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by Sarah-Jane Hicks (Author)
The essential beginner's guide to amigurumi from popular designer Sarah-Jane Hicks (@flo_and_dot), with 8 utterly adorable projects.
This must-have guide contains all stitches and key techniques shown step by step and is carefully structured to get you crocheting something cute straight away! In this complete course, ideal for absolute beginners, crochet designer and author Sarah-Jane Hicks covers everything you need to get started, from how to read a yarn label and how to hold your hook to how to follow a pattern. You'll build up your skills project by project, learning new techniques as you go (from working in the round and changing colors to creating that all-important super-cute face).- An essential guide to amigurumi, which takes you from your very first stitches to techniques such as adding adorable eyes, creating stripes and adding surface crochet.
- Learn techniques as you make, so you can put your skills into practice straight away.
- 8 totally adorable projects to make: from a sweet sausage dog in his festive party hat and a playful mermaid with pink spiral hair, to a cat, fox, cactus, bear, bunny and owl.
- Clear step-by-step photographs and easy-to-follow instructions, with helpful tips from Sarah-Jane throughout.
- A handy fold-out flap with crochet abbreviations allows you to quickly and easily refer to the stitches if you need a refresher.
Whether you're creating adorable amigurumi projects for the first time, or wanting to revisit the basics, this accessible, no-fuss course will get you sewing straight away.
Author Biography
Sarah-Jane Hicks has always enjoyed crochet and crafting in her spare time and is now a freelance crochet designer. She has had patterns published in various popular craft and crochet magazines, and has over 113K followers on her Instagram account: @flo_and_dot.
She is the author of 6 other wonderful titles from Search Press: Amigurumi Christmas, All-New 20 to Make Animal Granny Squares, All-New 20 to Make Flowers to Crochet, Wallace and Gromit Cracking Crochet, Chicken Run: Dawn of the Nugget Im-peck-able Crochet and Mini Amigurumi Nativity. Sarah-Jane lives in Norfolk, UK. For more information, visit Sarah-Jane's blog: www.floanddot.blogspot.com
Number of Pages: 128
Dimensions: 0.5 x 10.2 x 8 IN
Publication Date: September 15, 2026
