Amigurumi - Cute Crochet Toys
Have you heard of Amigurumi?
It is two Japanese words combined together to mean crocheted stuffed
doll and you pronounce it Ah-me-goo-roo-me
(glad to see my two years of high school Japanese are finally paying
off!). It’s a bit difficult to remember
and almost impossible to type correctly into Google so maybe we will see a good
nickname develop for in the next few years (please!). And of
course they have to be cute. Think Hello
Kitty and other cute Japanese cartoon creatures made out of crochet. More often than not they are animals, but
they don’t have to be. Best of all, if anyone in your family has a favorite character, chances are there is a cute free pattern so you can delight them by making them one!
If you have never picked up a crochet hook before, I’d suggest you start on a simpler more traditional crochet project. In my experience amigurumi is a bit fiddly - you don’t want to be learning your basic stitches on something that is fiddly. Also free patterns on the inter…
If you have never picked up a crochet hook before, I’d suggest you start on a simpler more traditional crochet project. In my experience amigurumi is a bit fiddly - you don’t want to be learning your basic stitches on something that is fiddly. Also free patterns on the inter…