Crochet Kiki\’s Delivery Service

I love every movie from Studio Ghibli, but there are a few that really stand out and touched my heart. Kiki\’s Delivery Service has some of the most gorgeous settings, lovable and complex characters, and a strong sense of transformation often assigned to growing up, but in the case of Kiki, any moment of transition in your life. I thought it\’s about time I tackled creating an amigurumi Kiki.

Kiki\’s a movie I cherish

Part of my attachment to Kiki\’s Delivery Service is once when I watched it as an adult just after we moved from New York to Valencia in Spain. It was a huge life change. My husband had taken my son out to the park and I was with my daughter. After getting most of the boxes unpacked, including our old school DVDs, I saw Kiki with her giant red bow and smiled. Selecting this movie was more for me than for my daughter who was only two, but she enjoyed it for a while until she fell asleep.

To my surprise, I couldn\’t believe how much I related to it. I don\’t know if it\’s Hayao Miyazaki or the original book by Eiko Kadono, but I felt like I was experiencing much of the same emotions as little Kiki. As she moved to a new city and started all over again, I felt much of the same anxiety. They did such a wonderful job of capturing loneliness. I was floored! So much emotional depth in one animé makes it a true treasure. As I watched this lovely movie and again got tears in my eyes as (spoiler coming up) Kiki rescues her friend Tombo, I looked at my sleeping baby girl and thought, \”I can\’t wait until your old enough to watch this with me.\”

In case you\’re wondering, we moved again a few years later to France and my daughter and I have seen Kiki\’s Delivery Service together at least 4 times. It\’s a movie I cherish for the phenomenal story, the characters and the memories.

Crochet Jiji?

Before you ask if I created a Jiji, the answer is…I tried. I couldn\’t work out a design for a small version that was still cute (and looked like Kiki). If I can figure out how to miniaturize and improve my design, I\’ll post it here.

Crochet Kiki

Here\’s my first Kiki! I can\’t believe it took my so long to try. The next time I try, I\’ll definitely improve a few things, including making her arms longer! I\’ll also make her bag bigger and of course, add her best friend, Jiji.