NeedleWorkMonday Donde se nos invita a conmemorar esta importante fecha elaborando un trabajo de aguja siguiendo nuestra inspiración y estilo personal porque cada mente es un universo de ideas y las manos de las mujeres artesanas que hacemos vida en esta comunidad crean cosas únicas.
Greetings, this is my participation in the Women's Day Challenge of the community NeedleWorkMonday invites us to commemorate this important date by developing needlework following our inspiration and personal style because each mind It is a universe of ideas and the hands of the artisan women who make life in this community create unique things.
For this occasion I made an amigurumi of a girl, but not just any girl, but a super warrior girl, modern, aware of her importance as a woman, with pink hair, I wanted to dress her with comfortable clothes, shorts, sports shoes, and a jacket with the message: "Woman be strong" because I feel that is what I want to say to all women on this date.
In my country the fight for women's rights is somewhat slow, there are many things that are happening right now that violate the rights of working women and mothers of families, young women are also vulnerable to many dangers such as crime and harassment. I do not want to start my publication with sad news, but last month two young women were found dead and with signs of rape in a state neighboring mine, this made me think about how little confidence we Venezuelans have that justice is done. That atrocious case, that's why my amigurumi today looks like a young woman who is just beginning adult life with the important message of being strong on her back, because for a young woman from my country there is no other way to face daily events but being strong.
Proceso / Process
I started by making a wire frame so that the figure would stand up, I used wire called an arm straw cleaner so that his arms were easy to articulate and place in the position that the person wanted.
I started by first knitting the legs with beige yarn and # 4 crochet hook (1.25mm), starting with 5 chains and knitting single crochets and increases over them until I got an oval for the sole of the foot, then I knit a round of single crochets taking The stitches only on the back side, then I knit straight I have made decreases to achieve the shape of the ankle. To make this amigurumi look like a woman and not like a girl, I tried to make the curves of the legs, doing increases for the calves, decreases for the knees and increases for the thighs, in this way the leg looks like an adult leg. I made two equal legs and stuffed them with fiber.
For the trunk, knitting 3 chains of distance between one leg and the other, I joined both legs by knitting single crochets, I continued the knitting making increases to form the buttocks and then decreases to form the waist, I continued to knit straight and did increases to widen the chest, I left the weaving on hold to make the arms. I filled with fiber.
To knit the hand I knitted the fingers one by one knitting 4 single crochets in a ring and then a round of 4 single crochets, for the little finger and thumb I only knit the 4 stitches in a ring, the thumb was joined after having joined the Other fingers through a round of single crochets so that it was located higher, I knit decreases to form the wrist of the arm and knit straight until reaching the height of the shoulder. I wove two equal arms, filled with fiber only the hand of the figure and the arms were inserted into the pink wire. Join the arms to the trunk by knitting single crochets and making decreases to form the shoulders and then the neck.
To make the shorts I used blue yarn and # 4 crochet hook, in the next round I knitted two single crochets, a chain and skipped a stitch to form the holes through which the short cord would pass, knit straight up to the crotch, divide in two equal parts and made two rounds of single crochets on each side to form the hole where the legs go in. Then with white thread I wove 46 chains and on these I wove 46 slip stitches to form the cord, I passed the cord through the holes of the shorts and closed it by inserting two blue plastic beads.
For the blouse I knitted two triangles for the neckline and a trapezoid for the back, joined the front parts and joined the back part 3 chains apart. I worked a few rounds of single crochets and then did 4 rounds of fan stitches. To finish, I knit the armholes and straps of the blouse with chains and single crochets.
For the shoes I started knitting 6 chains and on these I knitted single crochets and increases to form an oval with beige thread, I changed to white thread and taking only the back side of the stitches I made a round of slip stitches and a round of single crochets, then change to purple yarn I knit straight and then I made decreases in the front of the shoe, I left the central stitches in suspense and I knit the others making decreases to the edges of each round until reaching ankle height. I took up the central stitches with white yarn and knitted straight until I got the shoe tongue. Then I did the braiding with blue yarn.
