Fiber Arts Friday
This week’s feature fiber art craft is amigurumi. Amigurumi is a Japanese art of crocheted animals (or other cute things). It is done in single crochet in the round. These little creations slay me. I’m an alpaca breeder, that should tell you how far “cute” goes with me.
In my fantasy world, I learn to crochet and make these completely adorable things and live in a house full of them. When I get old, I am found buried in them. My children can barely get the door open to check on me, I am so steeped in adorableness…OK, wait, that’s starting to become more of a nightmare. Anyway, CUTE rules.
These amigurumi Star Wars characters have been making their way around the web. Often you will see very colorful amigurumi that is so cute it makes your teeth wiggle with sweetness. See some of these can be seen on JapanXtreme and at Willy-Nilly Waterlily. Also go visit Happy Whosits, who has been a contributor to Fiber Arts Friday and whose jolly, colorful creatures never fail to bring a smile to my face.
How can anyone resist this little guy? Here’s a list of amigurumi patterns. I’ve added this book to my Christmas list.
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August 28th, 2009 at 7:46 am
My little Star Wars obsessed 6 year old wants Mom to make those! Oh! I need to get over my fear of small knitting needles so I can start making cute things like these figures.
Thanks for sharing another great idea!
August 28th, 2009 at 8:28 am
I love the little rosy cheeks on that little seal!
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August 28th, 2009 at 8:47 am
OMG these are great! I think I might have to hunt down my hooks and try some! Thanks.
–Lindsay
August 28th, 2009 at 10:03 am
adorable!!
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August 28th, 2009 at 10:24 am
Those are too adorable and now I have to learn to crochet! That baby seal has to be mine!
August 28th, 2009 at 12:33 pm
Would instantly drop my knitting needles with sock attached if I knew there was a Jar Jar Binks pattern out there…. (wanders off to surf the net)
Feistywoman Designs´s last blog ..How to spin my Posy Toes batts–Snake Plant
August 28th, 2009 at 8:45 pm
I have a friend that makes the Amiigurami
criters and has made a lot of them.
She is taking Japanise in Collage and can
speak some. She knits and crochets and had
made some very cute ones. She teaches
English at USA also so she is very smart.
Mary
August 29th, 2009 at 4:58 pm
Amigurumi are on my list of things to do. I even bought a book in Japanese off of Etsy, of adorable patterns, and have printed out tips for how to use such a book from helpful websites. An easy simple bird will be my first from that book, I think.
I LOVE the look of Amigurumi. My first might be a dolphin from an issue of Knit.1 from ‘08 – I LOVE dolphins, and a dolphin amigurumi was one of several oceanic amigurumi in that issue. In fact, this may show up soon on Fiber Arts Friday on my blog . . . . inspired by this weeks FAF here.
LOVE the Star Wars ones, those will definitely be on my list to do sometime too!!!
sarebear (who accidentally started typing too fast this week thus the http after her name in the name/link field this week!)
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August 30th, 2009 at 8:09 am
Kawaii desu ne! (Cute, isn’t it?) Maybe I better take up crochet again just so I can make a kawaii Yoda amigurumi….
Carolyn B (vintagepix)´s last blog ..Post-fabric painting housekeeping
September 1st, 2009 at 8:29 am
I wasn’t necessarily a Star Wars fan, but I love the crocheted figures!
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