Melting hearts and lifting spirits everywhere, these four adorable forest creatures are simple and stress-free to make. Stacey Trock, a pattern designer, author and guiding light behind the Fresh Stitches blog, specializes in crocheted toys in the Japanese style. In this class, Stacey shares her best tips for choosing yarns and hooks, marking and counting stitches, stuffing, assembling, and finishing with child-safe details. Even a rookie crocheter will enjoy this class, while experienced crocheters will love the four included patterns: a sturdy bear, winsome deer, mischievous raccoon and perky bluebird.
Amigurumi: Woodland Animals
Melting hearts and lifting spirits everywhere, these four adorable forest creatures are simple and stress-free to make. Even a rookie crocheter will enjoy this class, while experienced crocheters will love the four included patterns: a sturdy bear, winsome deer, mischievous raccoon and perky bluebird.
Overview
About
Stacey Trock is a crochet designer and the author of "Crocheted Softies," "Cuddly Crochet" and "Modern Baby Crochet." She also designs her own line of cute and cuddly crochet stuffed animals for FreshStitches and is dedicated to writing patterns and providing tutorials that help her students crochet their own adorable creations.
01: Introduction
Meet Stacey Trock and her woodland friends. Learn about the Craftsy learning platform and go over the supplies used in this class.
5 min
02: Skills and Techniques
Learn the basics crochet techniques for creating woodland friends, including chaining, increasing, decreasing and changing colors.
20 min
03: Making the Bird
Crochet in the round to begin this bluebird beauty, beginning with the beak, then the wings and finally the body.
45 min
04: Finishing the Bird
Assemble your crocheted pieces and and add eyes and stuffing to finish your bluebird.
22 min
05: The Bear
Crochet all the pieces you'll need to create a complete cuddly bear, then assemble and finish your woodland animal.
53 min
06: Making the Deer
Begin the process of crocheting an antlered friend. Create the legs, the antlers and everything between.
40 min
07: Finishing the Deer
Finish your deer by attaching all of your crocheted pieces together and adding stuffing.
38 min
08: Making the Raccoon
Create the head, body and limbs of a cute, ring-tailed raccoon.
34 min
09: Finishing the Raccoon
Complete this complex little critter by crocheting all the pieces together into one cuddly raccoon.
27 min
10: Bonus: Baby-Safe Eyes
Learn to crochet baby-safe eyes for younger recipients of your woodland animals.
3 min
