Thursday, November 29, 2007

Lion brand patterns!

For those of you who don't know Lion-brand has tons of free knitting and crochet patterns. All you have to do is sign up! It's free and you get a neat little e-mail with a stitch of the week. :) Or you can sign up and choose not to get the e-mail at all.
Here's some new patterns they put up recently:
Amigurumi alien
Angel Fish
Amigurumi Pig
Bear
Cat
Amigurumi Frog
Gnome
Little Guy
Lion
Amigurumi Octopus
Owl
Amigurumi Panda
Small Amigurumi Penguin
Small Amigurumi Pig
Amigurumi Penguin
Amigurumi Santa
Amigurumi Reindeer
Amigurumi Snowman

And I just have to rant a moment becasue this is something that bugs me. Amigurumi is not just any stuffed toy that's crocheted and cute. For a crocheted toy to be amigurumi it has to be made in the round with mostly or all single crochet. I get very frustrated when any toy that's crocheted is labeled amigurumi! So I have taken the word amigurumi out of the names of the Lion-brand patterns that are two flat pieces stitched together.
If someone knows the definition of knitted amigurumi I'd love to know what it is!

Wednesday, November 28, 2007

reply to leslie and anapaulaoli patterns!

"Leslie said...

Is there any way we can buy these patterns? I saw some Disney ones that are adorable, esp. Pooh and Piglet and Dumbo. Thanks."

the only way I know of to buy the japanese patterns is through e-bay or yes asia. Yes Asia is cheaper it just can take a ton longer to get your books. The reason these are so hard to get here is that they are currently only printed in japan or china. And as a result they have to be shipped in a much much longer process. It's cheaper but can take up to a month.
for instant money eating results I'd use e-bay. A lot of sellers have amigurumi books. Just try searching for the following:
Amigurumi, Japanese craft books, nuigurumi, etc.
Many sellers have buy it now items that are available. Also remember on e-bay you can do a search and if what you are looking for isn't available then save your search and e-bay will let you know when an item is listed that fits your search. :)
Sorry if that doesn't help. :(


And to sweetenthis post a bit here are some more adorable patterns by anapaulaoli:
Jellyfish tree ornament
Tiny Cactus
I can't remember if I posted the following or not:
A little Cookie

Monday, November 26, 2007

Crocheted fruit/ food Patterns

Upon request from a fellow Crochetville member I have been scouring the net for free crocheted fruit patterns. :) Can't blame ya after teasing ya'll with the knitted ones. Sorry about that!

So Here's what I've found, first Veggies:
Indian Corn
Dried Indian Corn (you will have to scroll down)
Carrots
Onion and Turnips
Rad Radish
Lettuce Magnets (to make bigger use worsted yarn and bigger hook)

Fruit:
Pears
Pumpkins
Tomatoe
Grapes
Tiny apples (to make bigger try using a bigger hook and thicker yarn!)
Apple
Chocolate covered Strawberries
Delicious Strawberries
Jellied Cranberry Sauce



For the knitters or ambistitcherous:
Apple
Pear
Banana
Peach
LemonLime


And just because:
cup of coffee
Lizard

Wednesday, November 14, 2007

Little Ninja

that right! a totally adorable Crocheted Ninja!
Little Ninja
And this little cutie from wibit:
Pocket Elephant

This one is not technically an ami but I think it's cute:
granny square teddy

Wednesday, October 10, 2007

Gnathies' Latest

Little Bunny Boohoo

For those of you wondering I am alive. We had a long weekend at renaissance festival on Saturday and were really busy on Sunday with church. Then Monday night we had to put one of our three ferrets to sleep and I feel like I haven't gotten good sleep in a while. I much look forward to being able to sleep in on Friday and Saturday. :)
Due to the ferret being put to sleep my etsy shop has been put on hold. So At some point you can expect some free patterns from me. Not my lobster or koi though sorry. I still want to sell those patterns in case anything happens to one of my other two fuzzies. I will be putting some things up in it in the next few weeks. But till then I'm busy trying to finish my entry for the artsy toys challenge on craftster and spinning up a storm for the Handspun Yarn Swap, not to mention I really need to get off my butt and start some Christmas presents.
But I am trolling for patterns.

Gnathie

Saturday, September 29, 2007

a pattern

Beary Jackson

No question but Clarifing anyway

Ami List fully supports sharing of Free patterns. However if some how I wind up linking to something and the designer does not want the item linked please Let me know!
I want to support designers and help them get visits and more people exposed to their patterns. But if thy don't like it I respect that.
I do have one designer who has asked me to re-direct my links to her blog and I am planning to do that. (I think I did but can't remember.) Just keep in mind that I do work 4 days of the week and Though I sneak on the computer for you guys I can't be around all day. ;)
*hugs*

Saturday, September 22, 2007

Awesome detailed patterns!

