I think the sheer quantity of yarn that arrived has overwhelmed me somewhat! I've made 2 amigurumi since then. Well, I have made 3, but I wasn't so impressed with the first one so he doesn't get a mention. Also, having a 5 month old bebe means I can't crochet all day. Which I probably would otherwise. Geek.
Anyhoo...introducing Señor Pablo:
and Erica Bunny:
I got the patterns from Lion Brand Yarn (who have excellent amigurumi patterns). See here for panda pattern & here for bunny pattern. I used Vanna's Choice for both. The bunny pattern called for Wool Ease so mine came out a little different from the original image, not as flopsy maybe, & I also crochet the stitches quite tightly when making amigurumi so the stuffing doesn't show. I changed the bunny pattern so that the body carries on from the head rather than making 2 separate body parts & then sewing them together - why do that when you can simply continue?? That's the joy of crochet! Here's how I changed it.
Body
Bear in mind you have 6 stitches already from the bottom of the head...so just carry on & continue to use a marker in the first stitch of each round.
Rnd 1: 2 sc in each st around - 12 st
Rnd 2: sc in each sc around
Rnd 3: *2 sc in next sc, sc in next sc; rep from * - 18 st
Rnd 4-6: sc in each sc around
Rnd 7: *2 sc in next sc, sc in each of next 2 sc; rep from * - 24 st
Rnd 8-9: sc in each sc around
Rnd 10: *2 sc in next sc, sc in each of next 3 sc; rep from * - 30 st
Rnd 11-13: sc in each sc around
Rnd 14: *sc2tog, sc in each of next 3 sc; rep from * - 24 st
Rnd 15: *sc2tog, sc in each of next 2 sc; rep from * - 18 st
Rnd 16: *sc2tog, sc in next sc; rep from * - 12 st
Rnd 17: sc2tog around - 6 st
To finish off I used a tapestry needle to weave in & out of the remaining 6 stitches & pulled it tight to close the hole. It's essentially a reversed version of the original where the body is worked bottom up. I'm quite pleased (and surprised) that my post-baby brain managed to work it out!
So now I have 3 little aminals (deliberate typo...for I am the grammar Nazi) & one that I don't really like, but can't bear to unpick because I'm such a damn softie. I shall call him "the other-gurumi". I wonder what I'll do with them all?
