Pikachu pattern, additional tips and tricks.

This post is about additional tips and tricks for my Pikachu pattern.

There're many people asked me through various way about this Pikachu pattern, and most of them came with similar question about 'why it not turn out the same as your photo'

So I think I will try to explain all details and tricks to crochet this Pikachu, so it can turn out as same as mine as possible.

YARN : For this pikachu I used 4 ply acrylic yarn bran 'VENUS' which I think it is Thai local brand. Each ball weight around 90-100 grams(I not sure about the certain number), and I used nearly 4 balls.

"Red Heart Super Saver Solids"

Some of my customers use yarn called 'Red Heart Super Saver Solids' to crochet this Pickachu. They use approximately 6 skeins and the finished size is ginormous. It's 1.6- 1.7 meters. 

  

                      

Tips & Trick:  I crochet this Pikachu quite 'tight', if you feel that you're crocheting him much less tight than mine, change the hook to smaller one. If you don't want to change you can continue working but he may not get the same shape as this one. How tight it is? Tight enough that you can not see clearly hole between each stitch. 

EARS TOO SMALL!?

Many people ask me about the ears are way too small to head size, did I mistakenly write the pattern? I have to say I crochet the same as in the pattern. I stuff the fiber into the ears quite tight, because I also had feeling that the ears are a little too small for the head. 

Still too small!?

If you still have a feeling that the ears are too small, I suggest you to change the pattern in round 8 into:

Rnd 8: 3 ch, dc in next 6 stitch, 2 dc in next stitch 2 times, sl

I think this would be enough for the ears, but if you still need the bigger ears also working on increase in round 9 too.

FACE COMPONENTS

EYES : After finish the eyes part, eyes should have diameter about tree rows of stitch (see the picture below). Sometime different yarn and different hook affect much on the finished work, so if you feel that eye are too small feel free to increase the size of them.

Two eyes are about 15 stitches apart, 1 row to nose, and one row to mouth.

You can freely arrange the components of his face to fit your pikachu's head, my instruction is for guiding. 

Sewing parts together, 

use one or two strand of yarn? 

I use 2 strands together, because when I try 1 strand, the sewing edges are clearly visible.

I think that all, if any other question coming, I will get update on this page. Thank you so much for everyone who bought my Pikachu pattern, feel free to ask my anything about the pattern. I will be your assistance until you finish him.

Little mushroom amigurumi free pattern

I made this mush room many years ago. And I did post the pattern for free in my facebook page, but there are some people who not familiar with the Thai style abbrev pattern, so I decide to write it again for the people who prefer the american standard version.   

Hope you like it <3

This mushroom is crochet in one piece, from bottom to top. No sewing need.

Mushroom

Start with bottom of mush room, white yarn.

Rnd 1 : Magic ring 6 sc - 6

Rnd 2 : 2 sc in each stitch -12

Rnd 3 : [sc in next stitch, 2sc in next stitch] 6 times - 18

Rnd 4 : [sc in next 2 stitch, 2sc in next stitch] 6 times - 24
Rnd 5 : [sc in next 3 stitch, 2sc in next stitch] 6 times - 30
Rnd 6 : sc in next 30 stitch - 30
Rnd 7 : sc in next 30 stitch - 30
Rnd 8 : [sc in next 4 stitch, sc2tog] 5 times - 25
Rnd 9 : sc in next 25 stitch - 25
Rnd 10 : [sc in next 3 stitch, sc2tog] 5 times - 20
Rnd 11 : sc in next 20 stitch - 20

Changing yarn color to pink

Rnd 12 : [sc in next 2 stitch, 2sc in next stitch] 6 times, sc in next 2 stitch - 26
Rnd 13 : [sc in next 3 stitch, 2sc in next stitch] 6 times, sc in next 2 stitch - 32
Rnd 14 : sc in next 32 stitch - 32
Rnd 15 : [sc in next 4 stitch, 2sc in next stitch] 6 times, sc in next 2 stitch - 38
Rnd 16 : [sc in next stitch, sc2tog] 12 times, sc in next 2 stitch - 26
Rnd 17 : [sc in next stitch, sc2tog] 8 times, sc in next 2 stitch - 18
Rnd 18 : sc in next 18 stitch - 18
Rnd 19 : sc in next 18 stitch - 18
Rnd 20 : sc in next 18 stitch - 18
Don't forget to stuff your work :)
Rnd 21 : [sc in next stitch, sc2tog] 6 times - 12
Rnd 22 : [sc2tog] 6 times - 6
Rnd 23 : [sc2tog] 3 times - or sc2tog until the hold is closed.

Flower
Rnd 1 : Magic ring 6 sc - 6
Rnd 2 : [5 chains, sc in next stitch] repeat until it become flower!

As you can see from the picture, I used purple bead sewing as a pollen to attach the flower to this cute little mushroom. And use small black bead, sewing as eyes. Then with black thread, embroidery the mouth.

The most important part is the face! Even tough you mass up your hand tension and didn't equally crochet it. The most important things is you have to make sure the face of the doll is cute! Using pins to guide where you are going to stitch or embroidery first hand before doing the real job. And if you are running out of idea how to make his face, just simple smile with symmetrical face components is enough. The key here is symmetry.

And if you feel like something is missing, try adding pink cheek under the eyes area, this things add load of cuteness to your doll.

That's it! Hope you enjoy the pattern, any problems during making him, comment below or under tutorial video. I will try answer you as fast as I can. :)

Embroidery Nyanko sensei from anime Natsume Yuujinchou

Last week I went to the biggest (I think) shopping street for handmade materials in Bangkok, Sampeng market.  I went there in purpose to buy some yarn and I end up bought an embroidery tools too.

I'm so exciting to embroidery something, because most of the time I do embroidery is for doll's face of some doll's details.

Then I realize that I'm too busy too embroidery something too big, it will never finish for sure. So finally I decide to embroidery this little character 'Nyanko sensei' from one of my favorite anime Natsume Yuujinchou. I did the back of him instead of font because it used less color! 

And this is what he look like! I think he gonna turn in to my handkerchief. :)