こんばんは! Please meet Mr Murasaki, who unfortunately, enjoys napping on the job.
The snoozing cutie is especially designed in collaboration with the amazingly-talented Joanne Loh of Craft Passion, who absolutely adores anything remotely owl-like.
And as for you, my friends, we’ve decided to share this super-kawaii amigurumi pattern with you! Just head on over to Craft Passion to find the pattern, detailed step-by-step photos included!
Working with Joanne has been extremely fun, and I look forward to having more collaborations in the future!
Psst: Mr Murasaki, who finds it exhausting to be around people, is a fan of few words. Nevertheless, his favourite phrase is ねむいな (Nemui-na) or I’m so sleepy!
For those who can’t get enough of Aka-chan and Ookami-chan, be sure to look out for Simply Crochet magazine’s Issue 10, coming soon — yes, we’re in the magazine again!
In the mean time, enjoy this great introduction to the kawaii duo: another cool stop-motion made by the amazing Simply Crochet team!
The bear siblings love seafood and they love it raw (sashimi notwithstanding).
They’re great at swimming and love a good challenge when it comes to chasing after funny looking fish.
On a good sunny day, you may just catch them suntanning by the river, or up in the trees snacking on nuts.
I smell seafood…I need a good tan…
P/S amiguruMEI’s original Tako-Yaki patterns can be found in Issue 07 of Simply Crochet Magazine. See if you can spot the cuties in the pictures below:
Please excuse us for the longest absence ever — something super-exciting is currently in the works, and that’s taking up almost all of our time (I promise to share more when I can).
By the way, have you met Satsuki-chan? She shares the same birthday as I do, and is a little darling inspired by a Hersberry illustration.
She is never without her cobalt-blue bag and cool red boots.
Her favourite pastime? Splashing about in rainwater puddles. But if that’s not an option, well, staying indoors is fine too, but ONLY if there’s a Japanese handicraft book or two to be read.
Rain rain come again…Drats. I still don’t heart a drizzle…Maybe it’ll rain tomorrow…
Not too long ago, we were given the fun experience to work with HTC Malaysia on a super-cool project, first for the HTC One X+ and now, the spanking new HTC One.
We were given the chance to combine our amigurumi photo-taking abilities with the advanced photo features of the two phones (do check in on our Instagram to see our almost-daily posts taken with the amazing HTC One).
A video of our interview with the happy team at HTC is still available here.
Check out this cute stop-motion video of the amiguruMEI gang, written and filmed by a bunch of young talents (who were willing to give our fibre-filled friends their 15 minutes’ of fame!)
P/S A set of limited edition Android dolls were designed for HTC Malaysia, and given away as prizes for a slogan-writing competition 🙂
Awhile ago, we organised our very first Sleeping Totoro amiguruMEI giveaway.
Due to the numerous requests from amigurumi and Studio Ghibli lovers around the world, we’d like to share this original pattern with you, so you too can make your own kawaii Sleeping Totoro!
The pattern is easy enough for beginners, and the end result would make any anime fan a happy camper!
Enjoy!
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Make your own Sleeping Totoro!
Abbreviations
Ch: chain
Sc: single crochet
Dc: double crochet
Inv dec: invisible decrease
Materials
2.00 mm hook
Similar sized yarn in white and grey
Sewing thread in black and dark grey
4mm triangle plastic nose
Pink brads
Sewing needle
Darning needle
Polyester fiberfill
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Body
With grey yarn:
Round 1: Sc 6 in magic ring {6}.
Round 2: [Inc] around {12}.
Round 3: [Inc, sc 1] around {18}.
Round 4: [Inc, sc 2] around {24}.
Round 5: [Inc, sc 3] around {30}.
Round 6: [Inc, sc 4] around {36}.
Round 7-18: Sc around {36}.
Round 19: [Inv dec, sc 4] around {30}.
Round 20: [Inv dec, sc 3] around {24}.
Round 21: [Inv dec, sc 2] around {18}.
Stuff head.
Round 22: [Inv dec, sc 1] around {12}.
Round 23: [Inv dec] around {6}.
Fasten off and weave in ends.
Tummy
With white yarn:
Round 1: Sc 6 in magic ring {6}.
Round 2: [Inc] around {12}.
Round 3: [Inc, sc 1] around {18}.
Round 4: [Inc, sc 2] around {24}.
Round 5: [Inc, sc 3] around {30}.
Fasten off by making slip stitches in the next 3 sts. Leave a long tail for sewing.
Ears (make 2)
With grey yarn:
Round 1: Sc 3 in magic ring {3}.
Round 2: [Inc] around {6}.
Round 3-5: Sc around {6}.
Fasten off and leave a long tail for sewing.
Tail
With grey yarn:
Round 1: Sc 6 in magic ring {6}.
Round 2: [Inc] around {12}.
Round 3: Sc around {12}.
Round 4: [Inv dec] around {6}.
Fasten off and leave a long tail for sewing.
Assembly
Glue on the triangle nose below Round 8.
For the eyes, count 3 stitches from the nose. Then make one simple diagonal backstitch (with black sewing thread) from the middle of Round 8 to the middle of Round 9. Repeat on the other side.
Glue pink brads onto the cheeks.
Sew 3 arrow tops (with dark grey sewing thread) onto the white tummy.
Sew the white tummy onto the body using a backstitch (this will give a neater effect as compared to the whipstitch method).
Sew on the ears. They should fall below Round 2 of the body, about one-thumb apart.
Sew on the tail at the back of the body. Tada!
As this is an original amiguruMEI pattern, kindly do not claim it as your own. 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 Sleeping Totoro with us!
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