How to Embroider Eyes on Amigurumi | Baby Safe Alternative to Plastic Eyes on Crochet Animals
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- čas přidán 7. 02. 2024
- This video shows you in real-time how to embroider eyes on crocheted amigurumi. This example is for amigurumi made with Bernat Blanket Yarn (super bulky weight), and using worsted weight yarn to add the eyes and details. Plastic safety eyes are not ideal for kids younger than 3 so this is a great technique when making stuffed animals and snugglers for babies.
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Hi, I'm Marcy! I learned how to crochet in October 2012. I wanted to learn something new and decided to give crochet a try. I went to Michael's to buy a beginner's kit and watched CZcams videos all weekend until I figured it out. I got addicted almost immediately. It is so fun and relaxing! Once I got more comfortable with the different stitches, I started making stuffed animals. They are so much fun to make! Later I began selling on Etsy and at craft fairs. I'm so thankful I stumbled upon the art of crochet -- it has been such a blessing in my life. I love starting every project with a blank skein of yarn and turning it into an adorable plushie for little one's to enjoy. I am originally from the beautiful Lowcountry of South Carolina, and now reside in North Carolina.
Best tutorial on eyes that I have seen! Thanks SO much for sharing! 🤩🤩
Wow thank you! I'm so glad you found it helpful!
Love this! Well done and clear. Best eye tutorial I’ve seen. Tfs. ❤
Awesome! Great to hear! Thank you!
I have watched many tutorials for eyes and honestly this is the first one that I love and will use ❤ great explanation of hug the eye until it is the size you want 😁 Thank you
Aww you’re so welcome! Thanks for sharing!!
I just finished making an eye on a Lovey and I finally did it right because of your video! Thank you ❤
Aww this is so good to hear! Thank you for sharing that!! @@user-hj1ld9dv7w
Exactly what I was looking for, thank you for an excellent tutorial
Great to hear! Thank you! :)
Thank you for the eye tutorial! They turned out so cute. I'm definitely going to be putting this to good use.
Oh you're so welcome!!
That's was so fun to watch. I will try this . Thank you 😊❤
You're so welcome! Thanks for sharing! :)
I have been looking for this type of tutorial for a year! Thank you so much for sharing 😁
Oh my goodness, I'm so glad you found this! :) You're very welcome!!
Thank you, you make that look so easy, I’m off to try………noses next please 😃
You’re so welcome! Noses, what a great idea! I’ll add it to the queue :) thanks!
I've got a nose tutorial coming tonight! ;) Thanks for the suggestion!
Perfect eyes. You did an amazing job showing us, thank you. 🤗
Aww you’re so welcome! 🧶❤️
this is exactly what i've been looking for, thank you so much for the amazing tutorial! ♡
You're so welcome! That's great to hear!
This is the best video for eyes on the internet! Thank you for this! I am subscribing now!
Wow, thank you! 😊 So glad it helped!
Im so happy this came out. ❤ Making my great granddaughter a baby doll and she needed safer eyes. I was hesitant to start until this video, thank you. I just subscribed, keep it coming!
Oh wow! That's so great to hear, Martha! :) Thanks for sharing! I love that you're making her a doll. She will cherish it forever!
Thank you, this tutorial is very clear and easy to follow!
That's so great to hear! Glad it was helpful!!
Thank you so much for this amazing tutorial! 🎉
You’re very welcome!! ☺️
This is amazing!!!! Just getting started crocheting and this is the best video I’ve seen like this so far! Going to watch the nose video to maybe get some ideas on how to add a mouth :) 😊
Aww that’s so great to hear!! Glad it was helpful!!
Love this…thank you!!!❤
Of course! Glad it was helpful! :)
This popped up in my feed for some reason, so i guess im here for the eyes. Also subscribed.
Awesome thank you! I hope it was helpful! :)
Thank you so much! I have a hard time getting the eyes round, and the hugging technique you teach makes it easy!
Oh great to hear! Yes, that hugging part is key to roundness! :)
Thanks forsharing your technique. 😊
Of course! You're very welcome!! :)
Super helpful, thank you so much!
You are so welcome!! :)
I am a beginner and this video helped me soooo much thank you ❤❤❤I am subscribing❤
So great to hear!! Glad it was helpful!!
Fantastic tutorial. Thank you.
