Sunday, July 4, 2010

Happy Fourth of July


I hope all of you have a wonderful, happy, and safe holiday celebrating the birth of our wonderful country. I hope you are with family and/or friends on this day.

No new patterns or pictures to share today. If you are looking for themed items the Patriotic Knit and Crochet Page or the Patriotic Plastic Canvas Page may help.

I plan on watching my favorite local parade, watching the Boston Pops concert on TV, and squeezing a viewing of 1776 the musical in along with a barbeque. I will be back on Monday with more crafts.







Picture Credit: http://morguefile.com/archive/display/131739

Friday, July 2, 2010

Farmer Girl


I finally have one resident for the one of the farms that will be leaving here at Christmas time. I am hoping she will have a male companion and that the other farm will also be fully stocked will animals and people prior to Christmas. This was my first attempt with a crochet ami doll and it had its moments. I have been reading more tutorials about hair and heads as evidenced by the collection of tutorials posted yesterday. However, those all came after the creation of this doll when I realized more work was needed. However, as a first effort I am pleased. There were parts that went better than I thought they would.



I have been collecting out of print patterns books and magazines to increase my pattern collection. This pattern is from Annie's Crochet Newsletter Jul-Aug 1992. Michelle Wilcox was the designer. It is interesting as I have started to collect patterns how many names you run across in different publications. This pattern was called "Wash Day" and designed as a display, not for children's play. However, the idea of a farmer that came with her own afghan seemed too good to let go. There is a goose with this pattern that will likely be added to the farm yard as I finish off all the other requirements.





If you arrived here looking for free amigurumi doll patterns please visit the Crochet and Knit Doll Page where you will find patterns. If you are looking for amigurumi toys, please visit the Toy Pattern Page where you will find selections of free Toy Patterns.

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Thursday, July 1, 2010

Amigurumi Tutorials


I am always looking to improve my techniques, learn new ideas, and find better ways of doing things. I see a link, read a blog, and then forget where I saw it. Therefore, I decided there was no better place to organize these links than my own blog.

Beginner Techniques:

Adding a New Color

Assembling Amigurumis

Attaching Hair

Attaching/Joining

Attaching Limbs

Attaching Limbs Part 2

Basics

Basics of Getting Started

Eyes

Eyes Using Plastic Eyes

Faces Securing Stitching

Fastening Off

Fringe

Hints and Tips

Invisible Decrease

Invisible Decrease 2

Invisible Joinings and Endings

Joining Legs Continuing Body

Magic Ring

Right Side

Seamless Join

Stuffing

Techniques:

Brushed Amis

Brushed Amis 2

Felting Needle

Hair

Hair Fringe

Hair Tassel Method

Tassels Using a Crochet Fork

Thread Jointing

Design:

Picture to Pattern

Shaping:

Tall Row Shaping

Clothes:

Adding a Dress

Gown Tutorial Update

Character Help:

Creepy Cute Crochet Tutorials:

Basic Head Help

Grim Reaper's Hood from Creepy Cute Crochet


For Free Amigurumi Toy Patterns please see the Free Toy Pattern Blog Page.


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