Using Surface Crochet to do Amigurumi detailing

Directly crocheting onto Amigurumi can sometimes create a detailing effect that can turn out interesting. The best part about this is that there is no need for sewing!

This time I’ll be talking about doing a surface single crochet on your Amigurumi. Do check out an earlier post I did about using surface slip stitch instead to do Amigurumi detailing (it was about Dobby!)

Using surface single crochet

So first and foremost, this is just a glimpse of how I sometimes use surface sc to change the appearance of my amis. In this case, I added on a chest toga flap for Pocahontas! After making the base surface sc layer, I continued crocheting on top of that layer to create the flap effect.

Making a surface single crochet

This is just like making a regular single crochet but now we directly apply it on the surface of a separate piece that you have already crocheted. A surface sc creates a raised overlapping layer on the original Amigurumi, whereas a surface sl st creates a flattened effect instead.

Have a completed Amigurumi body piece ready. Also have another separate ball of yarn with the desired colour (whether same or different).

In step 1, insert hook into the surface of the ami and out through the adjacent stitch. Then pull yarn through both holes like in step 2.

Step 3 involves inserting hook back into same initial surface st as in step 1, in 2 adjacent holes.

Steps 4-7 involves the usual steps with making a regular single crochet but this time it’s on another surface. (If you choose to draw the yarn in step 5 through loop on the hook, you will end up with a surface slip stitch.)

You would have completed the first surface sc in step 7. Then continue on further down the row and all around the ami too, like what I did with Pocahontas above.

The completed row of surface single crochet! You can see how it adds an additional raised texture to the ami. I also often use this effect to make jackets or belts for my other amis.

With your imagination, the sky’s the limit! You could add on surface half double crochet or surface double crochet and so forth. Similarly, I did that for Pocahontas’ skirt!

Ta-da! My final tribal princess! Also added another yellow layer beneath it. Look out for the full pattern coming soon!

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Until next time, happy crocheting and hope this technique comes out useful for you!