I didn’t choose the yarn, the yarn chose me. When I saw Yarn Bee Velvety Smooth Aran on the shelves during a recent Hobby Lobby run, it called to me. It practically jumped into my basket and begged me to turn it into soft, snuggly sheep’s wool. Who am I to impede the dreams of …
Which Jess Huff pattern is the easiest? This question comes up a lot in my Facebook group: Crochet with Jess Huff. Until now, my answer was Esther the Elephant. Here are the reasons why: The head begins with a simple magic ring, rather than a chain start/oval shape It only requires two colors There are …
I had an embarrassing nickname growing up… 😳 Before I became Jess Huff, my last name was Barnard. On my elementary school playground, some clever 8-year-old thought to call me “Barnyard,” and my fate was sealed. I was mooed at for many a year! When I got married, I wasn’t sad to ditch my maiden …
I made lots of rookie mistakes designing this hippo. In the previous version of the pattern, many of the pieces had to be made separately—then sewn together—when they could have been crocheted together as one piece. No more crocheting the snout to the head! 🎉 I’ve updated this hippo pattern to be as simple as possible.
In 2017 I taught myself how to crochet. After completing 3 small projects, I had the idea to write my very first amigurumi pattern. In hindsight, trying to write my own pattern at that point was a little overambitious. 😂 But I’m not one to back down from a challenge.
I first had the idea to make a set of six custom safari amigurumi animals for my nephew, Charlie, in February of 2017. Two months later I had patterns created for a lion, hippo, zebra and giraffe, but I was intimidated by the thought of making an elephant and monkey and went on to create …
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