Make your first Amigurumi friend, even if you’ve never crocheted before
Download my free Amigurumi Basics Guide and take your first step toward making your own little crochet friends.
Inside the guide:
8 illustrated chapters
Inside the guide:
8 illustrated chapters
1. Introduction
What crochet and amigurumi are, plus a look at yarns, hook sizes and stitch types.
2. Essential tools and materials
The 8 things you need, from hook and yarn to safety eyes and stuffing, and what each one does.
3. Essentials
Two ways to hold your hook, how to hold the yarn, the slip knot and the chain stitch.
4. Single crochet
The most fundamental stitch, the foundation of amigurumi. Make your first row and keep a straight edge.
5. Double crochet
A taller, very common stitch, step by step.
6. Magic ring
Two methods to start almost any stuffed doudou.
7. Increase and decrease
Including the invisible decrease, to shape flat rows into round pieces.
8. Fasten off
Finish open and closed pieces so your stitches won’t unravel.
Hi, I’m Douna
Hi, I’m Douna
I’m a designer and crocheter. I ran Doudouna in Lebanon for eight years, making custom handmade amigurumi, and I now live in Columbus, Ohio.
After a decade in art direction and graphic design, I care about instructions that are clear and beautiful to follow. That’s how I made this guide.
The full beginner’s course is coming.
The guide gets you ready. In the course, I’ll walk you through making
your first amigurumi, and show exactly how I make my doudous.
Doudouna © Copyright 2026
Terms | Privacy