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Tropical Island and Coconut Amigurumi

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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Hawaiian Monkey Amigurumi

Let’s get into the tropical mood with a Hawaiian monkey amigurumi!

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Are we in a tropical mood yet? Let’s just drop everything and go to Hawaii!!! A little late with the monthly posting but here we go!

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Exactly one year ago, we took a family trip to Hawaii for a week, so to remember the fun times I decided to make a Hawaiian monkey amigurumi. When I got to thinking of what to do for the month of August, nothing came to mind but summery things and warm beachy places….like Hawaii!

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And our 360 degree view looks like this:

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Weee!

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Ah, now I’m dizzy.

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Like the coconut + plumeria + leafy headdress? The coconut was crocheted with a thinner yarn and took a very long time to make. Lots of work just for one tiny little coconut halve. Even though it’s small, it doesn’t mean that it’ll be less work. The plumerias next to the coconut are actually earrings. The last time we went to Hawaii, we bought them from ABCmart (very cheap and nice by the way).

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The plumerias on the grass skirt also came from that store and are actually one bracelet. I just crocheted the grass skirt and slid the bracelet on afterwards. Looks nice and festively Hawaiian right? Mm…a luau sounds really good right now.

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And of course my Hawaiian monkey amigurumi needs some friends! Say hello to coconut amigurumi! It’s so smiley and happy in the background. Now I could really use a pina colada.

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Ah yes and before I forget, I also crocheted a small coconut palm to go with the Hawaiian monkey. Such a happy little tropical family~

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For this particular monkey, I tried to make it look tanned. Did you catch on to that? Well anyway, I used a darker felt for the face, chest, and ears, instead of the usual light colored one. I figured that if it’s going to be a Hawaiian monkey, why not make it look like it came straight from Hawaii? Exposed to all the sunlight and warm weather! It’d be weird if it were a pale monkey right? It just wouldn’t be genuinely Hawaiian.