Easy Amigurumi
Amigurumi Arms and Legs: Tube Sizes, Stuffing and Joined Legs
How to size, stuff and close crocheted limbs, an arm pattern and a leg pattern, and how to join two legs into a body with a short chain.
Learn to Crochet Adorable Amigurumi
Beginner-friendly tutorials in US crochet terms: the magic ring, basic shapes, and small original patterns for animals, minis, dolls, and more.
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Never crocheted a toy before? Work through these four in order.
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Amigurumi for Beginners: Supplies, Skills and First Projects
What amigurumi is, the seven supplies worth buying, the six skills every crocheted toy relies on, and a sensible order of first projects.
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How to Read Amigurumi Patterns: Abbreviations, Rounds and Stitch Counts
A round line in a crochet toy pattern has four parts in a fixed order. This guide decodes them, lists the US abbreviations and shows how to check a stitch count.
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How to Crochet a Magic Ring for Amigurumi, Step by Step
The magic ring explained one movement at a time for right- and left-handers, with how to lock the tail, the chain-2 alternative and fixes for a ring that will not close.
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Amigurumi Ball Pattern: How to Crochet a Basic Sphere
A round-by-round pattern for a 30-stitch crocheted ball, with an explanation of what each section does and a table for making it smaller or bigger.
Easy Amigurumi
Amigurumi Head and Body: Proportions, Construction and Patterns
How head-to-body proportions change a toy's character, when to work the two as separate pieces or as one, and a head and body pattern with matching neck openings.
Easy Amigurumi
Common Amigurumi Mistakes and How to Fix Each One
A fault-by-fault troubleshooting list for beginner amigurumi: gaps, inside-out pieces, lost counts, bumpy decreases, lumpy stuffing and lopsided limbs, each with its cause and fix.
Amigurumi Animals
Amigurumi Turtle Pattern: Domed Shell, Flat Belly and Four Flippers
A turtle built from a domed shell with a back-loop ridge and a flat belly disc, plus a round head, four flippers and a tiny tail, with guidance on joining and stuffing a flat-bottomed shape.
Amigurumi Animals
Amigurumi Dog Pattern: A Puppy With Floppy Ears and an Eye Patch
A seated puppy with a separate oval muzzle, floppy ears worked flat, a one-eye patch in a second color and a short tail, with notes on how ear placement changes the breed feel.
Amigurumi Animals
Amigurumi Frog Pattern: A Round One-Piece Frog With Eye Bumps
A round frog made from one wide body, two eye bumps and four small feet, with step-by-step help for placing the bumps and embroidering a straight, wide smile.
Amigurumi Animals
Amigurumi Cat Pattern: A Simple Sitting Cat With Pointed Ears
A simple sitting cat with a wide head, a small body, flattened-cone ears and a long curved tail, plus nose and whisker embroidery and coat color ideas.
Amigurumi Animals
Amigurumi Bear Pattern: A Simple Seated Teddy for Beginners
A simple seated teddy bear worked in nine small pieces: head, body, round ears, muzzle, arms and legs, with the assembly order and an embroidered face.
Amigurumi Animals
Amigurumi Ears: Round, Long, Pointed and Floppy Patterns for Any Animal
Four short ear patterns (round cup, long, pointed and floppy) and where each one sits on the head, so the same plain ball can become a bear, bunny, cat or dog.
Mini Amigurumi
Mini Amigurumi Whale: A Palm-Sized Pattern
A palm-sized whale with a tapering body, a two-lobed tail fluke and side fins, plus an optional white belly worked with a simple color change.
Mini Amigurumi
Mini Amigurumi Bee: A Tiny Striped Pattern
A tiny striped bee made from one oval body and two flat wings, with clear color-change notes and instructions for turning it into a keychain or mobile.
Mini Amigurumi
Mini Amigurumi Guide: How to Crochet Tiny Toys
How to make tiny amigurumi: scale any pattern down with finer yarn and a smaller hook, simplify the shapes, handle small stitches, choose tiny eyes and stuff with tweezers.
Amigurumi Dolls
Amigurumi Doll Hair: Wig Caps, Strands, Curls and Braids
Three ways to add hair to a crocheted doll: a wig cap, rooted strands and chain curls, with a simple bun, braids, and notes on yarn, hairline and trimming.
Amigurumi Dolls
Amigurumi Doll Pattern for Beginners: One-Piece Body
A simple doll worked from the feet up in one piece: joined legs, a dress-colored body, a head continued from the neck, and sewn-on arms and hair cap.
Amigurumi Techniques
Amigurumi Shaping Techniques: Tummies, Snouts and Flat Bases
How to shape amigurumi beyond evenly spaced increases: staggered rounds, increases stacked on one side, back-loop rounds, taller stitches and light needle sculpting, with three short practice pieces.
Amigurumi Techniques
Amigurumi Color Change: Clean Stripes in Spiral Rounds
How to change yarn color on the last yarn over, soften the jog that spiral rounds leave in stripes, choose between carrying and cutting, and secure the tails inside the toy.
Amigurumi Techniques
Amigurumi Face Embroidery: Eyes, Noses, Mouths and Cheeks
Where to place eyes so a toy reads as cute, how safety eyes compare with embroidered ones, and how to stitch noses, mouths, sleepy eyes, eyebrows and cheeks with no visible ends.
Amigurumi Techniques
How to Sew Amigurumi Pieces Together Neatly and Securely
Assembly decides how a finished toy looks. How to pin and check placement, when to use whip stitch or mattress stitch, and how to sew a head on so it does not wobble.
Amigurumi Techniques
How to Stuff Amigurumi Smoothly, Without Lumps or Dents
A practical guide to stuffing crocheted toys: which filling to use, how firm each part should be, how to avoid lumps, when to stuff during the decrease rounds, and how to add weight safely.
Amigurumi Techniques
Invisible Decrease Amigurumi Tutorial: The Front-Loop Method
Why a standard decrease leaves a bump and a gap on stuffed pieces, how to work the invisible decrease through the front loops, and a small practice ball that puts both methods side by side.
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Amigurumi Gifts
Finishing Amigurumi for Gifts: A Clean, Safe Final Checklist
The final steps that make a crocheted toy ready to give: closing the last round neatly, burying ends, tidying fuzz, tug-testing seams, age-appropriate details and care notes.
Amigurumi Animals
Amigurumi Turtle Pattern: Domed Shell, Flat Belly and Four Flippers
A turtle built from a domed shell with a back-loop ridge and a flat belly disc, plus a round head, four flippers and a tiny tail, with guidance on joining and stuffing a flat-bottomed shape.
Amigurumi Dolls
Amigurumi Doll Hair: Wig Caps, Strands, Curls and Braids
Three ways to add hair to a crocheted doll: a wig cap, rooted strands and chain curls, with a simple bun, braids, and notes on yarn, hairline and trimming.
Mini Amigurumi
Mini Amigurumi Whale: A Palm-Sized Pattern
A palm-sized whale with a tapering body, a two-lobed tail fluke and side fins, plus an optional white belly worked with a simple color change.
Amigurumi Dolls
Amigurumi Doll Pattern for Beginners: One-Piece Body
A simple doll worked from the feet up in one piece: joined legs, a dress-colored body, a head continued from the neck, and sewn-on arms and hair cap.
Amigurumi Food
Amigurumi Food: Strawberry, Donut and Fried Egg Patterns
Three short food patterns, a strawberry, a donut and a fried egg, with the basic shape behind each one and notes on carrots, mushrooms, pears, faces and play-food safety.
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