If you haven't visited roman sock (the blog) you totally need to and here's why:
Pomeranian Pattern
Red Eyed Tree Frog Pattern
Fuzzy bunny Pattern

Her patterns are super detailed and really realistic, two of my favorite things when it comes to stuffed toys! Go at it!

Saturday, September 15, 2007

Crochetville is awesome!

For those of you who have not been to Crochetville KristieMN writes up the most adorable patterns and always seems to share them with the internet. Here's her latest:
Lazy Panda

And here's a link to crochetville. it's huge and you will get absorbed in trust me!

Wednesday, September 12, 2007

More Patterns from 'nathie

'Nathie you are so awesome! I'm trying to also write my patterns down but I think it;s so great that you always seem to! And that you are able to share them!
Fuzzy kittie
Fuzzy Gumdrop
And here's a few I some how missed:

Drunk duckie
Owl Overloard

Tuesday, September 4, 2007

Tuesday, August 28, 2007

Awesome Tut On Ami hair!

One of our lovely craftster members has put up a tut on her blog about how she does her ami's hair:
http://owly.wordpress.com/2007/08/27/amigurumi-hair-tutorial/
And here's one for button joints:
http://shala-beads.livejournal.com/149055.html


Also here's another cute amigurmi style pattern:
Amigurumi elephant

Friday, August 24, 2007

Thanks Kiberly!

Kimberly Pi recently posted a reply to the "futurama" post. She made a bottle and cigar to go with bender and wanted to share:
Benders Bottle and Cigar
Thanks Kimberly!

Monday, August 20, 2007

Inspiration Day August 20th 07

I haven't done inspiration day in a while and I'm seeing a lack of ami's and stuffies on both crochetville and Craftster. People look no further! Be inspired!




Kachoo on craftster made this adorable Bloo Doll from Fosters home for imaginary friends! I hope to see more imaginary friends Soon!















Missmelissa138 Made this adorable spin on a common pattern. I love how unique he is!





This adorable Penguin was made by razortongue on craftster. I love how she crocheted in the back loops. It give the penguin more character!
I closed the link by accident so I can't link the post. Sorry!







Last we have the worlds cutest HP Critter ever. Pygmy Puffs! They were made by KTLYnn8383 on craftster.


Enjoy and keep the stuffies coming! They are so awesome!

Tuesday, August 14, 2007

Futurama

Bender
I myself am not a fan but that hasn't stopped me from posting a link yet!

Friday, August 10, 2007

Feel the love!

I"m so overwhelmed by the amount of love you guys have been giving me! Keep the patterns coming ya'll! I love it!
I have two to add and will have more when I get off my butt and check my aol mail. (I'm lazy what can I say) I just wanted to let you guys know that I will be working full time starting next week and will have less time to check for patterns and stuff. (Though if work is slow, you can guess where I'll be. ;) ) SO I just wanted to say you guys are awesome and you are helping m so much and I"m so glad to have some comments! It's really nice to know people read this blog! *hugs* I mean I check the counter but sometimes I wonder if I'm visiting more than I thought! lol
HEre's the patterns:
Bunny
Amigurumi Cupcake

And just in case you are wondering Amigurumi is pronounced: "Ahh me goo roo me" According to a recent question on craftster. I challenge you to say it a few times and see if it's not fun to say. ;)

Tuesday, August 7, 2007

More From KittyKatt

Tadpole!
Ameko Translated (with Diagrams)

Drops patterns:
Please note that the following patterns use british terms. This is not hard to figure out typically they call single crochet a double and triple is a double treble... etc.
Trouser man and....
Peter and Pernille
Ball and rattle
teddy
Teddy Knitted
Rabbit Knitted
Fuzzy Rabbit

Sunday, August 5, 2007

Thanks Kitty Katt (and miller for translating)

KittyKatt on craftster let me in on these awesome links. You click the picture and it shows the whole ami book! I thought this was an awesome find. Everything is in japanese but the charts are pretty easy to read. SC in a spiral and the count for the stitches is at the end of each round.
Thanks KittyKat! I know I'll be using this and many others too!
http://photo.163.com/photos/goubian0526/#p9
http://photo.163.com/photos/llp0206/#p1
Click on both of those links to be led to different pages. They show the covers with patterns in them. Don't be fooled though many have more patterns than just whats on the cover! This is a real find!
Edited to add:
More from Kitty Katt:
Cute monkey
Gnome
Yoda


Translated to english (thanks to miller):
Adorable Bunny
Frog/Bunny/Dog
Snail
Pug puppy?
Rotund Puppy
Cute Puppy
Japanese Emperor and Empress
Heart
Bunny in a dress
Bunny Keychain
Birdie

