Amigurumi Design and Creation
Influences
A course by Príncipe del Crochet , Crocheter and Character Designer
Joined April 2020
About the video: Influences
Overview
“It is very important to look for sources of inspiration to develop creative work. In this lesson, I will show you what my main references are when it comes to knitting.”
In this video lesson Príncipe del Crochet addresses the topic: Influences, which is part of the Domestika online course: Amigurumi Design and Creation. Learn the process and techniques needed to give life to an original crocheted character.
Partial transcription of the video
“Influences In this lesson I'll tell you a bit about my main influences. The person who has most influenced me throughout all this story has been Lalylala, Lydia Tresselt, that's her name. She's a German amigurumi designer. I'm amazed at how easy she incorporates items into her creations, and with tremendous simplicity she adds insects, leaves, animals in general, but mostly the characters that she constantly integrates are insects, which I also find really interesting. The fact that she can do that through crocheting and amigurumi is a really amazing thing, because, in addition, it extracts...”
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Course summary for: Amigurumi Design and Creation
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Category
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Areas
Amigurumi, Arts & Crafts, Crochet, DIY, Fiber Arts, Textile Design, Toy Design

Príncipe del Crochet
A course by Príncipe del Crochet
Marcelo Javier Cortés, better known as Príncipe del Crochet on social media, is a crocheter and amigurumi designer. He started his career as a philosophy and Spanish teacher, but as of 2019, he's been fully devoted to crochet and managing his social media accounts.
A true artist at heart, he's deeply passionate about reading, writing, and crochet, combining all three in his work: he creates characters inspired by his poems and vice versa. As an expert in amigurumi design with an insatiable curiosity, he's constantly searching for new ways to customize his creations and give them an original and distinctive look.
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