In the previous post you could read how to make a magic ring, which is the basis for the sheep's body, head, legs and tail. And when done right it should look like this:
The next thing you need to do is chain one and grab the thread without pulling it through your chain. Take a look at the picture below:
Next, you drive your crochet through your magic ring and grab the thread. You should end with three loops on your crochet:
Now gran your thread once again and pull it through all your three loops...
...and you should end up with the following:
Again: grab your thread above your magic ring, grab your thread through the magic ring and pull the thread through all three loops.
You need to make it 5 times and when you're done you should end up with something like this:
Now remove your crochet from the last loop and drive it through the first chain. It's best to look at it:
Grab the last loop:
and pull it through the first chain. Your threads should form a bubble.
The last thing you do is chain one. And that completes your first popcorn:
To be continued...
Here's the almost finished amigurumi sheep. I still have a tail to make. ;)
It is very satisfying to see the finished result :)
I hope this step-by-step for making magic ring works for you. I noticed
that some youtube clips show it too fast and that makes you want to pause
them every couple seconds, which is quite a task when one of your hands
is entangled in tread and the other is holding your hook.
So, let's get started.
To start your popcorn ball (aka the body of sheep) you have to make a magic ring. I hope that the pictures below will explain how the magic ring is done better than an elaborate description.
The very first step is to make a loop around your fingers as shown on the picture above. The threads must cross each other.
Next, you slide your hook over the first tread and over the second one...
...and you pull the second thread under the first one.
You should end up with a loop on your hook
The last thing to do now is to chain one through the loop on your hook...
...and you have your magic ring ready :)
With magic ring ready we can start making our popcorns.
To be continued...
This is my first ever attempt to crochet an amigurumi anything. And I've decided to make a sheep after going through several tutorials on youtube and finding that the sheep is the best looking so far. As always, you will find the links to the videos below.
I have also found the site where it is explained step by step how to crochet the sheep. Unfortunately, it is in Spanish. And the trouble is that you may not get it right when translating the instruction through google - it translates word for word and makes no sense as a result. Sigh...
Yup, it took me a while to sort out the instruction and a bit of ripping (takes a lot of courage to pull that thread) but looking at what I have made so far I think I go it right.
Step 1: the body.
The body is a ball made using popcorn stitch. The rule is that every next round has four popcorns more than the previous one. And the additional popcorn stitches must be placed in between the popcorns from the earlier round. If you look at the picture you probably notice straight away that it's not exactly round. Obviously, your popcorns have to be evenly stitched to create an even ball and it takes a bit of experience to avoid stitches being too tight or too loose. Don't worry though, after filling the ball it will become much more shapely :)
To be continued...
