Woolly Monkeys

I've been working on all sorts of things over the summer, but not getting many of them finished. Now the children are back at school I'm finally getting on top of everything again, so I'll probably do several posts in quick succession.

 

I started on these monkeys a few months ago, trying to refine a design I came up with back in 2009 (Fuzzy Monkey). I made that with a fuzzy yarn that isn't always easy to get hold of, so I wanted to make the design workable in both smooth and fuzzy, mohair style yarns. For the smooth ones I used a nice yarn that had a bit of texture and a mix of colours to give a bit of extra interest (James C Brett Marble), and I found a nice variegated mohair yarn for the fuzzy ones (King Cole Luxury Mohair).

I tried to keep the design nice and simple, without any detail in the faces. I experimented with embroidered features but it just didn't work. With no particular expression you can imagine they are looking however you want - sometimes they look cheeky, or confident, or friendly, or sometimes a little sad.

Woolly Monkeys are a real species of monkey, but my Woolly Monkeys are a lot more bright, and the stripy tails are just for fun. They are made out of wool (or acrylic that looks woolly!) though, so it seemed a good name.

The pattern is available to buy from my Etsy shop  or on Ravelry.

My patterns for sale on Etsy

Just for reference, I'm putting a list here of the crochet patterns I usually have for sale on Etsy. These are all normally available, with all the details about the materials and skill level needed to make them, at lucyravenscar.etsy.com. If any of them are missing from my shop, just contact me and I'll relist them.

**Updated December 2012**

Star Wars Mini Amigurumi Patterns:

Single Patterns $3.50 each.

You can also buy two patterns for $6, three patterns for $9, six patterns for $17 or all 14 patterns together for $37.

Admiral Ackbar

Jawa

Boba Fett

Obi-Wan Kenobi

Yoda

Ewok

Chewbacca

R2-D2

C-3PO

Darth Vader

Stormtrooper

Princess Leia

Luke Skywalker

 

 

Han Solo

Dragonet Amigurumi Pattern: $6

Adorable Monster Amigurumi Pattern: $4

Also available to download from Ravelry: Adorable Monster

Small Spirit Pattern: $4

Flora the Elephant Amigurumi Pattern: $4
Also available to download from Ravelry: Flora the Elephant

Witch and Wizard Amigurumi Pattern: $4

Also available to download from Ravelry: Witch and Wizard

Woolly Jumpers Amigurumi Pattern - Rabbit and Lamb: $4

Also available to download from Ravelry: Woolly Jumpers

Chubby Gnomes Amigurumi Pattern: $3.50
Also available to download from Ravelry: Chubby Gnomes

Tooterphants Amigurumi Pattern: $4.00
Also available to download from Ravelry: Tooterphants

Mother and Child Spirits Amigurumi Pattern: $5.00

Also available to download from Ravelry: Mother and Child Spirits

Flappy Owl Amigurumi Pattern: $4.00

Also available to download from Ravelry: Flappy Owl

Little Folk Amigurumi Pattern: $5.00

Also available to download from Ravelry: Little Folk

Finn and Jake Amigurumi Patterns: buy them separately for $4.50 each, or together for $8

 

 

 

Woolly Monkey Amigurumi Pattern: $4.00

Also available to download from Ravelry

 

 

 

Fuzzy Monkey

I love monkeys - toy ones are cute, and I could watch the real ones for hours. Whenever I go to a zoo I especially like the little guys such as spider monkeys, tamarins and marmosets. I watch their tiny little almost human faces and really want to translate that into amigurumi. The only trouble is that I've made a few amigurumi monkeys, but I don't always feel that I succeed completely, I think I try too hard with the faces and get them wrong.



So for my latest attempt, I kept it simple and didn't try to copy a real monkey. I have some neon green mohair-type yarn that I've been wanting to use, so I decided that would be perfect for the head and body. I made a very simple face, and decided that quite large eyes looked best but with no other features. I gave him long arms and short legs, which probably is more appropriate for an ape, but again it just seemed to work. He ended up with a stripy tail, because I thought a bit of blue mixed in with all the green would look nice, so that makes me think of a lemur. Anyway, I'm really happy with him, even if he is some bizarre primate mix, and he's up for sale in my Etsy shop now.