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The end of summer is fast approaching but don’t worry, we won’t let it go by without a nice tropical island and coconut amigurumi celebration! We’re really in a tropical mood these days~
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Here is our tropical island amigurumi! Nice, happy coconut palm tree.
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Does it look better with a plumeria or an umbrella?
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Couldn’t make up my mind, so I posted both of them! What do you think works better with the coconut palm tree? No, what our tropical island amigurumi really needs is some friends! Yes, animals..
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And maybe a wave friend too…
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And possibly some more…..coconuts?!
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The island is getting invaded with coconut friends! Oh, how I would love for that to happen…think of all the pina coladas I could drink and all the coconut cakes…mmm…. No, I wouldn’t eat such a friendly looking coconut amigurumi! Well maybe not, it’s their cute faces that really make you want to scarf them down. Anyway, let’s get away from the subject of a crazy coconut eating frenzy and focus more on the waves. 
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Yes, this is a wave. No matter how you look at it…it is a wave! The top part is the bubbles that form on a wave as it comes crashing towards the shore. He even arches over like a real wave too–although you can’t really see it that well from this angle. Here you go…arch!
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Can you see how it arches a bit? If I turned it any more sideways, then you wouldn’t be able to see his fierce expression. Looking fierce!
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But anyway, another amigurumi I wanted to share…coconut amigurumi!
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Don’t they look so happy and inviting? :> As I was taking the pictures, I really wanted it to look like a coconut that you would see on a label on a bottle of lotion. So I played around a bit with the positions and this is what I came up with..
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But now as I look back on these coconut amigurumi pictures…I feel like something’s missing…
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Ah, some greenery.
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Tropical Friends–like in one of my previous posts about Garden Friends! 
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Well that’s it for our tropical island and coconut amigurumi–hope you enjoyed it and had a good summer!
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Posted September 9th, 2011 at 12:30am (Comments: 6)
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Yes, we can do other things besides monkey amigurumis…like a tiger amigurumi!
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This tiger amigurumi is supposed to go along with the Chinese zodiac theme, but it seems like we’ll be doing the animals out of order and depending on our mood. I mean who can resist a tiger in the middle of the rabbit year? If we seriously decided to post the animal of the year in order and in a timely fashion then you’d have to stay tuned for another eleven years!! Yep, crazy indeed. But if you’d like to stick around for that long then you are more than welcome to!
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So here is the side view of our tiger amigurumi…nice and round from all the rabbits he ate. Ha ha, no tigers eat better things… like human food!
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Mmm…junk food. I just realized, the only thing here that has meat in it is the piddly little meat patty in the hamburger. Apparently our tiger amigurumi has been feasting on other things…like rabbits! Such a ravenous appetite!
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The stripes were cut out of felt and glued onto the body. It was a painstaking process but it turned out looking like a tiger right? The tiger’s facial hair is also cut out from felt. Its weird enough that a tiger would need facial hair to look like one, but without it it just doesn’t look right. Without the hair, I’m pretty sure a lot of people would start thinking it was a Garfield cat of some sort. Either that or people would probably think it was some kind of striped dog-cat-bear. Yeah…we don’t want you to think that. Do you see the importance of facial hair?! Somehow I think it makes it look wiser…if not, old and seasoned. :]
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Thanks for looking at our little hairy, unshaven, but wise-looking tiger amigurumi!
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Posted June 20th, 2011 at 9:32pm (Comments: 8)
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Continuing on with the springy animals…today we bring you sheep amigurumi! Not yetis. -_-
We’ve waited a long time to get our hands on this expensive fuzzy yarn, so when our mom collected enough Joann coupons in the mail, we bought two squishy balls of fuzzy black and white yarn. I love black and white! You can never go wrong with it. So I sat around and tossed the yarn from one hand to the other and thought “if I could juggle, I’d juggle these”. Hahaha no. What I really thought was “ah…soft, squishy, soft, squishy…sheep!” And there you have it. Black and white sheep amigurumi.
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The semi-drooping ears and extra fluff on its head gives it the signature “sheep” look, right? Well at least that’s what we were aiming for because without the ears sewn on, it really did look like a yeti. I mean yetis are nice–with their cute faces and all–but nah, maybe next time!
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Of course we can’t forget a fuzzy little tail to our sheep amigurumi!
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Here’s the black sheep version
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Now the black sheep amigurumi was pretty funny to make. When I sewed on the ears, for some reason I just really liked to pinch the bottom ends of them inwards to make it pointy. Why? I don’t know…I just like to see sharp and edgy things…? But anyway, I handed it back to the crochet master for her approval and she said, “WHAT? Why is it that when I give things to you they always turn out sharp and scary looking?!” And then she quickly molded them back into its cuter shape. Yeah, the dark colors and the sharp ears without the round pink felt pieces in them really made it look…devilish. >]
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But don’t worry, they’re happy little friends! Cute, soft, and fuzzy!
