Pokeball Scarf

I have a nephew who is a huge Pokemon fan. When I saw a free pattern for a Pokeball scarf here I decided it would make a great addition to his Christmas gifts.

I started making the pattern in double crochet as the pattern suggested. However, I found I didn't like the way it looked and restarted with half double crochets. In order to correct for length I doubled the row count for each color and it worked out fine based on my gauge. Someone else may want to measure their half doubles against their double crochets. I found it did indeed take about two half doubles to make the distance of one double crochet. The scarf is a little stiffer, but warmer than the original I started. I suspect with a few washes it will soften as well. I was concerned that the double crochet holes might leave more chances for it to catch and get torn. He can be tough on his stuff.

Since this one worked out well, I plan on making another one to donate. I know there are plenty of Pokemon fans that might need a little warmth this winter.

Raichu

For those of you who are Pokémon fans I will confess openly I chose Raichu because the tail looked like it would be interesting to construct and I thought I could complete him in the time I had left before the crochet swap mailing deadline. Sorry, I just never have learned much about Pokémon despite making the characters for others.

I found the pattern for this Pokémon inspired character here. While the tail lured me in, the legs ending up being an interesting project. He sits back a bit on his legs and getting that to work right was an interesting challenge. I also found the ears to be a bit harder to construct than I expected. I do think he was worth the effort.

I still have one more elephant project to post next week and then I think it’s back to doll clothes for my donation project. I'll finally be caught up on my back posts from my swaps.


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Litwick Pokémon

I had an amazing Christmas vacation and am once again behind in my postings. Litwick was a last minute addition to my Christmas presents. I have an adult relative that requested a Litwick for a birthday gift shortly before I had surgery and took a crochet break. As I restarted crocheting, I had the pattern in my folder of items to do, but never seemed to get to him. With my Christmas box mailed, I found him and realized he had to be made. With a week left until Christmas, Litwick made his appearance and was warmly welcomed to his new home on Christmas Eve.

He worked up quickly from a free pattern found here. This was one of the easier Christmas gifts I made and it seems to have brought the most pleasure.

Snubbull

I finished Snubbull with the help of another free pattern this one from Nannette's crochet found here. This character goes with the 12th book in the chapter book series I am working to illustrate with ami's. I have decided after this one to take a break and work on some characters other than Pokémon for a bit.

I received some wonderful patterns for Easter and I have already started one of them to replace the Easter toys decorating my husband's office.

Pokeball

I had limited crochet time yesterday, so as I was working through the free patterns I had printed I decided to finish off the Pokeball. This is a free pattern offered by the author of one of my favorite crocheted food books, Tasty Crochet: A Pantry Full of Patterns for 33 Tasty Treats, a book I have written about many times.

The Pokeball works up quick and as the designer mentions is a much softer alternative for children than the hard plastic ones available in the stores.

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Knit Amigurumi and Stuffed Toys

Crochet and Knit Amigurumi and Other Dolls

Knit and Crochet Toys

Teddy Bear Patterns and Clothes

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Snorlax

Thanks to a generous free pattern designer I managed to finish Snorlax.

Snorlax is found in the ninth book of the Scholastic Chapter book series, Lapras the tenth. Pikachu was of course in the first book. Since I am shipping them all for a May birthday, my focus has been on finding patterns I can make for the characters that are in the books found in this particular 15 book series. I am only grateful some of the books combine characters from previous books.

My hope is to make the Snubull next, although not having read the directions I make no promises. That character is found in book 12. It appears I have to go back and either find or work on the patterns I have for the earlier characters.

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Lapras

As I mentioned in a previous post, I am continuing to celebrate a younger relative's interest in an out of print Scholastic early chapter book series by making her the characters found in the series. I know little about Pokémon, resulting in confusion as I have told those who do know the list of characters I am pursuing. I have no idea, I am just going based on the titles and characters listed as a reward for reading them. The significance in terms of the actual Pokémon bigger picture is not as relevant to me.

I came across a free pattern for Lapras and got to work shortly after finishing Pikachu only to put him aside. I got assistance with his eyes. It turns out you can cut them out from felt or draw them on cloth and back them with felt. Drawing on the felt proved to be a bad choice. I also think my gauge changed because I was struggling slightly to get the under skin to fit as snuggly as I would have liked. I came back to this project after finishing my Easter projects and found a way to make it work.

The next creature up is the Snorlax. I have the bottom almost completed.

If you arrived here looking for free toy patterns please see the following pages:

Dinosaurs and Dragons

Knit and Crochet Food Patterns Great for Play Food

Hello Kitty

Crochet and Knit Puppets

Crochet Amigurumi Animals and Stuffed Animal Free Patterns

Knit Amigurumi and Stuffed Toys

Crochet and Knit Amigurumi and Other Dolls

Knit and Crochet Toys

Teddy Bear Patterns and Clothes

Halloween Page

Thanksgiving

Christmas

Valentines

Easter

Graduation

Patriotic

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