Crobots: 20 Amigurumi Robots to Make [Paperback]

Nelly Pailloux (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: April 21, 2009

Amigurumi--Japanese for cute, little stuffed dolls. (See cute book cover if you're having trouble with the translation.) It's the latest and hottest craft craze among young and trendy crafters.

Crobots features a 20-strong army of charming, cuddly amigurumi designs such as BigBot, BabyBot (don't let his age fool you), Geisha, DogBot, CatBot, and Thinker.

The pattern for each design is simple enough for crochet novices, yet can be adapted to keep the experts interested and amused.

Editorial Reviews

About the Author

Nelly Pailloux is a keen amigurumi maker and craftswoman, finding inspiration for her creations in cookbooks, children's illustrations, and the media. She runs the online store La Fee Crochette, and lives in the English countryside.

Product Details

• Paperback: 96 pages
• Publisher: Andrews McMeel Publishing; Original edition (April 21, 2009)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0740778277
• ISBN-13: 978-0740778278
• Product Dimensions: 8.2 x 7.4 x 0.4 inches
• Shipping Weight: 9.6 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 4.3 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (18 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #663,420 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

More About the Author

I am French, born and raised in Paris. I've lived in the UK on various occasions, first as an au pair and finally settling in Kent 6 years ago with my partner.

My grandmother taught me how to crochet when I was twelve during the summer holidays. Since then, I have always carried a pair of crochet hooks with me. I was always able to start a project but never finished one and that was before I discovered the Amigurumi trend 3 years ago.

I started by making petite dolls for friends, then writing my own patterns which led to my online shop, La Fée Crochette. Consequently, I was contacted by a publisher and Crobots was born.

I have always enjoyed making things and I find that with Amigurumi I can really express my creativity and it is a fresh approach to crochet. It only takes odd bits of yarn and some stuffing, and there you go, in one afternoon you have created something special with lots of personality.

I also like working with paper, fabric, clay, buttons, sequins. I also recently started to work with felt and some mascot concepts were given to a publisher, which led to my second book, Felties.

When I'm not crocheting or hand sewing... I'm knitting! I also love running, cooking, watching animés and horror movies (which quite doesn't go with making cute little things!!).

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

8 of 8 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Crobots Review., May 4, 2009

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Tracibub "crafty guru" (Phoenix, AZ) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Crobots: 20 Amigurumi Robots to Make (Paperback)

This is my third Amigurumi book, the first was Amigurumi World: Seriously Cute Crochet, and the second was Creepy Cute Crochet: Zombies, Ninjas, Robots, and More!. I find this to be a happy middle between the two. The first has incredibly easy instructions, and the latter is fairly complicated in pattern reading, and the addition of eyes/accessories (for me). This is pretty easy instructions, and is less complicated with the accessories you add on after you've crocheted the pieces. I would argue with some of the author's notes on difficulty (they're rated from easiest to most difficult), but that is probably more a matter of personal taste. Not a GREAT book for a beginner, but if you are dying to make these as your first projects, you could get by alright. Lots of accessories to buy to make these patterns as shown, also. They're still dead cute, though!

18 of 23 people found the following review helpful:

2.0 out of 5 stars Shoddy editing ruins potentially good book., July 2, 2009

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Amigurumi Gal (Australia) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Crobots: 20 Amigurumi Robots to Make (Paperback)

Although Nelly's designs are inventive and original, shodding editing results in patterns with errors such as the Zombiebot that requires instructs you to make two heads, two bodies and four arms and legs. This book seems as if it was rushed passed the editor to be sold.

In addition, please disregard the first 9 "customer photos" as those are in fact, characters exactly out of the book used for photography. I don't believe they adequately show customer results; rather author results with the book.

Please note, as the author states - these robots are not child friendly and all safety caution should be taken before giving them to small children as they contain loose screws, nails and pins.

6 of 7 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Very Fun..., March 17, 2009

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Jennifer "Jennifer" (Kansas City, MO) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Crobots: 20 Amigurumi Robots to Make (Paperback)

I think that this book is excellent. I'm new to the whole amigurumi craft, but the projects in this book are adorable! The instructions are quite clear and easy to follow. I would recommend it to anyone. There are instructions for each step, as well as instructions on how to get started crocheting, even if you have never done it before.