Want to help amigurumi designers in Ukraine? Check out these six simple ways you can directly bring hope and support to Ukrainian makers. Plus get a set of FREE Ukrainian themed gift tags for your crocheted and knitted toys.

Mother Teresa once said, “We can do no great things, only small things with great love.”

It’s a concept that I try to remind myself of when I begin to feel the weight of the world sitting on my chest.

There’s nothing most of us can do to stop the hardship the people of Ukraine are facing.

That can be a very difficult thing to sit with, especially if you’re a sensitive person and watching humans in pain breaks your heart.

It may seem weird to think that amigurumi can help the people of Ukraine who are suffering, but hear me out.

There are things that we can do as crocheters and knitters to help amigurumi designers in Ukraine. And if we focus on the wise words of Mother Teresa while we are doing them, I believe we can make a small, but valuable difference.

Want to know the skills you need to be able to crochet amigurumi? Worried that amigurumi will be hard to crochet? You’ll find everything you need to know as well as the top 10 hardest amigurumi projects I’ve ever crocheted.

Perhaps you’ve been thinking about starting to learn how to crochet amigurumi and this thought has popped into your head…

Is Amigurumi Hard to Crochet?

Amigurumi is not hard, but there are skills that you need to learn in order to be able to crochet toys that you’ll be proud of.

Although there are challenging aspects to amigurumi, it isn’t hard to crochet and I’m here to help you learn how to make them for yourself.

The Not So Big Bad Wolf amigurumi pattern is a crocheted and knitted toy that looks like it just stepped out of a vintage children’s book. The seventeen page pattern also includes links to helpful video tutorials to help you along the way.

You’ve heard of the Big Bad Wolf before, but you may not be familiar with his grandson, Winston. Winston is not so big and not so bad.

Unlike his grandfather, Winston has no interest in blowing down houses of little pigs. He actually wants to be an architect when he grows up. Winston loves building things up!

The inspiration for the Three Little Pigs and the Not So Big Bad Wolf came when I was enjoying the art of my favorite children’s book illustrator, Teagan White. Although she is an acclaimed fine artist, her work in children’s literature has long been a love of mine.

Originally, I was just going to write the pattern for the pigs, but then a sweet comment from an Instagram friend sparked an interest in creating a wolf as well.