Greetings dear mothers and fathers of this community, today I share with you a new achievement of my son Rafael, he has made his first amigurumi, this has been a total joy for me, it fills me with pride and at the same time my eyes do not stop crying writing this publication, those who follow my content know how important the creation of crochet figures is for me and how this activity occupies part of my life, as an artist I am nothing without what I can do with my hands, like mother the greatest pleasure to see my son grow and every day show me that I am the luckiest mother to have him, daily he knows and develops skills and I am only here with the desire to help him satisfy his curiosity about learning, that's why When last year he told me that he wanted to learn how to crochet, I began to teach him.
It was exactly on November 15 when, after he insisted several times, I took a #5 crochet hook, the thickest I have, and took a small ball of school yarn, I told him that the first thing he should learn is to make chains, At first he felt a little insecure, especially because I told him to take the crochet one way and he to take it another, but in the end there is no right or wrong way to take the crochet, there are three ways well-known, in the first one the crochet is taken like a pencil, the second is as if a spoon was grabbed and the third is as if a sword was grabbed, I got used to taking the crochet in the second way, but due to things of fate my little Rafael instinctively felt better taking the crochet in the first way which is similar to taking a pencil 😅 he was also struggling a bit because I told him that we were not going to move forward until he did the chains all of the m he same size and he will accustom his hand to the repetitive motion. Surprisingly, he did the chains very well, so I taught him to make single crochets in a straight line, that day he advanced a few rows and got tired, I left him alone, I thought that he would not do it again despite his good result, because For a moment I thought that he was still very young and that he did not have the patience to sit doing the same activity for so long.
But my precious Rafael would surprise me again on December 14, exactly one month after his first experience with crochet, he came to my bed with the crochet and his pending work, the morning was still dark but he told me that he was coming to work on my bed , that day he was focused and determined. He worked a bit, rested and then started again after a few minutes or a few hours, I let him work only when he wanted it, sometimes he made increases or decreases involuntarily, I checked each one of his rows after finishing, if he he made mistakes and I would take the row apart and tell him to start over.
The next day, December 15, Rafael completed a rectangle, a neat job done with single crochet, halfway through the process I changed the yarn because the pink one ran out, but this was not a problem for Rafael, I was very proud of that stitch So I asked Rafael if he wanted to learn how to make an amigurumi, he said yes, so I taught him how to make the initial magic ring to continue working in a spiral, then I taught him how to make increases, he was wrong many times, but he started again, until he did very well, but he was already tired, so he left the work just in the third row of increase.
Rafael did not return to work on his project, the year ended and the yarn was still on the table, I thought that he had completely lost interest, but yesterday, very spontaneously, he resumed his project, he advanced quickly, I was going saying the instructions, then I taught him to make the decreases and he learned to do them immediately, I was stunned, he finished at the head of the amigurumi quickly, he insisted on filling it in before continuing with the elaboration of the body.
After he filled in the head I saw that his enthusiasm grew, he was very happy, he finished the body before lunchtime, then he put the project on hold.
I imagined that he would not work again after eating, but he did and this time he quickly made the legs and the tail, I only sewed the parts, seeing the body with the legs and tail sewn, Rafael made the bear ears and also the muzzle, I sewed again and embroidered the nose and sewed on the eyes, after finishing I told Rafael that if he wanted to make a scarf for the bear and he said yes and it would be red, I immediately told him to make 40 chains followed by two rows of single crochet and he did it without even making a mistake once 🥲
Después de que Rafael terminó de hacer el osito yo le hice su respectiva sesión de fotos porque su obra lo merecía, ahora mismo el esta muy emocionado con la idea de hacer más figuras, por lo que debo hacer un presupuesto aparte para comprar estambre grueso para que el siga practicando con figuras sencillas como esta, estoy modo madre orgullosa y es que no imagine que con tan solo 7 años mi hijo fuese capaz de hacer un amigurumi de manera tan hermosa. Para mi este osito ocupa el primer lugar en mi corazón, es el mas perfecto de todos porque esta hecho por las manos de mi hijo, no pienso ejercer presión sobre Rafael, si tarda algunos meses en culminar otro proyecto por mi esta bien, deseo que el disfrute el proceso.
After Rafael finished making the bear, I did his respective photo session because his work deserved it, right now he is very excited about the idea of making more figures, so I have to make a separate budget to buy thick yarn for That he continues practicing with simple figures like this, I am a proud mother and I did not imagine that at only 7 years old my son would be able to make an amigurumi in such a beautiful way. For me, this bear occupies the first place in my heart, it is the most perfect of all because it is made by my son's hands, I am not going to put pressure on Rafael, if it takes him a few months to complete another project, it is fine for me, I hope that enjoy the process.
Imágenes tomadas con dispositivo Samsung A12.
Pictures taken with Samsung A12 device.
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I hope you liked it. I invite you to read my next publications and I will always be willing to answer your questions and comments, you can also follow me and contact me on any of my social networks. Thank you!