Animal Friends of Pica Pau 3: Gather All 20 Quirky Amigurumi Characters

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The brand new Animal Friends of Pica Pau 3 book is out and it is full of the cutest amigurumi critter patterns!

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Toy maker, character designer, and crochet knitter Yan Schenkel has collected the brightest amigurumi around her. From that moment forward I have fallen head over heels in love with amigurumi and have made many of the patterns from her previous books Animal Friends of Pica Pau 1 and 2. One of the biggest lessons I learned was the importance of making sure there was enough contrast in the colorwork sections around the neck. But you can also look through the gallery to find color inspiration from other crocheters who have already made the toy.Finally, I feel like Yan Schenkel taught me how to crochet amigurumi and for that I will be forever thankful. The star rating is a very helpful tool for beginners to help choose which patterns will likely be a bit easier and mored difficult to crochet. She has worked on a broad range of projects, from illustrating children's books over producing and designing children events at MALBA to designing for a crochet stop motion ad.

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She is a regular contributor to several crochet and craft publications such as Mollie Makes , The Sewing Box , Simply Crochet , and the Zoomigurumi series. Her designs had evolved so much from the first and second books and I was so impressed with her growing design skills.He stretched my skills in many ways and I credit him with learning so much about amigurumi and the importance of getting the facial symmetry right. To view the purposes they believe they have legitimate interest for, or to object to this data processing use the vendor list link below. Besides working on her toys and designs, she has collaborated with several illustrators, authors, and brands. I was beginning to be interested in clothing for amigurumi toys and enjoyed making her little dress. Marcia Alpaca – this was one of my favorite projects and I also learned how to make pom poms for the first time!

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Yan explains that she did some experimenting with her tension to get nice size stitches, but that it was causing her hand pain. Our resources are crucial for knowledge lovers everywhere—so if you find all these bits and bytes useful, please pitch in.

More Hamburger icon An icon used to represent a menu that can be toggled by interacting with this icon. She eventually started going down on her hook size until she found what felt comfortable as well as looked nice.

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V” shaped stitches naturally lean to the right (if you’re right handed), while X shaped stitches sit a little more neatly one on top of the other. Toy maker, character designer and crochet knitter Yan Schenkel has collected the brightest amigurumi around her. We and our partners use data for Personalised ads and content, ad and content measurement, audience insights and product development.

What I have always found so incredible about Yan’s creations is her ability to design something fairly simple, but yet it has so much personality and whimsy. There are so many adorable patterns from Animal Friends of Pica Pau 3 and I thought it would be fun to share some of my favorites. What’s really nice about the book is at the beginning of each pattern there is a QR code that will take you to a gallery where you can share your finished projects from the book.