Amigurumi: Woodland Animals

Overview

Melting hearts and lifting spirits everywhere, these four adorable forest creatures are simple and stress-free to make. Stacey Trock, a pattern designer, author and guiding light behind the Fresh Stitches blog, specializes in crocheted toys in the Japanese style. In this class, Stacey shares her best tips for choosing yarns and hooks, marking and counting stitches, stuffing, assembling, and finishing with child-safe details. Even a rookie crocheter will enjoy this class, while experienced crocheters will love the four included patterns: a sturdy bear, winsome deer, mischievous raccoon and perky bluebird.

Course Outline

1. 01: Introduction
   Meet Stacey Trock and her woodland friends. Learn about the Craftsy learning platform and go over the supplies used in this class.
   Duration: 5 min
2. 02: Skills and Techniques
   Learn the basics crochet techniques for creating woodland friends, including chaining, increasing, decreasing and changing colors.
   Duration: 20 min
3. 03: Making the Bird
   Crochet in the round to begin this bluebird beauty, beginning with the beak, then the wings and finally the body.
   Duration: 45 min
4. 04: Finishing the Bird
   Assemble your crocheted pieces and add eyes and stuffing to finish your bluebird.
   Duration: 22 min
5. 05: The Bear
   Crochet all the pieces you’ll need to create a complete cuddly bear, then assemble and finish your woodland animal.
   Duration: 53 min
6. 06: Making the Deer
   Begin the process of crocheting an antlered friend. Create the legs, the antlers and everything between.
   Duration: 40 min
7. 07: Finishing the Deer
   Finish your deer by attaching all of your crocheted pieces together and adding stuffing.
   Duration: 38 min
8. 08: Making the Raccoon
   Create the head, body and limbs of a cute, ring-tailed raccoon.
   Duration: 34 min
9. 09: Finishing the Raccoon
   Complete this complex little critter by crocheting all the pieces together into one cuddly raccoon.
   Duration: 27 min
10. 10: Bonus: Baby-Safe Eyes
    Learn to crochet baby-safe eyes for younger recipients of your woodland animals.
    Duration: 3 min