Thursday, October 22, 2015

Amigurumi of 2015

I have definitely slowed down on crocheting amigurumi since I accepted the fact that it makes my hands ache, but the benefit of waiting 8 months in between blog posts featuring amigurumi is that it looks like I am somewhat prolific!  Here are the amigurumi I have created since February:

Summertime Dolls #3 and 4



Spring Bunny


Kwazii, Kwazii, and Dashi (these patterns are amazing and worth every penny!!)



Frog (I just heard that a dog munched on this and I am going to attempt some repairs...)


Race car (I'm not happy with how the wheels turned out, but it was totally user error and not the pattern's fault!)


Hippo and Lion Loveys (both of these patterns are SERIOUSLY AMAZING and were written by genius pattern designers)



Yoda (from the incredibly awesome Star Wars crochet kit!!)


Chipmunk (Holy cow, how cute is he?!?)


And presenting.... MY FIRST KNITTED AMIGURUMI!!!!!  Wow, this bunny was hard for me.  Well, harder than crocheted amigurumi, anyway.  The bunny's dress marked the first (and still only time) I have attempted any sort of color work with knitting.  I think she turned out pretty nice!




I discovered, sadly, that knitting amigurumi also hurts my hands.  So, I have determined that I need to stop knitting and crocheting items in which the yarn needs to be pulled tightly.  Sad face.  I might try another knitted amigurumi with worsted weight yarn sometime with the hope that knitting this bunny hurt my hands because I was using sport weight yarn.  Hope springs eternal.

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