Amigurumi

thumb|Amigurumi graduate in cap and gown thumb|Amigurumi llama wearing a dinosaur costume in a field alt=An amigurumi potted flower|thumb|267x267px|A red amigurumi flower inside a brown amigurumi pot. is the Japanese art of knitting or crocheting small, stuffed yarn creatures. The word is a compound of the Japanese words ami, meaning "crocheted or knitted", and kurumi, literally "wrapping", as in nuigurumi "(sewn) stuffed doll". Amigurumi vary in size and there are no restrictions about size or look. While the art of amigurumi has been known in Japan for several decades, it first gained wides