Thanks to my newly acquired yarns, I now have yarns in many colours, including skin colour and is now able to try my hands at making dolls.
They turned out bigger than I expected, about 7inch tall. The most challenging part of these were the hair. Lots of patience there as the pattern calls for making of each curl individually.
I also attempted to make spectacle for one of the dolls using wire. Not as difficult as I thought it will be. :). And gave her a different, nerdy look. I like!
Most of what I made previously have been created with free patterns I found on the web. When I ran out of inspiration on what to do next, I decided to try out some simple pieces purely from my imagination.
Creating simple spheres were easy but the challenge is trying to get the sizing correct for the various body parts.
I made 2 pieces and they were only so so, not great. The kitty in costume ended up with feet that were to big and the rabbit ears on my hooded girl were too small.
I did make 2 handphone charms with token inside and they were actually Ok. Though one of then do have a lopsided ear.
Oh well... Hopefully it will be better next time.
For all my previous creations, I have been using the various yarns I got from spotlight, usually when they are on offer.
I recently bought a batch of yarns from Taobao, China and wow.. It made a big difference!!! Crocheting the amigurumi creations suddenly became smoother and much easier, especially when I have to make the smaller parts.
I got a lot more colours for this batch of yarns and the best thing is, they are cheap, about S$0.50 per 25g, making them about S$2 for a 100g ball. The cheapest yarn I got from spotlight was about S$3 per ball.
