Amigurumi as a crochet trend has been around for a while now, but it continues to steal hearts. Many people I know learn to crochet simply to be able to create their own amigurumi softies.
Yarn Cake Amigurumi: 15 Cute Creatures to Crochet by Jacki Donhou includes patterns to make adorable amigurumi animals. These squishy yarn softies would make the sweetest gifts, though you may have a hard time parting with them yourself!
These sweet little crocheted softies require only basic crochet supplies and are designed to be made from multicolored yarn cakes. With large blocks of several different colors in one cake, you only need to buy one skein for your project. And because they’re all from the same cake, you can know that the colors will all work well together.
The book starts with an overview of the basics, including fully illustrated instructions for the crochet stitches and techniques you’ll need to complete the patterns. Then the real fun starts with all of the patterns. Each pattern includes step by step instruction accompanies with full color photographs showing how to make the steps.
The 15 patterns include these sweet yarn creatures:
Bunti the Bunny
Biscuit the Duck
Hazel the Cow
Aggie the Highland Bull
Tillie the Lamb
Shawarma the Betta
Daisy the Kitten
Jasper the Puppy
Emilio the Axolotl
Jacques the Turtle
Mischa the Otter
Weatherly the Unicorn
Romeo the Donkey
Neville the Alpaca
Garrick the Dragon
Being a crazy cat lady, of course I’m partial to Daisy the Kitten. The example shows her stitched in a gray and white yarn with pops of solid white for paws and tails. How fun would it be to change the yarn up to create a amigurumi kitten that looks like your own cat.
Other patterns I especially love in this book are the Axolotl (sooo cute!) and the Highland Cow (that fluffy mane!)
The Details
ISBN-13: 9781784946678
Author: Jacki Donhou
Price: £14.99
No. of pages: 128
Dimensions: 235 x 210 mm
Color: Full color throughout
