*NEW* Amigurumi Guide: Cats! (pattern compilation)

 Hey everyone!

It has been a while since I last updated this blog with any two-legged amigurumi. I've been making a few here and there.

I have a list of ideas I still have to get to. 

Today I am going to quickly share with you what I do for my cat version.

As always I will link the patterns that inspired the finished creation.

For both of these I used the base and flower pattern by Alyssa at: https://heart2stitchco.wordpress.com/2018/07/26/free-pattern-teddy-bear-plushie/

For the EARS I use the pattern found here. I prefer the look of this style of ear when it comes to my cat amigurumi.

Both of these were used with Red Heart Ombre acrylic yarn.

Recently I made a tiny version of it. It was one of those happy accidents. I was using some variegated yarn I had and was originally going to make a rainbow-ish Among Us crew mate. But I was looking at my safety eyes and glue-on noses and thought that a tiny cat would be even better! 

And that is how this little one was born. I was using my friend Amy's crew mate pattern using a D hook and the same ear pattern mentioned above, only adjusted to fit the tiny body. I think I only made a few rounds of the ear - I feel this could be personal preference.

*NEW* Amigurumi Guide: Velvet Bunny (pattern compilation)

Hey everyone!

I decided to make a quick post with the notes for making the ears on this velvet bunny.

Base pattern I used is this one by Heart.2.Stitch

I used baby velvet by Bernat for the base and an I 5.5mm clover hook.

For the ears I made 4 panels.
2 in the body color and 2 in the contrasting dusty pink (Vel-Luxe by Lionbrand)

Ear pattern notes:
*You will turn after each row

ch - chain
sc - single crochet
2sc - 2 single crochet in same stitch (increase)
dec - single crochet decrease
fo - fasten off

Ears (make 4 panels)

1. Ch 5. Sc 4 across (4)

2. Ch 1, turn. 2sc, sc across 2, 2sc in last (6)

3. Ch 1, turn. sc across (6)

4. Ch 1, turn. 2sc, sc across 4, 2sc in last (8)

5-12. Ch 1, turn. sc across (8)

13. Ch 1, turn. dec, sc across 4, dec (6)

14. Ch 1, turn. sc across (6)

15. Ch 1, turn. dec, sc across 2, dec (4)

16. Ch 1, turn. dec twice (2)

17. Ch 1, turn. dec (1)
FO

You can then sc the two panels together.
Optional: you can sc around each piece first and then sc or slst (slip stitch) or sew the panels together.
It is optional, but you can choose to stuff the ears if you'd like. My daughter requested stuffing in her ears.

* NEW * Amigurumi Guide: Baby Yoda (pattern compilation)

Baby Yoda

Hello and welcome!
   Long time no post. ✌

I started this blog with an idea to share my creations. Sometimes my creations are made up of an assortment of different patterns. I call it a mash-up. I wanted to share that here, linking you back to the original pattern designer and giving you my notes on what I did to achieve the final item. I often will add freehanded details to these dolls and I do my best to write notes on how I made them in a way that I hope translates well enough for you.

Most of these creations will be amigurumi (dolls).

Today I bring you Baby Yoda.
As you can tell by my previous posts, I adore these 2 legged dolls/animals.
There's just something so CUTE about them!

The base pattern is none other than this one by Heart.2.Stitch (formerly comically creative).
I used a G 4.0mm hook.
I used what I believe to be 15mm safety eyes.

For the ears I used this pattern.
I used my slightly bigger G hook, a 4.25mm.

All yarn is acrylic. A blend of either Redheart Super Saver or Mainstays (Walmart).

For the clothing:

Ch = Chain
Sc = Single Crochet
Hdc = Half Double Crochet
Dc = Double Crochet
FO = Fasten Off

You will need a small amount of a Beige color and a medium/dark brown color.
I used my G 4.0mm hook.

