Raichu

I finally got another one done!  Yay me!  LOL






Raichu has been much requested and I finally got around to making him.  Parts of him are a little different than most pokemon  (namely the ears and tail)  and the instructions look much more difficult than it really is.  This is definitely one of the pokemon I would recommend for those with at least a little experience in making dolls, but with

Ampharos

I hope you'll forgive the fact that pictures aren't really all that great,  but the weather has been really crummy outside,  so we took the pics inside.
Ampharos is another of the lesser known pokemon I'm really quite fond of.  The pattern is a bit complicated in that there are quite a few parts to him, and lots of color changes.  Other than that though,  he's not very difficult to make.
I used

Meowth Plushie

I had to do Meowth eventually.  I put it off forever because I have the worst problems with mouths... and I have at least a dozen 'Meowth mouths' on my worktable that didn't make the cut.   I'm still not very happy with that one,  but maybe one of you talented crafters will be able to make a better one :D.



I adore Meowth because he's scrappy and intelligent and just generally fun to

Natu Plushie

Natu is a cute pokemon,  he has these big eyes like a night-hawk that were very hard to get right lol.  I tried to make the wings all crochet,  but it just wouldn't work at this size,  I would have to make him much bigger to get that to work,  so his wing details are felt strips instead.
As always,  if you have any troubles with him,  or find anything wrong in the pattern,  let me know :)

Pink HandWarmers

This pattern was a special request from one of my deviantART friends.   I designed these quite some time ago for my 15 year old daughter,  well I designed about a dozen different hand warmers for her,  since she wears them all the time so I have many patterns for these.

I like wearing hand warmers too,  I have severe rheumatoid arthritis and the added warmth from wearing these (especially when

Luigi Plushie

Well, I knew it had to happen.I'm sitting here, working hard on new patterns, and there sits Mario, alone, waiting, occasionally tapping his foot and staring me down. Ok, ok... I get it! You want Luigi, right? Well yes, he did... so being a good little doll-maker, I obliged him his request.Here's Luigi... companion doll to my Mario Plushie.He's somewhat like Mario in construction,

Mario Plushie

This pattern has been a long time in the posting. I've argued with myself over whether or not I should sell this one, but I just couldn't do it. I know it would sell well, and I surely do need the money, but the whole reason I began making these FAN ART plushes was because I know very well how hard it is to find good patterns to make things like these for the kids. I started out

Darwin the Dinosaur

I wanted to show off another of my newer patterns that are up for sale in my Etsy shop. His name is Darwin and he's a dinosaur. He came about because my middle daughter wanted me to make her a chubby dino for her collection of stuffed animals. She helped me 'design' Darwin and we're both really pleased with how he evolved.If you're interested in the pattern for Darwin, it's available at my

Fireflower

FireFlower is by request. I had tons of email requests for this one. I understand that in the newer games the FireFlower isn't in a box, but I needed to put it in one so that it would stand up. So I sort of combined several different evolutions of FireFlower for this plushie :)The cube/box is done in rounds, like a ball which makes it a little different from most 'boxes'. It's done using

The Good, The Bad and The Cuddly

I normally don't do this, but I've had a really great time making these two fellas, and I just had to show someone. LOL The pattern for these are for sale at my Etsy shop (linked in the right-hand column at the top). I've got more patterns in the works (free ones too!) I just got so tickled with how these came out, I couldn't resist showing them off a little LOL.

Luma Plushie

Yay! More mario plushies! LOL.. well I had to make Luma. I've had dozens of requests for it, and it's a fairly simple pattern to design, and I needed easy. Working on my current commission project is draining my last ounce of patience, so this was a welcome break :DLuma can be made in just about any color you want... so have a blast. lolAs always, if you find anything wrong with the

King Boo

August 20, 2009King Boo was a request by my girls. I made him on a whim really, watching a movie with the kids. He looks a bit ragged here, because the girls were chasing each other around the house with him... I figure he's been through the ringer already :DI'll see what I can do about getting some better pictures of him, if I can wrestle him away from the girls long enough. LOLAs always, if

Toad and Toadette

August 20, 2009Took me long enough didn't it? LOL. Recently while playing one of the old mario games, I fell in love with Toadette and just HAD to make her. Well I couldn't just make her, without making Toad too... so here they are.I left the color choices open in the pattern, because there is a rather extensive 'toad' family of characters that can be made with the basic head/body in this

HootHoot Plushie

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September 23, 2009



August 20, 2009

HootHoot here was fun to make. He's a bit more complicated than most pokemon dolls, in that he has only one foot. The foot is weighted (I used unpopped popcorn, but any good weight material will work) and he does stand on his own with a little maneuvering. I hope you enjoy making HootHoot as much

