¿Alguna vez tejieron con fibra de bambú?
¡Hola, espero la estén pasando muy bien!
Hi, I hope you are having a great time!
Hace unos meses llegó a mis manos madejas de fibras de bambú de cinco colores, cuyo grosor es para tejerlo con crochet de 2.5mm ó 3mm de diámetro del ganchillo. En ese entonces solo sabía que algún día tejería un amigurumi tamaño mediano. Hasta hace poco decidí tejer algo para un familiar y al tratarse de un niño, un animal sería ideal para su compañero de aventuras.
A few months ago I got my hands on skeins of bamboo fibres in five colours, whose thickness is suitable for crocheting with a crochet hook diameter of 2.5mm or 3mm. At that time I only knew that one day I would crochet a medium sized amigurumi. Until recently I decided to knit something for a family member and since it was a boy, an animal would be his ideal adventure companion.
At first I wanted him to wear extravagant colours, I even added a party hat, haha. Then it got more serious and I changed it to an adventurous hat. At that point, I knew it would be a Mexican cowboy duck and that... What an idea!.
When analysing the anatomy of the ducks, I noticed that they have a wide head, then it goes straight and their cheeks stand out. I tried to highlight that, although he looked more like Tweety Bird, jaja.
At all times I wanted this amigurumi to be easy to knit. I also wanted it to be noticeable from a distance that it was a duck. Right here I found a difficulty "the legs of the duck". At the beginning it was difficult to remember which stitches I would use to give shape and texture to the legs (not that I know a lot of stitches, although I do practice them from time to time)... Between high, medium-high, low and slipped stitches the legs came out (yehhhh).
Among the details we have: the embroidery of the face, the hat and the scarf. For the latter I used the C2C technique, which consists of knitting square by square. It is generally used for quilts or fabrics and is characterised by figures of characters, animals, anime, etc... I would say that C2C is a whole world.
¡Y eso es todo!
¡…Hasta la próxima!
See you next time!
Dato curioso: Cuando pruebo materiales nuevos (en este caso Bambú) mi control de calidad son los niños, eso es para tantear la vida útil del producto / When I test new materials (in this case Bamboo) my quality control is children, that is to test the lifetime of the product.