Saturday, August 4, 2007

Thanks Anonymous

Pebble
thanks to Anonymous I was given links to this site and some other cute Spanish amigurumi sites.
I have linked this all ready translated by babel fish into English. :)
Amigurumi patterns
Amigurumi Patterns 2

On another note I found this site Today through craftster. There are a ton of free patterns there! And I just realized that this is the same site that has the adorable purple hippo linked elsewhere in this blog.
Bitty Baby
Rad Radish
One Bad Egg
Hot Dog!
Later Gator

Tuesday, July 31, 2007

gnathalie you rule

No really you do. I couldn't crochet nearly as fast or come up with so many patterns.
Kiwi bird Pattern

Thursday, July 19, 2007

Oppsie!

I made a typo on the last update. the crochet fish patter is here:
http://members.tripod.com/~toolgirl361/pattern1.htm
Thanks Diana!

Monday, July 9, 2007

I was shown this pattern for these thanks to WIPS on Craftster. These are the worlds cutest crocheted food ever:
Cake Sachets

Tuesday, July 3, 2007

Yahoo search rocks!

Thanks everyone for all the wonderful comments! I love getting them as they make it more worthwhile for me to keep this blog up!
I did a yahoo search and found some more patterns to share with you all.
Pablo the Penguin
Cat and mouse
Flower DOlls <--- super cute
Amigurumi Doll <--- I'm considering making this one for my baby sister.
Angel Bear
Crocheted Fish
Chenille Bear
Fuzzy Duck
Guardian Frog
Hello Kitty
Jack Frost

Wednesday, June 27, 2007

Crocehted Dalek

There's a free crocheted Dalek pattern on etsy and I thought you Doctor Who fans would love it:
Dalek Pattern

Thursday, June 21, 2007

I"m not dead!

I promise I"m not dead. I just had to do a ton of last minute crafting for a swap which I totally missread the date on. Well it's all out the door and I"m back to normal. I'm taking a break from swaps for a month or two so I'll have a more time to craft. I need to start working on christmas stuff...
Anwho Inspiration is a bit late this week but here it is!
Planetjune of craftster made this adorable shiba-inu puppy without a pattern.
And next we have an adorable Whale by EmEyeAaay on craftster:
And last but not least Jimmy Nutron by craftster member mplsdeanna:
Please feel free to nominate ami's for inspiration day! Simply e-mail me at:
red (underscore) converses (at) yahoo (dot) com
Remove all spaces and replace words in () with the appropriate symbol. :) Simply make the subject Ami Nominiation or something along those lines. I'm fairly good at checking at least 3 times a week. :)

Wednesday, May 23, 2007

Inspiration day Again!

It's inspiration day again! Which means that You get to see pics of other people's adorable ami's to inspire you! I've got some pics to share from crochetville this time as well as Craftster. So enjoy!Made by miller3602 of crochetville - a cute dodo bird.

Flapper doll by i am sapho on craftster.

Cute frog by clare of crochetville.

Enjoy and remember to tell me if you see an adorable ami somewhere!

Tuesday, May 15, 2007

Cute bunny!

this cute little bunny was on blogspot. Blogger really needs a search feature.
bunny ami!
this same blogger also have a mouse:
ami mouse

Monday, May 14, 2007

More Pie!

Another peice of pie has been whipped up for you but the awesome Pseudoscorpion of craftster.
Lemon Meringue Pie Slice

Kerochan!

I think this guy is adorable! A craftster member crocheted a Kerochan From Cardcaptor Sakura and thenshe added a pattern! Go check it out:
Kerochan with Pattern

Saturday, May 12, 2007

Thursday, May 10, 2007

Thanks readers!

A reader recently commented and though she knits amigurumi I figured I"d add it anyway. She also has tips for new amigurumi knitters!
Gekkogrrl's Blog

Wednesday, May 9, 2007

Patterns!

Thanks again to crochetville I found another link with a bunch of patterns. And there were some animal and toy patterns I'd never seen before! So hopefully they will be new for you too!
Fancy Duck
Pucca Pattern
Bag of chips
Icicle mohair Bear
This one is from craftster:
Delicious Fruit Tarts
Amigurumi Bunny

Inspiration Wednesday!

Since Wednesday is my craft day I've decided to make it inspiration day on AMILIST. Here are some awesome Ami Artists from all over the web.
All Pictures are of amigurumi made by craftster.org/forum members.



This adorable pistacio bird was made by Denika. He has needle felted features.


















This adorable pink pony was made by djonesgirl.











This adorable Robot was made by Shooting Star.













This adorable monkey was made by Vivacatgirls.