You’re so welcome!! ❤
Thank you, video very much needed. 💖
You’re so welcome!! ❤
Hi, yr channel just popped up on my notifications. This was so good, improved on other UTubers; in my opinion, I've watched to learn this. (I'm aware personal learning and styles of presenting are involved too.) I’ve subscribed. Thank-you❣️
Thank YOU! I’m new to making tutorial videos so I’m thrilled to hear that :) Glad it was helpful!
thank you for this video! it made perfect round eyes.
Yay! Good to hear!!
I found this video extremely helpful and clear Thank you
Great to hear! Thank you!!
Awesome tutorial!!! Thank you so much for this! Gonna watch your nose and hair videos next! New subscriber!! ❤️
You’re so welcome! Glad it was helpful!! ❤😊
I couldn't find anyyyy safety eyes near my place and had a custom order to complete, thank you so much for this, I'll try this out ❤
Oh awesome!! Hope it’s helpful!!
This was great! I just started and finished my first amigurumi last week and used safety eyes. But now I know how to make regular eyes for little one's. Thank you 🎉
I am sub friend #90!!!
Oh awesome! That's so great to hear! Amigurumi are so fun to make, aren't they? :) I've got several beginner friendly patterns on my website. Check them out when you can! Thanks for sharing!
Brilliant! Thank you 🙏🏻
Glad it was helpful!
Great tutorial!
So good to hear! Thank you!!
Awesome 😎. I use an aluminum wool needle and it's a bit easier to get through. It also has a larger loop that helps with thicker yarn. Love the white highlights! Thanks for sharing, I plan to incorporate this to my stuffies❤
Awesome! Great to hear!!
Excellent! ❤
So glad you found this helpful! :)
Great tutorial. I'm a safety eyes user but I'm going to practice this method. Thanks for sharing.
You're so welcome! I'm the same way, I prefer safety eyes, but it's nice to know this method when I need it. :)
Great tutorial……thanks 😊
You are so welcome! Glad it was helpful!
I guess I will be your subscriber number 16. I was looking for tutorials on how to embroider eyes on my crochet toys and yours popped up so I guess I'm here to support you😊
Haha can you tell I’m new here?! I hope you found the video helpful! Thanks for the support, Suzanne!
Thank for mentioning she's a newbie! I'm subscriber 671. As someone who has a goal to start a channel, I want to help others out - especially when the tutorial is so good!
You are too kind! Thank you! :) @@EsmereldaPea
Brilliant!
Aww thank you!! Glad it was helpful! :)
Wow!!! This is NOT what I was planning to do! So glad I looked It up New sub! Thank you!
You're so welcome!!
This is a great video and I love these eyes. Thank you. (New subscriber).
Great to hear! Thank you!! :)
Great…I was just about to try.
Awesome! Glad it was helpful!
Great tutorial. I have found that long, doll making needles are great for embroidering faces on amigurumi. Also good for sewing pieces together.
Oh true! I love using the long needles. Glad you found this helpful, Dianne! :)
Great! Thanks!!!
Of course! Glad it was helpful!
Nice tutorial.
Thanks so much! :)
Thank you!!!
You’re so welcome!!
Thank you!
Of course! :)
Thank you. 😊
You're welcome 😊
Beautiful eyes. ❤
Thank you!! :)
Thank you for this helpful, easy to follow tutorial! This is exactly the type of eyes I've been wanting to make.
That's so good to hear! You're very welcome! :) These are fun to add!
Wow thankyou so much for this,I'm hopeless at eyes and only just started knitting but making eyes put me off,now I know thankyou
Oh wonderful! That's so great to hear! :)
I've just made a magic circle with about six sc stitches the. Stitch it on. I love how it turns out.
Oh cool! I will have to try that!
Thanks
You're very welcome!!
You should get the Susan Bates 5 inch Weaving Needle. It makes getting across doll parts easier because it's super long. 😊
Oh cool! I will look for one of those! Thank you!!
Yes I bought that too…..use it all the time for my Amigurumi…..
I suggest you count how many times you use the black in the first eye to duplicate exactly the other eye.
A very good tutorial, thank you.
Good idea!! And you're very welcome! :)
I have no experience making eyes on an amigurumi but I def thought you did it before you close it…. Cool.
I thought that for a long time, too! Glad you found this helpful!
I usually do my features as I go along. No reason you can't use this technique before you close up your sphere.
