https://knotoriousloops.com/tags/amigurumi-design/Amigurumi Design Tutorials - Shapes, Techniques & Tips - Tag - knotorious.loops - fresh amigurumi patterns & crochet guidesHugo -- gohugo.ioencrochet@knotoriousloops.com (knotorious.loops)crochet@knotoriousloops.com (knotorious.loops)knotorious.loopsWed, 07 Aug 2024 00:00:00 +0000https://knotoriousloops.com/how-to-crochet/crochet-ball/Wed, 07 Aug 2024 00:00:00 +0000knotorious.loopshttps://knotoriousloops.com/how-to-crochet/crochet-ball/ Going back to the fundamentals, we gonna look into how to make the most basic shape in crocheting Amigurumi… that would be balls and spheres. After I am done with y’all, you will be able to create crochet balls in all different shapes and sizes, cause I will not just slap ya’ with a pattern, but we will also dive some into the background for you to better understand what’s actually going on and which variables that you might change (number of stitches, number of rounds, etc.]]>https://knotoriousloops.com/how-to-crochet/crochet-in-the-oval/Mon, 29 Jul 2024 00:00:00 +0000knotorious.loopshttps://knotoriousloops.com/how-to-crochet/crochet-in-the-oval/ Another One! One more staple in my Amigurumi designs that I also consider wildly underutilized is crocheting an oval. Everybody knows how to crochet in the round and do circles and nice balls resulting from it. But truth of the matter is that crocheted ovals are simply just better suited for a lot of shapes in Amigurumi. So, let me show you how it’s done so you can go put a lot of them nice lil’ crochet ovals all over your Amigurumi designs!]]>https://knotoriousloops.com/how-to-crochet/joining-amigurumi-parts/Thu, 25 Jul 2024 00:00:00 +0000knotorious.loopshttps://knotoriousloops.com/how-to-crochet/joining-amigurumi-parts/ This way of joining amigurumi parts together has really elevated my crocheting game and I got the impression (from doing tests of other patterns, etc.) that it is not as widespread as it actually should be. So, I thought to myself, let’s do a quick breakdown to spread some love for this technique and get it more out in the open. So everyone, who is just half as anti-sewing as me, but don’t want to resort to glueing your Amigurumi together just yet… Read on!]]>https://knotoriousloops.com/how-to-crochet/pixel-art-tapestry-crochet-ultimate-guide/Tue, 23 Jul 2024 00:00:00 +0000knotorious.loopshttps://knotoriousloops.com/how-to-crochet/pixel-art-tapestry-crochet-ultimate-guide/ Throughout my crochet career so far, I have already had the pleasure to crochet the one or the other pixel art tapestry. While doing so, I have dropped the ball countless times. So, I figured I would share some of the things I have had to learn the hard way, so that y’all don’t have to make the same mistakes that I did. You know, the whole “standing on someone else’s shoulders thing”. Let’s dive right in! How to get cleaner, more pixel-like results Of X’s and V’s One issue when crocheting pixel art tapestries (at least if you usually Yarn Over like myself) is the shape of single crochet stitches.]]>