Amigurumi

I found a new way to make my holidays more Green:

Amigurumi

OH it's so much fun to do!!!

A friend I went to school with saw on Facebook where I've been making scarves and how much I love to crochet and she sent me a message with a link in it to a Web Page with Free Amigurumi Patterns! At first I was so intimidated by it. It looked complicated and scary! I bookmarked it and went on with my scarves. But then I ran short of the color yarn I was using . . . and there wasn't much going on on Facebook . . . nothing on TV . . . so I decided What the heck! Let's give it a whirl! 

I took the directions step-by-step, one at a time. Luckily the first set of instructions had a diagram accompanying it - made things really get off to a great start! I crocheted one stitch at a time until it was complete. Of course it would be wrong of me not to mention the fact that I had to have 3 tabs open on my computer to make this cute little Amigurumi Cat: (1) with the pattern (2) with a list of crochet abbreviations and their directions (3) a YouTube video with slow-motion instructions on making a "magic ring" - which I had never heard of before and actually had to Google it, thinking it was something I would have to buy to finish the cat! LOL Well it's all about learning, isn't it? ;-) 

I started at about 9:00 pm and put the final touches on it just before midnight. But by the time I was done I had a completed project - one I had done in a matter of hours and one I had done pretty much on a whim. I was jumping up and down and so excited!! I took a picture of it of course (don't you know me by now?) and had to post to everyone my joyful little kitten! 

Here's what's so great about them:

• They're easy to make
• They don't take a lot of time
• They don't take a lot of material
• They're adorable
• They make good gifts for kids, 
• for babies, 
• even pets
• There are free patterns all over the internet for them
• They're Homemade!!!! Perfect for Green Gift-Giving!!!!

With all this, who wouldn't love to take up Amigurumi?!?