Fibery Fox (Amigurumi - 44th Street Needle Co. Craft Kit)

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Over the years I have done considerably more knitting than crochet, but crochet was how I first fell in love with yarn. I love how sturdy and dimensional it is for making toys! I have not personally made too many amigurumis, but I've decided to change that!

On a bit of a whim, I bought this kit from Hobby Lobby. At $4.49 it was quite the steal! Especially since it also included a free hook...which I did use to make the kit.

I followed the instructions exactly, and without any problems. Well, other than the fact that my little vixen has a bit of a "Ta Da" sideways pose of the head. ;o) And I did add in a bit of white highlighting around the eyes that I saw on a random amigurumi tips YouTube video. (Sorry, I didn't save that link.)

Actually, I loved this guy so much, that I decided to make a second version with Michaels Soft Classic Solid Loops and Thread yarn in orange black, and white.

He is definitely bigger, and managed to have his head on straight! He ended up about twice as big. I also came across another YouTube tutorial for making yarn eyes by just make a knot by looping one side of a string around the other 3 times and pulling to the middle. It turned out quite cute!

All in all, I was pretty blown away with this small little kit. Very cute, affordable, and may be the first time I had something come out that pretty closely resembled the picture on the front!

I'm definitely excited about playing with some other kits!

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