I LOVE THIS BOOK!
It is pure genius for anyone interested in learning to crochet Amigurumi.
My first foreray into the world of Amigurumi came when I bumbled across
Elisabeth Doherty's, now defunct, Etsy shop. Never fear, you can still visit her "
Gourmet Amigurumi" website and read her "
Gourmet Amigurumi" blog.
I am amazed at the high level of detail and elegant nature of her techniques. I am most enamored of her human and humanoid dolls. Notice the texture of the hair, the tiny embroidering and felted bits used for the face expression. Her dolls have thumbs and toes, knee dimples, some even have polished toe nails, shoes, beads, etc.
As soon as I laid eyes on them, I wanted so desperately to learn her method of doing Amigurumi. Finally, after a couple years, Elisabeth bestowed upon us her crochet wisdom in her first book titled "
Amigurumi! Super Happy Crochet Cute".
The first section of the book details very clearly the necessary supplies and techniques used to create her kind of Amigurumi. Having crocheted since I was in the 4th grade, I have to agree with all her recommendations, most especially using high quality crochet hooks like the
Clover Soft Touch Hooks and using soft acrylic like
Caron Simply Soft. She even includes a hand stretching section in the back of the book.
The book is entirely in color with clear, concise illustrations and very clever tips and tricks nestled throughout. In this book, she gives us patterns on how to make everything from scrumptious crocheted food, cute barnyard and woodland creatures and her signature human and humanoid dolls.
This, to me, is the bible of all things Amigurumi.
