Amigurumi Crochet Cacti Collection

A new Set of Amigurumi Crochet Cacti 

Opposites attract. Two cacti being in Kadrioru Park, before heading off to Art Museum of Estonia

It´s a beautiful park.

My Amigurumi Crochet Cactus plants are displayed in a shop of KUMU Art Museum . There´s an exhibition of an Estonian artist Andres Tolts, and one of his famous painting is called "Cactus" . Souvenirs and things related to Cacti theme. 1/3 of a my crochet cacti collection on this photo.  

Taking a photoshoot of those new amigurumi crochet cacti on my little terrace. They make a very nice little design element. Handmade crochet cactus is also prickle-free. It is ideal to decore your home with them, also rooms where´s there may be no natural light like bathrooms etc. or just place it on a windowsill. Anyway a nice indoor plant. No water required, even I wouldn´t mind:) Green is my color, no doubt about that. I displayed two of the cacti into a glass terrarium to create a modern look. I like cacti because you can successfully mix them with all the other plants and interior elements, materials and colors.

Crochet Cacti - Amigurumi cacti

 My little windowsill with tomatoes and some onions. Now, some cacti as well.

and a whole set - 20 :)

Amigurumi CACTI

Hello, presenting my cacti collection:

I make cacti collections two or three times in a year. One collection contains approx. 25 amigurumi cacti.

 They are made for a shop (Art Museum of Estonia!)

Cacti, crochet ones :)

Cacti, cactus in crochet, in amigurumi style. A new little collection. I used 2mm crochet hook, ceramic flower pots (diameter: 4,5 and 5,5 cm), wool for stuffing and I did little flowers on some...for shop in Art Museum of Estonia - KUMU

Lovely photos in a cosy situation by Edyth:

Les cactus au crochet, le style amigurumi. Une petite collection. J'ai utilisé le crochet 2mm, pots de fleurs en céramique (diamètre: 4,5 et 5,5 cm), de la laine pour le rembourrage et j'ai fait quelques petites fleurs ... pour le magasin Musée d´art de KUMU.

Jolies photos dans une situation comfortable...

Amigurumi snail pattern

I´m going to tell you a little about my amigrumi snail pattern.

I  think my first version was (on my Estonian blog): amigurumi tiny snails and I have other posts: amigurumi tiny snails and here: amigurumi snails.

Now I show you my last two ones, I took my amigurumi snail pattern and made two colourful versions. I just couldn´t resist :)

hook: 1,5mm (pattern: 2mm hook) for body

hook: 1,25 for antennae

stuffing: wool

yarn: Hanna Cable, GB. Wolle

eyes: 6mm black safety eyes

size: 7cm/2,8 inches

About my snail pattern 

It was my first pattern I have created for my Etsy Shop: TinyAmigurumi. I have made many versions (bigger, smaller, but the same design) for this pattern. For now I use only my very first original version. I like this one the most. And you can change the size as well.

When I started to make my first snail I thought maybe I will make it in one piece, how to do that? Personally, I like simple designs. But it´s not always easy to create something simple:) And then I came up with the idea to make the snail body and head in one piece. I like this amigurumi snail pattern, because it´s easy, beginner level and you don´t need so much time to make it. Amigurumi snail is in one coiled-up piece plus anteannae (2). I used 2 mm hook and GB Wolle Hanna Cable yarn to have this really tiny amigurumi snail. But this pattern is also great, because it´s adaptable for bigger crochet hook sizes as well. For example, when tested, even 3,5 crochet hook was used.

And what is great, you can change colours wherever you want and when you want to have pretty different results. Why do I like handmade toys? I like them because every toy has his own look, even I use the same pattern, even eyes are placed in the same place and so on...handmade toy somehow gets his own life...it´s great...you don´t see it...but you can feel it.

Why do I like crocheted snails? 

I think there are different reasons. They can be lovely decorations in your home on palm trees. Little kids find them adorable and they are not afraid of them. These little snails are excellent as a little gift for a friend etc. So, I find plenty of reasons to make one.

