Monday, February 15, 2010




So, here's my first attempts at crochet/amigurumi...

I started on Thursday with some tutorials on the net, never having even touched a crochet needles before. On Friday evening I started my first amigurumi project using the pattern found here http://cthulhucrochet.blogspot.com/2008/05/tiny-cthulhu-free-pattern.html Aside from the wings I was finished by late Saturday. Today is Monday and thanks to a little coaching I got the wings made and completed and here's some pics...

First attempt...


He ended up being a little loose and see through as I am a bit of a noob AND completely misunderstood the basics of crochet and had been crocheting through the back loop the entire time. I call him Camothulhu.

Second attempt. This time I used a smaller needle (3mm), crocheted properly and was very tight. I think I stuffed up during the body because it came out a lot smaller than the head. Also I have not yet added wings but here's the progress...

Also, I doubled the length of the chains on his tentacles cos I thought the ones on Camothulhu were a bit short, unfortunately because he turned out so small the tentacles turned out fairly disproportionate. Soon I plan on adding his wings but thinking I'll skip arms on this one.

(PS. More pics will be posted when I get a chance)

1 comment:

  1. They look great for first attempts. Don't worry, lots of people make that mistake of only crocheting through the back loops when they first start out. I like the longer tentacles on the smaller one, along with the big eyes, they make it extra cute.

    Glad you liked the pattern,
    amber

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