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Creating amigurumis

Four photos joined together. The first two show a woman’s hands crocheting the body of a small bee. The third shows the completed body of the bee and a ball of yellow wool. The last photo shows a crocheted raccoon in a striped sweater sitting on a table.

Source: Corporation du Moulin Légaré collection
Year: 2020
Photograph: Corporation du Moulin Légaré

Amigurumi is the Japanese art of crocheting or knitting animal or human-shaped creatures. Jennifer Thomas, one of the youngest Fermières in the Cercle, loves this technique. In the winter of 2020, she led a workshop on it for Fermières who were interested. Everyone who attended made a little bee. Despite all their experience, more than one of the Fermières found the work quite  challenging!