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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Snorlax

As I mentioned before, I made some Pokémon inspired amis for a crochet swap partner's sons. I'd made Snorlax before using the pattern found here. It worked out well but having seen the free one available here it seemed a better choice.

I liked the detail and the assembly of the second pattern, better. It was still challenging, but the final project looked better than the first one I'd made previously. Oddly, I ran into problems with the yarn choice. I thought I had the blue I needed in the standard brands of acrylic yarn I use. When I checked, I found out I only had Wool Ease available and it proved to have a smaller gauge than the regular acrylics I used on the rest of the body. In some places, I found I had to use sports weight to get the body to match. Lesson learned.

It is nice to have free patterns to choose from when trying to decide on these projects. I feel very fortunate that so many generous designers freely share their talents with the rest of us.

If you arrived here looking for free patterns you may be interested in the following blog 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

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Pikachu

One of my swap partners mentioned her sons love Pokémon. She wasn't specific about which ones, so I went looking for some free Pokémon inspired ami patterns to see if I could make some to send off in her package. Pikachu seemed like a good choice. I'd had success making him for a family member before, so I looked up the pattern found here and got started. Of the three I made, this one was the easiest.

If you arrived here looking for free patterns you may be interested in the following blog 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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