Monday 23 July 2012

Kudamon



Made for my sister as a belated birthday/leaving home present.Took me a while to figure out ho to make him but I am very pleased with the way he turned out.

Abbreviations

stst = Stockinette stitch. Knit being the right side and Purl being the wrong side.
Kfb = Knit front and back into a stitch to increase.
K2tog or P2tog = Knit or Purl 2 stitches together to decrease
B and T = break of yarn leaving a long end and thread through sts left on the knitting needle and pull tight to close the hole then fasten off
I-cord= Knitted on Dpn's. cast on stst then knit as normal, instead of turning to purl, push the stitches to the end of the dpn and knit again pulling the wool behind the stitches. After doing this for a few rows you will see the cord appearing, pull the cord to tighten the stitches.

If knitting in the round divide the stitches equally among the needles and when it says to Purl a row Knit instead. Stuff as you go.



Body make 1 (white)

Starting with the tail:
Cast On 3 sts .
Work as I-cord for 3 rounds
(Kfb) to end (6 sts) then divide them on to 3 needles
Knit for 5 rounds
(K1, Kfb) to end (9 sts)
Knit 7 rounds
(K2, Kfb) to end (12 sts)
Knit 9 rounds
(K3, Kfb) to end (15 sts)
Knit 16 rounds
(K4,Kfb) to end (18)
Knit 48 rounds
Increase for the head:
K1, (Kfb, K3) to last st, K1(22 sts)
Knit 2 rounds
K1, (Kfb,K3)to last st, K1 (27 sts)
Knit 5 rounds
K1,(K2tog,K3) to last st, K1 (22sts)
Knit 1 round
K1, (K2tog,K3)to last st, K1 (18sts)
Knit 1 round
K1, (K2tog,K3) to last 2 sts,K2 (15 sts)
Knit 3 rounds
(K2tog) to last st K1 (8sts)
Knit 3 rounds
B and T



Bell make 1 (yellow)

Cast on 3 sts
Work 2 rows as an I-cord
Kfb into every stitch (6sts)
Divide Stitches onto 3 needles
Knit 2 rounds
K1,Kfb to end (9sts)
Knit 2 rounds
K1,kfb,K1 to end(12sts)
Knit 1 round
B and T

Pin to the I-cord on the body and sew on.

Legs make 2 (white)

Cast on 6
Purl
K2,kfb x2,K2 (8)
Stst 3
K2,k2tog x2,k2 (6)
Stst 8
B and T

Pin to the sides of the body and sew on.

Ears make 1 of each left and right (white and black) Knit flat

Left ear

Cast on 2
Stst 2 beginning with a knit row
K1,kfb (3)
Purl
K2,kfb (4)
Purl
K3,kfb (5)
Purl
K4,kfb (6)
Purl
K4,k2tog (5)
Purl
Change to black
K3,k2tog (4)
Purl
K2,k2tog (3)
Purl
K2,k2tog (3)
Purl
K1,K2tog (2)
Band T

Right ear

Cast on 2
Stst 2 beginning with a Knit row
Kfb,K1 (3)
Purl
Kfb,K2 (4)
Purl
Kfb,K3 (5)
Purl
KfbK4(6)
Purl
K2tog,K4(5)
Purl
Change to black
K2tog,K3(4)
Purl
K2tog,K2(3)
Purl
K2tog,K2(3)
Purl
K2tog,K1(2)
Band T

Pin to the side of the head and sew on. On the right ear thread a red piece of wool through the edge and tie the ends together, cut the ends off close to the knot and then manoeuvre the knot so it is tucked in the ear to make the earring.

Neck ring make 1 (yellow)Knit flat

Cast on 25
Stst 4 rows
Cast off

Wrap round the neck and sew the two ends together and then stitch round the neck.

The eyes I made with yellow and black felt and then put a french knot for the pupil. To do the body pattern I just embroidered it on using the same colour as the tail and neck ring. I found that every picture of Kudamon I could find had a different pattern on so in the end I just made loads of lines and circles around the body. The mouth and claws were just embroidered on in black wool. The nose was done in pink.




Kudamon and Digimon are copyright Bandai/Toei Animation .

Oddish



Created for the July CAL/KAL on Pokemon Amigurumi

Abbreviations

stst = Stockinette stitch. Knit being the right side and Purl being the wrong side.
Kfb = Knit front and back into a stitch to increase.
K2tog or P2tog = Knit or Purl 2 stitches together to decrease
B and T = break of yarn leaving a long end and thread through sts left on the knitting needle and pull tight to close the hole then fasten off
I-cord= Knitted on Dpn's. cast on stst then knit as normal, instead of turning to purl, push the stitches to the end of the dpn and knit again pulling the wool behind the stitches. After doing this for a few rows you will see the cord appearing, pull the cord to tighten the stitches.

If knitting in the round divide the stitches equally among the needles and when it says to Purl a row Knit instead. Stuff as you go.

Body make 1 (Dark blue)
Cast on 8 (8)
Purl
Kfb to end(16)
Purl
(K1,kfb) to end(24)
Purl
(K2,kfb) to end(32)
Purl
(K3,kfb) to end(40)
Purl
(K4,kfb) to end(48)
Stst 8 rows
(K4,k2tog) to end(40)
Purl
(K3,k2tog) to end(32)
Purl
(K2,k2tog) to end(24)
Purl
(K1,k2tog) to end(16)
Purl
K2tog to end(8)
B and T
Sew up the back stopping 2 inches from the top so you can stuff then finish sewing up.


Feet make 2 (Dark blue)

Cast on 6 (6)
Purl
Kfb to end (12)
Stst 9 beginning with a Purl row (12)
B and T
Sew up the back stopping 2 inches from the top so you can stuff lightly then finish sewing up. Then pin to the bottom of the body and sew in place.


Leaves make 5 (Green)

Cast on 2
Kfb x2 (4)
Purl
Kfb,K to last st,kfb (6)
Purl
Kfb,k to last st, kfb (8)
Purl
Kfb,K to last st, Kfb (10)
Purl
Kfb,k to last st, kfb (12)
Stst 5 starting with a Purl row
K2tog,k8,k2tog (10)
Purl
K2tog,k6,k2tog (8)
Purl
K2tog,k4, k2tog (6)
Purl
K2tog,k2,k2tog (4)
Cast off

I found that the leaves started to curl, so I backstitched down the middle and around the edges to make it firmer. Pin the leaves to the top of the head. The first leaf should be in the middle with two either side, then place the last 2 leaves at the back of the first three with the tops poking out of the gaps between the leaves.

Cut two small circles for the eyes and sew in place. You can either embroider the mouth or cut one out of felt.
Oddish and Pokemon are copyright Nintendo.
Original Crochet pattern by Linda Potts and can be found here: http://wolfdreamer-oth.blogspot.co.uk/2009/07/oddish-plushie.html