Here’s a few photos of the abyssal crawler I made for my friend - I wanted to do a size comparison with Lulu and the little fairy I made, since they have some shared features! And my friend sent me some pictures of her and some of his other cute desk citizens, including the pumpkin I also made him from the Planet June pattern! Cute!

Tahm Kench Pattern

Hey friends! I got a request to share my Tahm Kench pattern... I am sorry to admit, I crocheted this guy YEARS ago and in kind of a fugue state, so I don’t know how helpful my notes will be. But we can do our best! Seriously though, if you’re trying to use this pattern and have a question, please ask because I’m sure there is something I missed or was unclear with. And as usual, if anyone uses this pattern, please link back to my page, and tag me or send me a picture! I’d love to see what people make!

I used 3 mm crochet hook, and as I mentioned in my hummingbird pattern, don’t remember what kind of yarn I got, but it was pretty thin and shiny... and the other yarns were all I believe some kind of Red Heart scraps. Find what works for you!

^Head:

Ok, this is the hardest part I think, so if you get through this you’re golden. Here was my strategy for making the head! It’s pretty flat (not a lot of max-stitch rows), and I made a big gaping mouth that we’re gonna add the inside to later. I also want to make a note here, that since I was using such thin yarn I had to make my circumference pretty long (48 stitches), but I think with even a relatively non-thick yarn (for example, Red Heart Super Saver), that many stitches will make a MUCH larger product, so, adapt as you see fit...

Ok, here’s where it gets a little tricky: to make that wide open mouth, instread of crocheting into the loops I made a 20 stitch long foundation single crochet chain (it’s like a slightly fancier chain, it takes longer but looks cleaner and is harder to get twisted, I really like it!) then came back down to the existing circle and finished the last 28 single chains. This makes the top of the head and the bottom “lip”. 

^Finishing off the rest of the head:

Then I stuffed the head through the mouth! Here you can see me spectating some old school League as inspiration while I worked!

^Eyes:

I think it would have been cool if I had had some sort of safety eye that would have been more appropriate for TK, or one I could paint, but instead I opted to make his eyes from yarn. Pretty easy:

By the way, you can see here I was considering putting cardboard inside the mouth so the stuffing wouldn’t bulge out too much, but ultimately didn’t end up needing it.

^Inside of mouth

I have this lovely raspberry yarn that was absolutely scrap yarn from my grad school knitting circle’s stash and I love it and don’t know anything about it.  Anyway, for the mouth, I started doing a regular magic circle with increases UNTIL IT FIT INSIDE THE CIRCUMFERENCE OF THE LIPS. I used half double crochets which I think are much stretchier/squishier since ultimately it got pulled into a more oval shape. This will obviously change depending on the weight of the two yarns you’re using, so just take this as guidelines:

Then tie off with a long tail, and sew inside the mouth, being careful not to show the red yarn through to the other side of the green.

^ Make tongue out of felt

Look at this gummy hilarious fellow! For the tongue, cut a shape that you like, and hot glue it deep inside the mouth! I went for a long licking tongue, and used a thin raspberry colored sharpie to add a bit of depth to it.

^Make teeth out of felt:

Same deal! Cut out tiny little triangles, glue them in! It looks like even though I was making the tongue and teeth at the same time, I glued the teeth in first? I don’t think it matters though.

^Make a tiny hat out of felt:

Haha, this was fun - I really just went by eye, making the hat out of three pieces of felt: A circle for the top, a strip for the side, and a doughnut for the brim. I added a bit of trim with the raspberry yarn and kept it on his head with a pin (to emulate the fish hook he has in this hat), although I imagine making a hook out of something else and using hot glue to attach the hat could work too. 

^Mustache: 

Now he’s starting to look like the River King - for the mustache I just made a 25 stitch chain, made sure both ends were secure (I think I used a dab of hot glue). then cut off the yarn ends. I sewed it on with thread just by catching a little bit of the fiber, then made his ring by tying a bit of gold yarn around it!

^Body and arms: 

Phew, were back to some good old crocheting. This bit is super straight forward. To make the body:

For the arms, I used two colors to indicate his... gauntlets?

^Haunches, feet, tail: 

Since TK is so rotund and squat, I gave him little stubby little legs and haunches.