For the head with beige yarn I knitted 6 single crochets in a ring, then I knitted six increases in each round until I got 36 stitches, I knitted straight for 8 rounds and then I made six decreases per round until I got 12 stitches filled with fiber and joined the neck. I wove the ears on both sides of the head.
For the hair with pink yarn, I proceeded in a similar way to the head by knitting a circle but in the last round I made two additional increases, knitting straight to the desired height, knitting the bangs by making chains and knitting single crochets over these. For the hair of the ponytail I wove chains and on these I wove increases and single crochets to form the curls, I made six curls of different length, I sewed them on one side of the head and with fuchsia thread I wove the ponytail and a small bow.
I embroidered the eyes with black, green and white thread and sewing needle, the mouth was embroidered with pink and black thread, I embroidered the nose with beige crochet thread and in the ears I sewed two blue plastic beads.
The jacket was knitted with two needles # 2 (2mm) thin white and fuchsia thread for the motif. I started by making a chart to make the motif on graph paper. Then I made 19 stitches on the needle plus 2 additional stitches for the edge stitches, I knitted 4 rounds, then I divided the fabric with some pink threads to mark 4 reference points that would help me to differentiate the stitches from the front part, the sleeves and the back of the jacket. The first two and the last two stitches of each round I knitted with knit stitches, while the body of the jacket I knitted in stockinette stitch, on each round I knitted increases before and after each of the stitches marked until obtaining the desired width, the motif stitches start in the fifth round and are made according to the graph. Once the desired width was obtained, with some metal pins I divided the stitches on the sleeves and removed them from the needles, I continued knitting the stitches on the front and back until the motif was finished, I made six decreases and knitted four rounds in stitches rights to make the final edge I closed the stitches to the right.
I took up the stitches on the sleeves and knitted in stockinette stitch making decreases at equidistant distances until I obtained the desired width and length for the sleeve and closed with four rounds of knit stitches. I did the same with the other sleeve. With the excess thread I sewed the inside edge of each sleeve. I washed and ironed the jacket so that the thread would take its place.
Resultado / Result
This is one of the projects that I have most enjoyed doing because of all the internal work that caused me to think about Women's Day, to think how I could make my manual work reflect the effort to highlight the importance of women in the world, I think it is important for women to take care of ourselves, in unity there is strength and together we must fight for a more just world. Women Let's be strong!
Si llegaste a esta publicación de casualidad y te gusta hacer labores de aguja te invito a unirte a esta hermosa comunidad.
If you came to this publication by chance and you like to do needlework, I invite you to join this beautiful community.
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Imágenes tomadas con cámara Casio QV-R100 y editadas en Adobe Photoshop Cs6. Gif creado en giphy.com
Images taken with Casio QV-R100 camera and edited in Adobe Photoshop Cs6. Gif created in giphy.com
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Felicidades mujer.
Estoy fascinada con tu amigurumi de mujer guerrera. Está preciosa. La veo tan audaz, decidida y aguerrida. Haz incorporado varias técnicas, incluso tejido con dos agujas agujas y bordado.
Soy admiradora de tus creaciones. Éxitos para ti.
Saludos.
Hola muchas gracias, si he puesto muchas técnicas en practica aquí y lo de hacer la estructura de alambre es una técnica escultórica, muchas personas piensan que el amigurumi no pasa de ser una artesanía pero están muy equivocados, hay que hacer de conocimiento general que crear objetos tridimensionales a partir de tejido es un tipo de escultura que entra en la categoría artística que tiene el nombre de escultura blanda y hay muchas artistas que hasta exponen en museos,así como hay que hacer valer los derechos laborales de las mujeres en esta fecha también hay que frenar la infravaloración de las mujeres artesanas y por su puesto apoyar mas a las mujeres artistas, vengo de una universidad de arte donde la mayoría de las estudiantes y artistas eran mujeres pero lamentablemente cuando uno visita un museo la mayoría de obras expuestas pertenecen a artistas hombres, entonces hay mucho camino que recorrer y espacios que hay que llenar y abrirnos las puertas entre nosotras las mujeres sin esperar que nadie nos las abra. Disculpa lo largo del texto jejeje pero aproveché para hacer esta reflexión inspirada en tu comentario y observación de las técnicas. Un abrazo querida <3
Excelente reflexión Irene estoy de acuerdo contigo hay que hacer valer nuestro arte. Que orgullo que seas una venezolana guerrera y artesana además.
