Some hat!

I've made this almost a month ago for a friends baby gril!

It was a very specific request that the hat looked like the character from Ragnarock online Poring!
I think it came out pretty well!

Give away! nº 1 START!

And the Winner is!!!!!

Participant number 8 André Gil!

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Closed!

I have great news! When the blog reach 1500 views I'll be giving away a korilakkuma amigurumi! This can be used as a phone strap or a key-chain.

Rules:
1. Leave a comment on this post;
2. Be a follower of this blog with google or other (check the lateral of the blog).*
3.  The winner will be announced when the page views hit 1500.
4. The winner will be choose randomly with a little video.

*if you cant be a folower because you don't have any of the account you need to do so, please let me know when you comment on this post! Its ok!

Thank you so much! I don't really know how many will actually participate but lets see!

Closed!

Participators: 


1. redtonic
2. fukareru
3. Jamie
4. Kat
5. Ana Nunes
6. Countess vampire
7. susaninha
8. André Gil
9. Carla B.

Korilakkuma I love you too

Using the same pattern but a different hook and yarn I've made this Korilakkuma, who is kinda the Rilakkuma sidekick XD. This time it was much easier than the first time I've made the pattern since I didn't have to test any rounds, I just followed the pattern <3~~~. I think it took me longer to make the face and the eyes in felt than the actual head itself.

Anyways hope you enjoy this pattern once again! I'm trilled with how many visits I've been having to the blog <3. Thank you all soooooo much <3

月み is ready!!

I've finally finished my my first Merry Bear!
月み (Tsukimi) is ready and I couldn't be happier (^-^).
It all started with a empty head inspired in  Luna P from Sailor Moon... I was just going to do the head but I started designing a bunch of of cute little bears, each one with they're own characteristics and details.

So I've ended up with a full body bear, the first Merry Bear, 月み (tsukimi) which literally means Looking at the Moon.
I'm really proud actually it was the first "Big" Amigurumi I've made and it turned out very well! <3 ~~~~

Ain't she cute!?? Today I'm adding a last finishing detail: a tail XD.
I still have a lot of projects already designed for more Merry Bears. I wish the day had 48h so I can do everything I want to... ARGH sometimes is really hard! Taking care of the house, making the meal, work, crochet and I'm actually reading all the Harry Potter books all over again. Ufff...

Rilakkuma... わたしのいちばん！

I've been thinking about what to do for my first complete video tutorial and it end up being so obvious I can't believe I haven't thought about this before!

Rilakkuma is my favorite character from san-x, so I've decided that a Rilakkuma Head is the perfect beginning for my Video Patterns!

This is a pretty simple Pattern and a basic Amigurumi so I think it will be usefull for many people who are just starting they're first Amigurumi projects!
Most of the stiches I use are already in the Video Tutorial and Stitches category of this blog, and the ones who aren't I made then slowly in th Video Pattern so I'm sure everyone will be able to follow.



Hope you love it! If you have any doubt please contact me (^-^)
The video has been added to the NEW Video Patterns section of the blog also <3

xoxo

New tutorial!

This is a curcial step to make Amigurumi! Hope you find  it useful

Hellow Pinkypow

This is Pinkypow. She is one of the Merry Bears I've been working this past weeks. She already has a owner in Austria. Her name is Aurora and she's a cute baby girl <3!

I hope you love it Aurora (^-^).

STARTTT!!

So, finally the doll eyes I ordered arrived! ( ^ A ^)v As soon as I opened the package I started a new HUGE amigurumi! This is the Merry Bear: Tsukimi.

She will be my first real project and I'm still not sure If I'll have the courage to sell her. Its not even half done but I already love her!

What do you think ?

<3

Some colors!

So I've done exactly what I said I would in the last post. I putted my mind around some colorful things and this was the result:

 It's a Amigurumi Tea Cup for my pins and needles. I saw this pattern and find it so damn cute and useful too! It's really easy to accomplish and you can add your own details to it. I was thinking about adding a cute mouth and some eyes, but since the doll eyes I've ordered are yet to arrive (thank you so much Portuguese post services), I've decided to keep it simple. I could've done the eyes with some yarn but I think the doll eyes would look much better o(º  3º)~.

You can see this pattern ->HERE<-

Have fun and share with me how your tea cup turned out!

<3

3:00AM Inspirations

So, here I was at 3:00 AM awaken like an Owl at midnight.... The truth is that my better "thinking time" has always been late at night, those 10, 20 minutes right before I fall asleep are always filed with a burst of ideas and projects O__o. Yesterday I couldn't sleep again. Tired of looking into the dark sealing I grabbed my note book and a pen and started to write a bunch of stuff to do in the next days, stuff that we need to buy for our new house, and then I start to review my crochet stash, the hooks, the yarns, and it came to my mind the whole reason I got interested in Amigurumis and crochet and why did I started this blog in the first place.

I'd seen this CUTE little bear for sale at ETSY and when I read the description and found out that it was made of crochet I just couldn't believe that it looked so professional O_O. I started looking for info about the Amigurumi technique and decided to put my crochet skills to use. So I've ever since wanted to make, not one teddy bear, but a all family of them! The Merry Bears.

