Comments on: Crochet: Amineko; slave to my hooks?

By: Celebrate Life! » Work In Progress Wednesday: Crochet Amigurumis; Bunnies and Monsters… oh my!:

Wed, 02 May 2012 17:11:28 +0000

[...] tell him that! He truly believes that he strikes fear in all the crochet amigurumis, yes even the aminekos! This little critter, which my eight-year old daughter has called ‘ole slewfoot’ , has [...]

By: Celebrate Life! » Crocheted Amineko with amigurumi ball animals:

Celebrate Life! » Crocheted Amineko with amigurumi ball animals: — Sat, 28 Apr 2012 12:26:14 +0000

[...] My daughter is insisting it’s a baby amineko. [...]

By: Opal

Opal — Tue, 24 Apr 2012 00:23:51 +0000

@Rachael, I’m glad that was helpful.

I can’t wait to see it, when you’re complete definitely send a picture; I’ll link back to your site.
With my first amineko it took some time. Acrually I could have completed it sooner, but I got distracted by other (smaller) crochet projects. I was new to crochet (still am, only been doing it for about five months now) and wanted to make sure I was doing everything correctly.
When I run into crochet issues I’ve been checking out Youtube user Crochet aka Crochet Geeks crochet videos, she has literally hundreds of them available. In this post, I directed readers to her How to Crochet videos. I learned to crochet by looking at her videos. If you’re an advanced crocheter she has you covered too, can’t wait to pick up some of the advanced crochet videos. What I like about her videos is she does parts of it in slow motion.

By: Rachael

Rachael — Tue, 24 Apr 2012 00:18:41 +0000

@Opal, That helps me a lot, thank you SO much! I’ll have to send you a picture when I finally finish mine.

By: Opal

Opal — Mon, 23 Apr 2012 23:50:12 +0000

Hi @Rachael, Let me see if I can help you; I have the book in front of me. The single crochet (sc) in every 3rd stitch is a definite typo; since you'd be decreasing a stitch. On page 72, Row #4 is where the typo is

sc in in every 3rd stitch should read... SC inc in every 3rd stitch

Working an extra single crochet in every third stitch will get you to 24 stitches. For reference... If you flip over to the larger amineko instructions on page 83, you'll see that it was written correctly
sc inc in every 3rd stitch.
It's similar directions as the smaller amineko, just on a larger scale. I'm currently working on a large amineko.

Rachael does that mean you’d do 18 single crochets on the third row, then “sc in every 3rd st”? Any help would be appreciated!

For row #3, If you do two single crochet (sc) in every 2nd stitch, it will add up to 18. I hope that helps.

By: Rachael

Rachael — Mon, 23 Apr 2012 23:07:18 +0000

Hello! I just got this book myself – and it’s my first time crocheting and I’m confused by the pattern. I don’t have the book in front of me right now, but I believe the third row said something like “sc in every 3rd st”. Does that mean you skip over two stitches and make a single crochet on the third? When I did that it shrank it down considerably – I don’t think that was supposed to happen! I’m also confused by the instructions when it says sc the number of stitches in the number line THEN do what the memo line says…does that mean you’d do 18 single crochets on the third row, then “sc in every 3rd st”? Any help would be appreciated!

By: Celebrate Life! » Finished Object Friday: Two Aminekos are better than one and Swirly Twirly Scarf:

Fri, 20 Apr 2012 14:58:19 +0000

[...] Crochet amineko number two was completed last weekend, but I have to admit my lovely eight-year old daughter helped. She embroidered the face; eyes, nose, and mouth. I must say, for her first time, she did an excellent job. [...]