amigurumi monkey-along
By Heather on Thursday, February 16th, 2006
This is cool! a monkey-along! “A Monkey Made.”
There is a photo with a whole heck of alot of stuffed monkeys, and a great list of free patterns to the right in sidebar.
I crocheted a monkey last month after being inspired at Monkey Mountain. His joints aren’t exactly articulated, but he has cute buttons at the joints and can make lots of fun gestures. I’d like to make another that had real joints, or was poseable. I think it requires some specialist equipment… hehehe, another trip to the craft shop!
This is モリ Mori! He’s just crying out for a red fez.
February 21st, 2006 at 3:17 am
I forgot to mention that I love this guy. His shape and proportions are charming.
February 21st, 2006 at 1:38 pm
i was originally going to try and make him more realistic, but it’s derned hard to shape asymmetrically in the round with crochet. i think i need to get more clever about how to shape, maybe think of it in pieces instead.
my original sketches are here:
http://japanese.nearlythere.com/2006/01/05/amigurumi-crocheted-stuffed-animals
February 27th, 2006 at 3:06 pm
I love it!! Why would you want it to be symmetrical?? I like it the way it is. Just adorable. I think someone should sleep with him every night. He’s just the right size for your hand.
June 5th, 2006 at 9:48 am
[…] i was showing my mom some things i had made, and she saw the amigurumi monkey, mori. she loved it most of all and said to me: “just make monkeys!” […]