Amigurumi

My first legitimate foray into crafting --my gateway craft, if you will-- was crochet. I picked up my first hook at the ripe old age of 11 and stopped only because of a brief "I'm too cool" period in high school and the busy schedule that came with college.

After graduating I began crocheting again. I picked up a stack of amigurimi pattern books and got to work. My favorites so far have been Christen Haden's Creepy Cute Crochet and Tammy Snow's Tiny Yarn Animals. Below are a few projects from these great books.

Creepy, Cute Crochet

Tiny Yarn Animals

Grim Reaper

Grim Reaper, originally uploaded by cristinapuerto.