55 posts tagged “handmade”
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.
These are the newest colors in the Radiance line of Suncatcher Eyes. Only available in my Etsy shop for now.
I've just added a bunch of new colors. Here they are:
They will be added to my website this weekend (fingers crossed) and are available upon request and through my Etsy shop.
I am really excited about the response to the Suncatcher Eyes Treasure Chest contest. There are still 4 weeks left, so there is plenty of time to enter for a chance to win $60 worth of Suncatcher Eyes and noses in a convenient storage box. The response has been so wonderful, in fact, that I'm thinking of running a contest each month. Maybe next month it will be for a box o' noses. What do you think?
This is really exciting. One lucky person will win a treasure chest of $60 worth of Suncatcher Eyes and noses. Lots of selection, lots of sizes, and lots of colors! Visit the Suncatcher Eyes website for details.
What do you get when a bunny and a kitty love each other very much? A Fuzzle! Fuzzle crochet pattern here.
As always, make as many as you want and even sell them, just please do not sell the pattern. I would love for you to link to the pattern, just please do not copy the pattern on another website.
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.
I've been working on a new look for the Suncatcher Eyes website. What do you think? (If you go wandering around the site, keep in mind I haven't had time to update all the pages yet).
Thank you all so much for adding your creations to the Suncatcher Eyes group on Flickr!
If you use Suncatcher Eyes and/or my crochet patterns, this is your invitation to come join us and share what you've made. We would all love to see them!
Here are a few of the latest additions to our group:
