Amigurumi
Wednesday, 06 February, 2008
Strange where the internet takes you. Last week, Bec emailed me a link to this Amigurumi Ninja. It's so cute! She suggested making them and throwing them at people, accompanied by ninja noises. (Of course, at that point, I thought of Janet and Simon!)
Then this afternoon Kinokuniya sent me their latest newsletter (with a special 20% members-only discount to celebrate Chinese New Year! Woohoo, let's go!) I noticed it had this book in it and that the soft toys it depicted looked an awful lot like that ninja: Kyuuto! Japanese Crafts!: Amigurumi. And that's when I discovered amigurumi—small crocheted or knitted stuffed toys or anthropomorphic creatures which are, of course, very cute.
Here are some examples in crochet and in knitting (but it's felted knitting; those knitted examples are by the Crafty Alien). There are also lots of free patterns available online (the psychotic tomato and the fat kitty made me laugh and think of Bec!)
To quote one forum user, “OMG I think I just passed out from too much cuteness!”
Current:
Bible: Isaiah (ESV) 28/09/2010
seen: Tropic Thunder 26/09/2010
seen: The Life of Mammals 24/09/2010
seen: What a Girl Wants 19/09/2010
seen: Jerry Maguire 19/09/2010
seen: The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants 06/09/2010
seen: Tomorrow Never Dies 05/09/2010
seen: Nanny McPhee 28/08/2010
read: Mercury (Hope Larson) 27/08/2010
read: Spellcheckers Vol 1 (Jamie S Rich, Nicolas Hitori de, Joelle Jones) 16/08/2010
read: Solipsistic Pop Vol 2 (Solipsistic Pop) 16/08/2010
read: Chiggers (Hope Larson) 15/08/2010
seen: Josie and the Pussycats 14/08/2010
seen: Mr & Mrs Smith 14/08/2010
seen: Step Up 2 13/08/2010
Blinks:
How to recalibrate the home button on your iPhone.
Unsolicited manuscripts accepted by Pan Macmillan with certain conditions.
Thought Balloon is a group blog in which the writers tackle a new theme every week? month? with one-page scripts. This URL is for their Phonogram ones.
How to sew a zipper on a knitted garment.
Issues organised by tale.
Online magazine that publishes fairy tales that are not reworkings of old tales.
Journal that publishes fairy tale writing.
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Hee!
The best thing about the Fat Kitty is the aerial view. And the Psychotic Tomato is…well, psychotic. (Did you ever see that 80s movie Attack of the Killer Tomatoes?)
Also I thought this line in the Wikipedia entry was hilarious: “The pervading aesthetic of amigurumi is cuteness. To this end, typical amigurumi animals have an over-sized spherical head on a cylindrical body with undersized extremities.”
How to make cuteness completely pedestrian.
I just saw the felted raccoon and owl…OMG I think I just passed out from too much cuteness!
Oh! I want one! Must find my crochet hooks.
Kathleen, you’re going to have to teach me to crochet all over again! I’ve completely forgotten!!!