After a few months of waiting, the amigurumi pattern to make Ruty has arrived! Who is Ruty? They are a little mandrake, with a warm smile, broad leaves and dangling roots! Ruty was born at the end of last year and spent the cold season in her crochet pot until I [...]
Dotty is a crochet basket formed by squares, the famous granny squares! The square creates a basic module that can be composed to form many different projects. I am making baskets to keep yarn and notions. The instructions to crochet Dotty - and also Mini-Dotty! - in DMC Natura Just [...]
The Moon Rabbit: from the legend to the cute crochet bunnies! The mythological legends of the moon rabbit are present in many countries of the Far East, with many different stories and meanings (you can read some of them on the dedicated Wikipedia page). For this amigurumi bunny I imagined [...]
Mini and Maxi are 2 amigurumi koalas in 2 different sizes to be made with the same yarn! These new amigurumi, I must admit, were born by chance. My sketchbook is full of quirky and fun animals that can't wait to become cute amigurumi, and every time I'm working on [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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! [...]
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 [...]
