Crochet Amigurumi for Every Occasion: 21 Easy Projects to Celebrate Life's Happy Moments (The Woobles Crochet)

I have been working my way through the Woobles and love how easy it was to learn to make Amigurumi animal figures. The patterns are so easy to read, and there are step by step tutorials in the book and videos online. The videos btw, are great. They go slowly and show you every step of the process without feeling like they're talking down to you. This book gives even more patterns and fun little add ons. I wanted to get it originally from the Woobles website, but they were sold out. So finding it from this seller was a great find. Also, they offer the book with a spiral binding, so you can lay the book flat making it so much easier to read the pages while you work on the pattern. If you ever wanted to dip your toes into crochet, I firmly suggest either getting one of the Wooble kits or get this book and some of the easy peasy yarn they use. If you're a new comer, regular yarn is hard to see your rows in. And the easy peasy yarn looks great for these amigurumi figures.

I've been afraid of crochet for as long as I can remember. It was always something I wanted to learn, but have been too afraid to begin. Well about two months ago I bit the bullet by ordering a Woobles kit. The simplicity of the instructions is so helpful, as well as the videos that are linked in the book! The book offers all the needed techniques step by step, with QR codes to take you to a detailed video if you learn better that way! Then once that's out of the way, it offers patterns for numerous projects, some that I've seen on the website and some that I was completely surprised about! The book is bound wonderfully, has fairly large print, and is overall beautiful quality. I highly recommend this for any beginner crocheter!

I have spent years trying to learn how to do a crocheted magic circle and I have never been able to do it correctly. Yet it was only 20 minutes with this book and I was holding a perfect magic circle and creating a Woobles body. The instructions are crystal clear with illustrative photos and a generous use of white space. The patterns refer to a page number to review a technique, so you don't have to flip around in the book. The patterns are cute, and while I will probably make a few of them, I am also inspired to make my own designs. This is a great book for beginning animigurumists.

Great book, definitely worth the price when you don’t need the Woobles kits videos anymore. There’s ton of patterns I haven’t got to yet

The "Woobles" brand is designed to start out people who have never held a crochet hook before, or have limited experience. The designs are made to use simple elements that can be picked up by a beginner. The focus is that anyone can do it. The first section has really clear pictures and instructions on how to do different stitches and other finishing techniques, as well as how to read patterns- basically everything you need to know. If you are still struggling, they have a youtube with a ton of quick instructional videos. Amigurumi is a lot of variations on the same basic shapes, so once you are comfortable with them you can move on to other patterns. When starting out I would flip from the project I was working on back to the page showing how to do the stitch, so I could be sure I was doing each part right. Personally, I had learned some crochet from my grandmother, but just some basics for a flat blanket. And I learned I was doing some things wrong. This book made me comfortable crocheting in the round and stitching pieces together. The star was one of my favorite patterns starting out. It's a flat pattern with a lot of increases and decreases (it's 2 stars sewn together in a sandwich), so if you're not comfortable with something round start there and just pay close attention to each row. It still starts with a magic circle, which you use for round pieces too. I do have to say, when you're starting out, don't be afraid to take apart and redo what you're working on many times. Part of it is just training your hands to do the right thing. You will learn more if you're not just committed to finishing, but are practicing understanding the stitches. Also don't be afraid to use lots of stitch markers! There is also an excellent support group on Facebook. Another note, the Woobles also have a variety of kits that include everything you need to do a specific pattern. Some of their kit patterns (some were limited edition or retired) are featured in this book (such as the cactus and dinosaur), while other patterns are only in the book. They still have a lot of animal kit patterns that are not in the book, so if you like their patterns there are still more you can find. Some of those patterns (but not all) are sold individually if you don't want a full kit.

I am a self taught, YouTube crocheter. I wouldn’t say I am a beginner, but I am also not my grandmother that could seemingly whip out a sweater while watching the evening news... This books has beautiful pictures, clear directions (if you know how to read a patterns) and cute projects. It also has tips and tricks, as well as stitch instructions for beginners. My only “complaint” (more like an “Awww man.”) is there is a website and QR code at the beginning of every project that takes you to the Woobles website. I got so excited thinking the webpage/QR Code would take me to a tutorial video of that particular project, but it doesn’t. When I figured that out, my excitement quickly turned into “Awww man.” Then I started thinking, “Well, duh, what did ya expect?! I did buy a book after all.” Anyway, the website only has a few of the projects from the book posted and doesn’t include all of the ones from the pages with the QR code. I guess I found those codes a little misleading because it lead me to different projects. Either way it’s a cute book and I am excited about making my first cute little animal. I’m sure I’ll eventually figure it out, even without a video.

Love it! I've already made a bee from this book, the dinosaur, and I drastically changed the pattern for the potpourri octopus to not have an open stomach for potpourri along with many other changes. I've made LOTS of woobles. I've bought a surplus of their different kits and made all of them I've bought. 10/10. Love my woobles

The patterns in this book are super cute, and they are easy to follow as well. I started with the cupcake bear and the dinosaur, and I think they turned out great! *edited to add more photos

Testo molto bello, conillistrazioni ed immagini passo passo

Very clear explanations for basic points nicely illustrated! Nice patterns

Excellent Amigurumi book. Very easy for beginners to learn. It gives basic instructions for stitches you need for Amigurumi. There are about 21 patterns which is a real bargain. Very cute gift ideas.

For my granddaughter’s tenth birthday, this was a perfect fit. She is making bees as her first project.

I love that this is a hard cover! Not a lot of patterns that I'll use, but I like the techniques used and hopefully I can learn them.