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TURTLE Amigurumi Crochet-Along!!

Welcome to the first Little Muggles Amigurumi Crochet Along!! This little turtle is fun, cute and simple to create! This design is simple enough for beginners to make, but also has a lot of potential for the more seasoned amigurumist! (Think embellishments, shell patterns, etc…) For those who are not familiar with a Crochet Along, it is very simple. Basically, any number of interested people can use this FREE pattern to “crochet along” with each other! That is, you can share your progress with your fellow crocheters, ask questions, post pictures, basically just share your thoughts and your amigurumi making experience with everyone! The most fun part is seeing everyone’s finished works! Everyone is free to use whatever yarn colors, gauges, decorations, etc.. that he/she prefers! Doesn’t this sound incredibly fun? I encourage everyone to Crochet Along with me!

I have named my turtle Sheldon! He is approximately 4.5 inches(12 cm) high and 6 inches (15cm) long. He makes a cute little decoration for any room or a super unique and adorable gift for anyone of any age!!

There’s more!

As an added bonus to the fun, I have decided to enter everyone who submits a picture of their turtle into a random drawing at the close of this Crochet Along! One winner will receive a FREE pattern of their choice from my Etsy shop! Who can resist another cool amigurumi project, right? The winner will be announced on my Facebook page!

Here’s what you need to do!

Spread the word! Share the news of this Crochet Along with your friends and fellow crochet pals! If you “share” my Facebook post about this Crochet Along and submit a picture of your doll, your name will be entered TWICE into the drawing!! That’s an extra chance to win!
Get your materials and start crocheting!! A list of what you need can be found in the pattern itself!
After you are done, take plenty of pictures and email me your favorite one at LittleMuggles@yahoo.com, or post your best pics on my Facebook page! Remember to include your name, your turtle’s name, and where you are from in your entry!!

For this turtle’s FREE pattern, CLICK HERE to get started!!

Little Muggles’ 1st Crochet Along officially starts Monday, January 14, 2013. Anyone with entries (photos) submitted by February 28, 2013(11:59pmPST) will be entered in a random drawing to win a FREE pattern from my shop!

Have fun and happy crocheting, everyone!!

I can’t wait to see your dolls!!

Happy New Year!!

What better way to kick off the new year than with a new gurumi! I wish you all a very happy and healthy new year! May it be filled with lots of creativity and inspiration for a fantastic craft filled year!! My crochet resolutions this year include coming up with more designs, contributing to another amigurumi book, and working on this website to make it cuter and more informative for you all! I intend to include a tutorial section and will be updating all pages in the future! Also, keep an eye out for more freebies in the near future!!

This panda doll has been in my imagination for quite a while now. I’m happy to finally finish it up and will be writing up the pattern for it shortly. Writing up patterns takes a lot more time than you might imagine! I take a lot of care in trying to make my patterns well organized and easy to follow. I am also somewhat obsessed with making them look cute! For these reasons, it can take quite a while before I come up with something that I am satisfied with putting into my shops! Currently, I am finishing up the pattern for my piggy. It should be done within a week! I will be posting the link to the pattern onto my facebook page, so make sure you “like” my Little Muggles page so you can stay up to date!

Oinky — Hamlet the pig… Pattern available soon!

Well, happy crocheting to you all! Have a wonderful day and a wonderful year!!

2012 Little Muggles’ Creations

My Holiday Collection

Jolly the Snowman, Jingles the Reindeer, Pepe the Penguin

Presenting my 2012 holiday collection! Jolly the Snowman, Jingles the Reindeer, and Pepe the Penguin! These little guys all sit at about 7″ high. Little Jolly was the first creation..I just love cute little snowmen, so he was a no-brainer for me to make. Jingles came next. Originally named “Rudy,” he was a bit more of a challenge. I wasn’t quite sure how to make his antlers, but with some experimenting, I think it came out alright. I had a bag of jingle bells that I had bought maybe 3 years ago that I have never opened! I am thrilled to finally put them to use! The ribbon around the neck is also something that I saved from a previous Christmas present. I had been holding onto for a few years now. It’s funny how things come together. I knew everything would come in handy one day! Anyways, a day before I was ready to post “Rudy,” a great amigurumi designer Josephine Wu (from a Morning Cup of Jo creations) debuted a reindeer with the same name! What a coincidence! So on the recommendation of a lovely Facebook fan, I ended up selecting “Jingles” and I think the name fits wonderfully for my little guy!