To make the haunches:

To sew them on, I found it easiest to start attaching them low down on the body, then stuffing them slightly before closing the rest of the stitches

To make the feet:

To make these little flat feet, DON’T stuff them, instead press them flat, then sew them to the underside of the body so they just poke out under the haunches

To make the tail:

Sew on the back low down so it helps him to stand up!

^ Coat:

I remember this cool bit of lore from when Tahm was released - his coat is actually two coats stitched together because he’s... i guess too big for just one coat? He also has this smart looking vest and I made the facimile of these things by sewing the front panels slightly inside the back panels to that the back bits stick out.. Again, I was eyeballing this so that it actually FIT on his body, so if your yarn weights differ, this exact pattern may not work:

2 back panels with arm holes, navy yarn and tan yarn:

Sew the two halves together after making sure that his arms fit through them and they meet snugly in the back

2 front panels, raspberry yarn:

Sew them on to the back panels with a bit of the back panel sticking out, making sure it comes together in TK’s front snugly.

Sew the shirt shut with some goldenrod yarn!

* I made the very ghostliest hint of lapels by taking the tails of the raspberry yarn, weaving them up through the top center corners of the vest and then tugging them down and sewing the yarn into his body. It’s a small touch but nice I think?? 

And that’s him! Good luck Unbenching, again, please feel free to ask if you have any questions because this was a mess!

Look at these two little whimsical wizards! I feel like Lulu and Mickey would get along, right?

Vel’koz from League of Legends Pattern

Hi all! I got a request for my Vel’koz pattern! I think of all my amigurumi, he’s one of the most unique designs, but I don’t actually think he’s that difficult! As usual, if anyone uses this pattern, please link back to my page, and also send me a picture! I’d love to see what people make!

I used a 3mm hook and Red Heart Super Saver yarns in “Pretty n Pink” (pink),  “Amethyst” (purple), and “Cornmeal” (yellow). For the maroon, I just used some scrap yarn, I’m not sure what it was. Sadly, it doesn’t look like I took as many in-progress pictures as might be ideal, but I’ll do my best to describe carefully what I did! Keep in mind what I’ve found to be the very best strategy for crochet: just kinda fudge it!!!

^Eyeball: 

When I made the eye, I actually had the “wrong side” of the crochet surface facing out. I think it makes it look a bit smoother and less “dimensional”, but it’s really just a style choice. I started with the maroon yarn and made a small simple sphere:

Switch to pink for cornea, sc 18 in the back loops so that the cornea (hot pink) looks like it sits behind the sclera (maroon)

After closing the eye and weaving in the end, I cut a small strip of light pink felt to make the pupil.

^Main Tentacle:

This first tentacle is slightly longer than the other two, and has a very sharp bend in it - part of the bend is created by increasing and decreasing on opposite sides of the tube, but a lot of bend can be created just by squashing the piece into your desired shape! (See my Sandworm pattern for another example of that)

Stuffing it is a bit strange, I think what I did is after I made a tube of it, I added stuffing in as I went, so that I was crocheting off a more stiff tube. I just sort of stopped it from squeezing out with my other hand. When the tentacle was finished, I decided which direction looked the best and sewed it to the eyeball.

^Front tentacles (make 2):

For these tentacles, I crocheted in the backloops for the first 9ish rounds so there would be an easy way to attach his shoulder armor stuff (I think i didn’t add those until later in the project, but for clarity’s sake I’ll put them in the pattern here!) I would actually recommend only crocheting in the backloops for maybe the first 5 rounds, as for me they make the stitches much looser and I had more stuffing peaking out than I would like. Again, as with the first tentacle, I stuffed as I went.

Again, attach to body by sewing them on after deciding which direction you want them to face - I really have to stress that most of the shape they have can be put in by just smooshing the tube in whatever direction you want! Sew on the arms so that they face whatever direction you like - Vel’koz is a dang wiggly tentacle monster.

^Shoulder armor (this pic has the carapaces already attached, please just ignore!)

Once the two arms are attached to the body (so you know which side is the front and which is the back), start in the underside of the arm about two rows down and tie in a pit of the yellow (cornmeal) yarn to the loops you made by crocheting in the back loop. Single crochet once into each loop, making sure you’re going in the direction that spirals down the arm. When you get to the top of the arm (whichever side is facing out) do a picot stitch: chain out 3 and then single crochet again in the same loop.

