Eye spacing: Amigurumi Face Placement Planner

Compare three gaps while holding everything else fixed

This study uses one thirty-position, twelve-round head reference and a central requested gap of eight intervals. It generates three alternative placement panels: gaps six, eight and ten. The narrow eyes sit at stitches twelve and eighteen; the middle pair at eleven and nineteen; the wide pair at ten and twenty. All share center stitch fifteen and round six. The three panels are alternatives to compare on one head, not three sets of features to embroider simultaneously.

Check the meaning of separation

A six-interval gap from twelve to eighteen has five numbered positions strictly between its endpoints. The eight-interval pair has seven and the ten-interval pair nine. Confusing interval difference with the number of intervening stitches produces an off-by-one design change. Count both quantities explicitly before moving temporary markers. This calculation is based on the unwrapped route; it does not equal the straight-line distance between the visible eyes on a stuffed sphere.

Use removable paired trials

The three plans keep the same compact eye ovals, triangular nose and split-mouth geometry. Nose center and vertical references stay unchanged while the eye pair moves symmetrically. Mark each candidate with two matching temporary threads and photograph or sketch your comparison from the same viewing direction. Remove a pair before installing the next. Judge how the spacing relates to the actual ears and body orientation, which this surface planner does not construct or recognize.

Questions and decision rules

Which gap is automatically best?

The planner makes no aesthetic ranking. It supplies reproducible alternatives so the maker can assess the actual form.

Why is a central gap of four rejected here?

The comparison needs a narrower alternative two intervals below the center and room for the wider alternative. The supported comparison range begins at six.

Do all panels consume ninety head stitches?

No. Each refers to the same thirty-position circumference. The repeated count is a placement reference, not a sum of crochet workload or three different head constructions.

How do I keep the selected result?

Record the chosen candidate name alongside the saved comparison JSON. The file retains all three alternatives so the original decision can be revisited.

Exact setup, compatible head reference and finishing

Open the Amigurumi Face Placement Planner and choose spacing, circumference 30, height 12 and eye separation 8. The reference below assumes an existing single-crochet head with six stitches in a magic ring, then six evenly distributed increases on each round until 30 stitches. Work three even rounds, then six evenly distributed decreases per round until six remain; close those final loops with the tail. This optional arithmetic reference has 12 worked rounds. Its maximum-count band provides a reference for the eye line and nearby feature anchors. Fractional curve controls are guide locations; check their position on the actual curved surface rather than assuming every referenced level has the maximum circumference. Swatch and finish a physical head before assessing the actual fit.

The placement tool generates embroidery instructions, not that head construction. Use a tapestry needle and suitable contrasting yarn, transfer temporary landmarks, then follow the complete paths below. Round coordinates increase downward on this unwrapped face map. Fractional locations lie between markers. Short backstitches follow straight paths; curved strands are couched to the drawn guide. Secure each separate tail inside without pulling the surface inward. Review the chart-reading guide and keep the exact project JSON with your chosen trial. US and UK modes retain the same coordinates. No physical crochet or toy certification is implied by the calculated example.

1. narrow placement trial on an existing head: mark front center stitch 15. Eyes are centered at stitches 12 and 18 on round 6; separation 6 stitch intervals (5 numbered positions strictly between). left-eye: embroider an oval centered at (12, R6), half-width 0.35 stitch intervals and half-height 0.35 rounds; yarn slot 2. right-eye: embroider an oval centered at (18, R6), half-width 0.35 stitch intervals and half-height 0.35 rounds; yarn slot 2. nose: backstitch (14.4, R6.7) → (15.6, R6.7) → (15, R7.3), close to the first point; yarn slot 2. philtrum: backstitch (15, R7.3) → (15, R7.7); yarn slot 2. left-mouth: couch a curve from (14.2, R7.7) through control (14.6, R8.2) to (15, R7.7); yarn slot 2. right-mouth: couch a curve from (15, R7.7) through control (15.4, R8.2) to (15.8, R7.7); yarn slot 2. Fractional coordinates are between stitch or round markers; curve controls guide the shape and are not extra insertion points. Compare temporary threads on the stuffed head, then secure each separate strand inside without distorting the surface. This plan references 30 head positions; it does not make 30 new crochet stitches. [30 existing head reference positions]
2. middle placement trial on an existing head: mark front center stitch 15. Eyes are centered at stitches 11 and 19 on round 6; separation 8 stitch intervals (7 numbered positions strictly between). left-eye: embroider an oval centered at (11, R6), half-width 0.35 stitch intervals and half-height 0.35 rounds; yarn slot 2. right-eye: embroider an oval centered at (19, R6), half-width 0.35 stitch intervals and half-height 0.35 rounds; yarn slot 2. nose: backstitch (14.4, R6.7) → (15.6, R6.7) → (15, R7.3), close to the first point; yarn slot 2. philtrum: backstitch (15, R7.3) → (15, R7.7); yarn slot 2. left-mouth: couch a curve from (14.2, R7.7) through control (14.6, R8.2) to (15, R7.7); yarn slot 2. right-mouth: couch a curve from (15, R7.7) through control (15.4, R8.2) to (15.8, R7.7); yarn slot 2. Fractional coordinates are between stitch or round markers; curve controls guide the shape and are not extra insertion points. Compare temporary threads on the stuffed head, then secure each separate strand inside without distorting the surface. This plan references 30 head positions; it does not make 30 new crochet stitches. [30 existing head reference positions]
3. wide placement trial on an existing head: mark front center stitch 15. Eyes are centered at stitches 10 and 20 on round 6; separation 10 stitch intervals (9 numbered positions strictly between). left-eye: embroider an oval centered at (10, R6), half-width 0.35 stitch intervals and half-height 0.35 rounds; yarn slot 2. right-eye: embroider an oval centered at (20, R6), half-width 0.35 stitch intervals and half-height 0.35 rounds; yarn slot 2. nose: backstitch (14.4, R6.7) → (15.6, R6.7) → (15, R7.3), close to the first point; yarn slot 2. philtrum: backstitch (15, R7.3) → (15, R7.7); yarn slot 2. left-mouth: couch a curve from (14.2, R7.7) through control (14.6, R8.2) to (15, R7.7); yarn slot 2. right-mouth: couch a curve from (15, R7.7) through control (15.4, R8.2) to (15.8, R7.7); yarn slot 2. Fractional coordinates are between stitch or round markers; curve controls guide the shape and are not extra insertion points. Compare temporary threads on the stuffed head, then secure each separate strand inside without distorting the surface. This plan references 30 head positions; it does not make 30 new crochet stitches. [30 existing head reference positions]