Amigurumi Friends - Emily

I'm finally up to date with the blog - I'm right in the middle of a project at the moment so I can now blog as I'm doing it.

We're in the middle of some renovations at home so this might take me a while to finish.  Hopefully the blog posts from now on will be a little less rushed.

So...EMILY!!

I've been dying to get round to starting Emily, the main reason being her hair.  Emily has the most amazing head of long curly hair and I've been dying to try this technique.  I crocheted the normal head shape, added the eyes and mouth and then have finally got to work on the hair.

To start with, I cut lots of strands of log brown double knit yarn then - this is the bit that took the time - I pulled the yarn apart into really thin pieces.  As the yarn is twisted together, when you unravel it, it's perfect for really tight curly hair.  I then added a couple of pieces of this yarn where I would normally add one piece of normal yarn for each bit of hair.  I have given this a really soft brush to make it a bit more fluffy which has made the curls a little bit looser. I hope you'll agree this is really effective and looks fab. 

I've got to decide on what Emily's going to wear before I go any further.

Getting there

I've struggled getting my act together with this one but I'm finally getting there.  I actually went for an all black dress with black leggings and leopard print shoes.  The body and feet was worked the same as all the other amigurumi friends, but when I got to the feet, I worked with two different colours at the sawe time.  I think the effect has worked, but the only problem is that they feet are now a bit big.  If I were to try again, I'd probably use two different colours, but just go for a lighter weight yarn.

I've still got the arms to do, but I've got a bit sidetracked with some other little projects but I will finish this.

 

FINISHED!!!