My new favorite yarns for making crochet amigurumi are DK and sport weight yarns in cotton, cotton blends, rayon blends and dralon microfiber. I’ll explain why.


My new favorite yarns for making crochet amigurumi are DK and sport weight yarns in cotton, cotton blends, rayon blends and dralon microfiber. I’ll explain why.

Octavia the Octopus is a free crochet amigurumi pattern available from http://www.yarnspirations.com and while the finished amigurumi is really quite lovely I found several flaws in the pattern itself, which was quite disappointing.

100% Cotton fingering weight yarn – it’s not as easy to find as you might think!
searching for 100% cotton fingering yarnHave you ever searched for something until you feel like you are obsessed – or that you are looking for that proverbial needle in a haystack? I know I have.
My most recent obsession has been to find a source for buying 100% cotton fingering weight yarn and man it drove me nuts! Here is a resource to help you in your own search.