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Thanks for looking~
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Posted March 26th, 2011 at 2:13am (Comments: 1)
Filed under Amigurumi, Animals, Chinese zodiac, Easter, Spring
I know it’s very late, but Happy Chinese New Year nonetheless, and to celebrate it I made a rabbit amigurumi for the year of the rabbit!
Here I made the rabbit amigurumi celebrate against a Chinese New Year-inspired backdrop. The fancy decorations in the background are actually red envelopes, and to top it off I added a little Chinese chocolate gold nugget too. May the new year bring much luck, happiness, and prosperity to us all!!
I think the most important part of this rabbit amigurumi is the shape of its ears. I basically crocheted a test tube shape (please excuse the crude image comparison, lab geek talking here), pinched the bottom open end of it to create a concave shape, and sewed it in place onto the head. I wanted to achieve a 3-D effect, rather than just a flat shape for the ears. To finish off this rabbit amigurumi’s ears, I cut out a smaller test tube shape from pink felt, lined the inner ears with it and glued it in place. Sounds pretty simple, but actually sewing the ears in place with that concave shape is kind of difficult, so if you’re ever going to do something similar, it may take a few tries but it’s so worth it!
Which reminds me, someone once asked me what kind of glue I use for my amigurumis. The answer is Aleene’s tacky glue, which I buy from either Michaels or Joann’s, whichever store is having a sale or gives me a coupon. The only reason I use it is that’s what was lying around the house at the time I started crafting. It is definitely much better than using regular school glue, a mistake I once made when I used school glue to stick felt polka dots onto a mushroom amigurumi I made for a friend’s birthday, only to find that all the dots fell off within 2 hours (that, and my friend wasn’t exactly “gentle” with my handiwork either…)! Just a little bit of tacky glue goes a long way too, because when you slather on a bunch onto a small piece of felt it soaks through to the other side of the felt and doesn’t stick very well because it’s so wet. The felt piece also hardens as it dries with too much glue, and maintaining the softness of the felt is important for both visual and tactile purposes. I’ve always wanted to try hot glue, but never got around to it. If anyone has better suggestions, please share!
Ok, I’ll stop talking about glue now. You’re probably thinking, “Gosh how much can someone talk to me about glue?!” I know I can be pretty wordy, but I just wanted to share my experiences with glue with you.
Back to the rabbit amigurumi…of course with Easter coming up and all, I couldn’t resist making this rabbit amigurumi an Easter rabbit too!
The eggs were cut from felt, stuffed and sewn together, and then decorated with some glittery glue. My sister’s handiwork – she’s so good with small details.
Oh, and the tail was crocheted from Joann Sensations Beautiful Yarn. It’s super soft, and so fuzzy – perfect for creating contrast with the worsted weight yarn I used for the body. I know it sounds wrong, but I find myself pinching the tail a lot because it’s so soft! Don’t worry, the rabbit hasn’t turned around to bite me yet so it’s all good.
Here’s a side view. Notice how the ears are sewn on in a concave shape.
After I made this rabbit amigurumi, I liked it so much I decided to make another type of rabbit – a floppy-ear rabbit amigurumi!
The body and everything else is exactly the same as the other bunny. The only difference is the ears. The ears on the floppy ear rabbit amigurumi are huge! If I were to ever make it again, I would definitely use a sport weight yarn instead of worsted weight yarn just for the ears. But it’s ok, the floppy ear rabbit amigurumi still has a special place in my heart, even if other people think it looks like a dog!
And here the rabbits are very happy together. All of a sudden, I can’t wait for spring to come! If you’re interested, you can purchase a plush rabbit amigurumi of any color you’d like at my Etsy.
As always, thank you for looking! Please stay tuned as I attempt to make all the animals of the Chinese zodiac! So far, I have more than half done and will be posting them as time permits. Oh, and one last bit of info – my monkey amigurumis were chosen for the 2012 Crochet Me Amigurumi Calendar! The patterns for the monkeys, and also a pattern for a polar bear (fondly named Polar Lucibear) will be included in the calendar! Thank you very much to all who have expressed interest in a pattern for the monkeys. Please wait patiently with me for publication of the calendar to get your copy of the pattern! I’ll be sure to update you on the calendar’s status.
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Posted February 22nd, 2011 at 5:28am (Comments: 9)
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It was a family friend’s birthday party last weekend and I decided to make her an amigurumi of Hobbes as a present because:
I am a poor grad student
I noticed on her wish list that she wanted Calvin and Hobbes comic books
Therefore, she MUST like Hobbes
Instead of getting a gift straight from her wish list I wanted to add an element of SURPRISE!!
