Amigurumi, which has recently been trending and loved by children, means the art of making toys in Japanese. It is a combination of the words ami (fabric) and nuigirimi (plush). So what is amigurumi? How to make amigurumi? Here we explain how to make Amigurumi step by step...

You can make your children have fun with the amigurumi toys that you can make for them. These toys, made with crochet and single needle techniques, have become very popular in recent years. By learning how to make Amigurumi dolls, which quickly spread throughout the world after Japan, you will be able to make these toys for your baby with your own hands. Although it may seem difficult and requires effort, amigurumi toys can be easily made by anyone with some craft skills and, unlike ordinary toy production, they can be made easily by having some materials at home. So how to make amigurumi? If you want to make something for your child at home instead of buying toys from outside, you should have the following materials to make amigurumi toys:

WHAT MATERIALS ARE USED TO MAKE AMIGURUMI? Fine point crochet hook Wool suitable for amigurumi loop marker Additional materials to use for decoration depending on the shape of the toy (buttons, pieces of fabric, etc.) Fiber to fill inside

WHAT YARN IS PREFERRED FOR AMIGURUMI? Amigurumi can be made with all types of threads, but fine threads that do not pill are more suitable for amigurumi. If you choose a rope that doesn't break easily, your toy will last longer.

Start knitting according to the recipe you have according to the shape you will make. You will shape your toy by increasing or decreasing points. When I start making amigurumi, I start by making two chains and filling in the second chain. In the first photo below, see the stages of drawing the chain, and in the second, place filler and markers inside the chain.

PART OF THE HEAD We start with flesh-colored thread. 1. 2 chains are drawn and 6 single crochets are made in the 2nd chain. 2. 2 single crochets in each single crochet, 6 times (12) 4. (2 sc, increase 1) repeat 6 times (24) 5. (3 single crochets, 1 increase) repeat 6 times (30) 6. (4 single crochets, 1 increase) repeat 6 times (36) 7. (5 sc, increase 1) repeat 6 times (42) 8. (6 sc, increase 1) repeat 6 times (48) 9. (7 sc, increase 1) repeat 6 times (54) 10. (8 single crochets, increase 1) repeat 6 times (60) 11. (9 single crochets, 1 increase) repeat 6 times (66) 12. (10 sc, increase 1) repeat 6 times (72) Between row 13 and row 26: One single crochet in each single crochet (72) 27. (10 sc, 1 dec) repeat 6 times (66) 28. (9 sc, 1 dec) repeat 6 times (60) 29. (8 sc, 1 dec) repeat 6 times (54) 30. (7 sc, 1 dec) repeat 6 times (48) 31. (6 single crochets, 1 dec) Repeat 6 times (42) Meanwhile, we begin to fill the head with bead fiber. 32. (5 sc, 1 dec) repeat 6 times (36) 33. (4 sc, 1 dec) repeat 6 times (30) At this point, we place the eyes before the place where our hand fits becomes too small. First, we shape and cut a piece of our white felt for the back of the eye, as shown in the picture. We make a hole in the felt with scissors and pass the eye through this hole. 22-23 of the head. We attach the eyes between the rows, with 9 single crochets between them. After filling the head a little more, we continued with the decreasing turns. 34. (3 sc, knit 1) repeat 6 times (24) 35. (2 sc, 1 elsilt) repeat 6 times (18) 36. (1 sc, 1 knit stitch) repeat 6 times (12) We leave 20 cm long thread for sewing.

NOSE We start with flesh-colored thread. 1. 2 chains are drawn and 6 single crochets are made in the 2nd chain. 2. 2 single crochets in each single crochet, 6 times (12) 3. One sc in each sc (12) 4.(2 sc, 1 dec) repeat 3 times (9) We leave 10 cm long thread for sewing.

BODY Start with the color white. (You can also knit with skin-colored yarn if desired). 1. 2 chains are drawn and 6 single crochets are made in the 2nd chain. 2. 2 single crochets in each single crochet, 6 times (12) 3. (1 single crochet, 1 increase) repeat 6 times (18) 4. (2 sc, increase 1) repeat 6 times (24) 5. (3 single crochets, 1 increase) repeat 6 times (30) 6. (4 single crochets, 1 increase) repeat 6 times (36) 7. (5 sc, increase 1) repeat 6 times (42) 8. (6 sc, increase 1) repeat 6 times (48) 9. (7 sc, increase 1) repeat 6 times (54) 10. (8 single crochets, increase 1) repeat 6 times (60) Between row 11 and row 18: One sc in each sc (60) 19. (8 sc, knit 1) repeat 6 times (54) 20. One sc in each sc (54) 21. (7 sc, 1 elsilt) repeat 6 times (48) 22-23. One sc in each sc (48) 24. (6 sc, 1 elsilt) repeat 6 times (42) 25-26. One sc in each sc (42) 27. (5 sc, 1 elsilt) repeat 6 times (36) Between row 28 and row 30: One single crochet in each single crochet (36) 31. (4 sc, 1 elsilt) repeat 6 times (30) 32.-33. One sc in each sc (30) In row 31 we move on to the skin color. We make the color transition as follows. We continue to decrease. 34. (3 sc, knit 1) repeat 6 times (24) 35-36. One sc in each sc (24) 37. (2 sc, 1 elsilt) repeat 6 times (18) 38. (1 sc, 1 elsilk) repeat 6 times (12) 39. Decrease 6 (6)