Oddish Plushie

August 20, 2009Here's the Oddish that so many people have asked for. My girls love it so much, it took me two days to find her when I was finished, so that I could get pictures. The girls had her in the middle of their huge collection of stuffed things I've made for them, LOL.I should also apologize for the picture, I can't seem to locate the good camera either, I know we put it somewhere

Sunkern Plushie

August 20, 2009Sunkern is one of the lesser known pokemon, but he's cute none-the-less. He was also quite fun to make, and didn't really take a very long time either.SunkernMaterials:WW yarn in yellow and a nice leaf greenG HookFelt pieces in black, white and brownYarn needleSewing needle and thread to match feltsFiberfillOne chenille stem (pipe cleaner) 12 inches longNotes:Gauge doesn't

Pincushion Ring

My oldest daughter decided to make herself a neat little 'traveling sewing kit' from a tin box that originally held some candy. She painted it, and added some really cute graphics and then put in a magnet strip to hold her pins and needles. After a bit, we realized she needed a small pincushion to use when she was making her emergency repairs. (being avid hunter and campers and traveling

Torchic Plushie

Well Torchic is finished. I can't begin to tell you how many requests I've had for this one. :)The pictures are a little bright, but I'm at the mercy of the Texas summer sun and I've yet to find the dimmer switch on that sucker LOL. I wish I could, the heat and drought are about to really put the whammy on all my plants (the jasmines in the background were drooping terribly when I took

Mew Plushie

I had a few requests to make a mew plushie, so this is my attempt. I have to say, figuring out the eyes was alot harder than I thought, and I'm still not sure I got them right.If you find any problems with the pattern, please let me know I'll fix it as soon as possible :DMEWMATERIALS:WW yarn pinkG HookPieces of white and blue felt (for eyes)Yarn NeedleFiberfillNOTES:Gauge isn't really important

Mario Brothers Goomba

Well, after many requests for this fella, here he is. Goomba from Mario Brothers. He's kinda cute for a grumpy guy. LOL My girls have already laid claim to him, altho now they're arguing over who gets to keep him in their room. As always, the pattern is here, and if you have any questions or problems, let me know I'll try to answer as quickly as I can.GoombaMATERIALS:WW yarn in warm (medium)

Drifloon Plushie

This was another requested plushie. I'm considering also making the evolved form of Drifloon - Drifblim, but haven't gotten around to that yet. I'm sorry I don't have a picture of the back of him, but there's really nothing to show and my camera memory was full. *sigh*

The pattern is mostly an easy one, the one major difference is the sculpting part. It's not hard, it's just to add

Mario Brothers Mushrooms

June 27, 2009These little plushies were requested. They're really quite simple to make, but I have to admit, I had so much fun, I ended up making all those in one day. I love it when something simple and so much fun comes out looking so very cute :)Mario MushroomsMaterials:WW yarn in white, the colors you need for the tops (varies with the type of mushroom) and a tiny amount of blackG

Shaymin Plushie

This is a Shaymin plushie I made by request. Poor guy has been thru an awful lot. My cat took a liking (or disliking) to him and decided to chew his nose nearly off, and 'degrassed' his back pretty good too. After some serious repair work and surgery on the nose, he's back together but just a tad bit worse for his unexpected adventure.

This doll has a few different techniques involved, but

SQUIRTLE

This is a little squirtle I recently finished for the girls. It took me longer than usual, due to the fact I have a bad infection in my eye, which causes my eye to water constantly, making everything blurry all the time. It should clear up in a few days but it's been really a pain trying to work with blurry eyes. LOL (if you click on the picture, it should give you the full sized

Pichu Plush

July 08, 2009This is the Pichu doll I just finished up for my youngest daughter who is probably the world's biggest Pichu fan. I must admit, Pichu has become one of my favorites as well.PichuMATERIALS:WW yarn in light yellow and a medium blackG HookFiberfillYarn needleScraps of felt in black, red, pink and a very tiny bit of whitesewing threads to match the felt colorsNOTES:I tend to prefer

Chain-Chomp

This is Chain-Chomp from the Mario Brothers games. I made this because my middle daughter begged me to. LOL. When writing out the pattern for it, I tried to make it as plain as possible, but I'm still learning how to write out patterns for someone other than myself to read, so bear with me. If anything is confusing, please let me know and I'll do my best to explain or change it. If the cube

PLUSLE AND MINUN

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June 29, 2009
Plusle and Minun are two of the 'helping pokemon'. They're very cute and energetic and make very sweet little dolls. The girls really enjoy playing with them :) The patterns are below and as always if you find any problems, please don't hesitate to let me know, I'll fix it as soon as possible.


PLUSLE AND MINUN

MATERIALS:

WW yarn

Tips line #1 - Take your time!

