No Pattern for You and/or Your Favorite Decade
How can I suggest possible patterns for THOSE?!! heh heh
Your Favorite Decade
Okay, I found a couple of cool things that might suggest a decade, but I would really appreciate any suggestions that you brilliant folks would care to share in the comments, 'cause I'm stumped! I KNOW! Really! ;o)
Here's a totally gorgeous Hippie Girl (and there's even a pattern!! Though not a freebie.)
patterns located at www.kandj.etsy.com
Also from K and J Dolls:
Here's a very cool flapper! (no pattern, alas, but you could be inspired by this photo to make your OWN flapper!)
No pattern for this guy, by Zoria, but isn't he CUTE?!
A couple of very cute retro-looking dolls:
Such a cutie - looks like a baby doll from the 30's (?)
free pattern at suncatcher eyes
Isn't she Gorgeous!
Some of these dolls don't have patterns, but you can find a doll pattern that you like, and be creative with the costuming and accessories. :o)
There are some very cool patterns for a "Free Spirit" doll and Edwardian and Victorian costume patterns on this blog:
http://www.byhookbyhand.blogspot.com/
Our own dear Snuffykin has a 50's Rose (from Dr. Who) doll with a FREE PATTERN! :o)
http://snuffykin.livejournal.com/83235.h
No Pattern for You
Well, obviously I won't be posting pattern links for "No Pattern for You", but I will refer you to these really helpful sites and posts (lots of links below) about making shapes,so you can create your very own amigurumi design!
Here's a start:
http://community.livejournal.com/welovea
http://www.supernaturale.com/articles.ht
I design all my own ami's (mostly because I don't like to follow patterns) and the way I begin each one is to either look at lots of photos or drawings of the item (animal, character, person, etc.) that I'd like to make, and get a good image in my mind of what I'd like to create. I get lots and lots of inspiration from all of the wonderful artists in this group, too! Or, if there aren't photos or drawings available (and sometimes, even if there are), I will do a very simple sketch. Then I look at the images and separate the figure into basic shapes... balls, tubes, cylinders, pyramids, egg shapes, etc., whatever the parts remind me of. Then I start making those shapes, and like magic, a new ami is born! As many of you know, I knit most of my ami's, and I'm obsessed with making no-sew, or minimum sewing, projects, so my approach isn't necessarily going to be the same as yours, but the design principle is the same! :o)
So my suggestion to anyone wanting to design their own amigurumi for the first time, is to learn how to make the basic shapes, in whatever method you choose (knit or crochet, it's the same principle), analyze what shapes make up the ami that you want to create, and then just go for it!! You have nothing to lose! It's only yarn! :o)
Experiment! and have lots of FUN! You'll love what you create! And so will WE! :o)
Links to step by step video tutorials of how to make amigurumi:
http://community.livejournal.com/welovea
..........................
Here are some Video tutorials for shapes...
a Ball shape (heads, bodies, stubby legs):
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5hKBeu2Bl
http://www.instructables.com/id/Crochet_
http://www.instructables.com/id/Crochet_
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JgBL7jfm1
http://www.wonderhowto.com/how-to/video/h
lots of other tutes on this site ^
Tubes (arms, legs, tails, skinny, or elongated bodies):
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VR4zv-Qrj
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SuZ1ZcyGj
Egg Shape:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7hWSMbMbo
Cubes/rectangles (bodies, heads, limbs, anything you'd like rectangular shaped):
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=87cJy1u-0
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XgNVFPtXZ
....................
A tutorial on thread jointing:
http://arminas-aminals.blogspot.com/2009/0
Roxycraft's video tutorials:
http://www.youtube.com/user/roxycraft#p/u
Planet June's tute on joining the pieces together:
http://www.planetjune.com/blog/joining-a
all of Planet June's tutorials:
http://www.planetjune.com/blog/amigurumi-h
Making fuzzy brushed amigurumi:
http://tamiesnow.typepad.com/roxycraft/2
Magic ring video tutorial:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Uf50rqmso
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WLuSVyKvo
Hair:
Owlishly's tutorial:
http://owly.wordpress.com/2007/08/27/ami
Mygurumi's post:
http://mygurumi.blogspot.com/2008/10/how-t
needlenoodles tutorial:
http://needlenoodles.com/home/?q=node/83
WLA posts tagged with "hair":
http://community.livejournal.com/welovea
Embroider a smile:
http://salihan.com/2009/how-to-embroider-a-s
Fuzzy Mitten's excellent, easy nose and mouth tutorial:
http://blog.fuzzymitten.com/2009/10/nose-a
More from Mygurumi...
starting:
http://mygurumi.blogspot.com/2008/10/how-t
increasing and decreasing:
http://mygurumi.blogspot.com/2008/10/how-t
eyes:
http://mygurumi.blogspot.com/2008/10/how-t
adding new yarn:
http://mygurumi.blogspot.com/2009/03/how-t
neat bind off:
http://mygurumi.blogspot.com/2009/10/how-t
Adding needle-felted details:
http://arminas-aminals.blogspot.com/2009/0
ETA: Oops! Forgot to put in my OWN tutorials! :o)
theknittycat's tutes:
knotted yarn eyes
http://esunbeams.com/knittycat/patt
loopy legs technique (adding limbs without sewing them on)
http://esunbeams.com/knittycat/patterns/k
http://esunbeams.com/knittycat/patterns/k
...............
Basic knitted amigurumi shaping:
http://geckogrrl.wordpress.com/2007/04/0
http://geckogrrl.wordpress.com/2007/03/3
http://geckogrrl.wordpress.com/2007/04/0
(More on knitted amigurumi in a later post.)
