My latest crochet amigurumi projects

Most of us crocheters have made or want to make amigurumis. I've made several cats and dogs and some other creatures in the past. I observed in Ravelry that it is mostly made from worsted weight yarn, or even thicker yarn. Though there are Japanese amigurumi patterns that are made from light fingering (3-ply or 4-ply) yarn. For this we can substitute Cannon threads.
I've used our local threads for many amigurumi projects, sometimes I double or triple the strands and use from 2.5mm to 4mm hook.
Below are two of my latest projects and I used 2.5mm hook and one strand of Cannon thread. It may seem tedious, but crocheting with size 8 thread is very easy on the hands.
These cats are referred to as Lucky Cats, and we made it our Crochet-along project in our Ravelry group. The other cats we made can be seen here in my main blog ;)

Finished the Lace Tunic top

Pattern from: Interweave Crochet 2004
Materials: Cannon cotton thread size 8, 6 balls, MB864
Crochet hook size 2.5mm

Sewed a lining for my lace top ;)

 

I already finished the lace top, and I sewed a sheer fabric lining at the skirt part. Its not very neat, but from the outside no one can tell ;) 

I'll be posting a modeled shot of my top soon!
More details of this project on my previous posts:
http://mycottonthreads.blogspot.com/2012/11/pineapple-lace-pattern-on-tunic-or-dress.html
http://mycottonthreads.blogspot.com/2012/10/lace-tunic.html

Pineapple lace pattern on tunic (or dress)

I've made a lot of progress on the lace tunic. The pattern is very interesting and I could go on and on if I had nothing else to do :p. But as expected, I ran out of thread. I already guessed I didn't have enough of the gray thread, but I really wanted that color.
Meantime, here's what I made so far using up 5 1/2 balls of Cannon thread.

Lace Tunic

I'm working on a designer dress pattern using Cannon thread. This design first appeared on 2004 crochet magazine and was a free download some years back...now its for sale as a single pattern.
I chose this pattern since it looks challenging, yet doable. I was only a bit worried about using size 8 cotton thread, since it would mean a lot of trial and error and adjustments to the pattern.
Surprisingly, it wasn't much trouble to modify the pattern. I just went ahead and did it, and I had to finish the bodice so I can see what needs to be adjusted.
The first one was quite small, though I can still put it on. I am a size 32", but for this I followed the size 34" on the pattern. I used 2.5mm hook.

After I made the above bodice, I think I figured out how to make it right the next time.
So, I followed size 36" on the pattern and added another row for the base. I made the neckline lower, and also made less solid shell pattern and changed to lace pattern ahead. I added 3 rows on the sleeve edge too...
Here's my current attempt at finishing my lace tunic :)
I'm using Cannon MB864 (about 6 balls is needed), crochet hooks 2.5mm for the bodice and 2.5mm / 3mm for the skirt part.