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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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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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With Valentine’s Day coming up, I became inspired to make a Valentines day monkey amigurumi!  This was the first time I ever tried making the monkey amigurumi another color besides brown and gray.  I was excited to see how just changing the color palette would affect the overall look, and it definitely made a big difference!

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Somehow it just looks extra sweet and tasty!  Or maybe I’m just craving some Valentine’s sweetheart candies right now…Either way, it still looks cute!  The eyes also seem to sparkle more, perhaps due to the whiteness of the felt behind it.

We also substituted the usual banana snack with a felt heart plush for the Valentine monkey amigurumi to snuggle.  It was pretty hard to convince the monkey to let go of the bananas, but she finally gave in when we promised her a whole bushel of bananas later.  Monkeys nowadays, really…

Here are some more pics:

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The chair in the background actually was a spontaneous add-in to the photo-shoot.  It was a chair my sister and I used to play with during our childhood days, and had lost into the oblivion of the crack against your bed and wall, you know that one right?   After all these years she just found it the day before we took the photos and it just so happened to have a heart shape to it too!  It must have been fate.  I think it really completes the look of the Valentine’s monkey amigurumi.

The Valentines day monkey amigurumi is available for purchase at my Etsy.  Happy Valentine’s Day! <3

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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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Since I had to make up a pattern for Artoo and I didn’t write it down the first time, I had to clone him.

Twin Artoos!

And no, you are not seeing wrong.  Indeed, one Artoo is bigger than the other.  Let’s just say one is more "fit" for survival than the other in the womb.

Then, my dad asked me to make one for his co-worker’s son, so I cloned him again.  Now, for the time being, I have 3 Artoos! And for some funny reason, Artoo 003 got even BIGGER!  It’s ok, the bigger the better.

I must admit, it is kinda scary seeing so many Artoos.  It’s like having an army of Artoos, except they’re made of yarn and their main weapon is their cuteness.  Don’t worry, worse comes to worse, just throw ‘em at your enemies!  That’ll catch them off guard for sure!

Tea party with Artoo anyone?

Here’s a dramatic shot!

What have I learned after making THREE Artoos?  Just because you’ve made it “n” amount of times doesn’t guarantee you’ll get the same exact thing each time.  I would say I like the later 2 Artoos better, because my techniques got better.  Although my brother said he likes the original the best still.  To each their own, I suppose!

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