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Making Different Amigurumi noses!

Here’s a little sneak peek! Ok so I will be releasing the Fantasy collection soon but this is just some behind the scenes of what I have been doing. Just so you know, I am also in the midst of coming up with some guide on amigurumi noses so these are just SOME of the nose examples I have made before.

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Free Hobbit Crochet Pattern!

Hey guys another free pattern has landed! This little guy has a special place in my heart, he is Pippin! My sister’s favourite hobbit and quite possibly the silliest hobbit! Making the hair for these little guys were pretty challenging and I would not say I am the most satisfied with them but this is some of my earliest work!

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7 Tips for Crocheting with Shiny Yarn

If you have ever considered just trying out shiny yarn, maybe for crocheting and for amigurumis, I have some tips and suggestions for you! Especially if you have never used it before. The first time I used it, it kept tangling up and getting caught together. I literally had to crochet then cut, crochet then cut and repeat to get it done, unraveling was such a nightmare too. So these are some of my tips and tricks (after a fair bit of destroyed yarn) to dealing with shiny yarn:

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7 steps to Bending a Wire into a Mini Sword

Technically not a crochet tutorial but a craft wire tutorial! It is for accessorizing our amigurumis, which I love to do! This time, it’s about making Aragorn’ sword using some simple craft wires. I used the same method to make a trident for Aquaman and a pair of sai for Elektra, as you will see later on!

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Spring has Sprung Squirrel Crochet-A-Long Part 3

Here is the the Spring Squirrel Pattern Part 3, now to continue from the head, body and limbs, onto the tail and facial detailing. If you prefer to work from a printed pattern, all 3 of the CAL patterns are available as a PDF bundle to buy, just click on the button below to grab it!

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9 ways I recycle into my Amigurumis

This time I wanted to show something slightly different. In the spirit of recycling, which as you will come to see, occurs more frequently in my next few collections. These are 9 different ways I have managed to use random household things and incorporate them into my amigurumi! Perhaps you can try some of them, after all they were going to be thrown away!

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Spring has Sprung Squirrel Crochet-A-Long Part 2

Here is the the Spring Squirrel Pattern Part 2, now to continue from the head and body, onto the arms and legs. If you prefer to work from a printed pattern, all 3 of the CAL patterns are available as a PDF bundle to buy, just click on the button below to grab it!

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Spring has Sprung Squirrel Crochet-A-Long Part 1

Hope you are enjoying the Spring has Sprung Crochet-A-Long! Here is the the Spring Squirrel Pattern, broken down into 3 separate parts. If you prefer to work from a printed pattern, all 3 of the CAL patterns are available as a PDF bundle to buy, just click on the button below to grab it!

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Looking for Pattern Testers! (Fantasy Set)

I need pattern testers again! This time it’s a fantasy-inspired set and the colours are slightly darker but still fun to make nonetheless. There are different involved, but you can see that from the image above right, some parts almost completely revealed lol.

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Playing with Magnets in Amigurumi

Adding magnets to my amigurumi in a new refreshing way! I figured it was a safer and cleaner way of being able to match different amigurumi components as compared to say velcro or other methods! Read on to see what I did for my Woodland set and all the individual animals.

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Using Stitch Markers for Amigurumi

Just a quick update and unboxing because I was so excited to receive this! Right after this Giveaway Collaboration with Yarnie Finds last month, I decided to purchase some for myself!

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Crocheting different Animal Positions

So I’ve been trying to figure out different ways to make different animal positions. I have done up some animal positions previously but that is something I would like to explore more of. For the next collection I’m releasing, I did attempt to try a few more animal positions to try out in my woodland creatures so stick around to check that out.

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Poppy Prancer Day of Christmas Email Hop!

Today is Day 4 of the Christmas Email Hop and it’s my day! If you missed the first 3 days, it was actually @anvisgranny on Day 1 with Christmas Tree Doll, @sweetsofties on Day 2 with Christmas Elf and @rxy_crochet on Day 3 with Ice Ice Baby!

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Free Pumpkin Pattern

To kick off my ‘Fall-inspired’ collection, here a quick free Pumpkin pattern. I was trying my best to come up with my own version of a pumpkin and it is fairly important in this set as will be mentioned in later posts this month. I needed the pumpkin to be reversible on either side, or symmetrical.

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My Christmas Bundle Sale with other Amazing Ami Designers!

Woohoo, right on the heels of the Halloween Pack, now there’s a Christmas Bundle as well! This time we will be doing it slightly differently because it is a Christmas Email Hop! There will be loads of free stuff as well as a little bundle wrapped up with a bow if you choose to skip all the hopping and grab everything together! And guys… it’s really all just amigurumis, just cos that’s what we all love right?

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