COMPLETED: 68 GOAL: 649
Here is a fun and quick Pokemon to make. Instead of using yarn for the 'gas', I used the polyfil and spray painted it.
Materials: crochet hook, purple and pink yarn, white, black and pink felt, polyfil, purple spray paint
Head:
With purple, 6 sc in magic circle
(6)
Row 1: 2 sc in each sc around (12)
Row 2: sc next sc, 2 sc next sc, around
(18)
Row 3: sc next 2 sc. 2 sc next sc,
around (24)
Row 4: sc next 3 sc, 2 sc next sc,
around (30)
Row 5: sc next 4 sc, 2 sc next sc,
around (36)
Row 6: sc next 5 sc, 2 sc next sc,
around (42)
Row 7: sc next 6 sc, 2 sc next sc,
around (48)
Row 10-14: sc in each sc around (48)
Row 15: sc next 6 sc, decrease over
next 2 sc, around (42)
Row 16: sc next 5 sc, decrease over
next 2 sc, around (36)
Row 17: sc next 4 sc, decrease over
next 2 sc, around (30)
Row 18: sc next 3 sc, decrease over
next 2 sc, around (24)
Begin stuffing.
Row 19: sc next 2 sc, decrease over
next 2 sc, around (18)
Row 20: sc next sc, decrease over next
2 sc, around (12)
Row 21: decrease over next 2 sc, around
(6)
FO Weave tail thru loops and pull
closed.
Finish: I created the gas using a technique similar to making a latch hook rug. I've added some pictures to help with my description. Fill in a little less then half of Gastly.
Step 1: Insert crochet hook under stitch.
Step 2: Wrap a piece of polyfil around hook and pull under stitch. The polyfil can be at different lengths. You will trim it up later when you have finished putting on all the pieces.
Step 3: Continue pulling one end of the polyfil under the stitch, while holding the other end.
Continue around Gastly until you feel that it has good coverage. You don't need to do every stitch, just enough to cover up the head. If you want to secure the polyfil you can place a small amount of glue at each base (where the two ends come up under the stitch). Once you finish pulling thru all the polyfil, you can trim it or fluff it more. However you want Gastly to look.
Next take some newspaper and tape and cover the face of Gastly. You will want to get as close to the polyfil as you can, so don't get any spray paint on his face. Once done you can begin to spray paint the 'gas" Start with a light coat and let dry. You can give it more coats of paint until you reach the darkness you prefer. You can leave the tips a little lighter and the valleys a little darker. The spray paint will stiffen the polyfil, so make sure you have the 'gas' arranged the way you want before beginning to paint. Once your paint has dried, remove the tape and newspaper. You are ready to make the face.
Step 1: Insert crochet hook under stitch.
Step 2: Wrap a piece of polyfil around hook and pull under stitch. The polyfil can be at different lengths. You will trim it up later when you have finished putting on all the pieces.
Step 3: Continue pulling one end of the polyfil under the stitch, while holding the other end.
Continue around Gastly until you feel that it has good coverage. You don't need to do every stitch, just enough to cover up the head. If you want to secure the polyfil you can place a small amount of glue at each base (where the two ends come up under the stitch). Once you finish pulling thru all the polyfil, you can trim it or fluff it more. However you want Gastly to look.
Next take some newspaper and tape and cover the face of Gastly. You will want to get as close to the polyfil as you can, so don't get any spray paint on his face. Once done you can begin to spray paint the 'gas" Start with a light coat and let dry. You can give it more coats of paint until you reach the darkness you prefer. You can leave the tips a little lighter and the valleys a little darker. The spray paint will stiffen the polyfil, so make sure you have the 'gas' arranged the way you want before beginning to paint. Once your paint has dried, remove the tape and newspaper. You are ready to make the face.
Cut two eyes out of white felt and two pupils out of black felt. Cut a mouth out of pink felt and two teeth out of white felt. The teeth sit on the very ends of the mouth. The eyes do not sit flat on the face, they actually stick out. So when you are ready to glue them on, just glue the inside tip of the eye to the face. Embroider two small lines between eyes and two lines under eyes with pink yarn. If you want to add a line to the outside of the eyes. Cut two small pieces out of pink yarn (about 1/2") and glue to outside edge of each eye. Once the glue has dried. bend back the eyes to form a slight curve.
Gastly and Pokemon © Nintendo
