Amigurumi Blooming Spring Adventure
A new adventure to welcome in a New Season!

This is a Mystery Crochet Along from Airali design and Irene Strange!
This April join us for a brand new mystery crochet-along inspired by the colours, flowers and scents of spring.

The Blooming Spring Adventure Crochet-Along will begin on April 1st, with a new part released every week throughout the month.

In each part you will find a section of our Mystery Amigurumi and a smaller project that complements the theme. Week by week watch your Amigurumi take shape and your Spring collection bloom!

We want this to be a fun and relaxing crochet-along for everyone – let’s craft at our own pace and enjoy every stitch!

We also have a fun little pattern that is free for everyone: the Squishy Bumblebee! Click here to download the free pattern!

Early-bird sign-ups for the MCAL are open from the 25th until the 31st of March 2022.
The first part of the MCAL is released on April 1st, the following parts are releases every Friday: 8th, 15th, 22nd and 29th.

We hope you will enjoy our spring adventure!

Ilaria and Irina

PS. Below are answers to some of the questions we have been asked. If there’s anything else do let us know and we will add it to the list!

Amigurumi Blooming Spring Adventure is a paid for Mystery Crochet Along by Airali design and Irene Strange which includes 1 medium size animal amigurumi pattern and smaller amigurumi patterns released weekly from 1st to 29th of April 2022.

You can join us on Ravelry ! You can also buy the MCAL in our Etsy shop – the pattern will be redeemed on Ravelry – we are giving this option to allow more payment options.

MCAL stands for Mystery Crochet-Along, an online event which runs for a limited time where people work together on the same project. With Mystery crochet-alongs we know the theme of the Crochet-Along but not the specific projects, which are released in parts throughout the event.

This MCAL is inspired by Spring season! We make one medium size amigurumi animal and more little mystery crochet makes.

The Blooming Spring MCAL patterns can be rated as intermediate difficulty.

If you are a beginner: you may find some tricky parts! All the instructions are supported by step by step photos and a stitch guide is included. Are you up for a little challenge?

If you are an intermediate crocheter: you can discover new crochet techniques and tricks for amigurumi! Some parts will be easy peasy, others will require a bit more attention.

If you are a crochet expert: and you also followed our previous adventures you’ll get all the fun of our mini-makes on a bigger scale! We hope you will enjoy this new format.

You can sign up for the MCAL in our Etsy shop, but as Etsy doesn’t support digital updates the patterns will be redeemed on Ravelry – make sure to leave us your email address or Ravelry username at checkout to receive the daily updates.

To take part in the Mystery Crochet-Along you will need to purchase a copy of the MCAL pattern either on Ravelry or on LoveCrafts.com.
Early-Bird price is 8$ only until 31th of March 2021.

For those joining the MCAL via Ravelry the weekly updates will be sent out through the Ravelry pattern update tool, with each part presented as a separate PDF file. Click the update pattern icon in your individual Pattern Library to update the PDF.

For those joining the MCAL on LoveCrafts.com the PDF pattern file will be re-uploaded each day with the latest part added on to make the file longer.

For those joining the MCAL on Etsy the patterns will be redeemed on Ravelry, a daily update will be received by email.

Join us in the Amigurumi Adventures Ravelry group to chat and share your Blooming Spring work in progress!

Having a Ravelry account isn’t essential but it will help get the pattern updates easier.

With this and our previous MCALs we offer an introductory Early-Bird price for the first to join, it means you get a the whole Amigurumi Blooming Spring experience for a special price – 8$ only!

Regular price is 12$.

Note: local VAT taxes may be applied depending on your country.

The MCAL is designed to work with DK weight cotton yarn, but like all amigurumi projects it can be made in any yarn and hook. Using bulkier yarns will result in bigger toys, lighter yarns will produce smaller toys – it really depends on personal preference.

TIP: Each make will need a small amount of yarn, great for using up odd bits from the stash!

Click here to download a one page PDF file with the color palette and yarn options!

The yarn you will see used throughout the MCAL is Paintbox Yarns Cotton DK * (100% cotton, 50g, 125m/137yds) in:

Taupe (Taupe 475) x2
White (Champagne White 403)
Yellow (Daffodil Yellow 422)
Orange (Peach Orange 455)
Lilac (Dusty Rose 442)
Light Green (Pistachio 425)
Green (Pine Green 467)
Navy (Deep Sea Blue 468)

Here there are a few examples of yarn substitutions:

Scheepjes Catona (100% Cotton, 50gr/125m)

Taupe (Soft Beige 406) x2
White (Bridal White 105)
Yellow (Lemonade 403)
Orange (Apricot 524)
Lilac (Lavender 520)
Light Green (Lime Juice 392)
Green (Sage Green 212)
Navy (Light Navy 164)

Ricorumi DK * (100% Cotton, 25gr/57m)

Taupe (Light Grey 003) x3
White (Cream 002)
Yellow (Pastel Yellow 062)
Orange (Papaya 068)
Lilac (Lilac 017)
Light Green (Pastel Green 045)
Green (Olive 048)
Navy (Midnight Blue 035)

Happy Cotton * (100% Cotton, 20gr/43m)

Taupe (Moonbeam 757) x4
White (Shower 762)
Yellow (Lemonade 770)
Orange (Melon 794)
Lilac (Unicorn 769)
Light Green (Sherbet 778)
Green (Treetop 780)
Navy (School Days 758)

Schachenmayr Catania * (100% Cotton, 50gr/125m)

Taupe (Bast 00257) x2
White (Natur 00105)
Yellow (Vanille 0403)
Orange (Mango 00411)
Lilac (Flieder 00226)
Light Green (Gelbgruen 00392)
Green (Khaki 00212)
Navy (Marine 00124)

TIP: You can substitute Taupe with a beige, cream or light grey yarn! The patterns use only a small amount of yarn for all the other colors, great for using up odd bits from the stash!

For the Mystery Amigurumi we used some Mohair yarn held together with the main cotton yarn. If you would like to do the same choose a lace-weight mohair in a similar colour to the main yarn. Mohair yarn examples are: Rico Essentials Super Kid Mohair *, Rowan Kidsilk Haze *, Drops Kid Silk.

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Depending on your yarn you may need to change to bigger or smaller hook size, find one that works best for you!

The Blooming Spring Adventure MCAL will arrive in 5 parts, released weekly throughout April 2022. Each mystery part will contain:
– 1 clue of the mystery amigurumi
– 1 Spring bloom
– surprises from the designers

You are welcome to make all patterns or just your favourites – it’s totally up to each maker! You will receive a clue for the main amigurumi each week, but you can also wait until the end of the MCAL to start your big project and make the small patterns released each week during the MCAL.

Sharing on social media is completely optional, we do love seeing all your makes and share them on our Instagram Story!

Use the hashtags #bloomingspringMCAL and #bloomingspringadventure2022 to make your posts visible to everyone browsing the hashtags.

There will be prizes! A few makers will be randomly picked from the Instagram posts and Ravelry thread at the end of the MCAL.

All previous Amigurumi Adventure MCAL are based on small patterns released daily or weekly.
For the Blooming Spring Adventure we release one or more small crochet pattern each week but we also have a medium size amigurumi project which is shared in parts (1 clues each week of the MCAL). It is a mystery amigurumi!

A few hints:

  • it’s and animal
  • a symbol of Spring
  • fun construction and step by step photos are provided for each clue

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