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.

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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.

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Knit Amigurumi and Stuffed Toys

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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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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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Pikachu

I have a younger family member that has been struggling with learning to read. She developed an interest in the Pokémon game and I found a series of out of print early chapter Pokémon books that she decided to read. To encourage the process I decided I would start making some of the characters found in this series for her birthday and Christmas.

I used Wolfdreamer's free Pikachu pattern and it was very easy to follow. I really cannot thank those that donate their talents and provide free patterns enough. I am working on a Lapras pattern now. I have downloaded a few more characters from the book series. We will see how far I get with all the other projects I have going. At least there will always be Pikachu.

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Dinosaurs and Dragons

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Knit Amigurumi and Stuffed Toys

Crochet and Knit Amigurumi and Other Dolls

Knit and Crochet Toys

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