Starting with Beige:

1. Ch 46. Sc across. (45)
2. Ch 2, turn. Dc across. (45)
3. Ch 2, turn. 2Dc in 1st stitch, Dc across, 2Dc in last stitch. (47)
FO, leaving a long tail

Attach brown yarn to the bottom (this would be the starting chain of the Beige).
1. Ch 1, Sc across (45)
2. Ch 1, turn. Hdc across. (45)
3. Ch 1, turn. Sc across. (45)
4. Ch 1, turn. Hdc across. (45)
5. Ch 1, turn. Sc across. (45)
6. Ch 1, turn. Sc across. (45)
FO, leaving a long tail

From this point I would secure the color change by knotting the loose ends together and then I weaved the tails into the piece.
The side you weaved them in will now be the "inside" of the clothing piece.
Lay it flat facing up.
Place the doll inside.

From here you can choose to sew the clothing to the actual doll (just sew through the body a few times across the width) or you can sew the clothing piece shut for the option that it can be removed.

I went with the removable option.
I decided to sew the clothing between the legs. It sort of created pants in a way, but this makes it easier for little kids to put the clothing on and remove. It is completely optional.

- NEW! - Amigurumi Guide: Little Lamb (pattern compilation)

Meet my newest little animal! 

She's a sheep (with no name ☹ - maybe someone can adopt her and name her? 😉)

She will be headed to the shop soon! 

I'm making another pattern link compilation post to explain how I made her.

I have used the same base for most of my animals (except the Giraffe and Pikachu that I mentioned in previous posts).

Base pattern: FREE PATTERN ~ Bear Plush – Heart2Stitch (wordpress.com)

I start off each leg with black.

I stop on ROUND 4.

On ROUND 5 I start the tan color and finish the leg.

When I join the legs (ROUND 10) I use white yarn and sc around.

Starting from ROUND 11 to ROUND 30 in the pattern, I do the LOOP STITCH. (the link takes you to the YouTube tutorial I used)

IMPORTANT: 

1. When you do the loop stitch, the loop will naturally want to go to the back of your work (which is the INSIDE of the Amigurumi/Sheep). 

You will want to pull the loop to the front, hold it in place, complete the stitch, insert your hook into the next space to keep the loop in place and continue on.

2. When you DECREASE (ROUND 26 - 30) you will do TWO LOOPS for ONE DECREASE.

You will insert your hook, do one loop. Hold the loop to the front, insert your hook into the next stitch, do your 2nd loop, pull loop forward and complete the decrease by going throuh all of the loops on your hook. This helps with bald spots that you would otherwise get if you only did one loop in your decrease.

Face piece: (I had to make it up myself) (US terms)

*Ch - Chain

*SC - Single Crochet 

*St - stitch

*Dec - Single Crochet Decrease

*Slst - slip stitch

G Hook (same as the base pattern)

1.) Ch 14. SC across 13 (13)

2.) Ch 1. Turn. 2 SC in next st, SC across 11, 2 SC in last st (15)

3.) Ch 1. Turn. 2 SC in next st, SC across 13, 2 SC in last st (17)

4 - 5. ) Ch 1. Turn. SC across (17)

6.) Ch 1. Turn. Dec, SC across 13, Dec (15)

7.) Ch 1. Turn. Dec, SC across 11, Dec (13)

8.) Ch 1. Turn. Dec, SC across 9, Dec (11)

9.) Ch 1. Turn. SC across (11)

10.) Ch 1. Turn. Dec, SC across 7, Dec (9)

11.) Ch 1. Turn. Dec, SC across 5, Dec (7)

12.) Ch 1. Turn. Dec, SC across 3, Dec (5)

13.) Ch 1 and SC around the entire piece. When you get back to the top row (Row 12) you will slst into the first stitch. I SC around roughly 35 stitches.

For the flower:

Magic circle. 5 sc in circle. Join.

Petals- Ch 2, 2 dc, ch 2 and slst in each sc for 5 petals.

Ears: http://www.repeatcrafterme.com/2013/10/crochet-giraffe-hat-pattern.html

ENJOY! I hope this was a helpful guide to making a sheep.

Amigurumi Guide: Emi the Brown Cow (pattern compilation)

Emi the Brown Cow

My daughter, Emi, named this cow today and I decided to go with it. 🐮😍

A long while back I made a giraffe in this style. Not long after that I made my daughter a Pikachu in this style as well. 

