Winchester Fiber Arts

Winchester, Massachusetts

Crocheted Amigurumi

Crocheted animals and figures: a reversible chameleon that changes color inside out, a meerkat in a sweater, a parrot, an alligator, a rhino and a frog.

Amigurumi is what I reach for when I want to make something small and finish it. Most of these are worked in the round, stuffed as they go, and dressed afterwards if they need it.

The pale yellow giraffe I made alongside one of my students. I taught her the whole thing at a distance, sending her a video for each body part in turn, and her giraffe is the last photograph here. I was so proud of her.

If you want to learn this, it is part of crochet lessons: working in the round and shaping with increases and decreases is most of what an amigurumi is.

A crocheted chameleon seen from above in variegated peach and coral, with splayed legs, a curled tail and domed eyes.
The chameleon, peach side out.
  • The same chameleon turned inside out, seen from above in variegated green, with splayed legs and a curled tail.
    The same chameleon, turned inside out.
  • A crocheted meerkat standing upright in a blue sweater, with a cream body, dark eye patches, dark paws and a long tail behind.
    The meerkat, in a sweater of his own.
  • A crocheted parrot with a bright orange body and a long layered tail in green, teal and blue, standing on a dark tabletop.
    The parrot, with a tail worked in layers.
  • A crocheted alligator sitting upright in two greens, with a pale belly, round white eyes and a long snout.
    The alligator.
  • A crocheted rhinoceros in gray, sitting upright with a pale horn, small round ears and a pale belly.
    The rhino.
  • A crocheted frog with large round eyes and wide webbed feet, against a background of rippling blue water.
    The frog.
  • A crocheted doll with long brown hair, wearing a cream top, a blue vest and dark trousers and shoes.
    The doll, dressed in a vest and trousers.
  • A crocheted figure of Bernie Sanders propped at the edge of a kitchen counter, in an olive coat, a blue face mask, round glasses and patterned mittens, with a shock of white hair.
    Bernie, mittens and all.
  • A crocheted giraffe sitting upright in pale yellow, with brown horns, hooves and spots and a pale muzzle.
    The giraffe I made alongside my student.
  • A crocheted giraffe in pale cream with brown horns, hooves and spots, sitting on a glass tabletop.
    My student's giraffe. I was so proud of her.

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