The First Amigurumi: Bear
Oh – I wanted to say HI to Jenna of Corgipants. I love your Swapdex! You’re awesome. Did you know she’s doing an October Tutorial Extravaganza? Today she has a TIE for DOGS. Awesome.
So I’ve pretty much finished the bear I saw here according to the pattern here. However, I need a bit of felt to finish off the face so the bear has no smile yet. But – I’ve mostly finished my first amigurumi project! It was a giant pain! I can’t believe how much of a pain it was to get the legs attached! Holy cow I have to write to people who do amigurumi projects a lot and ask how they manage those tiny little things. I do like the green accents I put in. The eyes kinda look like they’re glowing right now.
The bear on the right is the unstuffed version that’s still in pieces. Perhaps that gives you some idea of why I thought it was hard to put together.
And now, I leave you with a gratuitous kitten picture. Having a new kitten is incredibly addictive. Callie is stalking my foot here. Very intent.
4 Comments
feel free to leave a few words of your own...Jenna Z. — Wed Oct 17, 2007 at 3:20 pm (link)Hello hello, Miriam! I like you bear! The green eyes freaked me out a bit, it sort of looks like a zombie. I absolutely HATE making knitted and crocheted stuffed toys because of all the attaching of parts. Gah! Mine never turn out looking right, the arms are always uneven or they have strange lumps where they’re sown up or things like that. I’ll stick with sewing where you can hide all that in the seams! Callie looks like she would fee like a cloud!
jenny — Thu Oct 18, 2007 at 12:32 pm (link)Totally cool bear. You did a really good job. Does Callie get tot play with it, or is it going on display?
Miriam — Thu Oct 18, 2007 at 2:07 pm (link)Callie DOES feel like a cloud. A warm, purring one. Except when she nibbles.
I’m going to make Callie a toy – when she gets old enough to not IMMEDIATELY destroy something I make. The bear I made, actually, as a request from Jeff. He’s always so great about my crafting that of course, I’ll make him whatever he wants.
I’m not sure I’m leaving the eyes green. We’ll see.
Melissa — Thu Oct 18, 2007 at 2:18 pm (link)The bear is so adorable, and I like the green eyes. And Callie of course is adorable too.
