Crochet ENGRI Amigurumi Coin Purse Free Pattern

Lately, everything has been very difficult for my family. My husband lost his job, I gave birth too early, and my newborn daughter drank some amniotic fluid which gave her breathing difficulties. It's just too much, I find myself crying most of the time.

I lost time and motivation to crochet. I look at my hooks and yarns and there's just no spark at all. In one of my crying sessions I tried to remember how I got through past problems, how did I dissipate the negative feelings.

I remembered I drew, I drew emoticons of how I feel and what I thought. Drawing is good, but I want to crochet today so I decided I'd make an amigurumi of how I feel

these days.

Yet I don't have any filler for my amigurumi, so I just made it into a wallet.

• Ch, sc, sl st
• Working on both sides of the foundation chain
• Working in rounds WITHOUT turning
• Applying zippers, buttons, etc.

• Black yarn
• Buttons (for eyes)
• Brooch pins (for brows)
• Metal thingie (for mouth - I don't know what it is)
• Black zipper
• 7/0 crochet hook
• Tapestry needle
• Black sewing thread

I used 1-inch single strand plarn derived from the garbage bag that used to house our Christmas tree. Acrylic yarn is a good substitute if you don't like plarn.

For the Engri's facial parts, I just rummaged through my notions box and ended up with buttons, pins, and I don't know the name of the metal-thingie that I used for it's mouth. You can improvise too and even change the expression on his face.

CROCHET: Written Pattern

Foundation chain: Ch 11

Round 1: 3 sc in 2nd ch from hook, 8 sc, 3 sc on the last ch, (work on the other side of the foundation ch) 3 sc, (forming the leg) ch 11, sc on the 2nd ch from hook, 3 sc on the next ch, 8 sl st, (working on the foundation ch again) 2 sc, (forming the 2nd leg)ch 11, sc on the 2nd ch from hook, 3 sc, 8 sl st, (working on the foundation ch again) 3 sc,DO NOT turn.

Stitch Count: 22 sc (not including the sc's on the foot)

Round 2 - 7: 22 sc, DO NOT turn.

Round 8: [(forming the arm) ch 10, 3 sc on the 2nd ch from hook, , 8 sl st, (working on the body again) 11 sc] 2x, DO NOT turn.

Round 9 - 14: 22 sc, DO NOT turn.

Finishing Round: 22 sl st. Break off and weave in loose ends.

Pin the brooch pins for the eyebrow.

Sew in the button eyes.

Sew the metal-thingie for the mouth. (On second thought, it would be easier to sew the mouth metal-thingie after Round 7, before finishing Engri's body.)

Most crocheters I know are not comfortable with applying zippers. I was, too.

But then this photo tutorial by Carrie Wolf got me started. Since then, I've made lots of crochet projects with zipper because it's easy to use.