Amigurumi Toy Box: Cute Crocheted Friends [Paperback]

Ana Paula Rimoli (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: April 18, 2011

Crocheters everywhere fell in love with the quirky toys in Amigurumi World and Amigurumi Two! Now Ana Paula Rimoli presents the third book in her best-selling series. Sparkling with playful ideas inspired by her children, this wildly imaginative collection will tickle kids of all ages.

* Choose from more than 25 irresistible toys that stitch up quickly
* Catch Ana's creative zaniness--put a grin on a silly hot dog, stitch a princess frog with a water-lily throne, make mom and baby koalas, create a tugboat, and more
* Find step-by-step instructions, great photos, and lots of funny friends

Editorial Reviews

Review

Ana Paula Rimoli is synonymous with amigurumi. Amigurumi Toy Box is her third book of cute crocheted friends. She has also published Amigurumi World and Amigurumi Two! For those of you who don't know what amigurumi is; it is the Japanese art of crocheting small stuffed toys, animals and inanimate objects with facial features. In Japanese "ami" means crocheted and "nuigurumi" means a stuffed doll.

Ana Paula first started crocheting as a child. With two children of her own, she was inspired to create these toys. In this
book there are 25 adorable toys to crochet and fill up a child's toy box.

The book is filled with clear vignettes of toys posed in artful surroundings. Simple crochet skills are required to complete the projects. Illustrations are included to teach yourself the required crochet stitches. Finishing techniques of stuffing, adding extremities and weaving in the ends etc. are included.

Flan, hot cocoa, cake and a hot dog set are perfect for the child who likes to play house. I especially liked the Little Bunny in the Carrot home. Santiago (my little Boston Terrier) and Little Kitten are perfect for imagine play and they each have a bed. If you love Unicorns, Shy Little Unicorn is pretty with her rainbow mane. Mom koala has a detachable baby on her back and there is also a Mom and baby polar bear with a fishing rod and hat.

This may be just the book to start getting a child interested in learning to crochet. Amigurumi is popular and getting more so. Ravelry has several amigurumi groups you can join. Joining a group is always a fun way to show what you have created. --Paula Moliver, Hartford Knitting Examiner

About the Author

Home: Montclair, New Jersey

Ana Paula Rimoli was born in Montevideo, Uruguay, and learned to crochet as a child. She began crocheting toys when her own children were born and now hosts her own popular website featuring her crocheted designs.

Product Details

• Paperback: 80 pages
• Publisher: Martingale & Co Inc (April 18, 2011)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1604680458
• ISBN-13: 978-1604680454
• Product Dimensions: 8.5 x 0.2 x 8.5 inches
• Shipping Weight: 9.6 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 4.6 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (26 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #33,433 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
  • #4 in Books > Crafts, Hobbies & Home > Crafts & Hobbies > Toys & Models > Stuffed Animals
  • #49 in Books > Crafts, Hobbies & Home > Crafts & Hobbies > Needlecrafts & Textile Crafts > Crocheting

More About the Author

Hola, I'm Ana Paula Rimoli, Oli (8) & Martina's (5) mom :) They are the inspiration for all the toys I make, and the ones that do the quality control ;)
I love love love crocheting and making toys. I've been making stuff for as long as I can remember, and I have to thank my neighbor Marta in Montevideo, Uruguay, for teaching me how to crochet when I was little, I think 6 or 7, sitting outside one Summer.
Now I have all these dumb dreams of crocheting endless "group effort" afghans or huge families of toys with my girls... I hope they'll like it!
Happy crocheting, and thank you for stoping by!
xoxo
Ana

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

24 of 25 people found the following review helpful

5.0 out of 5 stars Cute crocheted friends, experience not necessary! May 2, 2011

By A. Gardner

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This is the third crochet book by Ana Paula Rimoli that I have purchased and it is just as good as the others. I had never even heard of amigurumi until I spotted Ana's first book "Amigurumi World" a few years ago- it was from that book that I learned to crochet, and since then I have made many, many of the toys featured in her two previous books. Who could resist those sweet yarn toys with their smiling faces?!

This book (like the previous ones) has a helpful, easy-to-follow "Guidelines" section that shows how to complete the stitches required in the patterns. Most of them require little beyond chain and single crochet stitches as well as the ability to crochet in the round, and most are designed to be quick projects of a couple hours or less. Each one requires only small amounts of yarn and other supplies, so they can often be made with leftovers from previous crafting projects. In addition to yarn, you'll need crochet hooks (patterns use G/6, F/5 and E/4 hooks), scraps of felt, a yarn needle, and either plastic safety eyes or bits of felt to sew on for eyes. These little yarn characters make great (and inexpensive) little homemade gifts; they are so cute and they will be enthusiastically received by anybody you give one to!

The patterns are easy to follow and list all steps clearly. Each pattern is accompanied by lovely color photos (often several, showing the completed item from different vantage points) that are super helpful to look at as you make your toys. The patterns all have assembly instructions for joining together the individually crocheted pieces to make the finished project.

This book has patterns for the following-

Hot Dog Set (a hot dog, bun, ketchup & mustard bottles)
Mom & Baby Polar Bear (with hat and fishing pole!)
Garden Friends- snake, mouse and bird
Little Bunny & her carrot home
Sea Friends- jellyfish, cuttlefish, dolphin, and little narwhal
Santiago- a little Boston Terrier (he fits in a crocheted food dish!)
Mom & Baby Duck- they even have apple & bear hats
Little Pig & Mom
Tree Love (a smiley tree with crocheted leaves)
Mom & Baby Koala
Little Strawberry plant
Little kitten & bed
Princess Frog & her water-lily throne (adorable!)
Happy Little Sweet Snacks- flan, hot cocoa, and cake
Little Tugboat
Little babies- tiger, lion, bear and elephant (each about 3" tall)
Mom & Baby Fox
Shy Little Unicorn (so cute!)

If you already like to crochet and make amigurumi, or if you want to give it a try, this is a great book for you!

3 of 3 people found the following review helpful

5.0 out of 5 stars Oh the cuteness! June 10, 2011

By Carol A. Burk

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I love this book. It is filled with patterns for such adorable animals and even some "inanimate" objects such as a wonderful tree. Each pattern has a wonderful description of the "history" of the animal or object. These descriptions gives the book a feeling that it was written just for me.

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful

5.0 out of 5 stars Great book! July 20, 2011

By Soo Shin

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This book has easy-to-follow instructions on how to make cute amigurumi toys. The only thing that was missing was where to put the eyes, but I just estimated and the toys still looked great (or perhaps I didn't read carefully and missed the instruction for where to put the eyes).