{"id":23494,"date":"2024-02-28T13:54:00","date_gmt":"2024-02-28T18:54:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.planetjune.com\/blog\/?p=23494"},"modified":"2024-02-28T14:21:38","modified_gmt":"2024-02-28T19:21:38","slug":"how-to-make-tiny-yarn-eyes-for-amigurumi-video-tutorial","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.planetjune.com\/blog\/how-to-make-tiny-yarn-eyes-for-amigurumi-video-tutorial\/","title":{"rendered":"How to Make Tiny Yarn Eyes for Amigurumi [video tutorial]"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em>If there are other crochet techniques you&#8217;d like me to cover in future videos, please leave a comment below, or email me (<a href=\"mailto:june@planetjune.com\" class=\"autohyperlink\">june@planetjune.com<\/a>) with your suggestions! <\/em><\/p>\n<p>If you&#8217;ve ever struggled to find the perfect eyes for your smaller amigurumi, you&#8217;ll love my technique for making tiny yarn eyes. In my latest video, I&#8217;ll show you my foolproof method for making a pair of perfectly matched tiny child-safe yarn eyes with a lifelike sparkle.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"\/blog\/amigurumi-help\/tiny-yarn-eyes-for-amigurumi\/\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/blog\/images\/tiny_yarn_eyes_video.jpg\" alt=\"thumbnail image for the crochet video tutorial 'Tiny Yarn Eyes for Amigurumi'\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>This technique is an embroidery-free foolproof method for making tiny yarn eyes, spots and dots for amigurumi. It works especially well for amigurumi that are too small for safety eyes. Yarn eyes are a child- and pet-safe alternative to plastic eyes, and this method gives you more control than embroidering French knots, so you can make sure you have a perfectly matched pair of eyes.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/blog\/tut_images\/tinyeyes4.jpg\" alt=\"tiny yarn eyes for amigurumi by planetjune\"><em>L: tiny yarn eyes, R: plastic eyes<\/em><\/p>\n<p>My <a href=\"\/babysnake\">Baby Snake pattern<\/a> is a perfect use for these tiny eyes &#8211; it&#8217;s not easy to fit the shafts and backs of plastic eyes into such a tiny head, and the yarn eyes look so bright and lifelike!<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/blog\/images\/babysnake_rainbowombre.jpg\" alt=\"baby snake (rainbow ombre version) amigurumi crochet pattern by planetjune\"><\/p>\n<p>Although there&#8217;s no actual crocheting in this video, I&#8217;ve made right- and left-handed versions anyway, so you can see how I use the needle exactly as you&#8217;ll see it when you do it yourself. (I&#8217;ve also added text instructions with photos for those of you who prefer to read written instructions.)<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"\/blog\/amigurumi-help\/tiny-yarn-eyes-for-amigurumi\/\">Go to the Tiny Yarn Eyes for Amigurumi video tutorial >><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>If there are other crochet techniques you&#8217;d like me to cover in future videos, please leave a comment below, or email me (<a href=\"mailto:june@planetjune.com\" class=\"autohyperlink\">june@planetjune.com<\/a>) with your suggestions! If you&#8217;ve ever struggled to find the perfect eyes for your smaller amigurumi, you&#8217;ll love my technique for making tiny yarn eyes. In my latest video, I&#8217;ll show you [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[2,11],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-23494","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-crochet","category-tutorials"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.planetjune.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/23494","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.planetjune.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.planetjune.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.planetjune.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.planetjune.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=23494"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.planetjune.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/23494\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":23506,"href":"https:\/\/www.planetjune.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/23494\/revisions\/23506"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.planetjune.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=23494"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.planetjune.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=23494"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.planetjune.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=23494"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}