If you know of a talented amigurumi artist please feel free to comment and let me know about it! I just might feature them next week.
Also I'm running out of links at them moment for patterns but I have been keeping myeyes open and will update when I find more.

Sunday, April 22, 2007

Too cute

I have not abandoned you guys. Though I'm sure some of you think so. I jsut haven't found any new patterns till today!
The Ringed Seal of Saimaa

Tuesday, April 17, 2007

Love etsy

Update: 5/10/07- All this artist's patterns have b=moved to it's own blog.

I just love etsy. Anapalosa has 3 free patterns on there. You don't have to buy them just read the description the whole pattern is there:
Zequi the bear
Fried egg
Cupcake
And since two of these are food that means that there will now be a food section! YAYNESS!

Sunday, April 15, 2007

Saturday, April 14, 2007

Pokemon Patterns!

My love for pokemon has shown up again and what better way to show it than posting some recently located patterns.

Torchic Look alike
Pikachu Look alike

Friday, April 13, 2007

More patterns

I just received an e-mail that someone had posted a comment last month. My e-mail just told me today. So I've turned off the e-mail approval becasue obviously it's taking too long. So go ahead and comment away!
Here's some more links:
Loopy Llama
Chaco Parrot Puppet
Fairytale Finger Puppets
Dodo-bird toy (link is broken at the moment but should be up soon.)
Moogle Pattern
This one's a tote bag but since it's animal related I thought I"d post it anyway:
Noah's ark Tote

Wednesday, April 4, 2007

Thanks Kelly!

Here's another one thanks to kelly! Readers feel free to post links in comments and I'll add them.
Crocheted Bee
Other Found Patterns:
Spring Chicken
Funky Octopus
Funky Duck
Moose
Teddy
Perfect Pony
I totally can't believe that there are so many patterns out there and they are so hard to find. Pass on your links people!

Saturday, March 17, 2007

Misc Patterns

Camel
Totoro
Swatchies
Calcifer

Mushroom Patterns

Kiyoshi the Amigurumi 'Shroom

Cow Patterns

Cows

Reptile Patterns

Baby Snow Dragon
Dragon

Baby Triceratops
Silly Snake

Pig Patterns

Baby Pig
Sumo Piggies

Ocean Patterns

Baby Harp Seal

Octopus Patterns

Baby Octopus
Octopode Pandimonium

Jungle Animals

Circus Elephant
Happy Hippo
Jointed Elephant
Jumbo

Sheep Patterns

Lamb an Lion Pillow
Sheep for Ewe
Stuffed Lamb
Stuffed Lamb Toy
Baby Lamb

Monkey Patterns

Ami Monkey
Stuffed Monkey
Toy Monkey

Horse Patterns

Horse or Unicorn
Unicorn
Unicorn2
Pegasus

Bug Patterns

Birds and Bees
Busy Bee
Cute Snail
Inchworm
Winged Bug(Japenese)
Amigurumi Caterpillar

Bear Patterns

Ami Bear
Ami Panda
Koala
Ladybug Bear
Love Bear
Teddy Bear
Teddies and Bunnies
Wicket The Ewok
Pandy Bear

Dolphin and Fish Patterns

Dolphin
Dolphin 2

Funky Fish

Bunny Patterns

Amigurumi Bunny
Chenille Bunny
Mini Bunny

Frog Patterns

Bigger Frog
Frog Prince
Funky Frog
Little Frog
Mr. Frog
Real Frogs
Realistic Stuffed Frog
Small Frog

Turtle Patterns

Funky Turtle
Jaques the Sea Turtle
Tiny Striped Turtle
Tiny Turtle

Mouse Patterns

Ami Mouse
Pocket Mouse

Cat Patterns

Baby Animals
Fat Cat
Granny Cat
Hello Kitty
Jack the Cat
Kitty in a Boot
Kitty Squid
Kooky Cat Clock
Maja Cat
Meemaws Cat
Mini Ami Kitty
Perky Kitty
Perky The Cat
Poc Kitty
Pooska Kitty
Sleepy Kitty
Kuddles

Dog Patterns

TiChi Pattern
Snoozy Puppy
Nanook The Husky
Mini Dog
Loop Stitch Dog
Little Dog
Granny Dog
Door Stopper Dog
Dog Cat Etc
Ami Chihuahua
Dog Toilet Tissue Cover

Bird Patterns

Flamingo Pattern
Marlo's Bird
Blue Bird
Gobble Gobble
Cute Penguin
Little Duck and Chicken
Snowy Owlet
Peace Dove
Penguin
Small Ugly Duckling
Stellar Jay
Ugly Duckling
Cardinal
Bird

Japanese Patterns

6 Japanese Patterns