Great news: 

My snail patten is now available on the biggest amigurumi patters site: http://www.amigurumipatterns.net 

You will also find my amiguurmi crocodile pattern 

and one pattern for free: free amigurumi snake pattern

If you want to buy my pattern you can also make the payment directly via paypal.  Email me: Laura.Sillar@gmail.com

Enjoy!

With great emotions!

Happyamigurumi

Pour le moment, le patron d´escargot est en anglais, mais j´espère que dans quelques semaines vous trouvez mon escargot aussi en français: Tinyamigurumi sur a littlemarket.comet aussi bien des autres choses :) Pentientez encore un peu :D

Amigurumi birds

Amigurumi birds: bird and birdie.

Amigurumi pattern by Amiguria.

I tested her pattern, now I have the possibility to show them to you as well. I used 2mm crochet hook and you can see how little are these amigurumi birds on my next photo. These amigurumi birds are just lovely for a little wedding gift. I made them a bit more minimalistic than the original pattern, but still I find them lovely, because they have vivid colors and birdie has my hand painted safety eyes. These 6mm safety eyes have a lemon yellow color. I used Katia Bamboo yarn, I just love it, it´s soft and has slight gloss, what makes it a bit glamorous. This time I used fiberfill instead of wool for stuffing.

I have tested two patterns: this one is my first one. I´m going to talk about the next pattern: amigurumi doll in my next posts. My personal favourite is the bird :) - but how otherwise? :)

Amigurumi making is really great hobby even for me it goes: hooking like it´s my job:)

And a lovely gift box always makes the difference.

Amigurumi oiseaux.

Amigurumi patron par amiguria.

J'ai testé son patron, maintenant j'ai la possibilité pour vous montres ainsi. J'ai utilisé le crochet 2mm et vous pouvez voir comme ils sont petits ces oiseaux amigurumi sur ma photo. Ces oiseaux amigurumi sont tout simplement charmant pour un cadeau de mariage. Je les ai fait un peu plus minimaliste que le modèle original, mais je les trouve belles et harmonieuses, parce qu'ils ont des couleurs vives. Les yeux de sécurité 6mm ont une couleur jaune citron et brun. J'ai utilisé fil Katia Bamboo, je l'aime tout simplement, c'est doux et un peu brillant, de les rendre un peu plus glamour.

Et une boîte cadeau fait toujours la différence. 

J'ai testé deux patron: celui-ci est mon premier. Je vais parler le patron suivant: poupée amigurumi dans mes prochains posts.

Merci!

Amigurumi golden deco-bunny!

I made a new bunny, this one is a deco-bunny: golden amigurumi bunny as a decoration for my daughter´s desk. In spring I made some ceramic buttons as well, in original way. It´s was quite funny, but it took a long time to do those buttons. Now I show you the first toy where I put this lovely ceramic button. I do love little things. This bunny is 8 cm tall. I used yarn: Brilla Filantura Di Corsa. For nose I used leather for the first time. I have always wanted to do so, but you know, thoughts come first:) For eyes I used 6mm black safety eyes.  

It has been probably the hardest work of all, because these toy parts of this yarn were so hard to join together. Maybe it was even harder to crochet because I created a new design at the same time. I had to concentrate a lot. I made this deco-bunny for 4 days:), but I want everything to be perfect. Now it´s ready and I am pleased. In real, golden bunny has really lovely golden shine. Bunny´s ears are little, something new for my style, I like to come-up with new ideas. Hope You love this new bunny. 

I have also one announcement. I am preparing for my first little exhibition in Tartu Toy Museum, in October. This is going to be a little overview of my work. Even it´s going to be in a little display there will be approx. 40 little handmade amigurumi toys. Welcome to Estonia! If You are not coming in to Estonia:), I´m going to show you my handmade amigurumi toys one by one in my blog. Enjoy!