Splitting in two!

I am going to be splitting my blog in two very soon! Please bear with the lack of posting until all is ready to go! I will have one blog for my quilting and a second blog for all things Amigurumi and crochet!

UPDATE!

All Amigurumi Crochet Post are being moved to my Ami Report Blog. If you are looking for any of my Amigurumi post you will soon find them only there!

Why?

Well you see a lot of the quilters have no interest in crochet and a lot of the amigurumi makers have no interest in quilting, so as request by a few clsoe friends i have decided to split them into two blogs! The quilting part of the blog will remain right here, after all its on my buisness card, and i don’t want to have to change them! The Amigurumi Crochet post are being moved to the new Ami Report Blog, keeping everything nice and divided! If you like both you will want to bookmark the new blog!

Guilty Pleasure Saturday

This weeks Guilty Pleasure…. Amigurumi

I know what you are thinking… What the ?>$! is that???

Well let me give you the Wikipedia description: Amigurumi (編み包み, Amigurumi^? lit. (Knitted, stuffed toy)is the Japanese art of knitting or crocheting small stuffed animals and anthropomorphic creatures. Amigurumi are typically cute animals (such as bears, rabbits, cats, dogs, etc.), but can include inanimate objects endowed with anthropomorphic features. Amigurumi can be either knitted or crocheted. In recent years crocheted amigurumi are more popular and more commonly seen.Amigurumi are usually crocheted or knitted out of yarn. The simplest designs are worked in spirals. In contrast to typical Western crochet the rounds are not usually joined. They are also worked with a smaller size hook in proportion to the weight of the yarn in order to create a very tight-looking fabric without any gaps through which the stuffing might escape. Amigurumi are usually worked in sections and then joined, except for some amigurumi which have no limbs, only a head and torso which are worked as one piece. The extremities are sometimes stuffed with plastic pellets to give them a life-like weight, while the rest of the body is stuffed with fiber stuffing.

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

My description : a cute little dust collector that I make from yarn that can sometimes cost a good deal of money! Ami’s are my relaxation. I can usually complete one in less than a day and my little dog just loves to eat them when I’m not looking. So not only do I get some enjoyment but so does the dog!

I was introduced to Ami’s one day a few months ago when I browsing Etsy.com I can across a crocheted lion that was inspired by a favorite Japanese Anime of mine. I just had to make one of these little guys for myself! But I decided maybe I should look around for some free patterns to start me off before spending money on a pattern that could be beyond my very limited crocheting abilities. imagine my surprise when I found a ton of free patterns on the net and most of them I just had to have! My first Ami was a Moogle, yes a Moogle, it’s a little guy from on of my favorite video games, just go along with it Ok! He was very easy to make and was finished in just one nights worth of work. And from there I went on to make a number of little crocheted Ami’s fro the free patterns and I even went back a purchased a few patterns from the Etsy Sellers. Now most of the little guys have found new homes, a number of them inside my dog but that’s another story!

Well I’m not sure if the Ami’s are a Guilty Pleasure of if the oh so beautiful yarn that I keep buying is the real guilty pleasure. I have started a nice collection of yarn that is taking up room in the house and some of it has been a bit pricy. So pricy I hate to use the darn stuff! Hand Dyed, Wool, Cotton, Mohair. Wonderful to touch, sinful to buy, and down right a pain in the neck to try and work with! All that fuzz can sometime get in the way!

Oh well, I guess it could be worse… I could be one of the many adults that try to hang onto there youth and watch cartoons every day of the week.… oh wait… never mind!

If you are interested in trying some Amigurumi take a look at the link to the right listed under Crochet & Amigurumi. Let me suggest my most favorite site… Roman Sock, here you can take a look at some great original Ami’s and find some free patterns to download. But be forewarned! These are not for the beginner! The patterns on this Blog are very adorable and most are very detailed, you might want to save this one for after you have tried a few simpler patterns!