Hi everyone! I wanted to share today one of my favorite alternatives to plastic safety eyes when making amigurumi. And bonus, they are fast and easy! These came to be when I was searching for an 'eye' to have a crisp, delicate look. I have made some with worsted black yarn but it just didn't meet the look I was going for when the eye needed to be on a smaller scale. There are many reasons we look for an alternative to plastic safety eyes. The most popular reason being the recipient of our…

Want to make your crochet creations safer for babies and toddlers? I have a whole series of posts on how to embroider eyes on amigurumi and make you crochet baby-proof! Learn how to make expressive eyes and give your creations more personality, all while making it safe for everyone!

Here is a tutorial about how to embroider eyes. This is how I made the eyes on the Elmo and Cookie Monster Hats, the Polar Bear Hat, and the Penguin Hat (coming soon!). Start with a long piece of yarn (at least a few feet, maybe longer) 1. Sew a five-sided star the size of the finished eye. 2-3. Weave the long tail of yarn over one star point and under the next. 4-5. Continue around until the eye looks like a circle and the star points are full. Tie the yarn in the back of the work and weave…

These cartoonish crochet eyes are a great alternative to using safety eyes on many of your projects! I came up with a simple pattern that can be customized in any color! Use them on your animal amigurumi, hats, character blankets and pillows, and more! I am using Red Heart Super Saver Yarn to create these

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Toy’s eyes can be made using many ways. This article discusses how to embroider the eyes, pros and cons of this method as well as the techniques used.

Have you been looking for different ways to add eyes to your amigurumi? Come check out these 7 different methods for adding eyes to your crochet projects!

This article is devoted to the crocheted eyes that you can easily make yourself. If we look at the world of amigurumi, we will notice that t

Hi everyone! I wanted to share today one of my favorite alternatives to plastic safety eyes when making amigurumi. And bonus, they are fast and easy! These came to be when I was searching for an 'eye' to have a crisp, delicate look. I have made some with worsted black yarn but it just didn't meet the look I was going for when the eye needed to be on a smaller scale. There are many reasons we look for an alternative to plastic safety eyes. The most popular reason being the recipient of our…

HedgehogNoSew1 - Free download as PDF File (.pdf), Text File (.txt) or read online for free. This crochet pattern provides instructions to make a hedgehog toy without sewing. The body is made in white yarn starting with a magic ring and increasing stitches in early rows before decreasing in later rows. Ears and nose are made separately and attached. Purple yarn is used to make spines by attaching picot stitches to front loops only along the body. Eyes, nose, and details are added at the end…