Crocheting Amigurumi Animals for Beginners
Reading Patterns
A course by Joanna Kienmeyer , Amigurumi Designer
About the video: Reading Patterns
Overview
“When you begin your crochet journey, one of the main hurdles is reading and understanding how to follow patterns. In this lesson, I will introduce you to the structure of written patterns and the standard abbreviations used.”
In this video lesson Joanna Kienmeyer addresses the topic: Reading Patterns, which is part of the Domestika online course: Crocheting Amigurumi Animals for Beginners. Explore the charming world of amigurumi and learn to crochet customizable animal characters that bring joy to people of all ages.
Partial transcription of the video
“In this lesson I'm going to show you how to read patterns. Pattern reading can be quite daunting at first because most amigurumi patterns are written using abbreviations. And to make matters even more complicated, there's a difference between US crochet terms and British English crochet terms. Even though I'm British, I prefer to use the US crochet terms because these are used more Let's look at the abbreviations of the crochet terms and their definitions. I've also provided a document of crochet abbreviations and their definitions in US English. Let's have a look. Here we're going to look ...”
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Course summary for: Crocheting Amigurumi Animals for Beginners
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Category
Craft -
Areas
Amigurumi, Arts & Crafts, Crochet, Textile Design, Toy Design
Joanna Kienmeyer
A course by Joanna Kienmeyer
Joanna Kienmeyer is an Amigurumi Designer based in Austria. She started knitting and crocheting inspired by her partner’s family and made her first amigurumi when her daughter was born. She later began posting her creations on Instagram and was asked by some of her favorite designers to test patterns.
A year later, Joanna released the first pattern of her own, which has gone on to become her most popular. As well as selling both her amigurumi creations and patterns online, she continues to share her designs with over 60K followers on Instagram and works as a special needs teacher.
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