One of my favorite things to make is a Soot Sprite amigurumi. This free crochet pattern is fast and fun you’ll end up with the most adorable Soot Sprites! The more you make, the more there will be to help you with your house chores such as heating up the water for your Bath House (a la Spirited Away) . These Soot Sprites aka Susuwatari (their Japanese name) can also be seen in the film My Neighbor Totoro where they take up residence in an abandoned house for some time until Mei and Satsuki move in. I’ve made tons of these lil Soot Sprites and my cat, Callie, seems to enjoy them as well! The yarn I use to create this Soot Sprite amigurumi is called Fun Fur (which is a type of Eyelash yarn). It’s called eyelash yarn because as you can see that it has little whiffs of yarn sticking out from the main strand like long eyelashes. This yarn helps to create that spiky fuzzy texture of the Soot Sprites so they look like dust bunnies. However the secret to my Soot Sprite amigurumi is that I double strand the yarn to make it even more fuzzier. …