The penguin is my most recent creation. I wanted another character that reminds me of wintertime and I came up with Pepe. Other characters I considered but didn’t become reality were an elf and a gingerbread boy. Maybe next year, for the 2013 holiday collection! Pepe was a lot of fun to make. I toyed with the idea of using a different color for him, something unusual. I thought of using a light blue, or a purple.. but ultimately I decided to stick with classic black. I have never made anything using black yarn before. It makes photographing a little bit harder, because details can be lost in the darkness. I love how colors just pop against his black body and white eyes. I didn’t think I could go wrong with any color for his hat and scarf set. To keep it festive, I chose Christmasy red and green. I think purple would look great too! In general, after I make a doll, I pretty much have no interest in repeating it again…so I don’t think I’ll see how well other color combinations might work. That’s why I LOVE seeing pictures of other crocheter’s finished dolls from my patterns. It’s so much fun to see the creativity and liberties that others use to modify my patterns to create their own visions.

These three patterns are available in my Craftsy shop, Etsy shop, and on Amigurumipatterns.net! Only $3.99 each! Make your own version today!!

Happy Holidays 2012, everyone!! Peace!!

Meet my Harajuku Girl!

Greetings to all! I’m proud to present my first ever human amigurumi! It was a lot of fun creating this one. I’ve been fortunate enough to visit Japan once and I will always remember seeing the outrageous Harajuku fashions! I’m surprised there aren’t more amigurumi Harajuku dolls out there! Mine was really fun to make, especially trying to decide what sort of cute details to add after the crocheting was finished. And bright pink hair! So fun! This was my first time making hair for a doll and I loved it! I have lots of ideas for wacky hairstyles… now I have to figure out how to actually execute it! I’ve started working on the pattern for this doll, so hopefully that will be available to you soon! In the meantime, I’ve already started on my next project! Stay tuned!!

FREE pattern – Mochi the bunny!!

I have FINALLY finished my free pattern for all you lovely fans. I’ve been meaning to do it as a thank you for reaching 100 likes on my Facebook page and it’s taken me this long to put it all together. It took me a while to figure out how to set it up so you can download it off my site. This is not easy for a blogging newbie like myself!!

I present to you, Mochi the bunny – an Amigurumi Gem. I plan to start a new collection of mini dolls that I’m nicknaming “gems”. Has a nice ring to it, I think. 🙂

Thanks so much, everyone! Thank you for visiting me on FB, for leaving kind words, for liking my creations, for all the support! I will try to keep the designs coming!

CLICK ON THE IMAGE BELOW for the PDF pattern! Enjoy!

Another doll completed!

Ok, so I’m finally done with the 3rd doll in this collection! Now I’m completely at a loss as to what the 4th character should be… I’ll have to play around with some sketches and figure it out. It’ll come to me…. hopefully! Anyways, take a look at my newest creation! I’m pretty happy with it because all my previous attempts at making cows were pretty disastrous. I don’t know what it is.. I usually mess up the snout part somehow, but thankfully it seems to have come out ok this time around!

Early on, I made this sketch of a few of the dolls I envisioned. See how the 4th doll is missing? Even early on, I had no clue as to what I was going to make. All I know is that I want 4 in the collection. Why? I have no idea! There is no rhyme or reason for it.

Now I’m going to take a short break from this collection to work on a few other crochet projects that I have to finish up! Talk to ya soon!!