Gardening – Cute Amigurumi!

Farmer Monkey Amigurumi

polarbear — Sun, 25 Sep 2011 01:16:45 +0000

It’s way past the middle of the month, but we haven’t forgotten about our farmer monkey amigurumi for September! Here it is! Finally!

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What will he be harvesting today?

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In making this monkey, I wanted the body to have a hay-like color to it. Actually, the name of the color for the yarn was “hay”! At first, I didn’t know what kind of monkey to make for the month of September. But then I saw this yarn and thought why not make a farmer monkey amigurumi? When I think of September, I think of things like fall, farmlands, and harvesting crops–especially pumpkins for some reason. :)

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Looks like our farmer monkey is ready to start another busy and laborious day out in the fields! All the extra props were things that I found lying around the house. They really came in handy this time!

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We didn’t want the hat to be too fancy…it just wouldn’t have that organic feel to it. Sometimes if you overdecorate, it just ends up looking unfocused and sort of like a mishmash of different ideas going on in the same amigurumi. So the simple approach was what we were going for. Besides, have you ever seen a farmer working out in the fields with a totally decked out straw hat?

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Harvesting some vegetation? Looks like he even sprinkled some fertilizer. :D

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We even decorated his overalls with some patches of cloth. Did you notice them? One was on the front and two others were on each side.

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Looks like he’s harvesting some…crab grass! We just love crab grass, don’t we?

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Well, that’s it for a busy day in the life of our farmer monkey amigurumi!!

Farmer Monkey Amigurumi first seen on Cute Amigurumi!

Tropical Island and Coconut Amigurumi

polarbear — Fri, 09 Sep 2011 00:30:43 +0000

The end of summer is fast approaching but don’t worry, we won’t let it go by without a nice tropical island and coconut amigurumi celebration! We’re really in a tropical mood these days~

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Here is our tropical island amigurumi! Nice, happy coconut palm tree.

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Does it look better with a plumeria or an umbrella?

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Couldn’t make up my mind, so I posted both of them! What do you think works better with the coconut palm tree? No, what our tropical island amigurumi really needs is some friends! Yes, animals..

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And maybe a wave friend too…

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And possibly some more…..coconuts?!

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The island is getting invaded with coconut friends! Oh, how I would love for that to happen…think of all the pina coladas I could drink and all the coconut cakes…mmm…. No, I wouldn’t eat such a friendly looking coconut amigurumi! Well maybe not, it’s their cute faces that really make you want to scarf them down. Anyway, let’s get away from the subject of a crazy coconut eating frenzy and focus more on the waves. :)

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Yes, this is a wave. No matter how you look at it…it is a wave! The top part is the bubbles that form on a wave as it comes crashing towards the shore. He even arches over like a real wave too–although you can’t really see it that well from this angle. Here you go…arch!

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Can you see how it arches a bit? If I turned it any more sideways, then you wouldn’t be able to see his fierce expression. Looking fierce!

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But anyway, another amigurumi I wanted to share…coconut amigurumi!

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Don’t they look so happy and inviting? :> As I was taking the pictures, I really wanted it to look like a coconut that you would see on a label on a bottle of lotion. So I played around a bit with the positions and this is what I came up with..

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But now as I look back on these coconut amigurumi pictures…I feel like something’s missing…

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Ah, some greenery.

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Tropical Friends–like in one of my previous posts about Garden Friends! :D

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Well that’s it for our tropical island and coconut amigurumi–hope you enjoyed it and had a good summer!

Tropical Island and Coconut Amigurumi first seen on Cute Amigurumi!

Mother’s Day Monkey Amigurumi

polarbear — Sat, 07 May 2011 23:44:00 +0000

Hey everyone it’s Mother’s Day! Do anything special for mom today?

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Going along with our little monkey of the month theme, we decided to make a Mother’s Day monkey amigurumi! Surprise!! Yeah, not much of a surprise but hey it’s a good idea especially if you’ve completely run out of gift ideas for mom this year. Why not just make a hand-crafted and personalized monkey amigurumi for mom? Moms always like what their children make them. It’s like being back in elementary school and bringing home a teacher-forced-me-to in-class art project for Mother’s Day. And with nothing else to do with it, mom will slap a magnet on it and show it off on the sustenance box: the refrigerator!!!

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Well, hopefully you don’t think of it that way! :D We love our mommies and I’m sure they’ll love anything you try to do to thank them.

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But if you really want to do something personal and special for mom, then take the crochet mom a Mother’s Day amigurumi approach.

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Of course, this monkey would not be considered a mom if it didn’t even have a kid monkey to go with it!

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What do you think? Does the apron on our Mother’s Day monkey amigurumi make it look motherly?

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What’s mom going to bake today? Cakes, cupcakes, pancakes?

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How about all of the above. :) If any of you remember from my first few posts, those are NOT hats!!! They are cakes!

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They can hold hands too! Well somewhat…

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This is mom’s favorite lipstick. And here is our little kiddie stealing mom’s lipstick and going for a joy ride~

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Oh, and don’t worry this family is still not complete yet! Are we forgetting someone? More monkey amigurumis to come!

Thanks to all of you for looking~ Happy Mother’s Day! Maybe I should go and get a I<3MoM tattoo! hahaa…ouch.

Mother’s Day Monkey Amigurumi first seen on Cute Amigurumi!

April showers bring May flowers!

janama — Mon, 18 May 2009 17:38:23 +0000

This series of amigurumis began with the birth of Bolt the friendly raindrop. It was mighty hot this April and there were barely any showers in SoCal. Where did all the showers go?! How will the May flowers grow? Thus, Bolt came to the rescue!

And since it is now May, I thought it would only be appropriate if Bolt had some friends. Let me introduce Sunny the Sunflower and her counterpart water bucket, Polly. Together, these three make any garden warm and friendly!

The PDF pattern for Bolt can be found at my etsy: janama.etsy.com. Patterns for Sunny and Polly are pending!

Here are some more pics if you’re interested.

April showers bring May flowers! first seen on Cute Amigurumi!