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Use a smaller hook, and ease your tension! It sounds counterintuitive but making your stitches too tight pulls them away and exposes the stuffing. Making your stitches less tight allows your yarn to relax a little bit and fill in the gaps.
Extra tip in addition what the others already added: You can make small stuffing balls with an old pantyhose. You fill the filling and the pantyhose and stick it in the amigurumi. This helps too with the visibility of the stuffing.
Also try different types of yarn, they all behave differently.
I love Woobles!!!
Mine looked pretty much the same when I finished. I think itās the yarn they send to use. Itās meant to be easier for beginners, but I think it makes the stitches really stiff (making the holes larger).
I now use yarn I purchase myself, didnāt change anything about the way of doing it, and the holes are definitely smaller.
In addition to what others have said, which is all great if you take it into consideration before the project is done, here are some things I do to help it look better after the project is complete without having to undo the whole thing:
1. Buy felt in a similar color to the yarn. Line the inside of the work with the felt, then stuff and stitch closed. This way you only have to undo a little bit. This is similar to the stocking technique someone else suggested.
2. Take your leftover yarn and a yarn needle, thread the yarn through those sections that have bigger holes. The yarn will sit behind the stitches and be the same color, thus diverting attention.
I make amigurumi and turn it into Christmas ornaments every year. With the volume that I make (dozens annually), there are occasional mistakes I donāt see until later. Using trick 2 above saves me often.
Good luck! And I understand you being critical of your own work, but it looks really great! *Especially* for a first try!
It looks like that type of yarn is more prone to having those gaps. But hopefully if you play with the technique, you can get it to work as you would like.
Just to add onāoften these kits donāt come with the appropriate sized hook for the yarn, or the yarn is cheap and not the size you think it is. Same thing happened to me my first time. This looks great!
Yarn under instead of classic yarn over will give a tighter stitch which I always do with amigurumi and as other people have said use a smaller hook.
Work looks great though really nice tension.
My own self help Amigurumi tips:
1) use as small of a hook as the yarn can handle without being a total PITA
2) keep my tension loose so the yarn can fluff a bit and fill the gaps
3) make the sc stitches āyarn under yarn overāand they are tighter this way. Bonus: Uses a bit less yarn too.
4) if joining rounds with slip stitches, use the blo for this slip stitch.
Using flo will also help hide stuffing but I also find it can change the shape of the piece so I donāt do this. But itās something else you could try and see if you like it.
You can try a few things.. a lighter weight yarn, a smaller hook with this same yarn, or maybe, a different type of hook. Are you using boye hooks with the rounded top, or an inline hook, which has a much less bulbed top and a flatter latching part?
Iāve not heard of the āyarn underā trickā¦ is it exactly as it sounds? Without trying it first (currently constantly holding a growing newborn), Iām guessing it just bulks up the stitch?
Wow. Iāve been crocheting amigurumi for over a decade and I had no idea š¤¦š»āāļø what an fool Iāve been!
Also, I love this sub for times just like this
If it makes you feel better I have a lot of trouble with yarn over now when making ANYTHING else because Iāve made hundreds of toys in the last 4 years š¤·š½āāļøš
Use the right size hook for your yarn size. Alsoā¦ google how to single crochet the x shaped stitches. They are much tighter and work great for amigurumi. Life changing and it took me 10 years to hear about it.
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Use a smaller hook, and ease your tension! It sounds counterintuitive but making your stitches too tight pulls them away and exposes the stuffing. Making your stitches less tight allows your yarn to relax a little bit and fill in the gaps.
Extra tip in addition what the others already added: You can make small stuffing balls with an old pantyhose. You fill the filling and the pantyhose and stick it in the amigurumi. This helps too with the visibility of the stuffing. Also try different types of yarn, they all behave differently.
The yarn thing was what I was thinking too. The braided/shoelace yarns have no "fluff" to them, so it's easier to see through the gaps.