Recently I have fallen back in love with this style of amigurumi. I find them to work up faster than most stuffed animal projects. Plus they are super cute. Win win.

Back when I made the giraffe I created a blog post to round up all of the patterns I mashed together to create it. Basically what I do is > If I need an ear, I'll search Pinterest and find a pattern I like. 

Today I'm going to create a rough "Guide" for this cow. I made one other cow and the only differences are the colors used, spots and the flowers used.

I will share both with you.

Starting with Emi >

Base Pattern is by Alyssa (@heart_2_stitch) here:

FREE PATTERN ~ Bear Plush – Heart2Stitch (wordpress.com)
NOTE* When I made the legs I stopped at ROUND 4 on each leg before changing colors.
Brown was started on ROUND 5 and continued for the rest of the project.

Ears: http://www.repeatcrafterme.com/2013/10/crochet-giraffe-hat-pattern.html

Horns: http://www.repeatcrafterme.com/2013/10/crochet-cow-hat-pattern.html

Flowers:
Magic circle. 5 sc in circle. Join. (dark brown)
Petals- Ch 2, 2 dc, ch 2 and slst in each sc for 5 petals. (golden)

Snout:
g hook

ch 7

sc in 2nd chain from hook. sc in next 4. 3 sc in last.

on other side:

sc next 4. 2 sc in last st (14)

2 sc in 1st st. sc next 4. 2 sc in next 3 st. sc next 4. 2 sc in last 2 st (20)

2 sc in 1st, sc next 6 st, 2 sc in next 3 st. sc next 8 st. 2 sc in last 2 st. (26)

join and fasten off

Nostrils:
D hook (black yarn)
Magic circle, sc 4, join and fasten off.

Used 15mm safety eyes.
I feel the yarn equivalent would be:
G hook
Magic circle, sc 4, join and fasten off

For this version I did the same for the base & legs (only I used white for the rest of the project).

I followed the same horn, ear, nostril and snout pattern.

The flower pattern is in the Base Pattern link.

I made 3 spots for my cow. 

(One is on the back, not pictured. You can somewhat see the 2 on the sides)

15mm safety eyes for both projects.

Spots: http://www.repeatcrafterme.com/2013/10/crochet-giraffe-hat-pattern.html

**Update 02/18/2020: These 2 are up for grabs in my Etsy shop!

It's been a while..

HEY EVERYONE~!

Sometime last Summer I decided to close my Etsy shop. I was bummed about it, but it gave me some time to think things over. A few months later, at the end of the year, I decided to open a shop again!

I'm about to do a Shop Update, the animals you see above are what will end up in the shop soon!
If you want to see what I have there already (I do have some listings up!) the link is also at the top of the page under the tab Etsy Shop!

I've been working on these animals non-stop lately. I have SO MANY ideas! I have several more animals to come. I'm currently working on a floofy sheep! 🐑

Do you notice a familiar face?

Emma the Giraffe! She's featured on my blog. I wrote a post with links to the patterns that I used to create her.

I did the same sort of thing with the other animals.

For all of the others I used this pattern by Alyssa @heart_2_stitch  for the base of the animals:
https://comicallycreative.wordpress.com/2018/07/26/free-pattern-teddy-bear-plushie/

I am going to do my best to create a sort of "Guide" for each animal.
These patterns are not my own and I will be linking you directly to the source where I got the patterns that I used.

I will also be adding in some notes if I added anything extra - for example color changes on the cows hooves. I will let you know where I decided to stop and change colors.

If you have any questions please let me know and I will do my best to help!

Glimmer the Glow-worm

When I saw this pattern release I was super excited (and nostalgic). I commented about how cute it was and that I remembered having one. Later on I learned that I was one of 4 winners (on that particular post) for a copy of the pattern!

I just finished my version and I couldn't be more happy with how it turned out.

I had to improvise with the eyes because I don't have any safety eyes. That is something I plan on investing in soon!

I also haven't had the best of luck with making tassles. So I turned my version into one with the star on the night cap. I will soon practice tassles though - because that look is super cute as well!

