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Virka Läskigt Söta Figurer (2009)

by Christen Haden(Favorite Author)

4 of 5 Votes: 5

ISBN

9163864924 (ISBN13: 9789163864926)

languge

English

genre

Horror

publisher

Bonnier Carlsen

review 1: I bought this book a few years ago for the library, and I had flipped through it back then. The patterns are cute but there wasn't anything I was dying to make. Then recently I decided I wanted to make the Cthulhu amigurumi. So far I haven't finished. The pattern seems to be a bit more difficult than I thought it would be, although why I thought a tentacled alien would be easy is beyond me.The amigurumi patterns are not all horror-related, as the title says, there are ninjas and robots in addition to horrific creatures like the Cthulhu, Monkeyshines, skeletons, vampires, and zombies. These are not really meant to be made for small children as most of the items that make the amigurumi are small, non-crocheted parts like scythes made out of polymer clay and baked. I hav... moree made amigurumi before (I did a snail, and a fetus - don't ask) but for some reason I remember those patterns being much easier than the patterns in this book appear.
review 2: Creepy Cute is one of the many of hundreds of amigurumi crochet books out there on the market right now. What makes this one different is the fact that the designs center around the more Halloween-esque figures. This has everything from zombies to Cthulhu, skeletons and Medusa. All of them look adorable. There are even directions in the front of the book for special adornments for the eyes and weapons. There are also quite a few useful tips on how to fix little things, like uneven stuffing of the doll. I first picked up this book at the library because I really, really like making fun, somewhat strange things. I liked it enough to buy it on sale, but not enough to purchase it for the original price. You see, I worked my way through a couple of the designs, and found math errors or difficult to follow directions. However, they are not so bad off that you can't fudge the directions a little and get a good result. My advice is to use the pattern as a guideline and when you notice the math getting a little funny, just figure out what you need to do and write it down for future reference.I've also never tried to make the adornments out of clay, like the author suggests. From the looks of the directions it wouldn't be hard to make these either. All in all, it is fun to put these into the library of "will do someday", but I'll remember to allot more time to figuring out why the numbers don't add up right. less

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