amigurumi using the wrong stitches (on the pink one)

amigurumi using thread instead of yarn, wrong

using tiny beads for eyes, strike three!

Ami is japanese for knitted. Amigurumi means knitted stuffed toys. Who can resist such cuteness! In my first attempt I used lace crochet thread. Boy, did that look weird. lol. Well I didn't have the appropriate supplies for this. After trying a thicker yarn and substituting other supplies I'm still very dissatisfied with the results! Working a cupcake pattern my product looks nothing like the model! Lesson>>> Using the necessary supplies is needed to obtain the best results for amigurumi. I'll keep moving forward anyway. ugh

arghh )=o

Beginners beware of not documenting your work.  I was so taken back because I couldn't remember which hook number I had started with on my scarf!  The pattern called for 4mm, but when I went back to continue using that size hook the stitch looked so much bigger (huh?!).  Desperate, I tried 3.5mm, 2.5mm and finally 2mm (voila).  Don't ask me how a 4 becomes a 2, but this is surely what happened.  So I would strongly suggest documenting the materials that you use on a particular project or you may have hook mayhem like I did! )=o    (written 4/1/11)

I'm shopping on foot this cold March 22 for yarn & supplies. Why in my town can't I ever find
the yarn I need when I need it? What the patterns call for I can never find the brand or its equivalent in the store. I read somewhere that American stores concentrate on medium (4) acrylic yarns.
Just so happens that none of the patterns that I have call for this size yarn.