 I've actually design the one on the right first, her name is Tsukimi (literal translation is Viewing the Moon) and its inspired in a Festival that takes place in Japan around this time of the year.  Four years ago, when I first went to Japan with my boyfriend (on September 16) I remember to see lots of banners and flyer's related to this festival. Those are such good, warming memories. I remember how excited I was, everything seamed like it had a coat of pink clouds and rainbow bubbles those days, so when I designed Tsukimi I tried to show all those good feelings making her look almost magical. She has a little moon in the forehead and the fur is all fuzzy and soft in white and pink (^-^).
The one on the left is Bearry. He is actually inspired in my favorite character from san-x Rilakkuma. He will be brown and Yellow with a cap that remind a half strawberry, with 2 leafs on the top (º 3º)b.

I hope I can finish these off soon. I'm still waiting for the plastic eyes to arrive... Portuguese Post service is hell I tell you...

<3


EDIT:
I've uploaded some video tutorials! (★>∇<★) have fun! <3

I told you so... まっくろーくろすけ

Hi! Remember when I told you I'd like to make a "dust sprite" (the actual name is MAKKURO-KUROSUKE) from the Hayao Miyazaki universe? I just made one in half an hour! Actually when you get use to it, Amigurumi is not that hard! (º 3º)v

I think it looks alot like the ones from the movie (o.o)
what do you thing?

 This is a simple Amigurumi ball in black yarn. It was brushed with a comb and I mad the eyes with felt.

By the way I haded the Sunny Side Up egg to the free patterns page, now you can make one too <3

Thanks for reading!

Here is the pattern:

Row 0: Ch2 and sc 6 in second ch from the hook (6)
Row 1: 2sc in each sc around (\/) (12)
Row 2: 2sc in first sc + 1sc un second sc (\/)(|) (18)
Row 3: 2sc in first sc + 1 sc in the next 2 sc (\/)(|)(|) (24)
Row 4: 2sc in first sc + 1 sc in the next 3 sc (\/)(|)(|)(|) (30)
Row 5: 2sc in first sc + 1 sc in the next 4 sc (\/)(|)(|)(|)(|) (36)
Row 6 to 9: 1sc in each sc around (|) (36)
Row 10: sc2tog, 1sc in next 10 sc (||)(|)(|)(|)(|)(|)(|)(|)(|)(|)(|) (33)
Row 11: sc2tog, 1sc in next 9 sc (||)(|)(|)(|)(|)(|)(|)(|)(|)(|)(30)
Row 12: 1sc in each sc around (|) (30)
Row 13: sc2tog, 1sc in next 3 sc (||)(|)(|)(|) (24)
Row 14: 1sc in each sc around (|) (24)
Row 15: sc2tog, 1sc in next 2 sc (||)(|)(|)
Row 16: sc2tog, 1sc in next 1 sc (||)(|)

Finish off! <3 and you are done! Sew on the eyes made of felt, Stuff it and use a hair brush to make it look "dust like" <3~~.

Amigurumi Egg for my Egg

So, I'm an animal lover and since we moved to our new home we wanted to have some pets. Ovo (means egg in Portuguese), was the first kitty we adopted <3~~~. He's the cutest cat ever and he actually acts like a dog sometimes o.o! He steals my socks and follows me everywhere around the house. Soon we will have another Kitten, Lady Omelet, and I was wondering if there will be enough toys for both of them (o.o)! 

Ovo loves small, light stuff that he can carry around so I've decided to make a Amigurumi for him to play (^ 3^)b. When the time came to decide the shape I already knew what I wanted to do.

 This was my first Amigurumi! It's not perfect but I think I did pretty well o.o. I'll be posting  the pattern here soon, its an original by me (^-^)b.

I think he likes it!

Inspiration: Hard to understand

After a few years learning by myself, a few days ago I'm finally going to have some Japanese Lessons in a school with a teacher! <3 I'm really excited and although I missed the first class already I've been catching up this week by asking people what they've learned.

The lunch box with Hayao Miyazaki characters

My boyfriend is attending the classes too, in a different more advanced level, so we leave school already at lunch time. This make think about doing some obento boxes for us.

The last time I made a bento box with some "design" it was inspired in Hayao Miyazaki characters and it was the lunch for my boyfriend at work.

I was looking at this bento when I remembered the reason I choose the "dust ball" for it and I've decided to use it as inspiration for one of my next projects!

I'm learning a new crochet technique called Amigurumi (編みぐるみ) and I've decided to make this little dust balls one of  my projects since my "crochet season" is almost starting.

One of the more basic shapes to make with Amigurumi is a ball. It's one of the first shapes you should learn and it looks pretty easy (^-^)b.

Amigurumi is something that I'm really excited about. I've already have lots of projects programed and I'm just trying to have some time to get the right yarn and hooks to get them started.

The "dust ball" will be, for sure, one of my first projects <3~~~ I'll be posting the pattern or the tutorial for it here (^ 3^)! <3