Hi, y’all! I am super honored today to be participating in Alison North’s (KornFlake Stew) book tour / blog hop, for her recent release of Cutest Crochet Creations. I’m sandwiched in between two of the greatest in the biz – taking the baton from the great Sarah Shrimpton of Annaboo’s House who gave a wonderful review yesterday – find it here, and handing it off to the talented amigurumist, Lauren Espy of A Menagerie of Stitches, who will be giving us her perspective tomorrow. Can’t wait to see!

Even Alison’s banner for the blog and IG tour is adorable! I shamelessly lifted this image off of her gorgeous Instagram feed, because I just had to show you all. What a precious representation of her book!

[Related: Find Cutest Crochet Creations on Amazon.com – affiliated but I love Alison’s work and highly recommend the book!]

A Confession

Okay, I must confess something: I have never amigurumi’d! I’ve never, not even once made a stuffie, because as you all know, I am blanket obsessed. This has made me intimidated to try making stuffed animals in the past, but after looking at Cutest Crochet Creations, I am definitely going to give it a shot. Here is a photo from Alison’s IG (@KornFlake_Stew) that shows the absolute most adorable lovies, does it not? I must make a pair, but it seems like every page I turn, each little animal is cuter than the last.

 

 

The Cutest Cover Bunny You Ever Saw

Just one look at the cover and you can see why I had trouble picking a project from the 16 patterns in the book. Adorable!

Check out the blurb, in case you need more convincing. Adorable extras, and very clear instructions, which is good for me because I’m sure I’ll need everything to be crystal clear. There are photos of the process which will help you check your work, which is what I find helps me the most when I’m trying out something new in crochet. No matter how much experience I have, trying a new thing makes me feel like I’m a beginner again. Honestly, I have a fine collection of cotton yarn, and my kids won’t even see it coming… A new collection of animals is in their near future!

Look at that precious fox!

Yarn? Check.

Reached in my Catona bin and pulled out a handsome combination, because I already laid eyes on my first creation.

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Hook? Check.

Got my 3.5mm hook, ready to slay this ami. Bring it on.

Otis the Donkey

There’s just something we love about donkeys in our house, and as soon as I turned the page and saw Otis, I knew. May just give him a stripey sweater though! Gotta get my grey too – trust me, my Catona stash is a sight to see. I think I have about 5 greys. One of them is bound to be donkey grey!

I just love the simplicity of these toys. So classic and timeless. Stay tuned to see how it goes!

 

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You can read more about Alison and see her gorgeous makes online at:

Ravelry | Etsy | Facebook | Instagram | Buy her book on Amazon

 

Thank you to Alison for letting me get my hands on her book! I recommend Cutest Crochet Creations to anyone who is a pro at crochet animals, or to anyone like me, who is just beginning.

Happy crafting, y’all!

– Rachele C.