Amigurumi Advent 2020
Amigurumi Advent is back for a third year! It's time for a new crochet adventure from Irene Strange and I - Amigurumi Advent 2020 MCAL will keep us company in the run up to Christmas! This festive mystery crochet-along is now a tradition and we try to bring fresh and fun mini amigurumi pattern year after year. It's lovely to [...]
Amigurumi Hippo with DMC Happy Chenille. Free pattern!
I’d love to share with you all my enthusiasm for my first amigurumi with chenille yarn, the “Flower Power” Hippo! The PDF file with step-by-step photos and written instructions is completely free for you to enjoy. Download the free pattern Continue reading this post for other curiosities, tricks and my personal impressions on chenille/velvet yarn for amigurumi. Last [...]
Toco the Toucan
The characteristic colored beak and the elegant black plumage. Yes, it's an amigurumi toucan! The crochet pattern to make Toco, the amigurumi toucan, is available here. Toucans are incredibly charming birds, with their large colorful beak, shiny feathers, and white collar. It was impossible to resist the temptation to create a funny amigurumi toucan, much more clumsy and chubby than [...]
Amigurumi School of Magic 2 + FREE Witch of the Woods hat pattern
Amigurumi School of Magic is opening its doors for the second year! This year Irene Strange and I step into the woods in search of mysteries, magic and mischief! Are you joining in? Who knows what we will discover... The Amigurumi School of Magic is a 5-part Mystery Crochet-Along running between 1st - 31st of October 2020. There is a [...]
How to mark the rounds in crochet using a tail of yarn
Mark the rounds in a crochet work is useful to avoid mistakes, to keep track of work done and see how it’s growing. It also makes it easy to count the rounds! Safety pins, stitch markers, paper clips, bobby pins… anything can work. But using a tail of contrasting color yarn is definitely the easiest and fastest way to mark [...]
How to crochet an oval shape: working into both sides of the foundation chain
Crochet oval shapes are used for amigurumi, to make the base of some bags, soles of baby shoes and wool slippers. Most amigurumi patterns start with a magic ring that allows you to make a round shape that widens round after round. Another very common crochet shape is the oval! The oval base allows you to create a three-dimensional shape [...]
Elvie the amigurumi elephant
Elvie the amigurumi pink elephant with trunk up is joining the “crochet party”! This little elephant has been in my to do list for ages. Less than a month ago I decided it was the right time to make it… and it definitely was! After a few hiccups - because I wanted it to be very special, so I had [...]
Ugo the amigurumi Cat
Ugo the mischievous amigurumi cat is a new amigurumi pattern! I hope you will add it to your collection! Ugo is a crochet cat who stands on his 4 legs, with upturned tail and a collar with a tiny bell. It is worked in one piece starting from the head and there are only a few seams to do to [...]
Amigurumi Advent 2020
Amigurumi Advent is back for a third year! It's time for a new crochet adventure from Irene Strange and I - Amigurumi Advent 2020 MCAL will keep us company in the run up to Christmas! This festive mystery crochet-along is now a tradition and we try to bring fresh and fun mini amigurumi pattern year after year. It's lovely to [...]
Amigurumi Hippo with DMC Happy Chenille. Free pattern!
I’d love to share with you all my enthusiasm for my first amigurumi with chenille yarn, the “Flower Power” Hippo! The PDF file with step-by-step photos and written instructions is completely free for you to enjoy. Download the free pattern Continue reading this post for other curiosities, tricks and my personal impressions on chenille/velvet yarn for amigurumi. Last [...]
Toco the Toucan
The characteristic colored beak and the elegant black plumage. Yes, it's an amigurumi toucan! The crochet pattern to make Toco, the amigurumi toucan, is available here. Toucans are incredibly charming birds, with their large colorful beak, shiny feathers, and white collar. It was impossible to resist the temptation to create a funny amigurumi toucan, much more clumsy and chubby than [...]
