Here’s part 1 of my 2-part series where I design my very first amigurumi pattern! I’m a beginner crocheter, and I never thought I’d be designing something myself so soon — but the 2025 Amigurumi.com Design Contest with a Rainbows theme inspired me to jump in. 🌈✨

In this video, I share:

• My excitement (and nervousness!) about designing my first pattern
• A quick overview of the contest rules
• My thoughts and initial brainstorming for the contest
• A peek at my contest notebook and rough ideas I share a high-level idea for my design in this video, but I’ll be sharing all the details — along with the finished object and my experience designing it — in Part 2, once I’ve actually made it and entered it in the contest!

🌈 If you want to check out the contest yourself, here’s the link!

Also mentioned in this video:

• 💖 Amour Fou Crochet
• ♈️ And her Crochet Zodiac Dolls book*
• 🎄Hobbii amigurumi advent calendar for 2025
• 🧶 Premier Basix worsted yarn*