Shikamaru Amigurumi
My good friend requested this for Christmas. It’s a little late, but it was worth it. This is the fifth ami I have created from my basic people pattern. Personally, I think he is the best. He is based on a ninja from the show, Naruto Shippuden. I used Simply Soft yarn instead of the Vanna’s Choice I usually use to get the color green I wanted. Honestly, I didn’t really like working with it very much and will probably not use it in this kind of project again. As usual, his hair is embroidery thread. On to the pictures! Please excuse the quality. The only camera I have is on my iPhone.
Shikamaru has the power to manipulate shadows, so this display embellishment is a felt interpretation of that:
Here is a front view without the shadows:
Here is the back view:
This is his right side. It’s hard to see in the picture because it’s black on black, but his leg has a kunai pouch on it.
The left side includes the Konoha ninja plate with a leaf insignia. It was the most difficult and least successful part of the project for me.
The vest came out much better than expected even with a slightly wonky zipper. Front view:
The little silver embellishments are just knots:
Here is a close up of the fishnet. It’s size 5 crochet thread sewed directly into the arms and legs. I tried to crochet mesh, but it ended terribly. I’m actually pretty pleased this experiment worked out nicely.
This is the first of my amis that actually got ears. It’s just yarn sewed through the same stitch over an over until it bulked up enough to be considered earlike.
Here is a picture of the original character for those who are unfamiliar with him:
I wrote out a pattern while I was making him, but it is mostly tally marks and shorthand at this point. All the little embellishments are undocumented, so I’m not sure whether or not I should share it.