Here is the link to the pattern by Trifles N Treasures  

The pattern for the star I used is here

And how I made the eyes is as follows: (make 2)

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With a G hook I made a Magic Circle in black.

SC 4 times into the ring and join.

Add White and CH1.

2 SC in the first st, 1SC in the next st, 2 SC in the next st. Join the color you used for the head (I used Buff by RHSS). 2 DC in the next 2 stitches, join and fasten off.

Amigurumi Guide: Troll Ragdoll (pattern compliation)

Like in my last "pattern" post, I compiled all of the patterns I used to create the finished product.

The finished troll doll

I wanted something different when it came to the style of ragdoll. At first I thought of those little felt characters from Blue's Clues. Flat round head, triangle (for the girl) body and rectangle legs. I decided to make the head a bit more 3D to accommodate all of that hair and I feel it worked out rather well!

For the base of the pattern - part of the head and the dress/body I used this pattern:

 https://annavirkpanna.com/2017/05/03/anksnuttis-duckragdoll/

English is at the bottom of the post.

I don't have exact colors for the yarn I used. All yarn was Red Heart Super Saver worsted weight yarn.

BUT I didn't start from the beginning.

Here are my notes:

I used

• H hook (5mm)
• RHSS ww yarn 

The dress is worked from the bottom up.
** Starting with Row 9
ch 48 with sage green color

R 1-3. 48 dc around  [I will chain 2 at the beginning, after each join and DC in
the same stitch]
(dc for 3 rows)
After your first 4 rows in the sage green are done switch to blue for the rest and
continue on from row 10 to 23 as the pattern reads.

RUFFLES
Once I fasten off then I move to the first row (at the bottom, right after the green) .
I go under each post (stitch) and make a SC around each all the way around,
then slst in the last sc.
Next I *sk 2, sc, sk 2, 6 dc in st* around. I was able to end with a sc and a slst.

** you could do front loop only or whatever. I did both loops for this.
you can also choose to sew the ruffles down or leave them as is.

BUTTON DETAIL - I think this is optional, but I decided to add it.
In dress shade:
H (5mm) hook, Magic circle, sc 8. join and fasten off. Sew one line of lighter blue in the center, tie off on the back.

Arms and Legs: h hook

LEGS: ch 13, join with slst - don't twist chain.
ch 2, dc around for  7 rows  (ch 2 doesn't count as st, dc in same space after each ch 2)

ARMS: ch 11, join with slst - don't twist chain.
ch 2, dc around for 7 rows (ch 2 doesn't count as a st, dc in same space after each ch 2)



I had an OOPS moment BUT I fixed it!

BEFORE

I assembled the arms and legs, stuffing them just a bit at the bottom. You can stuff them fully or leave them un-stuffed, that is entirely up to you.
I stuffed the head, stitched on the nose (free hand) and attached it to the body.
Then I realized that there just wasn't that much room for all of the details - especially the hair.

Many of the Troll hat patterns start off with a slighly cone shaped base to help shape the hair in the final product.

So I had to make a cone and attach it to the top of the head.

I used this pattern for the cone - I ended it with 30 stitches total for the round.
Using #3.

EX of last row: SC 2 in next, 8 sc (30)
https://caramedus.com/2013/10/14/top-tech-tips-shaping-amigurumi/#comments

This was done with H (5mm) hook as well.

AFTER

EYES: make 2 of each part
3.75 mm or 4mm hook (mine was F)

Black - Magic circle, sc 6. join and fasten off.

Pink (darker than base color) - Magic circle, sc 6. 2 sc in each st (12), join and fasten off.

White - Magic circle, sc 8. 2 HDC in next 3 stitches, 2 sc in last 5 stitches (16)

Sew the black on the pink, then the pink to the white and attach to the head.

I added a little white to the eyes.

