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Amigurumi Madness!: Part Two

Posted in Amigurumi, Crafts, Uncategorized with tags , , , , , on August 6, 2008 by Dynamite Morganne

Well, about a few days ago one of my books finally arrived!!!  Unfortunately, it was my amigurumi book and not the crochet book, so I’m still kind of unsure what the heck I’m doing, but no worries.  I now know how to increase and decrease, and also single stitch and make a magic ring.

In fact, I’ve already made some amigurumis!  Or…at least one amigurumi doll (which is kind of a piece of crap), and three balls each in a different color.  That’s my big problem is that I want to make certain dolls or characters, and I only have four colors (and no money).  Quite a problem, eh?  Not only that, but my other book, which got shipped FIRST, still hasn’t come yet.  What’s wrong?

Anyway, enjoy some of my dolls!  If you’d like a pattern, I can try to give write for you what I did, but only the legs had their own style [laughs].

One of my balls of yarn (white) that I stitched into one long chain; it was the only stich I knew how to do at the time.

Three balls I stitched, but they’re flat on one end because I didn’t know how to decrease properly.  The second shape is the head and body of one of my first dolls…(please don’t notice how stupid my sewing is…)

He’s coming together…I told you about those legs! [laughs]

It’s Peabody the Kitty!!!!

From the side…(so you can see his tail)

Isn’t he great, especially for a first time?

-Kelifer

I’m 17!!!

Posted in Amigurumi, Crafts, Life, Reflection, Uncategorized with tags , , , , on August 1, 2008 by Dynamite Morganne

Oh my god, I’m 17!!!!!  Yay for me!

In other news, I’ve still yet to receive my crochet and amigurumi books [grumbles].  They sent a message last Thursday and Friday, so I don’t know what’s taking so long…

Anyways, I learned from my mom how to make a chain!  We got some yarn, and all day while my brother was at his doctor’s appointment and everything else, I crocheted an entire ball of yarn into one long chain.  But now I’m mad cause I want to learn how to do the rest…

Thank god for the Internet.

-Kelifer

Amigurumi Madness!: Part One

Posted in Amigurumi, Crafts, Uncategorized with tags , , , , , on July 25, 2008 by Dynamite Morganne

Woo boy!!!  I’ve been checking out some good sites for making amigurumi dolls or at least explaining how to crochet in the first place!  But since I’ve yet to try or don’t have the materials with me to follow along, I’m beginning to feel overwhelmed…luckily, however, with time and practice, I know I’ll be a master at making amigurumis in no time!!!  Best of all, I have awesome design ideas I want to do, specifically characters of mine and some fun ones based off of others from some of my favorite stories!  In the mean time until this Monday, I’ll just have to check out what I can on the internet.

Hopefully by the time I go to my mom’s place, be it Sunday or Monday, the two books I ordered will have arrived and I can really get into amigurumi!  First, I got Kyuuto! Japanese Crafts: Amigurumi, a book I saw at the Institute of Contemporary Art (ICA) in Boston, which is how this excitement got started; the second is Crocheting for Dummies which I got for a pretty good price used.  The only items missing are (a) crocheting needles/hooks, and (b) yarn.  Maybe next week Wal*Mart might be a nice place to stop by and pick those up. [laughs]

-Kelifer

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