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February Abbi-gurumi

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It might seem like I don’t realize that Valentine’s Day is over. I do, truly, but I’m not done with hearts — I love hearts. Can you think of a better choice for my addition to my basket of amigurmi toys for Abbi than a puffy cheery stuffed heart for February?

… didn’t think you could come up with one… ;)  Some months are going to provide a challenge to find a fitting design for an Abbi-gurumi!

Abbi-gurumi-toy-for-February: upper lobes for heart

As I was rummaging through my yarns, I ran across this red/pink/white variegated skein. Meant for automatically making stripes in things like afghans and sweaters, each color was really long! I got creative and chose my own starting points in the yarn’s length, and just wound up balls from the pieces I didn’t use. From the eyes down, I worked straight from the skein, but I needed those two upper lobes to match!

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Since this was a chunky yarn, I worked the single crochet stitches using a size G hook. That’s pretty small but you want nice tight crocheted fabric so the stuffing can’t come out. I improvised a bit with the pattern, making it longer and pointier on the bottom half. It’s a little lumpy looking, but I’m going to give it a steam treatment (blocking in 3-D) and get it into good shape.

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I used a double thickness of black yarn to make some happy asterisk eyes, and used an embroidery technique called couching for the mouth. Actually, that mouth is more like a giant Fly Stitch. It’s sturdy enough and just the right size to provide another gripping spot for Abbi. I can easily slide my whole thumb under one half of the mouth. The back has a tiny X — smooch!

The whole toy, from bottom tip to the top of one of the lobes is about 6″. That’s pretty big for little hands to hold onto. I might just take one of those little balls of red yarn and make some spiraly arms to attach. Attach well. Very very well!

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The little heart just above was the beginning of a different pattern I abandoned — couldn’t get it to work out for a bigger heart. Yet!

My basket-o-gurumi now has two happy residents!

Happy yarning!

Gail

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