Stripes question and my projects
Hello! I just learned how to crochet over the holidays, and had a question about switching colours.
I want to make this adorable little turtle http://www.crochetville.org/forum/showthread.php?t=40998
but I was wondering if there was a better way to switch colours between stripes. What I have been doing so far is the stitch before the colour change, I use the new colour in the last loop (does that make sense?) so the entire new colour stitch is one colour.
However, I find once I spiral around once and switch colours again that the stripe doesn't match up very well at all. I wanted to know if there's a neater way to do stripes, or if I should just hide that part on the bottom of my amis :S
Thanks! And behind the cut are all my ami projects since Christmas!~
I made a mouse/rat and a pig for my parents (their Chinese zodiac animals)
Mouse: http://www.crochetville.org/forum/showthread.php?p=369114
Pig: http://www.crochetville.org/forum/showthread.php?t=27147 (I modified as I went along, since my gauge was all wonky)
Octopus: http://www.flickr.com/photos/lauradiez/2434083387/sizes/l/ (it was posted a while ago on this community)
Some more of these guys for my boyfriend's project at school (to do with multi core processors, code named "Kraken" - they were a big hit at the presentation!)
Using leftover scraps
I wasn't too happy with this Koala and ended up buying some smaller hooks since the yarn is quite thin. He found a happy home though, as one of my friends fell in love with him.. and he now dangles from her oversized bag!
Koala: http://www.womansday.com/Articles/Crafts/Crocheting/Cuddly-Crochet-Creatures-Koala.html
This kitty is so darling, but always falls over because I didn't have anything heavy to stuff his body with... so he succumbs to his huge head.
(See?
)
Kitty: http://nimoe.wordpress.com/2008/08/18/miuku-the-cat-pattern/
I had to play around with the bumps because my white yarn was really thin, but he turned out cute enough :) I'm going to give it to my old friend back home...
Sheep: http://www.crochetville.org/forum/showthread.php?t=30844
Moogle: http://amysbabies.blogspot.com/2007/04/moogle-pattern.html (saw the pattern from a post here, thanks!)
I made this beaver for one of my roommates for being really awesome. This guy is hanging from his car's rearview mirror! I couldn't find a beaver pattern I really liked, so I modified a bear pattern. It took me a while to be satisfied with the face though!
Beaver/Bear: http://www.lionbrand.com/patterns/80687AD.html?noImages=
Made this for my boyfriend and had an incredibly hard time with the feet XD
Bear: http://www.gosyo.co.jp/img/acrobat/amikomo3/34.pdf
Also for my bf, a slime from the Dragon Quest series. I didn't have the right vivid blue, but it'll do! I actually winged it a bit because I didn't want to make a huge slime :)
Slime: http://arpelia.blogspot.com/2008/03/slime-amigurumi.html
A cuuuute bumble bee! I wanted to make something quick, so I made this guy. He's hanging from my lamp now :) This is where I started to notice the stripes not working so well...
Bumblebee: http://crochetme.com/patterns/bumble-bee
I made this penguin for an old friend who I haven't seen in a few years. She seemed to really like him!
Penguin: http://www.rakuten.co.jp/gosyo/461397/713923/877064/894953/
That's everything! I'm currently working on a cactuar without a pattern and a dog for my old roommate. I'll post them when I finish :)
I want to make this adorable little turtle http://www.crochetville.org/forum/showthread.php?t=40998
but I was wondering if there was a better way to switch colours between stripes. What I have been doing so far is the stitch before the colour change, I use the new colour in the last loop (does that make sense?) so the entire new colour stitch is one colour.
However, I find once I spiral around once and switch colours again that the stripe doesn't match up very well at all. I wanted to know if there's a neater way to do stripes, or if I should just hide that part on the bottom of my amis :S
Thanks! And behind the cut are all my ami projects since Christmas!~
I made a mouse/rat and a pig for my parents (their Chinese zodiac animals)
Mouse: http://www.crochetville.org/forum/showthread.php?p=369114
Pig: http://www.crochetville.org/forum/showthread.php?t=27147 (I modified as I went along, since my gauge was all wonky)
Octopus: http://www.flickr.com/photos/lauradiez/2434083387/sizes/l/ (it was posted a while ago on this community)
Some more of these guys for my boyfriend's project at school (to do with multi core processors, code named "Kraken" - they were a big hit at the presentation!)
Using leftover scraps
I wasn't too happy with this Koala and ended up buying some smaller hooks since the yarn is quite thin. He found a happy home though, as one of my friends fell in love with him.. and he now dangles from her oversized bag!
Koala: http://www.womansday.com/Articles/Crafts/Crocheting/Cuddly-Crochet-Creatures-Koala.html
This kitty is so darling, but always falls over because I didn't have anything heavy to stuff his body with... so he succumbs to his huge head.
(See?
)
Kitty: http://nimoe.wordpress.com/2008/08/18/miuku-the-cat-pattern/
I had to play around with the bumps because my white yarn was really thin, but he turned out cute enough :) I'm going to give it to my old friend back home...
Sheep: http://www.crochetville.org/forum/showthread.php?t=30844
Moogle: http://amysbabies.blogspot.com/2007/04/moogle-pattern.html (saw the pattern from a post here, thanks!)
I made this beaver for one of my roommates for being really awesome. This guy is hanging from his car's rearview mirror! I couldn't find a beaver pattern I really liked, so I modified a bear pattern. It took me a while to be satisfied with the face though!
Beaver/Bear: http://www.lionbrand.com/patterns/80687AD.html?noImages=
Made this for my boyfriend and had an incredibly hard time with the feet XD
Bear: http://www.gosyo.co.jp/img/acrobat/amikomo3/34.pdf
Also for my bf, a slime from the Dragon Quest series. I didn't have the right vivid blue, but it'll do! I actually winged it a bit because I didn't want to make a huge slime :)
Slime: http://arpelia.blogspot.com/2008/03/slime-amigurumi.html
A cuuuute bumble bee! I wanted to make something quick, so I made this guy. He's hanging from my lamp now :) This is where I started to notice the stripes not working so well...
Bumblebee: http://crochetme.com/patterns/bumble-bee
I made this penguin for an old friend who I haven't seen in a few years. She seemed to really like him!
Penguin: http://www.rakuten.co.jp/gosyo/461397/713923/877064/894953/
That's everything! I'm currently working on a cactuar without a pattern and a dog for my old roommate. I'll post them when I finish :)