Amigurumi Spider

 

Last night I finished crocheting this cute little spider pattern I found on Ravelry. I made it for my husband. Here's the pattern. Free Spider Ami Pattern I used some small eyes I got off aliexpress. I really love how it turned out. The curly cue legs I thought were very unique. I think my ability to make amigurumi has really improved. I can't design them myself. But if I have a nicely written pattern I am pretty confident I can do it. 

I remember when I couldn't even read a pattern. I've been crocheting since around 2003. I know that's a long time. But I've had no teacher other than youtube lol. Also I have a lot of other hobbies. But it's been an interesting journey. And it has given me a lot of confidence. The boost of self esteem I get after finishing a project is really cool. 

But I have to give some credit to my clover hook .Without it amigurumi is much harder. That clover hook just glides though the yarn. I highly recommend a clover hook if you are struggling or straining pulling the yarn through. I read this really weird amigurumi book once where the author said making amigurumi isn't fun and is really hard. And they only like adding the embellishments at the end. That was the first amigurumi book I had read. And it hindered my progress a lot in the beginning. 

This person was having the same struggles making ami as I was. Only they wrote a book about making ami and published it from that perspective. Which made me think making ami was just difficult and not fun. I pushed through eventually though and found answers to why I was having so much trouble. Things like how to hold your hook and the invisible decrease and yarning under. Maybe I'll write more in depth about all those things later. I am just really happy with my ami skills now and I'm always learning more from youtube.