I finally took on the challenge of making a realistic crochet pattern one of my ultimate favourite animals, the river otter. Meet Bubbles! Some of you may think, ‘But you already made a river otter amigurumi’, and you are right. The first otter I made was Basil, and I later replaced Basil with Bubbly. They both are standing otters. Bubbly is a cute otter, but he didn’t turn out as realistic as I hoped. And since then I have never dared to make a new version. Somehow otters are so difficult to capture in yarn … I even found that a badger pattern was easier to design. Otters have a special kind ..read more

Actually, this is Sjuffel the second! One of my first patterns was a basset hound. It’s funny to see how much has changed since then, and I proudly present this new Basset Hound amigurumi. Bassets have a special place in my heart. When I was a child, we had a Basset puppy for a short time. My mother wasn’t too keen on dogs, on animals in generally really, but she knew my dad and I loved animals so she tried having a dog. A Basset Hound seemed like a safe choice. It didn’t work out, and Sjuffel had to go back to the kennel we got him from. I was heartbroken because I loved that silly-looking d ..read more

This crochet owl pattern is very dear to me. Meet Torsbie and the owling, made after the owls that brightened my summer! Owls are such gorgeous birds and I always wanted to see one for real, but they are very rare these days, and creatures of the night. This winter we often heard a long-eared owl singing in our largest tree, but I couldn’t find it in the daytime. Time went by and and I looked around for traces. White poo under a tree, feathers or pellets would reveal a daytime roosting spot, but I never found any. Then one night when I was cycling past the nice field where I regularly spotted ..read more

Finally I can show you something new and exciting! My first amigurumi dog on all fours is finished. This is Toki, a miniature Dachshund crochet pattern! After designing a few sitting dogs, I felt like doing something new this time. A dog on all fours had been on my mind for a while, but I wasn’t sure how to do it. What dog could be more suitable for that challenge than a Dachshund?! A sitting Dachshund would be a bit dull, because it is the elongated body that makes it cute. So, I sat down and started crocheting ‘sausages on paws’ to make myself familiar with a new technique and the long-bodi ..read more

Some animals I’ll probably never see for real, but I can make myself one! I proudly present to you my Northern cardinal amigurumi pattern. Ever since I started watching the Cornell feeder watch Cam, I’ve been amazed by the Northern cardinals, especially the male. Red isn’t my favourite colour at all, but this bird looks absolutely magnificent. And not only the colour makes the bird so gorgeous, but both the male and female have that curious tuft! And the black face gives them even more character. I like a bit of extravagance when it comes to animals, and the cardinal has touched my heart. To ..read more

In this video I am showing you how to do the reversed loop stitch. I modified the loop stitch to this version, so the loops will form on the outside/ right side of the work, instead of on the inside/ wrong side of the work like with the normal loop stitch. The loop stitch offers a lovely texture, and is a handy method to create long hair. If you cut the loops and brush them, you can create hair as long as you like. But when you do the regular loop stitch for amigurumi, you’ll have to turn the work inside out to have the loops at the front of your animal, but that also means you see the wrong s ..read more

This is my first instruction video! I need to improve my filming skills, because the piece is not always in the centre of the video, but it works for now. I regularly get questions about how I work around a chain, so now you can finally see how I do it. This video shows how to work around a chain of 4, which I often use to create the muzzles of my crochet animals. This is what you read in the pattern: ch of 4. In 2nd ch from hook 2 sc, sc in next, 2 sc in last, turn. 2 sc in bottom loop of that last, sc in next, 2 sc in next = 10 I hope this video helped you learn this skill. If you have any ..read more

And here he is! Winter Woolfie turned out to be a Eurasian wolf. When I finished the Border Collie pattern I immediately knew I wanted to make a furry version of my wolf. And since I’m not completely settled into our new house just yet I could do with an easy project. But I suppose I can’t do easy and this took much more time than I had anticipated. When working on the head I decided to improve the facial colouring. And when I was finally satisfied with the new look, I began to realize that I could make a Eurasian wolf, the wolf that is once again living in my country after a long period of a ..read more

After a long break, I’m delighted to publish this new dog pattern! Meet Finnly, the realistic Border Collie, a fabulous amigurumi of one of my favourite dogs! When I started making dog patterns I really wanted to do a Border Collie, but the long-haired features of this Collie kept me from actually making one. I started with less hairy dogs, and then must have gone mad to make a bearded Schnauzer pattern. That actually was a lot of fun to do, and it gave me much inspiration for how to do the Border Collie and other dogs. For the Schnauzer I had used ‘reversed loop stitches’ to create the beard ..read more

I proudly present to you something completely different: Schnoodge the crochet Schnauzer pattern! After I finished my second dog pattern, I got so many request for all sorts of dogs that I decided to do at least two dog patterns a year. One night when I was in bed I suddenly thought, ‘How much fun would it be to design a bearded Schnauzer?’ and I pictured a very cute hairy Schnauzer face. When still working on the Siamese cat, I tried a first bearded dog head just to check if it would work, and the result was so delightful that I knew this was going to be the first new dog. To make a bearded ..read more