I've had alot of requests for tips and ideas on making plushies. I have alot of them, but if you asked me what is the one most important thing about making plushies it would be the one that is the simplest in its concept, but the most difficult in its application: TAKE YOUR TIME.I know how hard it is to slow down when you're excited about seeing the results. You've worked carefully and

BOMBOMB

This little fella I made for me! I filled it halfway with unpopped popcorn kernals, so it's well weighted and it's my new paper-weight. He's Bomomb, from the Mario Bros. games. I always kinda liked him LOL

BOMBOMB

Materials:

WW yarn in black, grey and gold
G Hook
Fiberfill (and some unpopped popcorn or plastic filler pellets if you would like to make it into a paperweight)
Tiny bits of

ELECTRODE

Electrode is another cute but simple to make Pokemon. He's the evolved form of Voltorb and is a little bigger. Also with Electrode, the white part is the upper half, while with Voltorb, the red part is on top.ELECTRODEMaterials:WW yarn in red, black and whiteF hookFiberfillYarn NeedleScraps of felt in white and blackSewing thread to match the felt colorsNOTES:Gauge isn't really important here,

Voltorb

Voltorb is a cute but simple pokemon to make. He always seems grumpy, but I guess if people were always mistaking me for a pokeball, I'd be a little grumpy too!




VOLTORBMaterials:WW yarn in red, black and white
F hook
Fiberfill
Yarn Needle
Scraps of felt in white and black
Sewing thread to match the felt colors

Creative slumps, flags and other stuff

I'm in a slump. I hate slumps. For one thing, just the word is distasteful. But mostly everything about it is annoying.I usually make something because I'm inspired to make it, but I have nothing 'inspirational' going on right now. Easter is kinda lame (sorry but it's true)... everyone makes cute little bunnies and bonnets and so many eggs we should all be dead from clogged arteries by now

POKEBALL JEWELRY SET

I've made several of these for my daughters and their friends. They just love anything pokemon related. LOLAs usual, if anything is not right, let know so I can change it :)POKEBALL JEWELRY SETMaterials:Size 10 crochet thread Red, white and blacksize 7 and 9 steel crochet hookssmall amount of fiberfillSewing thread in red, white and black3 jump rings2 earring findings (either hooks or clips)

POKEBALL

I made a bunch of these pokeballs for the kids starting way back in the mid 90's ... when they were little. They'd lose one (or the dogs would chew them up) so I'd make more. Even at their ages they still love to play with these things :)

As always, if something isn't right please let me know so that I can fix it as soon as possible.


POKEBALL

Materials:

WW yarn in red, white and black

Star Earrings

This has to be one of my favorite of my earring designs. It's simple and clean, big enough to please my daughter, but delicate enough to please me LOLYou can make these in just any color, or combine two colors for a different effect. I've even made some in glow-in-the-dark thread (you can find that usually in the embroidery thread rack)The pattern is relatively simple, but the thread and hook

PACHIRISU with pattern

This guy has been hard to get good pictures of because of his colors, and this is the best I can do for right now. Pachirisu is my middle daughter's very favorite pokemon, so I made this for her.I hope you can see the details well enough.This third pic was just purely for fun. It seems that Pachirisu is something of a camera hound, and decided to ham it up just a little for us. :)The pattern is

JIGGLYPUFF with pattern

This is the Jigglypuff I made for the kids. I ended up using a virgin wool (cause it's the only pink color I had) and I don't like making 3D pieces in wool because it's inconsistent and a bit stretchy to work with. I'll have to remake one at some point in good acrylic yarn. I thought about making the microphone, but I was too tired ... I'll probably do that next time.As usual, if anything

POLIWHIRL WITH PATTERN

Despite the fact I know his swirl is backwards, here's my version of Poliwhirl. This is one of the dolls the kids fought over, so I had to make several LOL. I never did get that swirl to go in the right direction (clock-wise) .... I guess Im 'swirl' challenged! :)

POLIWHIRL

Materials
WW weight yarn in Blue (I used RHSS Windsor Blue) and White
Size G Crochet hook
Small amount of black

PSYDUCK with pattern

Well being on a bit of a Pokemon kick lately ... I made a Psyduck for the girls. (I may keep it tho, cause I'm quite fond of Psyduck).

I wrote the pattern down as I made it, and I hope there are no omissions or mistakes in it. If anything is wrong, please let me know, I'll correct it as quickly as possible :) The picture doesn't really do it justice, I simply couldn't get the right light

PIKACHU PLUSHIE PATTERN

This is a Pikachu doll I made for my daughter. Even though I've been crocheting for 35 years, this is the first time I've ever tried to write out a pattern for someone other than myself to follow, so if anything is confusing, please let me know I'll do my best to fix it :)



PIKACHU PLUSHIE


MATERIALS:

About 4 oz. WW yarn in Yellow
About 1 oz. WW yarn in Black
Small amount of brown WW yarn