Little Owl

As you know, time was not on my side so I was looking for simple patterns.  I was surprised to come across a lot of patterns on owl. Why owl? I still do not know the reason. If anyone knows the reason, do let me know ok?

Anyway, I chose to use aishakenza's pattern isitatoy as the owls she made were really cute. Well as usual, I was struggling with the sewing of parts, other then that, I found her pattern easy to follow.

Here's my completed project. Do you like it?

My First Bear Ami

I was totally new with amigurumi and just didn't know how to start. You would be surprised how much info one could get from the internet. There were lots of really nice people who shared their tutorials and even free patterns.

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All About AMI

You just need to google "amigurumi" and it will show you to tons of wonderful sites.

Ok, back to my project.

I realised I could not make 135 toys within 1.5 months even when I tried to keep them small but I persisted. My first project was a bear. My girl thought it looked kind of weird, sad ><"

What do you think?

My first encounter with Amigurumi

It all started when I planned to give the kids at House of Blessings, an orphanage in Chiangmai, gifts that they would like. I did not want to give the usual stuff, like food and stationery sets. I was cracking my brain for days and finally arrived at the conclusion that what more kids like best? Of course it's TOYS!!!

I was so excited scurrying around and I realised it was not an easy task to get 135 different toys and have them stuffed into my suitcase, plus it would burn a big hole in my pocket. I still spent long hours everyday searching the net to look for ideas and I chanced upon 'Amigurumi'.

Just a brief explanation from Wikipedia:

Amigurumi (編みぐるみ^?, lit. crocheted or knitted stuffed toy) is the Japanese art of knitting or crocheting small stuffed animals and anthropomorphic creatures. The word is derived from a combination of the Japanese words ami, meaning crocheted or knitted, and nuigurumi, meaning stuffed doll.^[1] Amigurumi are typically animals, but can include artistic renderings or inanimate objects endowed with anthropomorphic features,^[2] as is typical in Japanese culture.

In simple text, typical amigurumi animals/dolls have an over-sized spherical head on a cylindrical body with undersized extremities. And, they are simply so cute!

I was so inspired and am still now, by just browsing through the different sites and went goo goo ga ga over all the super cute animals.

I will share with you in my next post of the toys I have made for the kids in Chiangmai.

See ya!

Love
Law