Amigurumi who?

I've been all lusty after this art form but never delved into it until now. Amigurumi, it's Japanese, and it's crochet. The pieces are worked in the round and tightly stitched so that you cannot see the stuffing through them. They are 3 dimensional and often pretty detailed. Here is my first attempt. A doll for Zuri for Christmas. She's 7" tall and made from organic cotton. She needs clothes. . . I made a pair of panties/diaper but with her shape it just falls off. I think I will make a one peice body suit underwear thing that I dont' have to worry about falling off so much. I haven't decided whether or not to put on hair or not. I didn't know what I was doing so unfortunately quite a bit of stuffing shows through on this one. I learned some lessons though and made a little monkey doll for the dolly.

Monkey is smaller than a business card. Yes that is a business card next to her. The depth makes it deceiving but when I place her directly on the card and line up her feet there is about an 1/4" of cream card at the top. I used a significantly smaller hook and made the stitches tighter. I will be making more, they are kind of addicitve. They are not long projects, but they are labor intensive in that the crochet work is hard on the hands when it is so tight, and the details are tiny. I hope to get a few more done for Christmas presents.