Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #8415 in Books
• Published on: 2008-02-25
• Original language: English
• Number of items: 1
• Binding: Paperback
• 80 pages

Customer Reviews

Finally the wait is over
I have been waiting for this book to be published and finally the day has come :))
I am going to recommend it to people who already know how to crochet amis and to those who have never had a crocheting hook in their hands yet.
I have been purchasing individual crocheting patterns from Ana Paula Rimoli for a while now and I have always found them cutest, easy, well explained and so quick to make. At this stage most of my friends own something crocheted by me using
Ana's patterns and in fact I have a "presents" waiting list:) (yes, the toys are that cute!!!)
To sum up the value of the book is very good (comparing to many Japanese amigurumi books which cost about the same but have only few patterns) - lots of very cute, inexpensive, various projects and they are:
Valentine bears, baby lion and his daddy, puppy and his daddy (my favourite!!!!), baby monkey and her daddy, baby penguin and her mommy, baby owl and her mommy, baby hedgehog and her mommy, boy and girl elephants, baby octopus and her mommy, mrs and mr cactus (great!!), happy eggs, smiling desserts, tiny amis (6 toys), little pear, little apple and worm as well as crocheting instruction and crocheting terms explained for those who have never crocheted before.
I am hooked on crocheting now and can only hope that the book is the first one of many more to come!!!

Lovely book for semi newbies
Having got my basic skills from Happy Hooker (outstanding instructions) this book gives you plenty scope for some seriously cute animals, which you can finish in a couple of hours (pros probably go a bit quicker). Once you've got the hang of a few basic stiches (mainly crocheting rounds and increasing and decreasing), it's just a question of selecting some lovely yarn and going for it.
The book is American (as is Happy Hooker) so some UK crocheters may struggle with having to convert between the different terminology for stitches. I found it okay as I don't know the UK system anyway and all the funky amigurmi books seem to be American

Not for beginners
I have wanted to learn to crochet for some time, and was taken in by the cute looking animals on the front of the book. I thought that this would be a good guide and easy enough to follow, due to the reviews I read.

I have been trying for some days now to teach myself to no avail. The book shows the large variety of stitches that can be used, but gives absolutely no indication of how to combine them as required in the patterns.

The book does not even show how to make a very basic square of crochet. In fact it does not even show how to finish a line and start a new one. So for a beginner it is very difficult, frustrating and very much throws you in at the deep end.

Hence I have spent much of my time, since receiving the book, trawling internet sites which teach the absolute basics before I can try the simplest of the patterns in this book.

It is still very a nice and cute book, with lots of lovely ideas, I just hope that I can pick up the skills from elsewhere to enable me to get the best from it.