{"id":5062,"date":"2011-08-23T11:52:53","date_gmt":"2011-08-23T15:52:53","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.planetjune.com\/blog\/?p=5062"},"modified":"2024-11-02T22:33:08","modified_gmt":"2024-11-03T02:33:08","slug":"amigurumi-aardvark-crochet-pattern","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.planetjune.com\/blog\/amigurumi-aardvark-crochet-pattern\/","title":{"rendered":"Amigurumi Aardvark crochet pattern"},"content":{"rendered":"

I usually keep my designs a secret while I work on them, in case I fail to create what I can see in my head (it happens!), but last week, I was crocheting away on my new design and I spontaneously decided to host a contest on my Facebook page<\/a>, to guess what the design would be. I released one text clue every hour, and people could guess again after each clue was released. It took 5 hours and almost 100 comments before we had a winning guess of Aardvark<\/strong>, by which time my design was well on the way to completion. It was so much fun to have people keeping me company with their guesses as I worked, I think I might do it again some time \ud83d\ude42<\/p>\n

I don’t know why the idea to crochet an aardvark popped into my head, but, once it did, I had to drop all my other projects immediately and get to work – that’s the way my crazy brain works. The aardvark is just so cute and funny and distinctive looking, I thought it would be the perfect subject for a one-colour design, where all the magic is in the shaping. <\/p>\n

\"Aardvark<\/a><\/p>\n

It was easy enough to draw my aardvark sketch, but turning that 2D shape into the 3D reality involved a lot of trial and error to get it smooth and perfect and in proportion. I think I succeeded though!<\/p>\n

I also went for a change of scale with this design: I think Aardvark is one of my largest worsted weight amigurumi, at 13.5″ long from snout to tail.<\/p>\n

\"Aardvark<\/a><\/p>\n

Aardvark Fun Facts<\/strong><\/p>\n