The interest started late last
year.
A friend had shared a picture of these cutesy hand crafted owls and I was completely smitten. How so adorable! Hmmm, hand crafted? So I can make one too? And so, I got into a little digging and found out that they are actually called Amigurumi - a form of Japanese art of crocheted or knitted small stuffed animals.
Knit, you say? I was pretty immersed in cross-stitches back in my school days, but not knitting. They are more for the grandmas and housewives to kill time. I am definitely not in those categories yet! So obviously I wouldn’t know how to knit.
But as fascination got the better of me, I pulled myself to this knit shop to enquire about lessons. I was determined to make my very own amigurumi. It turned out that they have lessons for crocheted ones, which is hugely popular among youngsters. Seems like it's in the trend now. Oh really? Cool! Where do I sign up?
I immediately got myself some yarns and a hook and started stitching away. If kids could do it, so can I. There were some basic steps to grasp and the rest can be perfected through practice. After the end of the classes, I was on my way to stitch my collection of owl amigurumis. Yeah, how can I resist the cute baby owls.
For a beginner, it was tough though. There were a lot of wrong stitches and missed stitches where I had to disregard all the previous work and to start all over again. Boy, it was time consuming. Not to mention that there were distractions as well in between which slowed down the progress. What could have been completed in a couple of days, took me months.
But I eventually got absorbed by crocheting. I began to enjoy picking at the yarns and working the hooks. I carried my kit wherever I went and jumped on them whenever I get the chance. I can be seen stitching away at Starbucks on afternoons, at my regular hair salon when I was getting my hair done and even at the airport while waiting to board. To the bystanders, I might beginning to look like an old lady sitting in the corner and stitching herself away. Hah!
As soon as I see my owls taking shapes, there was so much delight. My owls are “alive”! Finally! The feeling of finishing off something which I have never done before was just so satisfying. The feeling of accomplishment was very much overwhelming. Thumbs up to myself!
I eagerly showed off my babies around, to which I got this instead, “What is this? A pig?” I know, I know…they are not perfect. In some ways, they are “deformed”. But hey, it was my first time okay. Cut me some slack, alright? Just so you know, there are some who wanted them as gifts. So they are not all the bad eh?
I might consider the gift idea. Either this or I’ll start to work on some other type of animals. How about a bunny…or a teddy…or a panda…or a hippo….
A friend had shared a picture of these cutesy hand crafted owls and I was completely smitten. How so adorable! Hmmm, hand crafted? So I can make one too? And so, I got into a little digging and found out that they are actually called Amigurumi - a form of Japanese art of crocheted or knitted small stuffed animals.
Knit, you say? I was pretty immersed in cross-stitches back in my school days, but not knitting. They are more for the grandmas and housewives to kill time. I am definitely not in those categories yet! So obviously I wouldn’t know how to knit.
But as fascination got the better of me, I pulled myself to this knit shop to enquire about lessons. I was determined to make my very own amigurumi. It turned out that they have lessons for crocheted ones, which is hugely popular among youngsters. Seems like it's in the trend now. Oh really? Cool! Where do I sign up?
I immediately got myself some yarns and a hook and started stitching away. If kids could do it, so can I. There were some basic steps to grasp and the rest can be perfected through practice. After the end of the classes, I was on my way to stitch my collection of owl amigurumis. Yeah, how can I resist the cute baby owls.
crocheting tools
For a beginner, it was tough though. There were a lot of wrong stitches and missed stitches where I had to disregard all the previous work and to start all over again. Boy, it was time consuming. Not to mention that there were distractions as well in between which slowed down the progress. What could have been completed in a couple of days, took me months.
But I eventually got absorbed by crocheting. I began to enjoy picking at the yarns and working the hooks. I carried my kit wherever I went and jumped on them whenever I get the chance. I can be seen stitching away at Starbucks on afternoons, at my regular hair salon when I was getting my hair done and even at the airport while waiting to board. To the bystanders, I might beginning to look like an old lady sitting in the corner and stitching herself away. Hah!
As soon as I see my owls taking shapes, there was so much delight. My owls are “alive”! Finally! The feeling of finishing off something which I have never done before was just so satisfying. The feeling of accomplishment was very much overwhelming. Thumbs up to myself!
my very own owl amigurumis
I eagerly showed off my babies around, to which I got this instead, “What is this? A pig?” I know, I know…they are not perfect. In some ways, they are “deformed”. But hey, it was my first time okay. Cut me some slack, alright? Just so you know, there are some who wanted them as gifts. So they are not all the bad eh?
I might consider the gift idea. Either this or I’ll start to work on some other type of animals. How about a bunny…or a teddy…or a panda…or a hippo….