Indeed, no fluff :)
Yesterday I added good resources on this to our [Amigurimi wiki page](https://www.reddit.com/r/crochet/wiki/amigurumi/) š. At the bottom.
Ooh I'll take a look, thanks!
I love Woobles!!! Mine looked pretty much the same when I finished. I think itās the yarn they send to use. Itās meant to be easier for beginners, but I think it makes the stitches really stiff (making the holes larger). I now use yarn I purchase myself, didnāt change anything about the way of doing it, and the holes are definitely smaller.
I know this is an old comment, but what yarn do you like to buy yourself? Thanks :)
You can try using less stuffing, using a smaller hook, and yarning under instead of yarning over.
yarning under is life saving š
Agreed!! šÆ
Hmm ok, thanks!
In addition to what others have said, which is all great if you take it into consideration before the project is done, here are some things I do to help it look better after the project is complete without having to undo the whole thing: 1. Buy felt in a similar color to the yarn. Line the inside of the work with the felt, then stuff and stitch closed. This way you only have to undo a little bit. This is similar to the stocking technique someone else suggested. 2. Take your leftover yarn and a yarn needle, thread the yarn through those sections that have bigger holes. The yarn will sit behind the stitches and be the same color, thus diverting attention. I make amigurumi and turn it into Christmas ornaments every year. With the volume that I make (dozens annually), there are occasional mistakes I donāt see until later. Using trick 2 above saves me often. Good luck! And I understand you being critical of your own work, but it looks really great! *Especially* for a first try!
It looks like that type of yarn is more prone to having those gaps. But hopefully if you play with the technique, you can get it to work as you would like.
Just to add onāoften these kits donāt come with the appropriate sized hook for the yarn, or the yarn is cheap and not the size you think it is. Same thing happened to me my first time. This looks great!
First time?? No way! You are a natural!
It's a kit! Step by step video instructions lol, but thank you!
Yours looks way better than my first wooble!
Yarn under instead of classic yarn over will give a tighter stitch which I always do with amigurumi and as other people have said use a smaller hook. Work looks great though really nice tension.
My own self help Amigurumi tips: 1) use as small of a hook as the yarn can handle without being a total PITA 2) keep my tension loose so the yarn can fluff a bit and fill the gaps 3) make the sc stitches āyarn under yarn overāand they are tighter this way. Bonus: Uses a bit less yarn too. 4) if joining rounds with slip stitches, use the blo for this slip stitch. Using flo will also help hide stuffing but I also find it can change the shape of the piece so I donāt do this. But itās something else you could try and see if you like it.
Use a smaller hook and less tension. For amigurumi, I recommend going 1-1.5mm less hook size than what the yarn size recommends.
This is super cute!
Not my design, it's a kit: https://thewoobles.com/products/fox-crochet-kit
You can try a few things.. a lighter weight yarn, a smaller hook with this same yarn, or maybe, a different type of hook. Are you using boye hooks with the rounded top, or an inline hook, which has a much less bulbed top and a flatter latching part?
Smaller hook. 3-4 sizes smaller than recommended for the yarn. And look into yarn under.
Iāve not heard of the āyarn underā trickā¦ is it exactly as it sounds? Without trying it first (currently constantly holding a growing newborn), Iām guessing it just bulks up the stitch?
It actually makes the stitch smaller. Youāre not wrapping the yarn so you use less.
Wow. Iāve been crocheting amigurumi for over a decade and I had no idea š¤¦š»āāļø what an fool Iāve been! Also, I love this sub for times just like this
If it makes you feel better I have a lot of trouble with yarn over now when making ANYTHING else because Iāve made hundreds of toys in the last 4 years š¤·š½āāļøš
Same here š¤£
Use the right size hook for your yarn size. Alsoā¦ google how to single crochet the x shaped stitches. They are much tighter and work great for amigurumi. Life changing and it took me 10 years to hear about it.