Meaning of amigurumi | Babel Free

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1. The Japanese art of crocheting or knitting stuffed yarn toys, typically creatures having oversized heads.
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2. Such a stuffed toy crocheted or knitted from yarn.
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“Noa has been mostly homeschooled, and is poised to graduate high school in this "severely" rural area. She has a self-described "yarn addiction" (does astounding lace work⟳, Amigurumi, and other yarn art), and wants to learn⟳ how to work⟳ in glass, after graduation.”

“In amigurumi knitting, gauge sense⟳ is a little bit different from what it is in most other types of knitting. Since amigurumi doesn't really need⟳ to fit anybody, you're not obligated to work⟳ at any particular gauge. However, most amigurumi figures are stuffed with fiberfill. If you don't want⟳ this fluffy white stuff poking out of your creation, it's very important that you knit⟳ at a gauge that is tight for the weight of yarn that you're using.”

“She started crocheting six years ago "completely out of boredom," watching YouTube videos to pick⟳ up the technique. Almost immediately, she started making amigurumi figures, Japanese-inspired stuffed dolls and action figures.”

“Pip Lincolne, owner of Meet⟳ Me At Mike's in Fitzroy, stocks cutesy, Japanese-style knitted or crochet toys, known as amigurumi. "When we started Mike's, we wanted to sell⟳ the things that we loved, which happened to be things with a childlike or nostalgic theme through them," she says. "We wanted to stock⟳ handmade items and discovered the Japanese craft movement a few months after.”

“And since most amigurumi tends to be on the small side, you will use⟳ these small diameter circular knitting techniques frequently.”

“Some days after April’s First Friday festivities, I noticed on the desk of a colleague an adorable crocheted fish⟳ doll, one Fred by name⟳. […] Fred, like⟳ many of [Mary] Nguyen’s pieces, is an amigurumi – petite knitted/crocheted stuffed animals, popularized in Japan over the course of the 20th century before websites like⟳ Etsy, Pinterest and Ravelry exposed Western audiences to them in the mid-2000s.”

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