I can't wait to see what you all come up with!
How can I suggest possible patterns for THOSE?!! heh heh
Your Favorite Decade
Okay, I found a couple of cool things that might suggest a decade, but I would really appreciate any suggestions that you brilliant folks would care to share in the comments, 'cause I'm stumped! I KNOW! Really! ;o)
Here's a totally gorgeous Hippie Girl (and there's even a pattern!! Though not a freebie.)
patterns located at www.kandj.etsy.com
Also from K and J Dolls:
Here's a very cool flapper! (no pattern, alas, but you could be inspired by this photo to make your OWN flapper!)
No pattern for this guy, by Zoria, but isn't he CUTE?!
A couple of very cute retro-looking dolls:
Such a cutie - looks like a baby doll from the 30's (?)
free pattern at suncatcher eyes
Isn't she Gorgeous!
Some of these dolls don't have patterns, but you can find a doll pattern that you like, and be creative with the costuming and accessories. :o)
There are some very cool patterns for a "Free Spirit" doll and Edwardian and Victorian costume patterns on this blog:
http://www.byhookbyhand.blogspot.com/
Our own dear Snuffykin has a 50's Rose (from Dr. Who) doll with a FREE PATTERN! :o)
http://snuffykin.livejournal.com/83235.h
No Pattern for You
Well, obviously I won't be posting pattern links for "No Pattern for You", but I will refer you to these really helpful sites and posts (lots of links below) about making shapes,so you can create your very own amigurumi design!
Here's a start:
http://community.livejournal.com/welovea
http://www.supernaturale.com/articles.ht
I design all my own ami's (mostly because I don't like to follow patterns) and the way I begin each one is to either look at lots of photos or drawings of the item (animal, character, person, etc.) that I'd like to make, and get a good image in my mind of what I'd like to create. I get lots and lots of inspiration from all of the wonderful artists in this group, too! Or, if there aren't photos or drawings available (and sometimes, even if there are), I will do a very simple sketch. Then I look at the images and separate the figure into basic shapes... balls, tubes, cylinders, pyramids, egg shapes, etc., whatever the parts remind me of. Then I start making those shapes, and like magic, a new ami is born! As many of you know, I knit most of my ami's, and I'm obsessed with making no-sew, or minimum sewing, projects, so my approach isn't necessarily going to be the same as yours, but the design principle is the same! :o)
So my suggestion to anyone wanting to design their own amigurumi for the first time, is to learn how to make the basic shapes, in whatever method you choose (knit or crochet, it's the same principle), analyze what shapes make up the ami that you want to create, and then just go for it!! You have nothing to lose! It's only yarn! :o)
Experiment! and have lots of FUN! You'll love what you create! And so will WE! :o)
Links to step by step video tutorials of how to make amigurumi:
http://community.livejournal.com/welovea
..........................
Here are some Video tutorials for shapes...
a Ball shape (heads, bodies, stubby legs):
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5hKBeu2Bl
http://www.instructables.com/id/Crochet_
http://www.instructables.com/id/Crochet_
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JgBL7jfm1
http://www.wonderhowto.com/how-to/video/h
lots of other tutes on this site ^
Tubes (arms, legs, tails, skinny, or elongated bodies):
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VR4zv-Qrj
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SuZ1ZcyGj
Egg Shape:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7hWSMbMbo
Cubes/rectangles (bodies, heads, limbs, anything you'd like rectangular shaped):
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=87cJy1u-0
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XgNVFPtXZ
....................
A tutorial on thread jointing:
http://arminas-aminals.blogspot.com/2009/0
Roxycraft's video tutorials:
http://www.youtube.com/user/roxycraft#p/u
Planet June's tute on joining the pieces together:
http://www.planetjune.com/blog/joining-a
all of Planet June's tutorials:
http://www.planetjune.com/blog/amigurumi-h
Making fuzzy brushed amigurumi:
http://tamiesnow.typepad.com/roxycraft/2
Magic ring video tutorial:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Uf50rqmso
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WLuSVyKvo
Hair:
Owlishly's tutorial:
http://owly.wordpress.com/2007/08/27/ami
Mygurumi's post:
http://mygurumi.blogspot.com/2008/10/how-t
needlenoodles tutorial:
http://needlenoodles.com/home/?q=node/83
WLA posts tagged with "hair":
http://community.livejournal.com/welovea
Embroider a smile:
http://salihan.com/2009/how-to-embroider-a-s
Fuzzy Mitten's excellent, easy nose and mouth tutorial:
http://blog.fuzzymitten.com/2009/10/nose-a
More from Mygurumi...
starting:
http://mygurumi.blogspot.com/2008/10/how-t
increasing and decreasing:
http://mygurumi.blogspot.com/2008/10/how-t
eyes:
http://mygurumi.blogspot.com/2008/10/how-t
adding new yarn:
http://mygurumi.blogspot.com/2009/03/how-t
neat bind off:
http://mygurumi.blogspot.com/2009/10/how-t
Adding needle-felted details:
http://arminas-aminals.blogspot.com/2009/0
ETA: Oops! Forgot to put in my OWN tutorials! :o)
theknittycat's tutes:
knotted yarn eyes
http://esunbeams.com/knittycat/patt
loopy legs technique (adding limbs without sewing them on)
http://esunbeams.com/knittycat/patterns/k
http://esunbeams.com/knittycat/patterns/k
...............
Basic knitted amigurumi shaping:
http://geckogrrl.wordpress.com/2007/04/0
http://geckogrrl.wordpress.com/2007/03/3
http://geckogrrl.wordpress.com/2007/04/0
(More on knitted amigurumi in a later post.)
I can't wait to see what you all come up with!