Amigurumi Design and Creation
The crochet hook and the magic ring
A course by Príncipe del Crochet , Crocheter and Character Designer
Joined April 2020
Joined April 2020
About the video: The crochet hook and the magic ring
Overview
“In this lesson, I will teach you something basic and at the same time fundamental: how to take the crochet hook and make the magic ring, which will be a step that, as you will see later, we will do in almost all the pieces of the amigurumi. ”
In this video lesson Príncipe del Crochet addresses the topic: The crochet hook and the magic ring, 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
“Hook and Magic Ring In this lesson, I'll teach you how to hold your hook and how to create a magic ring. The hook is this tool here. We'll be using it to create every single stitch in our project. We have two pretty common ways of holding your hook. First, you have the pencil grip, as if you were about to write. Just grab it as you would a pencil. Then you have the knife grip, as if you were about to cut something with a knife. I think for the beginners, this one would be more comfortable. You'd get more stability since you can grab the handle with your fingers, with your forefinger, you ca...”
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Course summary for: Amigurumi Design and Creation
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Category
Craft -
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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