Making my first knitted ami...

I've never actually done a "the making of..." blog, or any blog-blog for that matter so please bear with me. This will also serve as my "practice" for writing.

So as most, if not all, of you know, i absolutely love making amigurumis. All of the amigurumis I have done in the past, however, were all crocheted, which is why for May, I decided to try out something new...KNITTING AMIGURUMIS! After deciding on this, I went on raverly and browsed for very simple yet cute knitted ami patterns and came across this super adorable spring chick pattern [http://blog.fuzzymitten.com/2009/04/spring-chick.html]. Of course, being relatively new to this type of knitting, I had to do some research before attempting to crochet this little critter [i only know how to knit, purl, and some cabling].
Here are some of the videos I used to help me with this project:
1. Instead of skpo, I used ssk

2. Making one new stitch: the simplest way that i saw....so far

Since this pattern doesn't make use of 3/4 needles or even the circular needles, you really have to learn how to properly sew the edges together. Of course, having been used to sewing only crocheted pieces for over a year, I forgot how to do the mattress stitch that my knitting teacher taught me. Luckily, youtube has a ton of videos on how to do this, I decided to use this video since it was really clear:

After browsing these videos and of course trying them, I decided to try knitting myself the little chick. Much to my surprise, it wasn't as hard as I had imagined. But of course, being relatively new to this, the finished product isn't as well-made as the ones you seen in the pattern
Here are some of the pictures I took while knitting this chick.

i actually didn't get to take the pictures of my first time increasing and such...This picture shows the middle of row 19 [i think] you can actually see the increases and decreases clearly here already

sewing through the loops to ensure a simple and tight end :D this is actually how the head will start to get its shape

sewing up the first part of the knitted ami! this is the head already!!

sewing on the little eye after sewing up the head! [not the body yet] Since i don't know how to do a french knot, i decided to just make the usual "asian" smiling eyes: ^.^

starting the mattress stitch!! it doesn't look like much though...

after mattress stitching the sides together...you can't even see the seam!

finally finished with the little chick!! i didn't get to put felt and all already because i don't have orange felt..but i think it still looks cute!

the final stage of making amis that I've come to love...a LOT! taking it for a little photoshoot...using a...DIGITAL CAMERA!! hahah [ps, the white background is just 2 bond papers!]