Hi all! I am now updating Saturday morning instead of Thursday morning. Gives me Friday night to chill and write my blog posts. As for what I’ve been doing, I’ve been adding a whole bunch of Facebook options to my site these past few days, and also Amazon store links. I think it looks quite nice, and I’ll continue doing more of that as I go along.
I also just finished writing my short story for the Bento comics anthology, titled . The anthology has a Peter Pan theme, and the Pickwicks are the neighbours of Wendy Darling and her family. The story isn’t due until March 15th, in time for release at TCAF, a comics convention in Toronto held on May 5-6th each year, so you may not see it in print until then. It’s just as well – I’m trying something new with this story, so you’ll all see it online sometime after the 15th March.
Today, I get to show you something Nintendo-related I crocheted a while ago – Kirby.
The star of his own Nintendo games, this Kirby is from a free pattern at iceblueberries’ blog, and I added 8mm safety eyes to him instead of crocheting the eyes. Amazingly, this seemed to suit Kirby a great deal, and he looks a dead ringer for the “real” McCoy!
Step 1: Crochet Kirby's body. This is only 30 stitches at its widest point, so it was done in no time.
Step 2: Added 8mm safety eyes, instead of crocheting the eyes. The eyes were a perfect fit for this size!
Step 3: Sew his little mouth, and give him rosy red cheeks!
Step 4: Crochet his hands and feet, and sew them onto his body. Straight-forward.
And here we have, THREE Kirbys…
Just like Kirby, this looks so simple yet it’s really adorable! 😀
Yeah, it’s super cute. So cute I made 3 of them! XD
Nice! I wouldn’t mind keeping one of those.
I don’t suppose you have the instructions written out anywhere? I get a 404 error trying to look up the site, and I can’t find another Kirby pattern this size. Thanks!
Gosh, it seems like that site has gone offline completely.
Well, I’ll try my best to recall the pattern here:
The body is a round ball, maximum 42 stitches.
BODY (Make 1, Pink):
Rnd 1 – Ch 2, 6 single chain (sc) in 2nd chain away from hook (Magic Ring method)
Rnd 2 – 2 sc in each chain (12 stitches)
Rnd 3 – *2 sc in next single chain, 1 sc*, repeat 6 times (18 stitches)
Rnd 4 – *2 sc in next single chain, 2 sc*, repeat 6 times (24 stitches)
Rnd 5 – *2 sc in next single chain, 3 sc*, repeat 6 times (30 stitches)
Rnd 6 – *2 sc in next single chain, 4 sc*, repeat 6 times (36 stitches)
Rnd 7 – *2 sc in next single chain, 5 sc*, repeat 6 times (42 stitches)
Rnd 8-13 – sc (42 stitches)
Rnd 14 – *dec 1, 5 sc*, repeat 6 times (36 stitches)
Rnd 15 – *dec 1, 4 sc*, repeat 6 times (30 stitches)
Rnd 16 – *dec 1, 3 sc*, repeat 6 times (24 stitches)
Rnd 17 – *dec 1, 2 sc*, repeat 6 times (18 stitches)
Add the 8mm safety eyes, and stuff.
Rnd 18 – *dec 1, 1 sc*, repeat 6 times (12 stitches)
Rnd 19 – *dec 1*, repeat 6 times (6 stitches)
Bind off. You should have a round pink ball. Sew red blush on the face.
Feet (Make 2, Red)
Rnd 1 – Ch 2, 6 single chain (sc) in 2nd chain away from hook (Magic Ring method)
Rnd 2 – 2 sc in each chain (12 stitches)
Rnd 3 – *2 sc in next single chain, 1 sc*, repeat 6 times (18 stitches)
Rnd 4 – *2 sc in next single chain, 2 sc*, repeat 6 times (24 stitches)
Sew each circle together, to make a semicircle. These are the feet, so sew them onto the bottom of Kirby’s body.
Arms (Make 2, Pink)
Rnd 1 – Ch 2, 4 single chain (sc) in 2nd chain away from hook (Magic Ring method)
Rnd 2 – 2 sc in each chain (8 stitches)
Rnd 3 – *2 sc in next single chain, 1 sc*, repeat 4 times (12 stitches)
Rnd 4-5 – sc (12 stitches)
Bind off, then sew onto body.
I think that should be about right… though I’m not sure about the arms. I hope there’s only minor variations – I have to crochet this again to make sure.
Hope this helps! (and that it’s right!)
Ha, just realized I forgot to actually reply to this. The website did come back finally, but yours is close, so thanks! :o)