Worldwide Artist Blog Hop

I was nominated for the Worldwide Artist Blog Hop by Lilleliis. Thank you very much! I´m going to anwer to 4 questuions asked.

Why do I do what I do

I do what I do because I can´t live without creating, I need to come up with new things, I enjoy beautiful things and passion towards toys keeps me going. I love these emotions I´m getting of creating. I´m really thankful if my toys are wanted or my patterns tried out.

How does my work differ from others of it´s genre

I started with very small amigurumi animals. I wanted them to be perfect which means quality in every step of the way and a lot of time. The word "production" has never been my thing. I´ve always wanted to do less but with the best quality I can give at this very moment. I have created keychains, brooches, cuddle toys, personalized and unique gifts for all events and occations. I´ve always wanted to create something simple but cute, if I manage to give the character to the toy  then I´m very happy. If somebody says that my toy, which was ment to be played with, is having a special spot (on a shelf for instance), because it´s too beautiful, then what else should make me more happier...

How does my creative process work

I have now created toys for almost 5 years. I have always tried to do things with the meaning. Everything starts with an emotion, I have to want to make something new. I have to like it what I´m doing. I´ve even noticed that if I´m not in a good mood, things won´t come out like wanted. This is one interesting thing about creating toys, you have to be in a good mood :)
But in general, quite often my children say what they would like to see and have and then off we go...

What am I working now

I´m learning something new, jointed teddy bears, classical ones, made from real mohair. I´m interested in collectible toys. Would like to try myself :)
Bus as to amigurumi, just now I can present bunch of owls. They are ment for the Charity. And a free tutorial, if needed, for others as well :) A nice little project, why not a week-end project for little gifs,  Amigurumi owl pattern

Here are my nominations:

I would like to give it forward to Coco and to Airali
I have always liked "French touch" - à la francaise et chic, she has is and I love it - with a STYLE!
I like the way how Ariali presents her work, always ENJOYABLE!

Founded one photo of a bunny made for a girl also called Laura, but the bunny was made before Laura came into this world. I wish you happy holidays! Hopefully the photo reflects my wishes to you all...warmth!

 

Free Amigurumi Pattern - OWL

Amigurumi Owl Pattern For Free

materials used:
2mm/2,25mm/2,5mm crochet hook
yarn: Katia Bamboo 
6mm black safety eyes

13 chain stitches

into 3rd stitch from hook 3 x single crochet into one, 10 single crochet, 3 x single crochet into one

turn, mark the beginning of the new row with a stitch marker (I use yarn)

2-13 rows: single crochet all around (27 stitches together)

make eyes: form a magic ring with 10, leave holes for 6mm safety eyes.

 attach the eye between 6th and 7th row counting from the top of the head, do the same with another eye

  make a knot

cut the thread

  14th row: 1 decreasing + 1 single crochet all around (18 stitches together)

 15th row: 1 decreasing + 1 single crochet all around (12 stitches together)

16th row: decreasing all around (6 stitches together)

 pick up stitches with a needle and..

 pull them together

 hide the yarn

you can add some extra stitches to an eye

 embroider a nose

3 long yarn strands and pull trough

 make a knot, cut the endings

for the wing:  form a magic ring with 6, 1 increasing, 2 x single crochet, 1 increasing, 2 x single crochet, 1 increasing, 4 x double crochet stitch into one, 2 x single crochet, 3 x increasing, slip stitch. Make two wings.

 attach both wings

well done, your little owl is ready :)

New: Amigurumi Owl Pattern in process - Free Amigurumi Pattern

Hi to you all. I´m making baby owls. First photo to be shown - more to come. I really like these little ones - symbol of wisdom! Hope you too! This is my daughter´s request, she draws me always something to be made. Her drawing is already one year old. Now it was the time to start acting :)
Amigurumi owl pattern will available soon. And 10 baby owls as well :)

Salut à vous tous. Je suis en train de faire quelques hiboux. Première photo à présenter - plus à venir. J'aime vraiment ces petits - symbole de la sagesse! J'espère que vous aussi! C'est fait à la demande de ma fille, elle me fait toujours quelque chose à faire. Son dessin, il y a déjà un an... Maintenant, il est temps d´agir :)

My Amigurumi blog in magazine

It´s so nice to get noticed. Thank you!

