Joining pieces.

Amigurumi is usully worked in sections, which are then sewn together. In this tutorial I will
show how to join two open pieces (usually head and body), how to sew an open piece to a
closed piece (limbs, tails, muzzles) and how to sew a flat piece to a closed piece (ears, long
limbs). For more crochet tutorials, visit http://sidrun.spire.ee/

1) Joining two open pieces.

This method is most commonly used to join the head and body. Sew two open pieces together
using standard whip stitch. You may want to add a bit more stuffing before closing the seam to
make sure the head will stand up.
Note! Make sure both open pieces end with the same number of stitches.

1. Use standard whip stitch to 2. Add a bit more stuffing before

join two open pieces. closing the seam.

2) Sewing an open piece to a closed piece.

This is a method for sewing a round (or any other shape) open piece to a closed piece. When
pieces are different color, use the yarn you used for the open piece to sew it to the closed piece.

1. Bring the needle up through 2. Bring the needle back up

the fabric under a stitch of the directly under the next stitch.
open piece. Go down through Pull the yarn tight. This makes
both loops of the stitch and the stitch almost invisibly
into the same hole. small.

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3) Sewing an open flat piece to a closed piece.

Use this method to sew the ears to the head.

1. This method is best for erect 2. Push the ears flat and sew 3. Make sure your stitches are
ears, like those on a bunny, bear, them to the head. Insert the parallel to each other. Pull
cat, hippo etc. needle under both loops of tightly to make them smaller.
both stitches.

4) Sewing a closed flat piece to a closed piece.

When making floppy ears or long limbs, you may close the opening by crocheting over it with
single crochet stitches. This makes sewing it to the head or body easier. Also, the piece will lay
nicely flat instead of sticking out.

1. Sew the flat piece to a closed 2. Go up through the stitch, 3. Bring the needle back up
piece following a row of stitches. under both loops, and back directly under the next stitch.
down into the same hole. Pull the yarn tight.

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