Amigurumi ( 編 み 包 み , lit .: “knitted-wrapped”) is the Japanese art of knitting or crocheting small soft animals and human-like creatures. Amigurumi are most often cute animals (such as bears, bunnies, cats, dogs and others.), Humans, but they can also be inanimate objects endowed with human properties. For example, cupcakes, hats, handbags and others. Amigurumi knit or crocheted. Recently crocheted amigurumi have become more popular and more common.
Amigurumi Production
Amigurumi are usually knitted from yarn in a simple way of knitting - in a spiral and, unlike the European method of knitting, circles usually do not join. They also crochet a smaller size relative to the thickness of the yarn to create a very dense fabric without any gaps through which the printed material can come out. Amigurumi are often made of parts and then combined, the exception is some amigurumi, which do not have limbs, but have only the head and trunk, which are one piece. The limbs are sometimes stuffed with plastic pieces to give them live weight, while the rest of the body is stuffed with fiber.
The spread of aesthetics amigurumi contributes to their good looks. To this end, typical amigurumi animals have a large spherical head on a cylindrical body with small limbs.
See also
- Crochet
- Macrame
- Japanese traditional dolls