128 posts tagged “amigurumi”
Wikipedia defines amigurumi as "the Japanese art of knitting or crocheting small stuffed animals and anthropomorphic creatures." If you Google the word "amigurumi," 837,000 links come up, and there are 196,000 images. On Flickr there are 68,900 photos tagged with "amigurumi." A few years ago amigurumi was a difficult-to-explain, hard-to-pronounce craft that few knew about. Today it has exploded into a craft revolution.
There is an amigurumi for just about anything you can imagine, and most of the patterns are available too. How about a pig, cat, dog, bear, bunny, dog in a bear suit, pear, apple, tree, hamburger and hot dog, fish bones, robots, a skeleton, any cartoon and pop culture character you can imagine, dolls, mermaids, and of course mushrooms and snails.
I learned to crochet more than 25 years ago, long before crochet was cool. Crochet used to be thought of as little old ladies making afghans, slippers, and scarves. With the introduction of amigurumi, that has all changed. Crafters have embraced amigurumi and even created micro businesses. They sell amigurumi dolls and patterns, and there are even those who sell the materials used to make amigurumi.
Crocheting is popular again, and it's being learned by a whole new generation of crafters. What a wonderful way to keep the art of crochet going.
Who wants to join a crochetalong to make this adorable fuzzy panda? Join Roxycraft at Craftzine.com at this link to make your own panda. Panda's eyes are 18mm Suncatcher Eyes in Shimmer Aqua.
These are the newest colors in the Radiance line of Suncatcher Eyes. Only available in my Etsy shop for now.
Well, maybe not yet, but he did have this cute movie made about him:
If you would like to make your own Little Emo, here is the free pattern.
I finally had a few hours to devote to working on my website and post all the rest of the free crochet patterns. Check them out here.
After lots of debate, I have decided to phase out my crochet patterns and concentrate solely on Suncatcher Eyes. But don't worry, I will still be adding new patterns from time to time, it's just that I'll be giving them away rather than selling them. It makes me happier to do that. I will slowly be changing all patterns for sale to free over the next few weeks as time permits (creating the web pages and all that). The first to gain his freedom is Little Emo. You can find the FREE amigurumi crochet pattern here: Little Emo Crochet Pattern. Hope you enjoy it!
To honor all you moms out there, Suncatcher Eyes are 25% off on Etsy through Sunday. What a great time to try them for the first time or stock up! Visit Suncatcher Eyes on Etsy here.
