🌟fun facts🌟
☆amigurumi originated in Japan in the 1970s around the same time as other cute styles and popular media (I'm pretty sure you've all heard the word kawaii before!) and found it's way here to the US in the early aughts.
☆the term amigurumi means cute, (or little) crocheted (or knitted), wrapped, sewn doll and is a portmanteau of 3 Japanese words ami, kurumi, and nuigurumi