The finished piece was 44% larger, and took 2.7x more yarn, than the standard Gingerbread Man. My big Gingy uses 2 strands of worsted weight yarn (instead of 1) and an I US/5.5mm hook (instead of E US/3.5mm). The giant Pumpkin uses 2 strands of worsted weight yarn (instead of 1) and an I US/5.5mm hook (instead of E US/3.5mm) to super-size it to about 1.5 times the size of the normal pumpkins. The result is a turtle that’s about 1.5 times the size. The turtle on the left is the one shown in the pattern, but for the giant turtle on the right, I doubled the yarn by holding two strands together and used a correspondingly larger hook (L US/8mm instead of G7 US/4.5mm). To save buying extra-thick yarn when increasing the size of an amigurumi, you can use a standard yarn, but hold two (or more) strands together as you crochet, together with a larger hook (see below). You can see the effect of this here:īoth these turtles were made using my AquaAmi Sea Turtle pattern and the same yarn (bulky weight, in this case, but the same applies for any yarn weight). Into the most adorable 1-inch piggies, just by using very fine thread and a tiny hook: You can increase the size difference even more by using much lighter (or heavier) yarn and a correspondingly much smaller (or larger) hook, for example you can go right down to crochet thread and a steel hook, as shown by bettika67, who turned my life sized Fuzzy Guinea Pigs: In the photo below, the same applies – the blue elephant is made with the bulky option, and the grey elephants with the worsted option. You can see that the worsted weight option is about 3/4 of the size of the bulky weight option. The photo above shows my AquaAmi Polar Bear pattern worked in bulky weight yarn with a G7 US/4.5mm hook (left) and worsted weight yarn with an E US/3.5mm hook (right). You’ll also need to change your hook size accordingly (see Choosing a Hook Size, below). To make a larger amigurumi, use a heavier (thicker) yarn than that recommended in the pattern to make a smaller amigurumi, use a lighter (thinner yarn).
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Note: You can also use the techniques described below to make a set of parent and baby animals! For more details, see my article ‘ How to make ‘baby’ amigurumi animals‘.
So, if you’d like your amigurumi to be larger (or smaller) than the sample pictured in the pattern, how can you do that? You have several options, and I’ll go over them all for you in this article. Provided your stitches are compact enough that they won’t gape open to leave large holes between them when you add the stuffing, you have the freedom to experiment with different yarns and hooks to give you a different-sized result. Link easily to this tutorial in your patterns: One of the nice things about amigurumi is that the exact size is rarely important, so you don’t need to worry about matching the designer’s gauge.
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