Tassle hair method

I got an e-mail from a reader who wanted to share her method for hair on crocheted dolls. I looked it over and it's really easy I think a lot of beginner amigurumi crocheters will love this method. And the experienced ones who just want and easier way to do hair.
So check out Lucy's tutorial:
http://lucycancrochet.blogspot.com/2009/12/tassel-hair-method.html

Amigurumi Tutorials

I found some awesome hair tutorials:
MyGurumi Hairstyles Tut (many different kinds explained, Mohawk, curly, dreads etc)
Making and Attaching Hair

Misc Amigurumi Tutorials:
MyGurumi Painted eyes Tutorial
How to Shape and Decrease Invisibly
How to start Amigurumi
Pop Heart tut

End of April? How is that!

I'm amazed that april is almost over! I have been so busy it is not even funny! 3 people I know are preggers, I finished my mom's birthday present, and I added a pattern to my etsy (the honeysuckle dragon) as well as participated in swaps and worked a lot! lol

I'm having a bit of a down day since I'm going to have to say goodbye to my beloved Ladybug tomorrow. Ladybug is a beagle and she's 14. I was a meanie and left her with my parents when I got married 3 years ago. she's been acting very strange for the past week and my mom noticed yesterday that she has a mass in her abdomen that is the size of a grapefruit. Ladybug has had a long doggie life, She does not do well in surgery (not that my dad would consider this anyway) and she's old. So Tomorrow I will be saying goodbye.

As a result I need to cheer myself up so I'm posting a bunch of patterns and tut's which have been e-mailed and commented so I could find them over the last month. I hope they are helpful and fun for you guys as I will be throwing myself into some crafty endeavor soon to take my mind off the sadness.

First Tuts:
Crochet techniques needed to make amigurumis (part 1) (en español)
Reading patterns (Part 2) (en español)
Additional techniques (en español)

Invisible Decrease


And now patterns. those with *'s do not have pictures:
Kimmi The Giraffe* (in dutch with picture)
Mr ratman
Nilpferd Hippo
Patchy the turtle (pics on page1)
Cup of Tea Bookmark
Baby bunny Rattle (would make a cute bowling pin too)
Egg People
Snakes
Seasick Fish
Daffodil Pattern
Dudley Bird
Chuckles the clown
The grumpies
Baby Bananna

Enjoy the patterns and tutorials!

Awesome Tut On Ami hair!

One of our lovely craftster members has put up a tut on her blog about how she does her ami's hair:
http://owly.wordpress.com/2007/08/27/amigurumi-hair-tutorial/
And here's one for button joints:
http://shala-beads.livejournal.com/149055.html


Also here's another cute amigurmi style pattern:
Amigurumi elephant

Patterns From The 'Ville

Seahorse pattern
Amigurumi method
Little leaf Butterfly
Itty Bitty Hamster
fish pattern
Sunny Star Haskill pattern
Medusa
Squiglly Octopus
3 Damsels
Kitchen Witch Doll
Dragon Fly
Adorable Bear
Fancy Feast
Rubber duck
Tripod the bunny
Tiny Teddy
Snow Bunny
Amigurumi White Kitty