okay, my best friend has an obsession with cows and i wanna make her a crocheted gift for her birthday. can someone give me the link to a free online pattern or could someone suggest a book to me that would have such a pattern?

i’m listing some amigurumi sites that have plenty of free patterns. browse through them & hope you find one that you like. some of these may have knitting as well – skip them if you don’t want knitting]

http://crochetme.com/patterns/amigurumi-…
http://www.freepatterns.com/list.html?ca…
http://www.crochetpatterncentral.com/dir…
http://katcrochet.com/chi.htm
http://amigurumipatterns.blogspot.com/
artfire.com/modules.php?name=ViewListing&…&main_cat_id=28
planetmfiles.com/category/free-patterns
www.allcrafts.net/crochetknit.htm
http://allcrafts.net/searchresults.htm?d…

and more –
http://jilly-flowers.blogspot.com/2007/0…
www.diylife.com/2007/08/08/amigur…
http://www.craftster.org/forum/index.php…
http://amilist.blogspot.com/
http://amigurumipatterns.blogspot.com/se…

all the very best & have fun )

I know amigurumi is normally for crocheting, but i don’t know how, i know how to knit however, can you give me some good links for free patterns? and i prefer them to be smallish

Try ravelry.com and knittingpatterncentral.com

Both are free. For ravelry you need to request a membership but it is free. It may take a few days but it is sooooo worth it.

I am trying to make an amigurumi but it says you have to sc into your chain six times. I can’t seem to do it. Any pictures, detailed descriptions? Thanks.

How you should follow the directions depends on what you are making. Since you’re working on an amigurumi, I would guess that you’re working on a round object or some kind of hollow shape that is worked in the round or in spirals.

Assuming you’re working in the round or in a spiral, you would work the number of chain stitches (probably a small number like 2 or 3). Then work 6 crochet stitches into the indicated chain. If you’ve worked a chain of two, that means all six stitches will go into the chain farthest from the hook. Work your starting chain relatively loosely to allow all of your stitches to fit smoothly.

This kind of stitching is done to create a ring of stitches to build your work off of. When you’ve got all six stitches into place you will be able to continue with your next round. Be sure to join your rounds correctly if you’re not working in spirals or your stitch count will be off as you go.

If you don’t want to work into a chain, you can try learning the "Magic ring" or "magic circle" technique. This involves making a loop of string, stitching into the loop and then closing the loop down tight to create a ring of stitches. There are plenty of youtube videos and online tutorials for this technique.

i count, then count again after im "done" with my row but i come up 2-4 stitches from my marker? what am i doing wrong? im a beginner & find youtube help full except for this problem.

If you know that you started the last row with the correct number of stitches, there are two reasonable explanations.

1. You are accidentally putting multiple stitches into the same stitch from the last row. As a beginner is it easy to get mixed up about where exactly you need to be putting your hook for the next stitch. It’s a simple mistake to stitch twice in the same place. Doing this twice on a row by accident would leave you 2 stitches short for reaching your marker. So you’d have made the right number of stitches, they just wouldn’t be in the correct places.

2. You’re making a mistake when counting. Each single crochet stitch has 3 or 4 steps depending on how you count them. It’s very easy to get confused on your row count when you’re still learning to keep track of your steps in the stitch itself.

You can run into the same problem when you’re accomplished with single crochet. You’re cruising right along stitch after stitch, your mind starts to wander, and suddenly you wonder if that stitch three stitches ago was 55 or 56.

If this problem persists, try using more stitch markers. Putting a marker in after every 10-20 stitches will allow you to watch exactly how many stitches you have done and where they are at. Yes it may slow your work down some to be fiddling with stitch markers over and over, but having to go back and rip out rows isn’t much faster and is certainly more aggravating.

If you’re working in rounds instead of spirals, make sure you are starting your row correctly. Some patterns need you to join the rounds with a slip stitch and then chain to allow for your stitch height on the new round. Forgetting to chain could leave you one stitch short on single crochet or more on the taller stitches.

I’m making an amigurumi animal and it says i have to use a whip stitch and an overcast stitch to put the pieces together, but i have no idea how to do that. So any help is welcome. If you can find a site with a picture that’d be great too. The book that i got my amigurumi pattern from is "Kyuuto! Japanese Crafts Amigurumi"

Here’s a page about how to crochet the whip stitch:

http://www.crochetcabana.com/tutorials/joining_squares.htm#Whipstitch

And here’s a site with step-by-step pictures for how to overcast:

http://www.knit911.com/knit911.html

HTH!