Tutorials

To give the front legs or back legs a little more room to move we do not sew them to the body but pull a thread through the leg - body - leg, pull the thread all the way through and return the same way. To leave it firmly against the body, we usually do this 2x....

In this blog I outlined how you can crochet individual numbers. For this example we used cotton yarn with crochet hook E4 (3.5mm). Every number consists of 3 rows, among which a chain. Crochet in rows ending every row with a turning chain (TC). The numbers are made up...

Bobble stitch (Bo) (5-dc Bobble): Yarn over, insert the hook into the stitch, yarn over, pull up a loop, yarn over, draw through 2 loops on hook. (There will be 2 loops on the hook at this point.) Yarn over, insert hook in the same stitch, yarn over, pull up a loop,...

Indent safety eyes amigurumi To give the face some expression, you often prefer to show the safety eyes a bit.Photo 1. Take a thread in the same color as where the eyes are placed. Insert the needle right next to the side of the eye (messing around because of the...

Double Crochet (DC) To crochet, a treble crochet starts the new round by casting on 3 chain stitches. Depending on the pattern, these 3 chain stitches count as the first dc. If you work in a chain stitch, you will crochet your first double crochet in the fourth chain...

Work a 5-double-crochet popcorn stitch so that it pops to the front of your design: Work 5 double crochet (dc) stitches in the same stitch. Drop the loop from your hook. Insert your hook from front to back under the top 2 loops of the first double crochet of the...

Increase The increase is indicated as 2sc in 1sc. This means you work the single crochets in 1 single crochet, so you get several stitches. Decrease The decrease is indicated as sc 2 together. On the next single crochet, pull your hook through the V.L. and with the...

Front loop A normal single crochet is worked under 2 loops. When V.L.  you only crochet through the front loop (on the side closest to you). Back loop At A.L. you only work through the back loop. 

Magic Ring - Magic Circle All parts you crochet in the round start with a magic ring. A magic ring is a ring of single crochets where you tighten the thread and therefore have a nice closed starting circle. You form a ring with your yarn, with the thread on the left...