Hobbes would make a cute plushie…except I don’t even know where I could buy one
So, based on those excuses – oh I mean, “very sound reasons” – I set out to create Hobbes. The only thing holding me back was I had no idea what Calvin and Hobbes was about, except that Hobbes is a really skinny and tall tiger. Plus, the occasional Calvin bumper sticker that I see of him peeing on a cross stuck on some people’s cars…
Later, my brother incredulously filled me in on the story behind Calvin and Hobbes, bewildered that I had no idea who they were. That’s when I thought, “OHH! No wonder Hobbes looks so animated and long and skinny and twisty all the time!” And then, “Uh-oh, that does NOT sound pleasant to make into an amigurumi.” In the end, I just decided to not be so ambitious and just make whatever I can. Here’s what it looks like:
At first, the nose was also made of felt. Then, my bro said his face looked too flat, so I carefully scratched off the felt, cut a hole in the face, inserted the animal nose, unstuffed the head to fasten the nose, and restuffed it. So much work just to make his face look less flat, and I’m not even sure if it looks any more contoured!
As always, the intricate felt work was done by my sis. She also helped sculpt his scruffy white beard, which I made by attaching small strings of yarn to the head, like real hair! She’s also a great hair stylist by the way – she trims my bangs all the time! We both agree that the head is the best attribute of this Hobbes. It was unfortunate I didn’t know how to make his hands have fingers, because I think it’s an important part of Hobbes that makes him “alive.” Then again, my goal was not to be so ambitious…or else this would also go into my pile of failures!!
When my friend got around to opening our present for her, I was nervous. What if she complains that it’s not from her wish list? What if she thinks it belongs in the Pile of Failures too? What if she’s totally unimpressed, after all the hard work my sister and I put into it? Our worries were put to rest when she gleefully exclaimed, “OMG!” She really looked surprised and happy. Then, when I saw her cuddle with it, I knew all that hard work was well worth it. Hobbes, you did good!!
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Posted June 29th, 2009 at 2:21pm (Comments: none)
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Ever since I started playing Animal Crossing 2 years ago, I’ve been playing that game EVERY day. Yes, I am that devoted. Actually, it’s my nighttime lullaby – puts me to sleep in an instant!
But anyways, what I really wanted to talk about today was Kaitlin, the mommy cat who visits your town searching for her lost daughter, Katie. You only get these characters when you visit another friend’s town, so they’re pretty special characters. Plus, I got her phone charm when I was playing with the coin machine again hehe. I just so happened to have recently bought a lot of yellow yarn too, so I was finding ways to use it up, and Kaitlin was what I came up with. Here’s her original picture in case you have no idea who I’m talking about:
Now, before you fall asleep reading my blog, here are the pictures of my finished product:
Unfortunately, she doesn’t stand on her own. This is what happens when you try to copy cartoon characters to a T. They inherit the impossibly skinny limbs that are supposed to support the fattest heads in the world. So out of proportion! But it just wouldn’t look like her anymore if I hadn’t done that. Oh well, there’s only so much you can do I guess.
I also got lazy again and didn’t make her a spatula. The hair my sis helped me out with again. I cut the hair out on my own first, then showed it to my sis, only to receive this utter look of disapproval and disgust hahaha, so she ended up taking care of it instead – thank God!! She also glued together the apron – although I did the little white fishy! See, I can cut felt too…
With 2 Animal Crossing characters done, of course I couldn’t resist taking a picture of them together!
Kind of an odd couple, but whatever, they’re both cute Animal Crossing characters!! If only I had the patience to knit a house…that would really complete the picture!
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Posted June 19th, 2009 at 4:42pm (Comments: 6)
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Since Brian turned out so well, I went on to the next white cartoon dog I could think of, which was K.K. Slider!! As a religious Animal Crossing DS player, how could I resist not making him?
I was unsure at first how K.K. would turn out. I modeled him after the phone charm from one of those candy machines. Here’s a picture of him, in case you don’t know what he looks like.
He sits with legs crossed, and holds a guitar – 2 challenges I was totally not looking forward to crocheting. I had never crocheted legs that bend or have joints before, so I had no idea how I was going to do it and how it would turn out. I also had no idea how to make a guitar, since it has sharp edges and a funny hourglass shape. Yet, like with all my other projects, I just winged it and “forced” things to look good. So, after much thinking and pondering, this is what I came up with.
Note how he has no tail…I got too lazy!! and his tail is barely visible anyways.
Look!! the legs really bend the way they’re supposed to!! I was so pleased with them. The guitar was alright…not as sharp as I would have wanted it to be, but I couldn’t think of any better ways to make it other than making a round gourd shape and then smashing it to look flat. Oh! and the cute little stool he’s sitting on, I made my dad make for me by gluing pieces of wood he cut out.
All together, K.K. is just tooooo cute~~! The face I had my little sis help me with, cus she’s truly talented at capturing the essences of characters and being laser precise with her felt cutting. The painting in the background of this photo shoot was also painted by her – isn’t she so talented?!
So, with 2 cute white cartoon dogs down, I will be moving on to my next one. My dream of capturing cute cartoon white dogs in 1 picture will soon become true! Can you guess what dog I’m going for next?? Stay tuned!
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Posted June 18th, 2009 at 7:43pm (Comments: 6)
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