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I started this one on November 1st, as my first project whilst undertaking the challenge of crocheting every day in November for Bone Cancer Research Trust. In total I've managed to raise £463.13 (including Gift Aid and my employer's match funding) and did 45 hours across the 30 days (I slowed down at the end to not burn myself out) If people want to contribute, the donation page is here  - alternatively, people can just donate to the cause directly. Left: The doll, glowing in the dark. Right: The doll, in bright light Stats The doll is 12 inches tall and just over 9 inches in wing-span. The Wraith Blade is 9 inches long and about 2 inches wide. In total it took 39 hours across 19 days (so just over 2 hours a day), using 11 different yarns. Posability To ensure that the doll was posable, I used the wiring instructions detailed in Hoffman's "The Travellers" pattern. Well, roughly - she recommends a particular gauge of wire, but I just used what I had to hand. I don...

This one was particularly difficult: The Soul Reaver itself!   Probably the hardest part was constructing the skull, which had a fair few false starts. I found a pattern for a skull on club crochet  which was the basis for that, but I had to narrow the eyes, alter the nose, and narrow the teeth. It ended up looking more cute that intimidating, but that sort of fits in with the rest of the toys Pattern alterations The colours I chose were an off white for the bone, and black for the holes. Follow the skull pattern until Round 4 Rnd 4 sc 10, tr 3, sc 1, tr 3, sc 1 Rnd 5 sc 10, tr 1, split 2, tr2, split 2, tr 1 Rnd 6 sc 9, tr 1 blo, black sc2,  white tr1,sc1,tr1, black sc2, white tr1 Rnd 7 sc10, tr4, sc1, tr 4 Rnd 8 sc 1, inv dec1 x 3, sc9 Rnd 9 dec 3, sc1, dec 1, split -  sc4/ dec 3 The blade This also had a fair few false starts, but eventually I found a pattern for a zig zag or lightning bolt, which I followed. Annoyingly, I don't seem to have bookmarked the link. [...

After the Mario film came out I asked my son which character he would like a toy of, and he chose Bowser. This is pretty much the reason I started learning yarn craft in the first place, so I made him one. The pattern I followed was from this particular blog post from 2011 https://epic-yarns.com/2011/10/04/bowser/ I submitted a comment asking for some clarification, but didn't get a response. I think the blog is somewhat abandoned. However, you could consider this post as a supplement, as I have some suggestions on how to improve things. 1) First of all, the instructions for putting everything together are not the best. Even the follow up edit with photos doesn't make things much easier. As such, I will put some diagrams here (as they are clearer than photos) 2) The mouth is made of 10 pieces - 4 big balls, 1 small ball, 2 small tubes, and 3 big tubes. These all get stitched together using their tails. I'm not the best at stitching, and I would worry that things could come ...