Apple crisps, apple sorbet, apple pie and apple tini.
Pandapple-chan loves apples!
The りんご ringo lover is every doctor’s best spokesperson.
To commemorate the super cute かわいい kawaii character, Meimoirs recently teamed up with Samantha Lee for a marvellous Eatzy Bitzy amiguruMEI picnic adventure!
Check out the super-talented Samantha and her amazing world of charaben-making on her blog, Eatzy Bitzy. It was a real treat working with her!
More charaben-amigurumi collaborations coming soon!
The kodama is a shy forest creature, believed to live in certain trees.
While no one knows what good they bring, those who attempt to cut down a tree housing a kodama will most certainly meet with great misfortune. Thus, such trees are often marked with a shimenawa rope.
The spirits, rooted deeply in Japanese folklore, made an eerie-cute appearance as tiny white rattle-heads in Hayao Miyazaki’s Princess Mononoke.
Materials
Head
With white yarn:
Round 1: 6 sc in magic circle (6)
Round 2: 2 sc in each sc around (12)
Round 3: *2 sc, sc in next sc*, repeat 6 times (18)
Round 4: *2sc, sc in next 2 sc*, repeat 6 times (24)
Round 5: *2 sc, sc in next 3 sc*, repeat 6 times (30)
Round 6: *2 sc, sc in next 4 sc*, repeat 6 times (36)
Round 7: *2 sc, sc in next 5 sc*, repeat 6 times (42)
Round 8: *2 sc, sc in next 6 sc*, repeat 6 times (48)
Round 9: *2 sc, sc in next 7 sc*, repeat 6 times (54)
Round 10 – 16: Sc in each sc around (54)
Round 17: *Inv dec, sc in next 7 sc*, repeat 6 times (48)
Round 18: * Inv dec, sc in next 6 sc*, repeat 6 times (42)
Round 19: * Inv dec, sc in next 5 sc*, repeat 6 times (36)
Pop in the black brads for the eyes – the 8mm brad should fall right below round 12, and the 6mm, below round 13. There should be a space of 11 stitches between the eyes. For the tiny mouth, pop in the 4mm brad on the 17th row, centred between the eyes.
Round 20: * Inv dec, sc in next 4 sc*, repeat 6 times (30)
Round 21: *Inv dec, sc in next 3 sc*, repeat 6 times (24)
Round 22: *Inv dec, sc in next 2 sc*, repeat 6 times (18)
Begin stuffing the head.
Round 23: *Inv dec, sc in next 1 sc*, repeat 6 times (12)
Round 24: Inv dec all around (6)
Fasten off and weave in ends.
Body
With white yarn:
Round 1: 6 sc in magic circle (6)
Round 2: 2 sc in each sc around (12)
Round 3: *2 sc, sc in next sc*, repeat 6 times (18)
Round 4: *2sc, sc in next 2 sc*, repeat 6 times (24)
Round 5 – 10: Sc in each sc around (24)
Fasten off and weave in ends.
Begin stuffing the body. Add some pebbles to weigh Kodama-chan down.
Arms (make 2)
With white yarn:
Round 1: 7 sc in magic circle (7)
Round 2 – 6: Sc in each sc around (7)
Fasten off and leave a long end for sewing.
Legs (make 2)
With white yarn:
Round 1: 7 sc in magic circle (7)
Round 2 – 5: Sc in each sc around (7)
Fasten off and leave a long end for sewing.
Assembly
As this is an original amiguruMEI pattern, kindly do not claim it as your own. If you plan to sell the amigurumi made from this pattern, I would be delighted to have you mention amiguruMEI as the pattern provider. You may place a link to this pattern from your site, but please do not repost it onto your page. Remember to share a picture of your own kawaii versions of Kodama-chan with amiguruMEI!
Kogepan-chan is a burnt red bean bun character created by San-X.
The adorable brown bread boy is often in a foul mood – you would be too, if you were left forgotten in a sauna 30 minutes past your tolerance for furnace-hot air!
Learn more about Kogepan-chan in these super hilarious and kawaii videos we found on YouTube!
