hahaha no Search Results
Anyone up for another Halloween monkey amigurumi? We are!!!
halloween-monkey-amigurumi-13-1
I’ve been waiting many months just to post this one particular Halloween monkey amigurumi. This is actually the original Halloween monkey that we made. But Halloween’s the funnest time of the year, so why not just go all out and make a whole boatload of them?
halloween-monkey-amigurumi-2-1
This one took quite a while to make. It was me who kept pestering our crocheter to make this monkey. I was looking forward to making this the most! So I couldn’t help myself and changed a few things about it. I painted one eye all white and the other with a single red pupil to give it a more creepy (but cute!) look. Changed the mouth, added a bunch of stitch work, and cut out the shape and face of a jack-o-lantern for the chest piece.
halloween-monkey-amigurumi-20
Cutting out those tiny triangles and teeth on that pumpkin shaped chest piece was a lot of work but it still came out okay. It was like carving a real pumpkin but out of felt!
halloween-monkey-amigurumi-3-1
I really wanted this Halloween monkey amigurumi to have two distinct personalities. The left side (picture above) is the cute and happy side and the right side (below) is the scarier/crazier side. So if you look at these two pictures separately, they’ll look like two different monkeys! All in one! 
halloween-monkey-amigurumi-4-1
halloween-monkey-amigurumi-7-1
And here are our side views~
halloween-monkey-amigurumi-8-1
halloween-monkey-amigurumi-9-1
It looks like our Halloween monkey amigurumi is growing out of the…..Heart of Darkness!! Hahaha kidding~ Yes, I read the book…but don’t remember what happened. Hehe.
halloween-monkey-amigurumi-10-1
halloween-monkey-amigurumi-12-1
halloween-monkey-amigurumi-14-1
Its castle. Very small castle–and yes, it can support the weight of an entire monkey! Such a strong little fortress its got there.
halloween-monkey-amigurumi-16-1
And now with a friend! Pumpkin minion?
halloween-monkey-amigurumi-21-1
halloween-monkey-amigurumi-1-1
I was so happy about making this Halloween monkey amigurumi that I even took the time to paint a background for it. Don’t know if you can see it, but there’s actually purple bats flying in the background. I also painted the little fortress/castle-like thing too. That was actually a white styrofoam box that housed six eggs in its nice foamy grasp. Putting this set together took a whole afternoon! But I’m pleased with the end result. Still more monkeys to come!
halloween-monkey-amigurumi-22-1
Sweet dreams everyone! Hope you all enjoyed our Halloween monkey amigurumi!!
halloween-monkey-amigurumi-5
Post Details
Posted October 7th, 2011 at 2:30am (Comments: none)
Filed under Amigurumi, Animals
sheep-pair-amigurumi-2
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.
sheep-amigurumi-3
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!
sheep-amigurumi-2
Of course we can’t forget a fuzzy little tail to our sheep amigurumi!
sheep-amigurumi-1
Here’s the black sheep version
black-sheep-amigurumi-3
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. >]
black-sheep-amigurumi-2
black-sheep-amigurumi-1
But don’t worry, they’re happy little friends! Cute, soft, and fuzzy!
sheep-pair-amigurumi-1
Thanks for looking~
Post TagsRelated posts
Post Details
Posted March 26th, 2011 at 2:13am (Comments: 1)
Filed under Amigurumi, Animals, Chinese zodiac, Easter, Spring
Hello! This is polarbear!! Otherwise known as janama’s lovely, wonderful, agreeable, joyful, talented sewing machine-sister!!!
Hahaha no, I’m not any of that. I just sew and cut felt. yeah…
Anyway, it’s almost the 16th of September! Which marks the…(air-drum roll)…20th anniversary of the pillows!! For anyone who doesn’t know, the pillows are a Japanese alternative rock band, best known in the US for their “Ride on Shooting Star” single. So to celebrate their 20th anniversary, I am dedicating these to them (especially the white one because I like Manabe the best!). Yes, I am very very very biased…
Pictured above, is the band mascot, Buster-kun, in all three colors. It’s supposed to look like this..—————–>
The first one we made was the white one..
I say it turned out nicely. I would constantly tell my sister to redo the body parts and also to make sure that they were all exactly the same size, symmetrical, flawless etc.. There was even one time during the process when I yelled at my sister: “I don’t want a disproportionate Buster!” After that said, of course I couldn’t slack off on my laser-precise felt cutting and sewing, so then I shut my yap and got down to work!
This is the side view…
This is the back…
But, knowing that there’s supposed to be one Buster-kun per member in the band, I just had to have the rest.
They like beer…
In fact, I’m listening to the pillows right now. Even though I say that now, I’ll most likely be listening to them whenever you come to read this blog. Please visit again!
That’s my painting on the left!
The white Buster-kun is very special to me~ I spent the longest time on it. Therefore it is ultimate perfection!!! Haha kidding…
Post TagsRelated posts
Post Details
Posted September 10th, 2009 at 5:00pm (Comments: 8)
Filed under Amigurumi, the pillows
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!
Post TagsRelated posts
Post Details
Posted June 19th, 2009 at 4:42pm (Comments: 6)
Filed under Amigurumi, Animal Crossing
