Amigurumi Supplies

The most important of all of your amigurumi supplies is yarn! There are plenty of big box stores that sell yarn, such as JoAnn Fabrics, Michaels, and Walmart. You can even find yarn at some Dollar Tree locations!

Looking at the yarn aisle for the first time might be a bit daunting. There are so many options! Here we will go over the kind of yarn to get started with.

Note: Yarn is commonly sold in a skein. A skein refers to the way that the yarn is wound.

Worsted weight yarn can be found easily both online and in store. My personal favorite is WeCrochet’s Brava Worsted yarn. You can get a multi-pack of this yarn, featuring a variety of colors.

Some common worsted weight yarns that can be found in stores are: Red Heart Super Saver, Lion Brand Vanna’s Choice, Big Twist Value (Joann store brand), and Impeccable (Michaels store brand).

Crochet Hooks

A crochet hook is another important addition to your amigurumi supplies. The crochet hook is the tool that you will use to craft your yarn into your desired amigurumi.

If a full hook set isn’t in your budget for amigurumi supplies, I would pick up a 4.0mm (G) crochet hook to use with your medium (4) worsted weight yarn. That is my most used and favorite hook size for worsted weight yarn.

My favorite crochet hooks are Clover Amour crochet hooks. You can find these hooks on Amazon, or at any of the stores I mentioned above where you might be purchasing your yarn and other amigurumi supplies. Clover Amour hooks are a tapered style hook, and are the only hooks that I use.

This one is pretty self explanatory. Of course we’ll need scissors to cut our yarn when we’ve finished a project, finish with a certain color, or cutting excess yarn after assembling.

You don’t need anything fancy, and you probably already have a pair of scissors in your house! My favorite scissors are these green ones that I picked up at Michaels years ago, and they work just fine for me!

These scissors on Amazon are similar to the ones I use.

This amigurumi supply isn’t as obvious as the others, but it is just as important… a yarn needle!

Now you might be wondering why you would need a needle for crocheting? You’ll need the yarn needle for the very end parts of your project, such as seaming, assembly, or any finishing details like embroidery.

You can find a yarn needle, also known as a tapestry needle, at any of the local stores I mentioned, or you can grab some on Amazon. I prefer the metal yarn needles over the plastic ones, but either option will work!

Since amigurumi is worked in a continuous round, or a spiral, stitch markers are important! You’ll use a stitch marker to keep track of where each of your rows start. If you don’t use something to mark your stitches, you’ll have to keep a count of every single stitch that you work throughout your project, which is no fun!

I mostly use these plastic interlocking stitch markers, but you can also find metal interlocking stitch markers. If you want to use something that you have on hand, you could also use a bobby pin, safety pin, or even a scrap piece of yarn!

While pins aren’t required to make an amigurumi, I think they are super important to a successful amigurumi, and I highly recommend them!

You can use pins for holding your various amigurumi pieces together while you sew them together. For example, if you needed to connect an arm to a body, you can use the pins to hold the arm in place so that it doesn’t move around while you’re sewing and get attached crooked!

Your pins don’t have to be anything fancy, and you might even have some in a sewing box at home! I personally love to use T pins because the head of them doesn’t slip through the stitches.

Poly-fil stuffing is what we will use to put inside of our amigurumi to help it keep it’s shape. Just like a stuffed animal that you would buy at the store, your amigurumi will need stuffing!

You can grab a bag of poly-fil stuffing from any of the stores mentioned above, and it’s also available on Amazon. Joanns and Michaels also offer their own store brand of poly-fil. If you don’t want to buy a bag of stuffing just yet, I’ve seen some people use the filling from a pillow!

While safety eyes aren’t required to make adorable plushies, they are super handy and help to give a more finished and polished look. Safety eyes come in a variety of sizes, and colors. The pattern that you’re working on will typically tell you the recommended size of safety eyes for that project.

These can be a bit more difficult to find in local stores, but I have seen them with the doll making supplies in Joann and Michaels on occasion.

An alternative to safety eyes would be embroidering the eye details, or using felt eyes. Both are a great methods to use while figuring out your preferences!

A row counter isn’t completely necessary when making amigurumi, but it can be really helpful!

After you complete each round of your project, you can just tap the button on your row counter to know exactly what round of stitches you’re on. This is especially helpful so that you don’t have to continue counting up your rows to see exactly where you’re at if you’ve lost count.

Alternatively, you can keep track of your rounds with tally marks on a sheet of paper.