What is amigurumi? (Ah-me-gu-roo-me)
Is the Japanese art of knitting or crocheting small, stuffed yarn creatures. Amigurumi vary in size and there are no restrictions about size or look.
Amigurumi is a compound of the Japanese words:
"編み ami" meaning crocheted or knitted
"包み kurumi" literally meaning wrapping
"縫い包み nuigurumi" meaning stuffed doll