Greetings dear community, today I share with you the experience of having made an amigurumi in the shape of a raven, this was a commission made by a friend on social networks, to which I agreed with great enthusiasm because the crow is an animal that has caught my attention since I read Edgar Allan Poe's poem many years ago, regarding the commission the client sent me a reference image from the internet and asked me to make the amigurumi look as realistic as possible, that is, I did not want a ka style waii or anything similar, which I thought was great, he just told me that he wanted it smaller than the reference, so I promised to make it a size according to his requirements.
Proceso / Process
I started by making a pencil sketch to determine the dimensions of the amigurumi, after this I made the whole body with black acrylic yarn and #4 crochet hook (1.25mm), I started from the head, making increases and decreases that allowed me to mold the body according to the inclination of the bird's neck and chest.
Then with dark gray thread I made the beak formed by two parts, a cylinder of 6 single crochets by 6 rows, while the upper part is sewn to the first one at the top.
Then I made the tail that I sewed to the body of the bird, later I made the wings, making each one in a different way, sewing on the sides and finally sewing a circle.
Unlike other birds I have made, the crow's legs were made by wrapping the wire directly with the yarn, then with the crochet hook I made 6 single crochets in a ring, I made three increases and continued with three rows of single crochets, going through the body with the wire and filling the upper part of the legs, I sewed the legs to the body.
Resultado / Result
Making this raven was a visual challenge, because it preserves the shape made and also in black it is somewhat difficult, despite having lighting it is a headache to work with black thread but I keep doing it because I love the result. After finishing the amigurumi I had the impression that I was holding a dead bird in my hands and that caused me a certain shudder, but that means that the result was correct, so I feel very happy. I hope you like it as much as I do.
Imágenes tomadas con dispositivo Samsung A54. Portada editada en Inshot
Pictures taken with Samsung A54 device. Cover edited in Inshot
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