^ Carapaces: Vel’koz looks pretty goofy without his... what I was calling carapaces, although I don’t know if that’s the right term for them! I made 6 of these, from three patterns. All of them are made using the cornmeal yarn. (PS, sorry, I hadn’t sewn on the shoulder armor at this point! it can be done whenever, I just kept in with the arms for clarity). They are all basically elongated tube shapes that have been squashed flat.

Large Top Carapace/Bottom Carapace (make two): 

Small Top Carapaces (make two): - similar to the large ones, but using half double crochets instead of double crochets

Large Side Carapaces (make two):

To attach the carapaces, I first attached them all together with their loose ends. It was all very mess, but essentially, I used a tapestry needle to sew the yarn through the inside of the tube shapes and connect them where it looked right. Then, I used thread (not yarn) to sew the underside of the yellow pieces onto the eyeball in a kinda haphazard way - it’s all hidden anyway, was my reasoning >_>.  For the bottom carapace piece, it often drooped down, so I used a pin to keep it up (sewing it to the body at the tip would also make a lot of sense).

Small eyes (make three):

Of course, what would Vel’koz be without his other eyeballs? Why, he’d just be one big eyeball with tentacles, how droll! These were super simple.

To attach them, I just secured both ends through the large and small top carapace pieces, then tied them on the other side. Note that I’m pretty sure I did this BEFORE I attached the carapaces to his head, but I suspect it wouldn’t be impossible to do them last, especially if you wanted to use hot glue or fabric glue to secure them.

And that is it for Vel’koz! He’s certainly an odd amigurmi, but overall I don’t think he’s too difficult to put together! As I mentioned, my notes and progress pictures were just not as thorough as one might hope, so please feel free to ask me questions if something in the pattern doesn’t make sense (it is almost certainly my own failing!). If you do end up making him, please share a pic because I’d love to see your work! Thank you for your contribution! ;D

Ha, boy I have really made a lot of League of Legends champions! My uh... my team has too much AP...

I have been pretty sad lately regarding the current political (and also Earth’s) climate, so I had to crochet something that would brighten up my day! Lux was the very first League of Legends champion that I grok’d - I liked her kit and her splash art and her upbeat attitude! The new Elementalist Lux skin is SO gorgeous; I don’t think I was able to do it justice in yarn, but she still makes me smile. ^_^

Oh, what’s this I see? Three excellent support champions... I mean, a jungler, top and mid of course... ^_^  But seriously, between Vel’koz, Tahm Kench, and Pool Party Lulu (and Vi but she was a gift) I have nearly crocheted myself an entire amigurumi League team.

I crocheted an amigurumi Pool Party Lulu!  Lulu is f’real one of my favorite champions, I am not the best at her but I love her kit so much!  And this skin! I love the pool (and the ocean) and I love cephalopods so it was a must-buy for me!  

Vi from League of Legends Crochet Pattern

Hi guys!  I got an ask about the pattern for Vi from League of Legends - someone wanted to make her as a gift, and my goodness, I think that’d be great!  For this little cutie, I used a 3mm hook, and a variety of red heart super saver colors and scrap yarns.  If anyone uses this pattern, please link back to my page, don’t sell things you’ve made with this pattern, and also send me a picture!  I’d love to see what people do!

Head (off white yarn):

Goggles and Hair (hot pink, marigold yarn):

For her hair, I cut a bunch of yarn lengths around 7 inches long, then just threaded them through the stitches  - the fact that they are all the same length gave her a very nice layered look!  For the left side of her head (the side that is shaved) what I did instead was take one very long length of pink yarn, and made very long horizontal stitches, and threaded under the stitches to move down rows. (better image of this near the end)

For the goggles, I used a marigold color, and made two 6 sc magic circles, sealing them off with hot glue.  I then made a 25 long chain, leaving a length of yarn on either side so i could just tie them behind her head.  I then hot glued the magic circles onto the chain.  I left a length of yarn on either end so I could tie the goggles behind her head. (image of that near end too)

Legs (dark heather grey yarn) make two!:

Body (raspberry, dark heather grey, black, pink, and off white yarn):

To connect the legs to the body, I crocheted around the legs with the raspberry yarn, I used a single chain to put them together, so the total number of stitches around the hips became 17.  I then basically did one or two decreases in each row to taper her body up towards the neck, (and LOTS color changes - just do these on the BACK side so the uneven bits are hidden).  Also, as for stuffing, I sort of kept stuffing her as I went - hope this makes sense:

Arms (raspberry yarn) make two!:

attach the arms just below the skin-colored row!