HAND AND ARM We start with flesh-colored thread. 1. 8 chains are drawn. It's back. 6 single crochets starting from the 2nd chain, 3 single crochets in the next chain, we continue from the other side of the chain. 5 sc, increase 1 (16) 2. (1 sc, 1 inc) repeat 8 times (24) Rows 3-7: One sc in each sc (24) 8. 12 single crochets, (1 popcorn, how to do it in the image below), 11 single crochets (24) For the finger, i.e. popcorn, we make a single crochet at point 13 4 times. When making the handrail we normally unload the thread that we have caught on the hook in two attempts, in the popcorn technique we unload the first, the second stays on the hook and after making the last handrail we unload everything. They together. And we continue. 9-10. One sc in each sc (24) 11. (2 sc, 1 elsilt) repeat 6 times (18) 12. (4 sc, 1 dec) repeat 3 times (15) Rows 13-31: One sc in each sc (15) 32. (3 sc, 1 dec) repeat 3 times (12) We leave 20 cm long thread for sewing.

FOOT and LEG We start with flesh-colored thread. From 1 to 10 chains are drawn. It's back. 2 single crochets in the second chain, 1 single crochet in each of the next 7 chains, 4 single crochets in the last chain. We continue to the other side of the chain. 1 single crochet in the next 7 chains and 2 single crochet in the last chain (22) 2- We continue in the first single crochet of the 1st row. (increase 1) repeat 2 times, 6 single crochets, (increase 1) repeat 6 times, 6 single crochets, (increase 1) repeat 2 times (32) 3- 1 sc, 1 inc, 7 sc, (1 inc, 1 sc) repeat 7 times, 1 inc, 6 sc, 1 inc, 1 sc (42) 4- (6 single crochets, increase 1) repeat 6 times (48) 5- (7 single crochets, increase 1) repeat 6 times (54) 6. One sc in each sc (54) 8- Like BLO, add a single crochet to each single crochet (54) as shown in the image. 8-11. between rows: one sc in each sc (54) 12- 14 sc, 1 dec, 1 sc, 1 dec, 2 sc, (1 dec) repeat 8 times, 2 sc, 1 dec, 1 sc, 1 dec, 10 sc (42) 13- One bp for every bp (42) 14- 10 single crochets, (1 dec, 1 single crochet) repeat 8 times, 8 single crochets (34) 15-16. One sc in each sc (34) 17- (2 single crochets, 1 dec) repeat 8 times, 2 single crochets (26) 18- (1 dec) repeat 2 times, 22 single crochets (24) 19- One bp for every bp (24) 20- (2 single crochet, 1 single crochet) repeat 6 times (18) Rows 21-45: One sc in each sc (18) 46- (1 single crochet, 1 single crochet) repeat 6 times (12) We leave 20 cm long thread for sewing.

FACIAL EXPRESSION: We used a quilting needle and nylon thread to embroider the eyelashes. We insert our needle into the hole where the head ends and remove it from the corresponding place as in the photo. First, we process the upper contour of the eye (in stages 1, 2, 3 and 4). In the next stages, we process the eyelashes. There is one point we need to pay attention to when processing eyelashes. In the 6th stage, when introducing the needle, we pass it through the thread that we embroider around the eye. That is, we fix the eye area. The shape of the lashes depends entirely on you, I wanted Türkan Şoray lashes, you can do it less or more frequently. We begin to embroider the eyebrow without cutting the thread with which we embroidered the eyelashes or adding a new thread. The places you choose for your eyebrows also determine your baby's expression. At the same time, whether you want a happy, sad, confused or innocent baby, you should embroider the eyebrows accordingly. Mine was a slight daze of happiness. You can capture this expression by lowering your eyebrows a little. Finally, we cut our thread and tie a knot. We need to create holes in certain places to give a natural smiling expression to our baby's face and create lines. For this we use our quilting needle again. After threading the skin-colored thread into the needle, we pass our thread through certain parts of the head following the steps in the photo. Finally, we take our thread from the end point of the head and pull it holding both ends and creating a hole. We tie the two ends of the thread, tie a knot and put it in the head. After creating the mouth part, it's time to color it. To do this, we place a thread of the color we choose on our needle, we introduce it into the cavity of the head and take it out of the cavity of the mouth, and then we introduce it into the other cavity of the mouth and take it out again from the cavity. of the head. We pull the thread, make the necessary corrections with our hands and tie a knot. After carrying out this final process on the head, we fill the gap with a little more fiber and we are done.

UNION OF PIECES: Nose point: - We begin to assemble the pieces by sewing the head to the body. But first we need to sew the nose in place. After determining the appropriate place, we fix the nose with a pin and sew it as follows. - After the sewing is completed, we insert our needle from the bottom of the nose, take it out from a random place, cut the thread and hide it. You can see how the thread is hidden in the leg sewing stages. - The sewing technique used when sewing the pieces is always the same. First it is passed through the only needle of the piece that we are going to sew, and then through the piece itself. - If you examine the photos, you will be able to get the trick. This way you can achieve a uniform seam. Sew the head to the body:

Sew the legs and hide the thread: When sewing the legs, we must first determine the right place for the legs. After fixing it with a pin, we need to sew it. Sew the sleeves: While sewing the arm, we must first hold our baby upright and determine the proper placement of the arm. To make a smooth stitch, we must fix it with a pin and sew it.

That's it..