Teaching myself how to cable knit has resulted in some cabled arm warmers! I was able to slightly modify this pattern from The Snugglery, and I think they turned out great!!

Baby Yoda Pattern

Look out friends I know there are so many crochet Baby Yodas out there, and plenty of crochet Baby Yoda patterns, but I’m about to add mine to the mix!  As always, if anyone uses this pattern, please link back to my page, and tag me or send me a picture! I’ll always reblog! Like the rest of you, I’m obsessed with this little sweetie and want to see as many as humanly possible! Or tag me on insta @ erin.gurumi 

EDIT: PDF version here thanks to @romeo-wherefore-art-thou​

EDIT 2: PATTERN FOR MANDO!

From what I can tell, my pattern is one of the smallest designs out there. So, while lacking in detail (I love the tiny hands and facial features people are able to make!), the trade off is, look how SMOL he sits in my hand! Make a dozen of them! Fill a candy dish with them! Put one in the manger of your Nativity scene!

So, the secret to a tiny Yoda is, in part, using tiny yarn. I had this perfect ball of light green yarn in my stash and I have no idea what it is or where I got it (possibly inherited from my grandma?), but you can see it here compared to the Red Heart Super Saver “Buff Fleck” yarn I used for his coat. Also, for his head and ears, I used a 2.5mm crochet hook, while for the body I used a 3mm crochet hook. I think it makes a difference! I’m vaguely curious if this pattern could scale up, maybe with worsted weight for the head and a chunky yarn for the body?

^ Head: 

To make sure his head has a more oval shape, I didn’t do multiple rows of the widest diameter (counter-intuitively, to crochet a sphere, you need multiple rows of the widest diameter, it’s just some property of how the yarn stretches!)  

^ Ears:

 This is a challenging one since you are working with such few stitches. When making a narrow cone like this, I find it helps to stick my hook into the cup and press it out, to make a more sharp point and better expose the stitches I need to work with.

Sew the ears to each side of the head, making sure they stick out mostly horizontally. Having them too high on the head really changes the silhouette and makes him look less Yoda-like! 

^ Coat:

As you can see, I was actually experimenting on his little potato sack at the same time I was working on the head, because I wanted them to have good proportions to each other. I ultimately went with a slightly larger size than you see here. I know in amigurumi often the head is much much bigger than the body, but here I wanted him to still look a bit like he was swimming in his cute little sack.

^ Collar: 

This is such a crazy important piece of his costume! I wanted him to look cozy and snug but not TOO tightly wrapped up. I didn’t get a good picture of the collar pre-attached, but it really is so simple:

I would recommend experimenting with the number of stitches though, depending on how tight they are - you want it to be able to wrap around the neck of the coat with a little left over to form the overlap. To attach the collar, I carefully sewed it AROUND THE OUTSIDE of the main body of the cloak, NOT directly to the top of the coat, as then you can’t attach his head! 

Here’s the two coat/collar combos I experimented with, which was possible since I attached the collar before I attached the head. I don’t think that’s strictly necessary, as it does make sewing on the head harder because you have to reach down through the collar (making sure the head attached to the coat, not the collar!). But it is doable! (The smaller body had 12 stitches in diameter at the base of the coat, and the smaller collar and half double crochets - I just think it looked more squished and messy.)

As for stuffing his body - I kinda didn’t! there were enough loose ends of the various yarns that basically tucking them in provided enough structure - he doesn’t have any feet (it would be easy to make some though, if you wanted), but he actually stands up great like this! 

I mean, he stands up great, but don’t think that means he doesn’t also love to be picked up and held! This is a better view of the back of his collar, which comes up so cute and snug around his ears!

That’s it for Baby Yoda! Good luck and please feel free to ask if you have any questions! If you make a little guy, pleeese share a pic with me! I can’t get enough of him! And, if there is some interest in the pattern for Best Space Dad the Mandalorian, I may write that up later! They are so cute with each other!!

Is the internet completely full of amigurumi Baby Yodas?? The answer is clearly, no! I knew that I too wanted to make myself The Child, but I was so anxious about choosing what size and level of detail to go into. So I figured I would uh... restrict myself by first making the Mandalorian to go with him? I am pretty happy with my decision, since these two are so iconic together!

Ewok Hood Pattern

Hello friends! I got a request for sharing this Ewok hood pattern, and heck, I can’t resist! It’s super easy, I’m always in favor of more Star Wars in the world, and I’m sure it’s only a matter of time before Disney releases a stand alone Ewok movie. (The joke is... there are already two!!) As per usual, if you make one, tag me! I’d love to see a pic or reblog your post. <3

For yarn, I used Red Heart Super Saver in Carrot and Coffee, and some fuzzy brown yarn that was gifted to me. I think color combos are very flexible though, as most Ewoks wear sort of earth tones. Even looking at Wicket’s hood in particular, I was really going back and forth on making something more of a gold-ish tan or brown. I also used 10 mm knitting needles and a 6.5 mm crochet hook, but I don’t think those specifications are necessary, as I’ll explain below!

The hood part is super straight forward: I just knitted the only thing I can, a long rectangle! Because I was in an hurry, I used huge knitting needles and a seed stitch (knit the purls and purl the knits). I cast on 29 and always began my row K1, P1 etc, and just worked as many rows I needed to get my desired length. BUT, I think there are any number of ways you could produce the hood: crochet, knit with smaller needles or different stitch etc. Here’s the approximate dimensions you should end up with:

Here’s my final rectangle, folded over (the crease is at the bottom of this picture, but it will be the top of the hood). It’s about 11 inches wide by 32 inches long. You can definitely make it longer if you want it to drape lower in the front. After you’ve folded it in half, sew 6 inches from the crease down (this closes the hood at the back of the head) and on the opposite side sew 4 inches (or as many as you need) from the bottom up (this makes the closure at the front where your face goes). Then turn this piece inside out so the stitches are inside!

Sorry the pictures for the ears are so shitty - I actually went through several versions before I landed on holding the brown Super Saver yarn and the fuzzy yarn together - crocheting with fuzzy yarn is so hard! The second strand gave it a bit more structure and made it easier to deal with. Here’s a very generic amigurumi ear pattern - make two, fold in half, and sew them onto the hood where you would like your ears to be:

Here’s a quick view from the side/back. You can see how the fabric is sewn part way down the back, and then the sides drape down the front.

And that’s that! Happy costume making! Let me know if you have any questions, and let me see those cute but mighty teddy bears! Yub nub!

I whipped up a Wicket-style Ewok hood in just a few days for the Solo: A Star Wars Story premier! It wasn’t for me technically, since I went in full Jedi robes. It was so my fiancé wouldn’t be left out in our group cosplay...  I’m sure there will be other occasions for me to wear it though! :-p 

I have really loved the idea of sushi scarfs since when I first started learning to knit, but back then I was rather taken aback by the idea of owning so many colors of yarn! I do not have this problem any longer... I like how this scarf kinda works both with folding the piece in half or keeping it unfolded - it just makes two different kinds of sushi!

Happy first day of fall!  I don’t always knit, but when I do, it’s scarves.  And with giant needles and chunky yarns.  I am not a very respectable knitter...

I’m getting to the point in my amigurumi-making where I more often than not have the color I want.  It’s good but also maybe not so good?