My amigurumi bunnies have gone home with my niece and nephew after today’s Easter excitement. I put them out in the yard as part of the Easter egg hunt, placing them carefully on large rocks in the newly planted flower bed. They were pretty cute sitting there awaiting the egg hunt. I don’t have a very good picture of the bunnies but take a peek at them anyway.
Those bunnies are hardly hiding.
The best picture I got of the cute little white bunny all put together is one from before Easter. I had it and the blue bunny set out on my dining room table just to enjoy whenever I walked by. I have a vase with some Forsythia branches in it as a little Easter tree sitting on a colorful spring table runner. I love vibrant colors and spring gives me the chance to play with them. The white bunny ended up with ears slightly longer than the blue bunny which I like very much. The thing that gets me is the little pink nose, it just makes me go “Awe!”
The pattern calls for the paws to be sewn together by running a piece of yarn through the two of them and then securing it to the body. For the white bunny I decided not to do so and it’s just as cute. It doesn’t make for the same expression as it does on the blue one though. On the blue bunny I played up the cuteness by putting the eyes and ears at a slightly cocked angle which goes very well with the paws together. I believe the expression is called “Baroo?” on Cuteoverload.com. The white bunny is slightly less animated but still has a lot of personality (I still say it’s all in the pink nose). I might have to make another white bunny for my own amigurumi collection. For now I have to decide what’s next in my adventures of crochet. I’ll most likely start with finishing my plarn totes.
I’ve been a little busy and slightly defeated lately. I completed the colorful plarn bag but am not happy with the length of the straps and so I’m at a stand still. Since then I haven’t done any crochet really. With the approach of Easter I wanted to try making an amigurumi bunny. I searched for different patterns and found 2 I really liked. One is a Baby Snow Bunny found at the Darncat Crochet blog. It sits on its belly like a real bunny would and darned cute. The other I had bookmarked many moons ago at Marjorie Crochets and it’s more a cutesy comical bunny with exaggeratedly long ears. I couldn’t decide. So I asked my husband. To my surprise he was kind of excited to be included in this decision. I will probably try making each bunny but which one was to come first?! We decided on the cutesy bunny found at Marjorie Crochets. I completed one in a variegated blue/purple Red Heart yarn and intended to take a picture before putting it together but got carried away. After it was all put together I had a little photoshoot with it. The pattern calls for toy eyes and nose or just thread. I checked out my bead stash and founds some black beads to my liking. Another thing I discovered during this project is that my husband is an excellent needle threader. I’m not so bad but after a couple misses he offered and had it done quickly. Who knew?! I sewed the eyes and nose on before stuffing the head which is a first for me. 
Previously I’ve just used thread or yarn to make the facial features and always after assembling the whole amigurumi. It was quite easy to attach the beads while having access to the inside, plus there is no need to try and hide the tails as they will be inside already.
After completing the blue bunny I decided to make another. It is an easy pattern to follow and I’m very satisfied with the results. I’m half way through putting together a white bunny now and this time I remembered to take the pre-assemblage photo. For the white bunny I sewed a pink nose using some pink yarn. I’ve also decided to go with bead eyes and again sewing them on before stuffing the head. I should be done with my white bunny tonight! These bunnies have been a great distraction this weekend before I realized that I had strep throat and needed a doctor. Now my concern is how to remove the strep bacteria off my cute bunnies! Any tips?
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.
After receiving an amigurumi book titled “Crobots” I finally decided to try it out. I figured that if I made mistakes in the robot it wouldn’t be as obvious as if I made mistakes on a more identify-able thing like an animal. The instructions for the Crobot were very easy to follow which was a great way to start something new and potentially daunting. The Crobot is a music robot and wears headphones. I like the crobots because they require beads and findings as embellishments which means I get to use my large collection of beads as well as the yarn. It was a lot of fun sewing on the little beady bits and figuring out that mess. I think I’ll need some better and more organized tools. I need a couple smaller crochet hooks for amigurumi and at the moment I just have a zippered canvas bag for all my hooks which will become cumbersome with more hooks. I think I’ll also look into getting a beading needle though I’m pretty sure I have one some where. One thing I do know is that I don’t need any more beads or findings!
Let me introduce Boopbot:
Boop bop boop boop bop
I have two other amigurumi books that I have just never dared to make anything from. One is “Tiny Yarn Animals” and the other is “Creep Cute.” I decided I was ready to try one from these books. I decided to go with a cute little turtle from “Tiny Yarn Animals.” I used a yarn that was very soft which I’ve now learned is not the best choice unless I use a smaller hook or crochet a lot tighter. The little turtle has a soft pink shell and blue for its body. This book has two strikes against it: (1) No instructions for how to put all the pieces together, (2) No totals for stitches at the end of a row. I managed to put the little turtle together without an issue luckily and it’s pretty darn cute! Next I’ll have to try something from “Creepy Cute.” I can’t wait.
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