True! I imagine you could use it both ways!@@EsmereldaPea
I think this works better because I did it before I stuffed and closed it they weren’t where they started.
When I first crocheted a stuffy I embroidered the face and then stuffed the head and I was surprised that the features weren’t where I put them!! I was new to this though!😂
Haha! Practice makes perfect right?! :)
Thank you. I was definitely doing it wrong.
You’re very welcome! ☺️
Hi Marcy! Wow , I love the way you did the eyes, great tutorial. I have never made an amigurumi before. I have always crocheted blankets mostly, and hats, shawls, scarves and tops. I saw that you said that you have a website for beginner amigurumies, but I was wondering if you would be interested in doing a crochet tutorial on one. I bought velvet yarn to make a teddy bear, then I bought cotton yarn to make a cute floppy legged giraffe for my granddaughter when she was a baby. She is NOW almost 4! I have not made them. I have been tentative to tackle one on my own. But yours looks so cute that I would love to see a tutorial for it. Do you stuff the body too? This video popped up for me too and I thought , oh, that’s great. I am a new subscriber and hope to see more crochet videos. Thanks! ❤
I'd suggest not using velvet yarn for your first project because it's almost impossible to see your stitches
Aww Sandy that’s so sweet, thank you! I just started this channel and definitely plan to create a video about amigurumi. I’m also working on a “Learn to Crochet” course that will include amigurumi, too! Coming soon! ❤ I stuff the body sometimes, but you’ll notice a lot of my designs have unstuffed bodies (snugglers) so that little one’s can carry them around easier. Velvet yarn can be hard to work with sometimes and cotton doesn’t work great for amigurumi. See if you can find a soft worsted weight acrylic yarn or try Bernat Blanket Yarn (super bulky weight) 👍
@@MarcyMade Thank you Marcy for the advice. I will get some Super Bulky Bernat Blanket Yarn. I am so glad you started this channel and I know you will get many subscribers. Your way of doing tutorials is so easy to follow. You give such good directions while showing us how to do the stitches! Thank you very much and take care. 🥰
@@rashnamohamed1009 Thank you. 😊
Thank you! I have been searching CZcams for a week and your tutorial is the best I have found! I have a question, how would you make oval eyes? O have a pattern for super cute dogs and they call for making the eyes on a cricket and I am so not rich lol can't afford that! I want to try and make the eyes with embroidery, any tips you have would be greatly appreciated 😊
Hi Jennifer! That is so great to hear, I'm glad it was helpful!! To make oval eyes, I'd recommend making that initial straight line over TWO rounds (instead of this example which only covers one round, if that makes sense?) Then, instead of hugging the yarn on the sides until it gets round, only do that about half the time to make an oval shape. I hope that makes sense, it feels hard to put in words lol
Thank you soooooo much this made it feel less intimidating for me. I need to do hello kitty eyes and have been putting it off. Tomorrow I attack!😂thanks again I not so scared!❤
Aww that's so good to hear! You're very welcome!!
Excellent video. I have been crocheting for years but have never mastered the technique of embroidering eyes. Also, can’t embroider a nose on a cat toy. It’s in the shape of a triangle-mine never come out right. Would you be able to do a video on that? Thank you.
You're so welcome! I made a triangle nose video for dog/bear, but it could probably be used for a cat too if you made it less wide. But yes, let me puuurrfect a cat nose ;) and then I'll add that to my queue of videos! Thanks!
How would you change this if you wanted to do colored eyes (say blue eyes for example)?
I'd just replace the black yarn with blue but keep the white the same. Let me know how it turns out!
If you don’t mind me asking you are these plush yarn machine wash safe too
Hi! Yes, I've heard Bernat Blanket Yarn is machine wash safe (on gentle cycle, maybe put in a pillow case before putting in wash) but I've honestly never tried it myself. The label on the yarn also says it's machine was safe. I need to do a trial run sometime :)
I have been looking for this. No matter how careful I am, I know my Texas heeler Roxanne is going to get ahold of one of my crocheted pieces. I don't want to use safety eyes.
Oh good! I'm glad it was helpful!!
Why make eyes in a dark yarn ball? Difficult to understand.
Good point! I’ll use a lighter color next time! Thank you!!
I needed this video specifically because I made a bear with dark yarn and the black eyes didn’t stand out enough. This was perfect - thank you!