Tuesday, July 1, 2014

amigurume, Make Cute Crochet People by Allison Hoffman

Lark, an imprint of Sterling Publishing, New York
copyright 2013 by Allison Hoffman
isbn: 978-1-4547-0397-6

Excellent color pictures. Instructions seem pretty straight forward. I like how you can mix and match the various parts of the doll to make your own doll.

Table of contents
Introduction
definition of amigurume, how she got started crocheting and how amigurume took off for her, Mentioned Ravelry.com & CraftyisCool.com, It's fun to make dolls that look like people. How you can start doing this

Getting Started, Materials & tools, how to crochet p. 10
Yarn & how to choose it, stuffing, safety eyes with shaft & washer, felt, embroidery floss, buttons & snaps, other embellishments, corchet hooks, scissors, craft glue, stuffing tool, locking stitch markers, wooden dowel rods. ways to hold hook, how to handle the yarn,
ch st, sl st, sc,  hdc, dc, bobble st
adjustable ring method
increasing/decreasing, crocheting in back loops or front loops, changing color, fastening off
surface crochet, embroidery, straight st, stem stitch, back stitch, french knot
Special amigurume techniques, stuffing, construction, heavy heads,

Making faces and heads p. 32
Upper body p. 42
lower body p. 64
feet and shoes p. 76
hair p. 90
accessories and more p.103
resources p. 126
acknowledgments
about the author
index p. 128

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