The Tea Ninja

I've been promising the boyfriend, who is both wise and witty, that I'd make him an amigurumi ninja someday. I finally got around to it this week. After finishing this one late at night, I put him on top of our tea box, since that's one of the boyfriend's first stops in the morning. So now he's the Tea Ninja, who guards our tea and protects the food in our pantry from evil doers. I think he's quite happy to have a purpose!

This one is a bit of a mash up of two patterns. I used the body from the Thinker robot in Crobots to make him in the style of the ninja from Creepy Cute Crochet. The little tie on his head was made using the instructions from Creepy Cute Crochet. He's made with a black sport weight yarn from Red Heart and a D size (3.25 mm) hook.

This was actually my first time making an amigurumi with a sport weight yarn. I really wanted to make the ninja small, without resorting to thread crochet. It wasn't a bad experience, but working with the smaller hook and yarn made my hands hurt a bit. I don't think I'd have the patience to make something more time consuming this way. Of course, he turned out so cute, I am growing tempted to try making him a little thread crochet sidekick...


The Tea Ninja posing with some bananas so you can get a better look at him. He stands about 2.75 inches high and is currently the smallest amigurumi in the house.

Ninjas Caught On Film!

Even if it wasn't crochet related, I still think this would be a great picture. It was originally posted on Craftster by Tanzie and after looking at it several times I felt inspired to poke around and see if any other cute crochet Ninjas had been caught on film. Okay, they probably don't want to be called cute, but I'm sure their creators would agree, they are pretty darn sweet! I haven't made myself a ninja yet although I think I may be putting it on the list of future projects after seeing all these great designs. Perhaps a ninja cell phone cozy...

First up we have the Little Ninja man created by Daniethanas. You can see plenty of ninjas in this style hanging out in various places on the internet. It's made with a free pattern that's available from rheatheylia.com.



Angeltreats made this Navy Ninja by mistake when she accidently picked some navy wool out of her stash instead of black, but I think it works. This little guy is just the black...er, navy sheep in the ninja family!



Next up is Christen Haden's, aka NeedleNoodles, crochet ninja pattern. She sells these ninjas fully made for $15 or as part of a pattern set for $5 through her Etsy store. The pattern is also one of the over 25 that are part of her new book, Creepy Cute Crochet: Zombies, Ninjas, Robots, and More.



Last but not least, we have a mutant ninja! BeadGal used to make and sell this Ninja Squid through her Etsy shop. Sadly, he doesn't seem to be available anymore. I thought I'd share his picture anyway, as I'm sure a savy crocheter could probably figure out how to make a similar one for themselves if they wanted to.