How to make small amigurumi hands with fingers
I got a request for info on how I made the hands on my Dr. Horrible, and since I haven't heard anyone else talk about doing it this way, I thought I would do a tutorial. Luckily I thought this might end up happening, so I took pics along the way!
I started by making a long crochet chain, leaving a very long end.
Starting at the beginning of the chain, I folded the chain at Ch 3. Then I used the long tail end to sew up one side of the folded chain and back down the other (i.e., sewing from left to right of finger - or vice versa - up what will be the top side of the finger and down what will be the bottom side of the finger), sewing Ch 1 to Ch 5 and Ch 2 to Ch 4. This completes the thumb. Next fold the chain above Ch 8 and begin sewing the next finger. Sew Ch 8 to Ch 13, Ch 9 to Ch 12, Ch 10 to Ch 11.
Sew up one side and down the other.
Continue in this way for each of the fingers.
Now that your fingers are done, you have to attach them into a hand. To do this you need to use a sc decrease to attach each finger to the other. You need to do this across the top and around to the bottom of the hand, so the hand is an oval cylinder, not a flat single layer. The picture below shows picking up a loop from each of two fingers to do the decrease.
Once you have joined the fingers together using decreases, you need to continue to shape the hand. Look at your own hand and decrease where you need to to make it hand-shaped (sorry - I didn't write down details of this part, and it will differ a bit depending on what you are doing).
And here is the finished Dr. Horrible glove I made using this method.
Please ask questions about parts of this that aren't clear (and I'm sure there are many). I will try to modify it as necessary till it makes sense!
I started by making a long crochet chain, leaving a very long end.
Starting at the beginning of the chain, I folded the chain at Ch 3. Then I used the long tail end to sew up one side of the folded chain and back down the other (i.e., sewing from left to right of finger - or vice versa - up what will be the top side of the finger and down what will be the bottom side of the finger), sewing Ch 1 to Ch 5 and Ch 2 to Ch 4. This completes the thumb. Next fold the chain above Ch 8 and begin sewing the next finger. Sew Ch 8 to Ch 13, Ch 9 to Ch 12, Ch 10 to Ch 11.
Sew up one side and down the other.
Continue in this way for each of the fingers.
Now that your fingers are done, you have to attach them into a hand. To do this you need to use a sc decrease to attach each finger to the other. You need to do this across the top and around to the bottom of the hand, so the hand is an oval cylinder, not a flat single layer. The picture below shows picking up a loop from each of two fingers to do the decrease.
Once you have joined the fingers together using decreases, you need to continue to shape the hand. Look at your own hand and decrease where you need to to make it hand-shaped (sorry - I didn't write down details of this part, and it will differ a bit depending on what you are doing).
And here is the finished Dr. Horrible glove I made using this method.
Please ask questions about parts of this that aren't clear (and I'm sure there are many). I will try to modify it as necessary till it makes sense!