Crochet an Amigurumi Pencil

If you're looking for the perfect gift for a teacher, artist, office worker, or student, you'll surely earn an A+ with this cute and cuddly crocheted pencil. Crochet designer Vincent Green-Hite of Knot Bad teaches you the foundations of making a three dimensional doll, which is a Japanese artform called amigurumi. Learn the the magic ring, how to work in the round, how to increase and decrease stitches to form shapes, how to change yarn colors, and how to properly stuff a crocheted toy. With just a basic single crochet stitch and all the skills you'll practice in this class, you'll have the freedom create a whole world of happy amigurumi characters. Learn how to:

• Crochet a plush pencil
• Make a magic ring
• Work the single crochet stitch
• Crochet in the round to create 3D shapes
• Increase
• Invisibly decrease
• Work in the back loop only
• Change yarn colors
• Seam a toy together
• Stuff a toy smoothly
• Embroider facial features