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...

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.

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.

So cuddleh

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!

Tentacle party!

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