Ok at first I wasn’t going to make these, but then let’s face facts, it’s the view I see most often of my cat Pierre. I love cats, but honestly they do present this view most often. So I present the cat butt coaster. #4 medium weight yarn in black and white, a 5.5 mm crochet hook, a #16 yarn needle and a small amount or pink yarn for the … well… for the butthole. My son was pretty pleased, and Pierre doesn’t care either way as usual. As always would love to hear comments or questions, just click on my contact page. And hope you enjoy the humor of the project if not the view 😉

Ever wonder what to do with those bits and odd leftovers of yarn. Half used skeins and such, well here’s the answer! Amigurumi Scrap Monsters. Use any color combination you like, simply stick with the same weight yarn for a back and front panel, in order to match them up. Then add tenatacles, ears, hair, wherever and however you like. I made these with #4 medium weight yarn and a 5.00 mm H hook. Questions, comments or suggestions please go to my contact page in the menu. I would love to hear from you as always, have fun and share the amigurumi joy.

Another addition to the Banned Book Club, A Wrinkle in Time by Madeleine L’Engle . This time I also created an amigurumi bookmark to go with it. The Banned Book keychain is for one of my favorite teacher’s, my cousin Heidi, and the Lion bookmark is for her daughter Delaney who shares a birthday with my daughter in August, let’s hear it for the Leo’s! Check back in a few days for the new, free amigurumi pattern of the month. And please go to my contact page to leave any comments, questions or suggestions. You can also go to my Amigurumi and Crochet Basics Page in the Menu at the top for all the basic stitches and materials you need, including updated video tutorials, to create your own amigurumi.

I did it! I taught my first ever class in amigurumi. Thank you to Kathleen at Local Folk Studio in Kutztown, PA for providing the space for the class. So great to meet new people, see familiar faces, and share the amigurumi JOY!

I wanted to make these amigurumi sushi FOREVER ! So happy they came out well, and they were not that hard to make. Plus they are magnets, fun and functional. Click here to get the FREE amigurumi pattern of the month and to see other projects. You can also go to my crochet and amigurumi basics page to learn what you need to get started, with all the necessary basics including how to videos for crochet and amigurumi . Please leave a comment, I would love to hear from you. And please enter your email and hit subscribe to share my latest amigurumi joy!

Dreams come true at the holidays 😉 My children got a 1 pound bar of chocolate, the giant amigurumi bar of chocolate was for my husband, and the light box for photographing my work and creating free amigurumi and crochet tutorials is for me!!!

On January 15th from 2pm-4pm I will be teaching my first ever class on how to make amigurumi at Local Folk Creative Studio in Kutztown, PA. The class will include all the materials needed, patterns, instuctions and links to a video tutorials. In honor of Chinese New Year we will be making amigurumi dumplings and simple coin purses. The patterns are very basic, great for every level of crochet experience including beginners. Thank you so much to Kathleen at Local Folk for providing the space for the class, and please go to the website in the link to sign up. Any questions you can also reach me at my contact page or leave a comment below. So excited for another outlet to share the amigurumi joy!

I’ve been making several amigurumi presents for the holidays, but I can’t post pics because it might spoil the surprise. In between making all the holiday gifts I did have time to whip up a pair of cozy slipper socks for Sophia who’s on break from college. They seem to fit the bill quite nicely 😉

Christmas Pickle Myth and Legend

Seriously this is amazing! My love history combined with my love of amigurumi? It doesn’t get any better. Someone mentioned that there was a German tradition of putting a pickle in the Christmas tree. One, everybody in my family LOVES pickes. Two, I have always wanted to crochet a pickle, and I was curious about this tradition. Some digging indicates maybe this is not a German tradition, but German-American. The story that pleases me most, so that’s what I’m going with, has to do with a Bavarian American solider named John C. Lower. He was enlisted in the 103rd Pennsylvania Infantry during the Civil War. Legend goes that as he lay starving in prison and John Lower requested a pickle from his prison guard. Later Lower would credit that pickle with saving his life. And so each Christmas he would hide a pickle shaped ornament in the tree, and the first person to find it would have good luck in the coming year. Awesome amigurumi pickle and lovely Christmas story.