Finally, for her little tutu that peeks out, I made a chain about 5ish stitches long, single crocheted across it once, then sewed it on - I think this can just be improvised for whatever looks best on yours!

Jacket (raspberry yarn):

I left long bits of yarn on either side, then threaded them through her body to keep the jacket snug against her body!

Fingers (dark heather grey yarn):

Of course, you’re making two hands - here are the patterns I used for each finger:

Palms (dark heather grey, marigold yarn):

This is definitely the hardest part - like with the body, i crocheted around the pointer, middle, ring and pinky fingers, basically holding them together while crocheting into them - when I did it, it came out to around 22 stitches all the way around, but I think the ideal would be 20 - however many stitches it takes to connect the fingers, follow the same pattern of decreases to form the palms:

Then to attach the thumbs, I just sewed them on the sides, facing into the palm.  To curl the fingers into fists, I used the tail of the yarn that was left over from the finger magic circles, and thread them through the palm in a way that makes the bend of the fingers look natural - lots of loose threads during this point, just hide them all inside LIKE YOUR FEELINGS lol jk jk jk.

Finally, to attach the fists, I basically pulled them on and used some loose ends of yarn to pull them through her armpits and tie them on the back.  I think if you wanted the goggles and fists to be permanently attached, you could just pull the threads through her body and tie them off, but I chose to keep all this kinda messy stuff just hidden behind her hair!

Here’s a view that better shows the back of the gloves and the side of her head with the “shaved” pattern.

Okay!  Well, there are some tricky bits for Vi, but I think overall it is just having a commitment to crocheting lots of small tubes and doing color changes in small spaces.  Good luck, and feel free to message me if you have questions on the pattern! ^_^

Vel’koz takes a lickin’ (sometimes literally) but keeps on... flickin’... his... tentacles?  It’s just another day in the life of an immobile midlane mage!

Happy LoL World Championships and also incidentally Halloween! 

I crocheted a tiny Tahm Kench!  I have been trolled so hard by this guy in game, I’d say it’s not even funny, but it is!  From a technical standpoint, making him was really cool, since I had never crocheted something with a big open mouth, and making clothes for amis is fun!  I must say, when Riot designs gud, they design gud.

Some pictures of Vi and Vel'koz together before Vi got shipped off.  League of Legends is the best game and now you have proof in crochet!

Vi from League of Legends

I crocheted Vi for one of my friends who works at Riot!

This is the second time I've made a person after the semi-self portrait, and I really didn't want to derp up the eyes like I did previously.   I also had the foresight to embroider her smile and tattoo before I closed off the head - every craft is harder than crochet!

I then added some edgy vi-hair that lent itself rather well to yarn.  I spent a lot of time looking a references, including cosplays, chibi-Vi fanart, and the really useful LoLKing model viewer!

Next I made her little body, trying as hard as I could to keep chibi proportions and working with the relatively low resolution afforded by stitches.  It reminded me of those cool projects where people try to represent a character with a minimal color palette.  Dem colorchanges in dat tiny space mang.

I also must say I'm pretty pleased with how her little half-jacket turned out, which I did by just making a few rows with arm holes and then securing it through her body with the ends.  I'm afraid this gal is not undressable, but goodness me is she dressed sharp!

Unlike other projects where at that point I'm pretty much done, I still had the hardest part before me!  Making Vi's signature giant fists and somehow getting them to look okay on my decidedly petite doll!

I ended up making what amounted to actual hands, then sewing through the tips of the fingers into the palm to form the fist.  They are a bit flat looking, and lacking much of a forearm, but I think they're sufficient.  I also used some double crochets at the last gold accent, cuz I'm so fancy.

Unlike the rest of her outfit, I couldn't bring myself to permanently affix her gloves or goggles, so they're tied on in her back (in the gloves case, after being threaded through her armpits).  Lookit her little arms so cute!

Overall, I'm really happy with how she turned out, and I hope my friend likes her too!  

I crocheted a Vel'Koz because he is Best Champion.