The attack of the amigurumi has continued with the creation of a little devil, a cupcake, a bird, and a little bear. The little devil was created from a book titled “Creepy Cute” and it seemed like a good place to start in that book as it didn’t have too many little details to make. There are other characters like a ninja, a vampire, a zombie bride and groom. The devil was perfect because it required red and black of which I still have a bunch. Plus it kind of reminds me of a cat. That red yarn is darned hard to photograph though, ugh. I made the little devil without a hitch and it’s a cutie! My favorite details are the little horns and its tail.
The cupcake was a pattern I found online at Ana Paula’s Amigurumi Patterns. I liked the idea of trying out the cupcake because a) it looks delicious and b) I get to sew on colorful beads. Before starting this project I had to scrounge around my yarn stash for some brown yarn. I ended up reclaiming some from a very sad looking scarf which worked out perfectly. The brown yarn is a bit on the soft side and just as with the turtle from my previous post it doesn’t keep its shape or sit quite right. I should really pay closer attention to the yarn softness and crochet a lot tighter to counteract that potential issue. After making the cupcake I think it might be cute to crochet a bowl of fruit and I’ve already added a pattern book on food to my Amazon wishlist for this purpose. The photo of the cupcake is terrible and I may reshoot to do it some justice. I was exploring the house for settings and ended up just putting it on a plate. The photo is blurry because I had to skip the flash or the pink icing looked white.
The little bird is teeny and precious. I found this pattern online as well but this time on Deviant Art. The user Sparrow-dream created the pattern herself and wrote it out for other people to try. I like the shape of the bird and how the head and body are one piece so less sewing. The little wings are too adorable! The pattern called for pipe cleaners for legs but I decided to create legs using a chain which looks a little odd since they kind of curl a bit. I also did something a bit different for the comb along the top of its head. I used the same instructions for the edge of the cupcake icing to make its comb. I also skipped the felt beak and just sewed on a little bit of pink for the mouth.
Now to the most recent amigurumi to participate in this invasion; a little brown bear. The bear pattern came from the book “Tiny Yarn Animals” mentioned in my previous post. I started making a beaver and then decided on making a koala and then just made it into a bear. I don’t have any gray to make a koala anyway. So my beaver turned into a bear. I took an idea from the koala pattern and even made little ears with pink inside which is darned adorable. This little bear has eyes, a nose and even a silly little grin. I didn’t get any good photos of it though so that’ll have to get done another day along with the cupcake.
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