My first ever stuffed toy.
Yarn used: Worsted weight yarn in natural Alpaca.
Crochet Needle: Size 2.75 mm
Darning needle
Eyelet beads for eyes.
Techniques I have used:
Simple single crochet in spirals for the body. I spiraled for first half and then started decreases till 3/4th of the body then started stuffing it with pillow cotton. Kept decreasing until I had a sphere with a single stitch to knot it off in the end.
The head feathers also were in spirals and stuffed up.
For the eyebrows, I made a chain of 9 and single crocheted first four and the Half Double crocheted next 2 and Double crocheted last 2. Had to make 3 rows of this for the outer protruding effect.
The whites of eyes were a single crochet in a round.
I stitched up 2 black eyelets for the pupils.
The beak, I could have used a more prominent shade of yellow or orange, but I had to make do with what I had on hand. So I went for this shade of light yellow and made a cone out of it. Stuffed it before stitching of course!
The belly is a simple spiral round until I had 30 stitches on the round.
The tail is not quite visible in this picture here, but if you observe close enough, you can spot it.
4 rows of single crochet and folded in half vertically and slip stitched together. I made a total of 3 pieces and attached at the behind.
And, that's that.
If you are not familiar with crochet basics, you can find written and video tutorials here:
http://www.crochetguru.com/
It is a pretty cool site, I think, and has taught me enough basics to carry on my own now.
And please do let me know what you think of my Angry Cardinal Amigurumi.
Well it's more of a crochet project and I chose the cute Red CARDINAL Angry Bird.
I am soon to make all the other birds of the set.
I wanted some decors for my Dad's Hyundai i20 car, so I went for this one first.
Well, I gave it as a gift to my mom on her birthday though and see the irony, my younger brother nicked it away!!
Yarn used: Worsted weight yarn in natural Alpaca.
Crochet Needle: Size 2.75 mm
Darning needle
Eyelet beads for eyes.
Techniques I have used:
Simple single crochet in spirals for the body. I spiraled for first half and then started decreases till 3/4th of the body then started stuffing it with pillow cotton. Kept decreasing until I had a sphere with a single stitch to knot it off in the end.
The head feathers also were in spirals and stuffed up.
For the eyebrows, I made a chain of 9 and single crocheted first four and the Half Double crocheted next 2 and Double crocheted last 2. Had to make 3 rows of this for the outer protruding effect.
The whites of eyes were a single crochet in a round.
I stitched up 2 black eyelets for the pupils.
The beak, I could have used a more prominent shade of yellow or orange, but I had to make do with what I had on hand. So I went for this shade of light yellow and made a cone out of it. Stuffed it before stitching of course!
The belly is a simple spiral round until I had 30 stitches on the round.
The tail is not quite visible in this picture here, but if you observe close enough, you can spot it.
4 rows of single crochet and folded in half vertically and slip stitched together. I made a total of 3 pieces and attached at the behind.
And, that's that.
If you are not familiar with crochet basics, you can find written and video tutorials here:
http://www.crochetguru.com/
It is a pretty cool site, I think, and has taught me enough basics to carry on my own now.
And please do let me know what you think of my Angry Cardinal Amigurumi.