Materials
Head
With bread brown yarn:
Round 1: 6 sc in magic circle (6)
Round 2: 2 sc in each sc around (12)
Round 3: *2 sc, sc in next sc*, repeat 6 times (18)
Round 4: *2sc, sc in next 2 sc*, repeat 6 times (24)
Round 5: *2 sc, sc in next 3 sc*, repeat 6 times (30)
Round 6: *2 sc, sc in next 4 sc*, repeat 6 times (36)
Round 7: *2 sc, sc in next 5 sc*, repeat 6 times (42)
Round 8: *2 sc, sc in next 6 sc*, repeat 6 times (48)
Round 9: *2 sc, sc in next 7 sc*, repeat 6 times (54)
Round 10 – 16: Sc in each sc around (54)
Round 17: *Inv dec, sc in next 7 sc*, repeat 6 times (48)
Round 18: * Inv dec, sc in next 6 sc*, repeat 6 times (42)
Round 19: * Inv dec, sc in next 5 sc*, repeat 6 times (36)
Pop in the white brads for the eyes – it should fall right below round 13. There should be a space of nine stitches between the eyes.
With black embroidery floss, sew two small lines in the centre of the face. These will be the nose and mouth.
With pink thread, sew three shorter diagonal lines below each eye to give Kogepan-chan a flustered look.
Round 20: * Inv dec, sc in next 4 sc*, repeat 6 times (30)
Round 21: *Inv dec, sc in next 3 sc*, repeat 6 times (24)
Round 22: *Inv dec, sc in next 2 sc*, repeat 6 times (18)
Begin stuffing the head.
Round 23: *Inv dec, sc in next 1 sc*, repeat 6 times (12)
Round 24: Inv dec all around (6)
Fasten off and weave in ends.
Body
With bread brown yarn:
Round 1: 6 sc in magic circle (6)
Round 2: 2 sc in each sc around (12)
Round 3: *2 sc, sc in next sc*, repeat 6 times (18)
Round 4: *2sc, sc in next 2 sc*, repeat 6 times (24)
Round 5 – 10: Sc in each sc around (24)
Fasten off and weave in ends.
Begin stuffing the body. Add some pebbles so Kogepan-chan can sit upright on his own.
Arms (make 2)
With bread brown yarn:
Round 1: 7 sc in magic circle (7)
Round 2 – 6: Sc in each sc around (7)
Fasten off and leave a long end for sewing.
Legs (make 2)
With bread brown yarn:
Round 1: 7 sc in magic circle (7)
Round 2 – 5: Sc in each sc around (7)
Fasten off and leave a long end for sewing.
Assembly
As this is an original amiguruMEI pattern, kindly do not claim it as your own. If you plan to sell the amigurumi made from this pattern, I would be delighted to have you mention amiguruMEI as the pattern provider. You may place a link to this pattern from your site, but please do not repost it onto your page. Remember to share a picture of your own kawaii versions of Kogepan-chan with amiguruMEI!
P/S: Kogepan-chan will have a new friend next week! Brand new free pattern coming up!
The world knows Fifi Lapin to be a socialite.
A bunny who won’t forgo style for substance, and fashion for form.
I wonder if she’ll take a brolly out in the rain, if it so happens to clash with her colours?
P/S A new free amiguruMEI pattern will be posted next week! See you then!
It has been a good four months since amiguruMEI first came on the WWW.
Recently our kind readers have nominated us for not one, but three fun blogger awards.
We were lucky enough to be selected for the Reader Appreciation Award by Craftgirl78 and Millie on her World, who both share wonderful amigurumi-related work on their blogs. Thank you so much for thinking of us here at amiguruMEI!
Millie on her World has also given us the Sunshine Blogger Award and the One Lovely Blog Award, together with Misty of Crochet in a Box, a mother-of-two who is great with nifty crochet work. Thank you, thank you for inspiring amiguruMEI to keep on striving for the best kawaii amigurumi craft work possible!
The rules of accepting the Reader Appreciation Award are:
The rules of accepting the Sunshine Blogger Award and the One Lovely Blog Award are:
Here are some fabulous blogs that we think are worthy of these awards!
Now, 7 more facts about Meimoirs of amiguruMEI:
Thank you once again to all our friendly readers for believing in us!
Long before Humpty Dumpty became, well, an unfortunate incident, the lad was a bright-eyed fellow who loved many a good adventure.
Marcelle is a fuzzy French elephant who likes, among other things, baby blue cotton candy.
For those who are often fooled by her sweet wooly demeanour, one must know that Marcelle was once a famous trapeze artist.
She has since left the circus, in hopes of finding greener pastures.
P/S Check back next week for a brand new amiguruMEI crochet adventure!
One day, Chiyo-chan got lost on her way back from school.
She walked and she wandered but her Granny’s home was nowhere in sight.
Rilo-chan is a sweet little honey bear who spends most of his time daydreaming.
His favourite idol is Rilakkuma of San-X.
Who would’ve guessed?
Chiyo-chan is a precocious little three-year-old.
The curiously cute little girl lives with her Granny, who cooks all day.
Her favourite pals are animals, though she has a penchant for talking to strangers.
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