Ever since I first picked up a crochet hook eight years ago, I have been absolutely obsessed with making amigurumi, and particularly fascinated with making dolls. I designed James, my doll, shortly after I opened my online shop selling amigurumi crochet patterns.
At that time I had a four-year-old son and a baby boy, who are my greatest sources of inspiration. I wanted to buy my baby a rag doll, one that was a little boy like him and something he could keep forever as a reminder of his childhood. However, I just couldn’t find what I was looking for and was surprised at the lack of choice for boy dolls out there. So the idea of designing a pattern for a big and cuddly boy doll was born.