I've tried to write this post at least 3 times now...
So lately I've done a lot of knitting, though I've known how to crochet since i was young. Here is my dilemma: I love.. no, adore the look of knitted work i think that it is beautiful. The problem being i am still pretty new to it and don't get it done that fast so i loose interest, start a new project, then end up frogging the previous one to use the yarn elsewhere. On the flip side i can crochet... i can crochet well and fast. Now it's not wholly bad, i've made several crochet items, but to be honest i don't really care for the look of it or the knotty lumpy way it feels. Thats not to say that i don't see crochet things that i think are great and beautiful too.
Which brings me to amigurumi. Amigu-what? Amigurumi is Japanese for small stuffed toy. Most of the time you will only see crochet amigurumi, though you will see knit ones sometimes too. If you get really hardcore and translate a pattern directly from japanese text to english don't be confused, they will refer to it as "knit" (which will be the literal translation) though the example pictures will be crochet.
This is a branch of crochet i do happen to enjoy, i dabbled in it a bit before but for some reason it's really sparked my interest lately. So here is my recent project, it's a mushroom with a stuffed base and hollow cap with a lift flap. The pattern is here. I wasn't sure if i'd like it because of the way the base looks, and now i know i don't really care for the way they did it. So i am going to try a free hand version of my own.
This picture was taken yesterday, i actually added the finishing buttons to the cap this morning (i'll post a pic soon).
If you are interested in amigurumi here are a few sites that will help you out a bit including one with a great directory cute patterns.
**I prefer the double ring to the single, i find it holds the work tighter and leaves less need to weave in the end if any, though this tutorial tells you to pull a bit differently than i would. (i'll do a short tut sometime)
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