How to Stuff Amigurumi the Right Way (no holes or lumps!)

The best way to stuff amigurumi is to pull apart fiberfill stuffing into smaller pieces and then insert them one by one into the amigurumi piece. Continue layering small pieces of stuffing until the amigurumi is stuffed firmly and fully, with all the edges and corners filled out.

If you’ve ever made amigurumi, you’ve probably encountered some problems with stuffing amigurumi. Maybe your amigurumi turned out a little too squishy, too lumpy, or you weren’t sure what materials to use. Today I’m going to answer all your questions in this blog post!

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• Posted bySara
• August 28, 2023

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• September 20, 2021

Pull apart fiberfill stuffing into small clumps

The first step to stuffing amigurumi successfully is to pull apart your fiberfill stuffing into small clumps. If you’re not sure what fiberfill is or where to get it, check out my Recommended Supplies page.

Pulling your fiberfill apart into small clumps ensures that your finished product won’t be lumpy. If you don’t follow this step, then if the stuffing goes into your amigurumi all in one giant piece, it might result in some bulges here and there that you didn’t account for.

Pulling fiberfill into smaller chunks also ensures that it will be distributed evenly and that any small pockets will be filled out.

Amigurumi designers spend a lot of time making sure that the shaping of each amigurumi project is exactly right, but stuffing amigurumi in large chunks can render all that effort ineffective.

Here’s a video tutorial to help you visualize this and the next steps more easily:

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