Is the following situation familiar to you? You have an image of your toy in your mind. You have the right yarn and the right tools. The only thing that bothers you is that you don’t have a suitable nose in your stash to make the image of your softie complete and to fulfil the idea. Don’t panic. Let’s make the nose using polymer clay! You will be able to shape it the way your toy asks for. And you don’t have to search for the...

There are many ways to add hair to a doll or an animal. This article will tell you how to add pieces of wool to your project without knowing how to needle felt.

Toy’s eyes can be made using many techniques. We have already discussed two of them: polymer clay and crocheting.

This article dwells upon the embroidering the eyes for your toy.

Pros and cons are almost the same as for crocheted eyes.

+ This type of eyes is very safe.

+ They are easy to make in most cases.

+ The materials are always available.

+ This type of eyes offers a crafter a great variety of shapes and sizes and can be used...

Our collection of patterns has recently been added to with nice birds, including a sparrow, an owl, a chicken and a bullfinch.

As a result, we started to get questions where one can find a suitable beak. Few craft shops can boast of a great variety of them.

We always want you to be happy with our patterns (link to shop), so we have an answer.

If you want a thing well done, do it yourself J

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We often need to crochet directly onto the finished piece poking through its stitches. You may happen to use this method to make neck, ears, limbs, etc. It is done to make the transition from one piece to the other invisible and neat. But sometimes it is hard to make it look so. This article will give you some pieces of advice how to master this technique.

Let's talk about using glass pebbles and cabochons to make the eyes for your crocheted or knitted project. Transparent cabochons can be found in a craft store.​​ If you can’t find them, you can try looking for glass pebbles that are used to decorate fish tanks. They can be easily found in aquarium supplies stores. We recommend that you use the pebbles that are flat at the back. Such pebbles are easier to attach to your toy...

This article is devoted to the crocheted eyes that you can easily make yourself. If we look at the world of amigurumi, we will notice that this method of finishing the face is one of the least frequently used. However, they are a very nice alternative to the eyes made of polymer clay and plastic safety eyes.

This article will tell you how to make the eyes using polymer clay. Polymer clay is available in a wide range of brands and color, which gives a crafter great amount of possibilities. You can make any detail for your toy to make it unique and attractive.

The eyes are one of the first things we pay attention to when we see a stuffed amigurumi. Gorgeous eyes can turn the simplest toy into a masterpiece. However, the eyes can ruin a well-crocheted toy if they don’t match. There are several ways of making the eyes for your toy. Below you can find the most popular methods and choose the one you like the most.

If you like crocheting toys, you will be definitely tempted to try some fancy yarn, be it fluffy, eyelash or chenille yarn. In many LittleOwlsHut patterns you have to work with this kind of yarn. Fluffy toys are so huggable and cute. However, it may turn out a challenge to cope with it. Here are some tips how to work with fluffy yarn and get a wonderful and cute toy.