Definitivamente, si "SEAMOS FUERTES", excelente publicación, desde la primera línea hasta el final. Como armaste el cuerpo de muñeca y la estructura que la soporta es perfecta, es una muñeca que refleja fuerza y feminidad, su blusa rosada, sus zapatos son muy coquetos, ni hablar de la chaqueta, hermosa y el bordado espectacular. Has creado una muñeca con la cual me siento representada, gracias por ello. Feliz día de la mujer siempre. Un gran abrazo.
Muchas gracias, me alegra mucho que te guste y te sientas representada. Un abrazo!
Eres increiblemente buena, este trabajo es totalmente maravilloso! Que grandioso talento!
Muchas gracias <3 siempre que hago un trabajo así recuerdo cuando me decías que la importancia está en los detalles y trato de hacerle algo extra :)
¿Yo dije eso? pues que genial soy! me alegra que te haya servido!
Si lo decías a cada rato cuando hacíamos las libretas
Hermoso amigurumi, me encantó tu idea de una mujer fuerte. Así debemos ser, a pesar de las cosas malas que pasan todos los días. Debemos cuidarnos entre nosotras ❤
Muchas gracias @lauramica, espero pases un buen día ❤
Although it saddens me to hear these types of stories I’m glad you shared it because it reminds me to keep women and children in my prayers.
I really love your presentation! The doll you created is beautiful and I love that you added detail in the curves to really insinuate her being a woman.
Creating the doll around the wire frame so that it can stand and even have some flexibility is really neat. Her hair is my favorite color and I love the jacket you knitted.
Really lovely admirable work @irenenavarroart. Thank you for joining the challenge ~ ♥️
Thank you very much for your comment, I am very happy to have finished in time to participate. A hug!
Irene, realmente eres una gran artista, por cosas como estas es que amo el tejido, creo que no hay límites para todo lo que se puede lograr y tu lo has demostrado con tu maravillosa publicación.
Admiro todo el trabajo que has hecho, me impresionó la chaqueta y como tejiste el mensaje. Que alegría que seas partes de nuestra comunidad. Feliz Día !
Muchas gracias, así es el tejido hace posible todo lo que imaginamos, aprendí siendo una niña y nunca me ha aburrido, espero que hayas tenido un bonito día :D
What an amazing post! I will start with your amigurumi. I have never seen how such a detailed body is made and I found it fascinating to see the wire inside of the doll. I am amazed at the details of her legs, how you created the smaller knee and the muscled legs. There is so much work in this doll, I can imagine that people love to collect your artworks.
Now to the sad side... I am always speechless that it is 2021 and still woman are in fear of rape and violence, that society has a blind eye to this or only pretends to remedy these problems, but in reality does nothing (or even starts to victim blame... I don’t know how often I still hear that victims of rape or violence brought it on themselves... I honestly hate this) THere is so much to do and I intensely hope you are always safe and do not have to fear such crimes.
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Thank you very much, I am happy that you like amigurumi, regarding the issue of violence in Latin America it is terrible how they draw arguments to blame the victim, from their way of dressing, to what time they were where they were. There are many injustices but I have hope that the struggle does not end and that we women can feel safe in the future. A hug dear :)
Yo estoy enamorada de esta muñeca, te admiro por tu trabajo, todos son geniales
Muchas gracias :) a mi me encantó tu bolso <3
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Esa pequeña representa una joven de estos tiempos, empoderada y con ganas de cambiar su entorno.
Y es cierto lo que comenta sobre las galerías de arte. Recuerdo que una vez fui a una exhibición donde estaban los ganadores de un concurso de arte. Quizá por el hecho de ser un concurso las mujeres no se quedaban atrás. ¡Buenas vibras!.
Muchas gracias <3
Wow amiga que hermoso, la verdad que talento tienes, Dios bendiga tus manos y tu imaginación.
Muchas gracias <3