☺You just have to smile when someone is smiling at you☺Crochet some Amigurumi ♥s

Amigurumi (編みぐるみ?, lit. knitted stuffed toy) is the Japanese art of knitting or crocheting small stuffed animals and anthropomorphic creatures. The word is derived from a combination of the Japanese words ami, meaning crocheted or knitted, and nuigurumi, meaning stuffed doll.[1] 

Amigurumi are typically animals, but can include artistic renderings, and inanimate objects endowed with anthropomorphic features.

Amigurumi are usually crocheted or knitted out of yarn. The simplest designs are worked in spirals. In contrast to typical Western crochet the rounds are not usually joined. They are also worked with a smaller size hook in proportion to the weight of the yarn in order to create a very tight-looking fabric without any gaps through which the stuffing mightescape. 

Amigurumi are usually worked in sections and then joined, except for some amigurumi which have no limbs, only a head and torso which are worked as one piece. The extremities are sometimes stuffed with plastic pellets to give them a life-like weight, while the rest of the body is stuffed with fiber stuffing.

The pervading aesthetic of amigurumi is cuteness. To this end, typical amigurumi animals have an over-sized spherical head on a cylindrical body with undersized extremities.

These little guys are so much fun to crochet and so much fun to give or to keep or to just look at as they smile right back at you! This is a very easy pattern so don't be shy! Make up a bunch while you are watching teevee and fill a basket for your table or give one with each of your Valentines or hang them with little ribbons from your curtains - use your imagination and have fun☺

Abbreviations:
Ch-chain
Sc-single crochet
Sc2tog-single crochet 2 together (decrease)
MM-Move stitch marker
FO-finish off or bind off
Materials:
Size F (3.75 mm) Crochet hook

Caron Simply Soft Brites or
Red Hear Soft Yarn is highly recommended
9mm doll eyes
Polyester stuffing material
Embroidery Needle
Finished Size:
Approx: 3” tall

Directions:
1st circle:
R1-Ch2, 6sc in 1st chain, mm
R2-2sc in each sc around (12sc) mm
R3-*2sc in first sc, 1sc in next, repeat from * around, mm (18sc)
R4-*2sc in first sc, 1sc in next 2sc, repeat from * around, (24sc)
FO First circle leaving a 6” tail
Set aside
2nd Circle:
R1-Ch2, 6sc in 1st chain, mm
R2-2sc in each sc around (12sc) mm
R3-*2sc in first sc, 1sc in next, repeat from * around, mm (18sc)
R4-*2sc in first sc, 1sc in next 2sc, repeat from * around, (24sc)
Do not finish off, remove your hook and get your first circle
Put both circles together, wrong sides in, using the tail from circle #1, whip stitch the two circles together using your yarn needle through 4 stitches. Your working loop should be on the outside of the circle and not stitched through.
When you are done, you will have a figure “8” shape.
Put you hook back into your working loop and continue to…
R5 thru 13-sc in each stitch around, mm (42sc)
R14-*sc2tog, 1sc in next 5 stitches*, repeat from * around, mm
R15-sc in each stitch around, mm
R16-*sc2tog, 1sc in next 4 stitches*, repeat from * around, mm
R17-sc in each stitch around, mm
R18-*sc2tog, 1sc in next 3 stitches*, repeat from * around, mm
R19-sc in each stitch around, mm
R20-*sc2tog, 1sc in next 2 stitches*, repeat from * around, mm
R21-sc in each stitch around, mm
Add eyes and begin stuffing, the more stuffing the better…don’t be shy with it. You want the finished hear to be firm to the touch.
R22-*sc2tog, 1sc in next stitch*, repeat from * around, mm
R23-sc in each stitch around, FO leaving a tail
Finish stuffing and use the tail to sew the hole shut tight.
With scrap black yarn, add a simple v-shaped smile!