Crochet Challenge!! Day 26: Amigurumi

The definition of amigurumi: (crocheted or knitted stuffed toy) is the Japanese art of knitting or crocheting small stuffed animals and anthropomorphic creatures.

 The word is derived from a combination of the Japanese words ami, meaning crocheted or knitted, and nuigurumi, meaning stuffed doll. 

Amigurumi's are my favorite thing to make and I've made quite a few of them. Here are some of the amigurumi's that I have made over the years. There are others that I have just not had a chance to photograph.

 

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Finished Monster Backpacks

            Here are the two finished back packs, except that the green one is still missing eyes. This is a very simple step so I consider them pretty much finished at this point. Attaching the teeth is the longest and hardest part, but even that is easy enough that a novice such as my self could do it. The felt is a key component to the ease of this project, because felt does not frey. This means that as long as you attach the teeth securely to the project you are good to go. This is unlike any other fabric, which you would have to put a seam on the prevent deterieration. 

            The backpacks are already in use and both his cousins seem to like them. They used them on the first day of school. Each of the monsters are their favorite colors :)

Below I included some images of what it looked like while I was sewing on the teeth, incase someone was interested in exactly how I sewed them. I opened the zipper and just sewed along in a line along the shaoe of the teeth. 

Hope you enjoyed this and I'll post again soon :)

First Post

So this is my first post. I figured the best use for this post would be to explain the purpose behind this blog.

1. To share information I find on any of my hobbies (crochet, yarn, drawing, woodworking, ect.)
2. To tell you whats happening in my life =) just big interesting things 
3. Share my current projects and future project ideas
4. Help others who might have questions about how I do things =)
5. Give links to some free patterns I found on the internet

So to finish off this post I'm gonna show you guys some little monsters I made  based on this fabulous pattern I found on Allison Hoffman's blog: http://craftyiscool.blogspot.com/p/free-patternstutorials-baby-monsters.html

If you'd like to go make some of your own just check that out the pattern is free =)

 Here's the whole family together

 This one I named Grump

 This one is the copy of the other orange one

 This is the first one I made =)

 This is the original orange one 

 this one is loosely based off Frankenstein, so I named him Franky

 This is my chaotic work space =) I have both orange guys in my hands

 This one is named Ghost 

The two orange ones look the same cause the second was based off the first, but if you look close the second has brown eyes and the first has black. =) also the second's teeth are smaller.