Luckily I still have one of these elephants I´ve created at home Thank you for the team who sent me a copy as well!  I find this magazine very lovely with lots of amigurumi patterns.

Meanwhile: Scarves, Baby toys and Amigurumi Kitty

 

Working on different things at the moment, some of these:

New Amigurumi design: Kitty

Trying something new... A cat, let´s see what´s coming out of this :) I really like the yarn: Bamboo yarn, soft and cuddly. Will be back with this one quite soon with more... 

Good news is that while making other things like scarves and some knitting, I just felt the need to make some new toys - this is my "FIRST" love - just can´t keep myself away from making toys and toy designs. It´s good to do something else or to see something else, to be away, but it´s always nice to come back. 

Crochet scarves:

Scarves, making many of them, 4 at the moment. I have the feeling that a scarf or a shawl is more (or I want it to be more) than just a scarf, I want it to be an accessory :) Yarn quality is important. Yes they tend to be rather expensive, but if you give your time for something then using good quality materilas makes all the difference. I´ve made all my amigurumi designs with 2mm crochet hook (very small for a lot of people), but with these scarves I used even 12mm crochet hook :), haven´t used a crochet hook bigger than 2mm for years, but with my toy designs you can always use bigger crochet hook as well according to the yarn you are using.

Simple baby toys:

Small children like simple things. I made some toys with wooden ring.

So, it´s autumn here in Estonia. Hopefully will be back with more quite soon. Thank you for visiting.

New Pattern is out: Amigurumi Elephant Pattern - Crochet Pattern Tutorial

Amigurumi Elephant Pattern:

Once, two years ago I saw somewhere an elephant cushion, sewn, which I liked a lot. I wanted to crochet one with legs, trunk and a body in the same piece. One dream came true :) I made a new design, how to make an simple but cute elephant. It´s always a bit tricky if you want to make simple design. It seems to me that simple designs are always harder to create but I like them the most. Like my Amigurumi Snail Pattern. I like the saying: Less is more. My goal is to give you the basic but very detailed pattern with lots of photos (20 photos to help you). You can always change colours and make your own effects to your very special elephant.

This crochet elephant can be also a cushion if you use bigger hook size and embroidered eyes.

You could create a lovely family with the same pattern but different hook size used.

I used Katia Bamboo and 2 mm crochet hook, 6mm black safety eyes for the bigger one (still fits in my hand) :)

Lana Gatto Bambu and 2 mm crochet hook, 6mm black safety eyes for medium size (blue one on the photo)

and Batik Design Alize Bamboo Fine 1,5 mm crochet hook, 6mm black safety eyes for the tiny one.

You´ll find this pattern in my Etsy shop: TinyAmigurumi

All comments and feedback are always welcome. Enjoy and send me photos: Laura.Sillar@gmail.com

NEW Amigurumi Pattern in process - Elephant

This Amigurumi Elephant was a toy I wanted to do a long time ago, many drawings...
would like to show the first photos of my new toy design:

I made many versions and I really do like this one. I wanted to create one flat toy, but looking like a sweet one. Hopefully you do like the design of my elephant. Amigurumi Elephant Pattern is in process, in July in 2014 it will be available in my Esty shop: TinyAmigurumi.
I used Katia Bamboo yarn and 2mm crochet hook, 6mm safety eyes and some felt for ears. Will talk a bit more in my next blog post with more photos... thank you for visiting.

A New Pattern out now: Amigurumi Cat Pattern

Amigurumi Kitty Pattern

              One lilac version with Camilla, Madame Tricote coton yarn, 2mm crochet hook was used, 6mm safety eye, embroidered nose and a little bit green added

Hi to all!
A new amigurumi pattern is out now! You´ll find it here: Amigurumi Kitty PATTERN
Thank you and hopefully you like my kitty design, simple but cute.
Right now I´m making some more cats using this pattern. So more cats to come! Thank you for visiting!

 

 

One photo, Egle (one tester of my pattern) sent me a photo. Thank you. Just adorable!