Monday, October 8, 2012

Does the Crochet of an Angel become an Angel?


I recently signed up for redditgifts Doctor Who gift exchange. If you are unfamiliar with redditgifts. It's a gift exchange program for reddit.com users. This program has several different gift exchanges. If you have a chance check it out! http://redditgifts.com/.

When I received my match I was excited to see that their favorite villain was The Weeping Angels. These are creatures from Doctor Who and made of stone...before I totally nerd out just read the Wiki on them for more info. I was excited because I had been rolling the idea of crocheting up an Angel in my head for several years and now I had a reason to start hooking!

A Weeping Angel
After posting pictures of my finished Weeping Angel on r/doctorwho I quickly realized that people wanted this pattern. Since I don't really crochet directly from a pattern and normally just create things based off of a hodge-podge of of patterns and YouTube videos. I was reluctant to write a pattern out but, since this one was so easy to make I figured heck, I'll just try my hand at pattern writing. So here it is. I warn you, I suck at this.

Body
Chain 21
In the 2nd loop from the hook 10SC, 10 HDC chain one turn
Work all the next stitches in the back loop. This will create the ribbed pattern.
10 HDC, 10 SC chain one turn
10 SC, 10 HDC chain one turn
10 HDC, 10 SC chain one turn
10 SC, 10 HDC chain one turn
10 HDC, 10 SC chain one turn
10 SC, 10 HDC chain one turn
10 HDC, 10 SC chain one turn
10 SC, 10 HDC chain one turn
10 HDC, 10 SC chain one turn
10 SC, 10 HDC chain one turn
10 HDC, 10 SC chain one turn
Turn inside out and join the ends with a row of SC. This should create a cone for the body.

Head
Work in a continued round
6 SC in a Magic Circle
Increase in every stitch (12 stitches)
1sc, 1 increase  for (18 stitches)
2 SC , 1 increase for  (24 stitches)
1 row of SC
1 row of SC

1 row of SC
1 row of SC
2 sc, decrease 1
1 sc, decrease 1

Hair
Using a yarn needle I just made loops getting bigger as they went around to create a "bowl cut" look. This is only the base of the hair so make the "cut" a lot shorter.

Crown braid
I used nerdigurumi's slip stitch for details video to create this look. Do this around the bottom of the "bowl cut"




Curls under the crown braid
Using a yarn needle I simply sewed  directly under the "crown braid" and left each loop loose. Just keep your thumb on the loop as you go along. They don't have to be perfect since they are meant to be unruly curls. Even Angel's made of stone have bad hair days.

Base
Since everyone's stitching is different I don't want to give a specific stitch count. Just create a disk by continually increasing until you reach the size of your Angel's base. Stuff the base of the body with fill. I cut a bit of cardboard and placed it inside the base and then connected the base to the body with a row of SC. This causes it to bump out just a bit and make it look more like a statue.

Wings

Make two
I used a slightly modified version of  Cthulhu Crochet and Cousins wing pattern for this. The pattern can be found here. At the end of each row she calls for chain to create the ends of the wing. I reduced the chain amount by 3 so it does not curl as much.


Arm
Make 2
3 sc in a Magic Circle
1 increase in each stitch (6 stitches)
Work in continued rows
10 rows of 6 sc.

Assemble!

Now stuff the rest of the body and shape it how you want. Since this is worked in rows it can really stretch so don't over fill it or you'll have a plump Angel. Sew the arms to the middle of the face and sew the head onto the body. Sew the wings to the back of the body, I used that last row of SC as a marker. Now sew the arms to the middle of the body. Try to pull them down a bit to make the Angel look like it is slouching as it's crying.

I hope this helps, I know I'm no good at writing patterns so if you have any questions please let me know! 

Friday, January 20, 2012

Cthulhu


Cthulhu is a fictional character who first appeared in the short story "The Call of Cthulhu", published in the pulp magazine Weird Tales in 1928. The character was created by writer H. P. Lovecraft. (Wikipedia)
 
This is possibly the most evil thing I've crocheted and one of my best attempts at Amigurumi. The basic pattern for this can be found on the blog Cthulhu Crochet and Cousins. I modified this pattern just a bit

My modifications
*I added extra lines to make this much biger then the original pattern by at lest 5 rows. 

The tentacles
 I found the tentacles in the pattern did not curl up the way I wanted so I made about 7 curly cues using the Crochet Geek Curly Cue pattern.

The Wings
I used the wing from the pattern again adding rows to make it larger. The only modification I made was adding a pipe cleaner to the top of the wings and then doing a SC row over it to connect it to the wings. I found this made the wings stick out more.

The Feet
I know the feet look bigger but this was by request. I could not find a pattern that worked for this type of feet so I improvised. I made 3 domes so to speak (the toes) with one smaller than the others. I then sewed these together and ran SC rows around them and down decreasing till I got the size I wanted. In hindsight I would have made them smaller despite the request.

Hats Hats Hats..

Sock Monkey Hat
Model: Pepper
Pattern: Neanners Shop


Hello Kitty Hat
Model: Adriana
Pattern: Creative Creations
The Divine Hat
Model: Zanooka
Pattern: Rheatheyli


Minnie Mouse Birthday


This hat came from a request made by my Boyfriend's sister. Her daughter is turning 2 and they are having her party at Disney Land. I had a lot of fun making this hat and ended up making several more for family and friends.
The Hat
You can really use any basic SC beanie hat pattern for this. For the toddler size I went with the Toddler Beanie pattern found on Ravelry.


The Ears
These are just Pom Poms made extra thick



The Bow
I used the patternfrom Crochet spot for the bow. Then I just made tiny circles of white and sewed them on.

Eeyore Anigurumi


My cat closes his eyes every time he sees a camera!

This Anigurumi is another victim of me forgetting to write down everything I did. However I can tell you that for the head I used a pattern from Ravelry. (you can find that here). The body and extremities were made with the pattern Big Cuddly Doctor Who found on the Pixelated Mushroomblog. I just made them a lot smaller.

Jake from Adventure Time

Adventure time,
C'mon, grab your friends,
We'll go to very distant Lands
With Jake the Dog,
And Finn the Human,
The Adventures'll never end,
It's Adventure Time!

I don't have a pattern made for this Amigurumi of Jake from Adventure time. I also did not use a pattern for this and at time I did not think to take notes as I went along.