EARS: NOT IN THE ROUND, make 2
F hook (3.75mm or 4mm) flesh base color

Magic circle, sc 6. Ch 1 turn
R1 - sc in next 4, 2 HDC in last 2. Ch 1 turn
R2 - 2 HDC in next 4, sc in last 4. Ch 1 turn
R3 - sc in next 6, 2 DC in next 2, sc in last 4. Ch 1 turn
R4 - sc in next 4, 3 DC in next 2, sc in last 8
Fasten off

Cut long string when fastening off.
SLST through the magic circle and pull both strings tight.

Fold down the top of the ear (see pictures) and slst to the ear.
Mold ears and attach.

The end where my hook is, is the part that will be folded u when you slst into the magic ring.

The little bit of the ear that is folded under my finger is where I slst to form the ear.

When molded/formed it should look something like this.

HEADBAND: H (5mm) hook and the sage green color.
Ch 22, HDC in 3rd chain from hook and across. Fasten off.

FLOWERS:  Came from this pattern http://www.ravelry.com/patterns/library/poppy-troll-doll
I used either my F (3.75mm) or my G (4.25mm) hook. A 4mm hook would work as well. You just don't want them too big.

For a tutorial on how to do the hair you can go to https://www.facebook.com/justcraftingaroundblog/ and search troll hair.

Or this YouTube video: https://youtu.be/hYVS-uw7ol4


For the last bit of detail I stitched around the edging of the dress. I would have liked to use the light blue, but I ended up using the green color on accident. This detail is optional.

Hope this post was helpful!! 

Enjoy your troll ragdoll 😁

Amigurumi Guide: Meet Emma the Giraffe (pattern compilation)

I am not the best at writing up my own patterns. But I do find myself getting extra creative with other peoples patterns. That is what crochet is to me, about being creative.

I was inspired by A Crafty Concept's Flower Crown Bunny I saw on Instagram (@acraftyconcept).

For the base of the pattern I used this Bunny pattern here.

I used ALL Redheart Super Saver Yarn.
For the BROWN I used Redheart Super Saver in Cafe Latte.
For the main color I used Redheart Super Saver in Gold.

I used the E (3.5mm) hook suggested in the main pattern.
For the legs I started with Brown from Round 1 to 5, then switched to Gold.

*in Brown*
For the small spots: I made 2.
E (3.5mm)
Magic circle, single crochet (sc) 6. (6)
2sc in each around (12).
Fasten off.

For the Large spot (on the back): I made one.
E (3.5mm)
Magic circle, single crochet (sc) 6. (6)
2sc in each around (12).
1sc, 2sc in next - around (18).
Fasten off.

Nostrils: x2
E (3.5mm)
Magic circle, single crochet (sc) 6, join. (6)
Fasten off.

*in Black*
For Eyes: x2
E (3.5mm)
Magic circle, sc 8, join. (8)
Fasten off.

*in Buff*
For the base of the snout:

I referenced this eHow page on making an oval shape.
I used a G (4.25mm) hook.
1. Chain 9. Sc in 2nd CH from hook. Sc across 7. In last stitch sc 3.
(Going in the round)
2. On opposite side: Sc across 6, 2 sc in next st.
3. 2 sc in next stitch, sc across 6. 2 sc in next 3 stitches.
4. Sc across 7. 2 sc in next 3 stitches.
5. Sc across 8. 2 sc in next 3 stitches.
6. Sc across 9. 2 sc in next 3 stitches.
7. Sc across 10. 2 sc in next 3 stitches.
8. Slip stitch in next stitch.
Fasten off.

For the Horns: x2
E (3.5mm)
Starting with Brown:
Magic circle, sc 6. (6)
2sc in each stitch around. (12)
1 sc in each stitch around. (12)
Switch to Gold:
1 sc in each stitch around 7 times (12)

For the leaves I used this pattern. Plus I love her designs! I got my inspiration from this pattern as well!
I used an F (3.75mm/4mm) hook and a Sage colored green yarn.

For the ears I used this pattern by Repeat Crafter Me. She explains a bit more on the Zebra pattern, so that is the link I chose to direct you to. Love her work as well!
I used a G (4.25)

And finally, for the roses I used this pattern.
I used a Minty color, light medium blue and a baby pink.
I used an F (3.75mm/4mm) hook.


I hope this post was helpful!

Enjoy!