Amigurumi Knits: Patterns for 20 Cute Mini Knits [Illustrated] [Paperback]

I loved the wierd and wonderful projects in this book - from the simple eartworm to the tricky hermit crab. The 20 pages of techniques accompaied by step by step phootgraphs, and the very detailed line-by-line instructions are invaluable. Start your spring knitting with he perfect antidote to those winter woolies! --Waterstones Crafts Newsletter, June, 2009

A MUST HAVE! SO MUCH FUN The patterns are very well written and all the kinks are worked out. The "how too"s are are clearest I've ever read, and her pictures that help explain the pattern are helpful and well integrated. The patterns are fun to knit with a nice variety of difficulty, allowing quick projects, or more involved quick projects, or more for the more accomplished/patient knitter. The simplicity and creativity are remarkable--J Hansen--Wonderfully tangy patterns. Well worth the purchase to get a chance to make these cute toys. Well written instructions every step of the way. --Treadwell--These are a collection of some of Hansi Singh's popular patterns. You can see many pictures of her patterns or buy these patterns individually on etsy.com or ravelry.com. She uses a lot of short row shaping. Excellent patterns that are very true to life. --craftzine, June, 2009; Amigurumi is the Japanese art of knitting or crocheting small stuffed animals and anthropomorphic creatures. Typically they are kooky little animals but they can also be inanimate objects, like vegetables, that are given faces and limbs. This book has 20 knitted designs, including animals and inanimate objects. A knitting basics section will provide instructions for all the techniques needed to make the projects.-- -- --Paradisefibres dot com

Book of The Month! If you love pocket-sized creations but haven't mastered the art of crochet then this book is just what you've been waiting for. It includes all the essential techniques, plus a range of creepy cute critters, veggies and a host of mythical creatures - seriously, who wouldn't want to knit the Loch Ness Monster?! --Let's Knit magazine, July , 2009--Amigurumi is the Japanese art of knitting or crocheting small stuffed animals and anthropomorphic creatures. Typically they are kooky little animals but they can also be inanimate objects, like vegetables, that are given faces and limbs. This book has 20 knitted designs, including animals and inanimate objects. A knitting basics section will provide instructions for all the techniques needed to make the projects. --Paradisefibres dot com

Author Hansi Singh says there's a lack of Amigurami patterns for knitters, and to remebedy this she's bought out this fab book. After all, why should crocehters have all the fun? It's split inot two sections - the first offers detailed instructions for beginners, and the second is packed full of patterns for you to show off your skills. Knit everything from vegetables to insects, Nessie and even a perfectly sculpted earthworm. We promise you'll fall in love with the cute characters, and it won't be long untill you're an obsessed Amigurumi knitter yourself. -- --Knit Today, October, 2009

If you've been longing to knit a cute Japanese-inspired toy but don't croceht, then fret no more because Hansi Singh's book, Amigurami Knits, is just what you've been waiting for. This quirky book includes patterns for sea creatures, garden critters, and vegatables, plus three mythical beasts, giving knitters the opportunity to join in the fun and decorate their enviroment with unusual characters or perhaps give them as gifts. The book is well thoguhg-out and as wella s clear written instructions it inlcudes photos of the mroe complex stages of critter creation. --Simply Knitting, October, 2009

Amigurumi is the Japanese art of knitting or crocheting small stuffed animals and anthropomorphic creatures. Typically they are kooky little animals but they can also be inanimate objects, like vegetables, that are given faces and limbs. This book has 20 knitted designs, including animals and inanimate objects. A knitting basics section will provide instructions for all the techniques needed to make the projects.-- --Paradisefibres dot com--

Hansi Singh began designing knit amigurumi creatures as playmates for her infant son. Hansigurumi, a shop she opened on Etsy for selling her amigurumi patterns, caught the attention (and needles!) of knitters in the US and abroad, and became an overnight success and has been hailed "an amazing up and coming crafter" by CRAFT magazine.