Amigurumi
Amigurumi ( Japanese. 編 み 包 み ) is a combination of the two Japanese verbs amu ( 編 む , German for knitting ) and kurumu ( 包 d, German for encasing, packaging ). It describes a Japanese knitting or crochet art with which small animal dolls, objects, food or even anthropomorphic objects ( 縫 い 包 み , nuigurumi ) are made. As a rule, the Amigurumi figures correspond to the child schema or are similar to Manga characters and beings. The small dolls are suitable for playing, collecting or, for example, as a key ring. As a rule, amigurumi are between 10 and 15 centimeters tall.
The figures are mainly made of yarn , often crocheting or knitting in spirals and rounds. Usually they are made up of several individual parts. However, some have no limbs and the head is crocheted in one piece with the body. The extremities are often stuffed with pieces of plastic to give them a lifelike weight, while the rest of the body is stuffed with lighter materials such as cotton wool , doll wool , or expanded polystyrene .
There are now instructions and ideas for making amigurumi figures using felt, fabric, styrofoam balls, buttons, etc., which can make this handicraft trend attractive even for people who cannot crochet or knit.
Micro crochet from yarn
Example of material required
Amigurumi animal replica: micro-sized bee
Amigurumi fantasy: unicorn
Amigurumi trailers on a sales stand
anthropomorphic without limbs: graduates
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Individual evidence
- ↑ Crochet amigurumi - everything about the small figures. November 28, 2015, accessed September 12, 2016 .