone is interested.
There is a Chu Chu pattern at Nerdigurumi that I'm sure some of you have seen, but mine is actually very different.  It's about half the size, and has different eyes and shaping, especially the feet.  The feet are crocheted as part of the body instead of being crocheted separately and sewn on.  

More pics
With friend Link:

Close-up:

For scale:


You can see more on my blog here!  http://makingitwell.blogspot.co.nz/2012/08/now-for-something-little-geeky.html

Next up I am planning on an amigurumi Goron

P.S Hey, I have uploaded the pattern for anyone who wants it:
http://makingitwell.blogspot.co.nz/2012/08/now-for-something-little-geeky.html
You'll find it at the bottom of the page here.
Hope someone enjoys it!

These are knitted up and hand felted.  I can't believe the magic of felting!  It was my first time..


Here is a before and after felting pic, amazing!


Little pom poms for the tails


More on my blog here:http://makingitwell.blogspot.co.nz/2012/06/bunny-slippers.html
This pattern is called hopsalots by TinyOwlKnits and it's on Ravelry.

I'm pretty happy with how they came out and they're definitely warm and snuggly!  But too cute to ruin by scuffing around in all day!

Completed, my first embroidery!
I took this vintage embroidery pattern and added to it and refined it.  http://www.flickr.com/photos/sewshesews/5336796427/in/pool-341081@N20



Stitches used include lazy daisies, back stitch, satin stitch, seed stitch, stem stitch, scallop stitch, and chain stitch.  (Chain stitch is the fill on the wing).





Since this is my first embroidery comments, criticisms and any thoughts would be much appreciated!

Also, if anyone wanted my "new and improved" version of the pattern I could probably sort something out!

Hi,
I've been looking into a few more advanced techniques, and I really want to have a crack at designing an amigurumi.  However I want to have a shape that will split off into other shapes, and also join a few shapes into one.  Nothing super fancy.  Just for example, a tube that splits off at the bottom into four smaller tubes.

Does anyone know of any good tutorials for making this happen?  Video, picture tutorials, anything?  I haven't had much luck looking!

Thanks in advance!

Hi everyone!
I thought I'd say howdy and let you guys know about a knit-along!



I'm a beginner and met Gail, an experienced knitter through Ravelry.  We decided to do a knit-along on our blogs.  And of course, the more the merrier!  Now I hope this is okay, since most of the topics on this board seem to be knit-alongs WITHIN craftster.  I hope I'm not out of line here.

Anyway, we are going to be knitting the Miette cardigan.  http://www.ravelry.com/patterns/library/miette
It's cute, and free too!

You can see our intro blog posts here:
http://gksagenda.blogspot.co.nz/2012/04/knitting-along.html
http://makingitwell.blogspot.co.nz/2012/04/knit-along-plans.html

Gail is going to be doing lots of helpful walking-through for beginners!

Hope this doesn't come off as self promotional, but basically, I want as many people as possible to join, the more the merrier right?  Gail is going to be putting plenty of work into her posts and I want as many people as possible to benefit

I just love the online community there is around sewing and knitting/crochet, it's so supportive and nice  If you think you'd like to knit along, do join us!

Hi!
I've only made one amigurumi before, my second one is for a friend.  I mostly used the same parts as my first pattern (you can see it here- it's a design by Ana Paula Rimoli)- http://makingitwell.blogspot.co.nz/2012/02/my-first-amigurumi.html).
But I made up my own ears and tail, and made some fancy colour changes (I felt all fancy for learning it!)





There are more pics on my blog here:  http://makingitwell.blogspot.co.nz/2012/04/chihuahua-amigurumi.html

Amigurumi is so fun.  I want to make more!

Hey this is my first time using colour change- I did not use a pattern, I made my own up, but I used this tutorial:
http://www.planetjune.com/blog/amigurumi-help/changing-colour/


It doesn't look super neat, but is that just the nature of changing colours like this?  Does anyone have any feedback or tips?

Thanks a bunch!

Hi, I posted about this in the New Zealand board, but that seems to get little to no traffic.  So I'm posting it here in the hopes of getting some help!

I've learned amigurumi from tutorials on the net, and I used a little kit (included yarn, hook, pattern, eyes etc).  It turned out pretty cute, so I wanted to make more.  All the stuff I looked at online basically said to use 10ply cheapo (acrylic) yarn, since it's not as fluffy and also it doesn't stretch out, so you can't see the stuffing.

I've looked in places, and called places too, but 10ply yarn seems to be the red-headed stepchild of NZ yarn?  I can't seem to find much, and if I do it's fancy wool.  All I want is a selection of brightly coloured, cheap 10 ply yarn. 

So if I can't find any in NZ, does anyone know any good sites to order from, that ship internationally?

Thanks heaps and heaps in advance guys!

p.s Here is the amigurumi:  http://www.craftster.org/forum/index.php?topic=404109.0

Hi,
I've learned amigurumi from the net, and I used a little kit (included yarn, hook, pattern, eyes etc) I bought from spotlight.  It turned out pretty cute, so I wanted to make more.  All the stuff I looked at online basically said to use 10ply cheapo (acrylic) yarn, since it's not as fluffy and also it doesn't stretch out, so you can't see the stuffing.

I've looked in places, and called places too, but 10ply yarn seems to be the red-headed stepchild of NZ yarn?  I can't seem to find much, and if I do it's fancy wool.  All I want is a selection of brightly coloured, cheap 10 ply yarn.  Does ANYONE know where I can find some?

And if I really can't find any in NZ, does anyone know any good sites to order from?

Thanks heaps and heaps in advance guys!

p.s Here is the amigurumi:   http://www.craftster.org/forum/index.php?topic=404109.0