Help me, Obi-Wan Kenobi; you're my only hope.
Thought it was time I made an amigurumi for myself and Princess
Leia Organa it was! It does appear Princess Leia is a little chubby
(or maybe curvy?) but I think she’s cute like that. I was quite
looking forward to making her because of her hair.
Did some research on amigurumi hair and
I adapted the hair tutorial from Geek Central Station but instead
of embroidery thread, I used roving wool. I originally wanted to
use the roving wool idea for Obi Wan’s hair but then realised I
didn’t have white wool. I didn’t really photograph the process so I
will try to describe how I made her hair.
Basically grabbed some roving wool -
with the sewing machine sewed a line down the middle to create her
hair parting. On the underside of her wig I applied a thin line of
PVA glue on her parting, and pinned on the line of her parting on
her head and left it alone for a few minutes for the glue to bond
to her head. Still with the pins stuck on I added a little more
glue to her undersides of her hair and using a hair tie, wrap her
hair down the sides of her face - and yes it might appear I am
killing her with my hair tie. This will hold the hair in place.
After 15 minutes of “strangling” Princess Leia, remove the hair tie
and braid both sides and twirl it into a bun - sew in place and
leave alone overnight for the glue to completely dry. Remove pins
in her head the next morning. Glue should dry clear.
Congratulations! You made made amigurumi hair! I haven’t tried this
with short hair yet but I should think it’s just as easy and you
can really do alot with roving wool for hair.
On another note, if you like my Princess Leia as much as I do, you
can download a desktop wallpaper of her here.
That's no moon. It's a space station.
It's Obi-Wan Kenobi Amigurumi! Also my
Paré Freddie's belated birthday present. I'm a little over a week
late but I think once he sees this it will be okay. It was hard
deciding what to make since Yoda was already taken so owner of Yoda
#1 suggested the cool Obi-Wan (original) and it was perfect!
Obi-Wan took me over a week to make him and got 3 blisters from it
- mainly also I was making Yoda #3 for Gerry and our crafty swap. So it will be awhile
before another amigurumi project comes along, my calluses need
healing.
This is also the most detailed
amigurumi crated so far, with the most detailed outfit with facial
hair and my own attempt at "hair" which isn't really much of an
attempt. And oh... an amethyst Swarovski encrusted blue lightsabre.
I am grateful to Sammi at Geek
Central Station for sharing her "Human Amigurumi" pattern.
Now if we want to talk about details you really must visit her
site, it's filled with her many inspirational and highly detailed
amigurumi figures from her latest Ghostbuster to Gandalf. And
you'll see how I am an influenced follower.
With me again, the Force is
This is version number 2 made and you can see there is some progress in my crocheting skills. I've also made just adjustments to his costume and included a hood and a sash.
Due to the unavailability of my sewing
machine, I actually sewed Yoda's robe by hand. So it took longer
than usual to create this look. It is worth is because, most
adorable cute, he is.
Owner of Yoda number 1
found out today that I made *gasp* another Yoda thus
rendering his no longer exclusive and needless to say,
disappointed. But really relieved that it was not for anyone he
knew, so I made a deal with him that I would not make another Yoda
for anyone in the industry and that made him happier plus the fact
that I will make him Mace
Windu sometime in the future.
I found a Jedi Name Generator - amusing it is. Hmmmmmm.
The Force... with me, it is.
Isn't Yoda the cutest!
I first saw the Yoda amigurumi on Geek Central Station and I sent the link to one
of the biggest Star Wars geek I knew and he immediately said he
wanted one and asked me to make him one. So I did when the pattern
came out at the etsy
store I bought one! You should see Darth Vader, he's just adorable! So when I
brought Yoda to work, the rest of the boys were horribly
jealous.
Now I have 2 more Yodas to make...
On other news, I now have my etsy store up! Except.. I need to make more stock...
It's all coming your way very soon!!
Mopsie - My First Amigurumi Bunny
My first ever crochet project. It took
me about 4-5 days to complete this. I haven't yet seen Lion Brand
yarn in Singapore so I got 12-ply wool from Spotlight. Prior to
this all I made was 1 line of chain stitches when I was 9. So this
for me is a remarkable achievement. It has truly tested my patience
and attention span. I am left wondering what my next project will
be... can I make the commitment to a sweater? a bag? a vest?
I somehow got my colleague Dixie on the bandwagon and she's going like an
energizer battery with already 5 projects lined up! But Dixie is an
amazing multi-talented multi-tasker. I've not met anyone else who
can multi-task better. It is nice to have a crochet-buddy around
:)