Not every knitted toy can be called Amigurians. Consider features and technique amigurs. In order to make mini-toys with their own hands, you need to figure out the technique of knitting. Description of knitting where to start.

As you know, Japan is a very small country, and its inhabitants love all sorts of miniatures. And behind them and the whole world picks up fashion for tiny mini-toys - amigurumi. In general, Amigurumi is just a knitted toy of small size, from 1 to 15 cm, but the figures are the most common figurines 5-8 cm. Such a knitting - to some extent a competition in the skill of creating tiny work with jewelry accuracy.

Amigurum knit crochet, tissing the columns without a spiral in the spiral. Some try to knit both on the spokes, but it is much less popular, and such works do not differ in miniature. The small size of the toys allows the use of the smallest residues and trimming of threads, which necessarily accumulate each knitter.

Of course, the main thing is the skilled hands of the master, but also to materials and tools are also nominated certain requirements: the thickness of the hook should be such that with a thin thread, the mating is quite dense, without holes and gaps.

You can knit from acrylic, cotton or any type of thin fluffy thread. It is important only to own the material and successfully pick it up under a certain toy.

Some craftsmen combine several types of yarn, getting fluffy bear with a smooth face or rush with a soft applique on the ears. You can fill the toy with a synthet, cotton or synthepher, having taking some details with a granulate.

For finishing, any materials that are at hand are used: thin cords, beads, fabrics, felt, etc. The image of toys can be supplemented and emphasized by various embroidery: skilled hands of knitters embroidered mouths and eyebrows, stripes on the skin, styling glass eyes.

What is interesting, Amigurumi may be not only an animal or man, but also a plant, even a cake or a house.

Almost all toys are "thought well", they have eyes and smile. Toys should be cute, carry mood. Initially, Japanese Amigurums carry in themselves the seal of the culture of the country of the Rising Sun: they are made in tarthen-haired, there are small eyes and nose almost on one line far from each other. The most similar to the style of such a toy image of the notorious Hello Kitty. However, there are more anthropomorphic animals and amphibians with realistic features.

Such a toy rarely is one-color, but it is optional to do painted in bright colors. Amigurum loves children, and adults, and it is better to choose clear calm shades to create them.

Details in this technique knit in a circle without seams using a small-sized hook. Knitting starts with rings. Japanese scheme:

Ring knitting diagram:

Make a loop at a distance of 2-3 cm. From the end of the thread. Place the working thread between the index and middle fingers.

Enter the hook in the loop, capture the working thread and take it out before the loop.

Send a working thread and drag it through the resulting loop.

Pull out the working thread and tighten. This loop is not the first column in the ring.

Take a hook from below under both threads that form a large loop. Capture a working thread.