Charmander

Charmander

Crochet By Katie Humes

My Pokemon Project

Materials Needed:

3.25mm crochet hook
Scissors
Yarn Needle
Embroidery Needle
Yarn I use Red Heart 4 ply : Pumpkin Orange, Lemon Yellow, Cream, Hot Red, Bright Yellow
Embroidery Thread: Black and White
Felt: Black, White, Blue, Pink
FABRI-TAC - Fabric Glue
Metal Bristled Pet Brush

Abbreviations:

MR - magic ring
sc - single crochet
inc - increase
dec - decrease
sl st- slip stitch
BLO - back loops only
FLO - front loops only

 

Head and Body

Begin with Pumpkin Orange Yarn.

Round 1: 6sc into MR (6)
Round 2: inc x 6 (12)
Round 3: (1sc, inc) x 6 (18)
Round 4-5: 2 rows - 18sc
Round 6: 6sc, 6 inc, 6sc (24)
Round 7: 24sc (24)
Round 8: 6sc, 12sc BLO, 6sc (24)
Round 9: 6sc, 3sc FLO, 2hdc FLO, 1dbl FLO, 2hdc FLO, 3sc FLO, 6sc (24)
Round 10: 6sc, 6dec BLO, 6sc (18)

Lightly stuff head.

Round 11: 18sc
Round 12: (2sc, inc) x 6 (24)
Round 13: (3sc, inc) x 6 (30)
Round 14-15: 2 rows - 30sc (30)
Round 16: (3sc, dec) x 6 (24)
Round 17: (2sc, dec) x 6 (18)

Stuff the body.

Round 18: (1sc, dec) x 6 (12) sl st

Clip yarn, using the yarn needle sew up the bottom of the Charmander through the front loops only creating a nice circle on the bottom of the body.

Don't clip yarn all the way off at this point. Instead weave it back up through the body to the mouth area. Using the yarn sculpting technique pull the mouth inward to create a smaller smile and a thin open mouth for the Charmander. Leave enough space for the pink felt tongue and a few teeth to be added with the embroidery thread.

Add the face details before moving on to the arms, legs, tail and body. Cut two half ovals out of the black felt for the eyes. Cut two smaller full circles out of the white felt for the tops of the eyes. Finally cut to blue crescent shapes; out of the blue felt, about the same size as the white circles for the bottoms of the eyes. Using FABRI-TAC glue the pieces together on top of the black felt. Let those pieces rest for a couple of minutes before gluing them directly to Charmander's face.

While the eyes are drying begin embroidering the other face details with the black embroidery thread and embroidery needle. I did two eyebrows and two nostrils before adding the mouth and eyes.

Cut a small pink felt insert for the mouth. Glue in place with the FABRI-TAC.

 

The eyes should be pretty dry at this point. Go ahead and add them next.

For the final face details you will need your white embroidery thread and embroidery needle. I add four teeth. Two on the bottom and two on the top. The bottom teeth are slightly smaller than the top teeth and closer to the center of his mouth. I add the teeth using the french knot technique. Insert your needle into the area you want a tooth, wrap the thread 3-5 times depending on the size you want then insert your needle back down near where the first stitch came out. Repeat that four times for your four teeth.

Arms (make 2):

Begin with the Pumpkin Orange Yarn.

Round 1: 6sc into the MR (6)
Round 2: BLO 6sc (6)
Round 3-5: 3 rows - 6sc sl st (6)

Leave a long tail, clip yarn. Make 4 fingers by sewing the yarn tail back through to the hand portion of Charmander's arm. Sewing back and forth going into the same stitches make 4 lumps on the end of the arm, slip your needle through the lumps to gather the yarn to a point. Pull tight and then thread the yarn back through the arm. Attach the arm to Charmander's side. Once you sew both arms onto Charmander pull the yarn tails to the back, tie them together then hide the tails and clip and hide your extra yarn.

Tail:

Begin with Pumpkin Orange Yarn.

Round 1: 4sc into MR (4)
Round 2: 4sc (4)
Round 3: 4sc (4)
Round 4: 1sc, 2 inc, 1sc (6)
Round 5: 6sc (6)
Round 6: 2sc, 2 inc, 2sc (8)
Round 7: 8sc
Round 8: 3sc, 2 inc, 3sc (10)
Round 9: 10sc, sl st, clip yarn, sew the tail to Charmander's body

Flame on the end of the tail:

Begin with Bright Yellow Yarn.

Round 1: 6sc into MR (6)
Round 2: inc x 6 (12)
Round 3: 2sc, switch to hot red 4sc, switch to bright yellow 2sc, switch to pumpkin orange 4sc, switch to bright yellow on last stitch (12)
Round 4: 5sc with bright yellow, switch to hot red 2sc, switch to bright yellow 4sc, switch to pumpkin orange 2sc, switch to bright yellow on last stitch (12)

Round 5: 3sc with bright yellow, 1 dec with bright yellow switching to red on the dec, 1 dec with red switching to bright yellow on the dec, 1sc with bright yellow, 1 dec with bright yellow switching to pumpkin orange on the dec, 1 dec with the pumpkin orange, 2 sc with the pumpkin orange switching to bright yellow on last stitch (8)

Round 6: 1 dec with bright yellow switching to hot red on the dec, 1 dec with hot red switching to pumpkin orange on the dec, 1 dec with pumpkin orange switching to bright yellow on the dec, 1 dec with bright yellow, sl st, clip yarn, hide yarn tails and clip all excluding the pumpkin orange tail for tying off.

To make the flame's look like flame's I use a metal bristle pet brush to gently brush out the yarn until it is nice and fluffy.

 

Using the remaining pumpkin orange tail sew the flame directly onto the end of the tail. Tie off, hide the yarn tails and clip yarn.

Belly

Begin with the Lemon Yellow Yarn.

Round 1: Foundation Chain of 12, turn
Round 2: 10sc, 3sc in last stitch to turn, 10 sc back up to the top of the foundation chain, sl st to the top of the foundation chain.

Round 3: 24sc all the way around
Round 4:
  2sc into the next stitch,
  2sc into the next stitch,
  hdc into the next 3 stitches,
  2dbl into the next stitch,
  hdc into the next 3 stitches,
  2sc into the next stitch,
  2sc into the next stitch,
  1sc into the next stitch,
  2sc into the next stitch,
  2sc into the next stitch,
  hdc into the next 3 stitches,
  2dbl into the next stitch,
  hdc into the next 3 stitches,
  2sc into the next stitch,
  2sc into the next stitch,
  1sc into the next 3 stitches, ch 1 turn

Round 5-13: (2sc, ch 1) turn
On the last stitch of round 12 do not ch 1 or turn, go directly into slip single crocheting around the entire belly piece to give it a finished edging.

 

Single crochet all the way around the belly piece to clean up all of the edges. (Aprox. 51 stitches) Pin the belly onto Charmander and sew into place using the yarn needle. Hide your sewing stitches amongst each crochet stitch.

 

Legs (make 2):

Begin with the Pumpkin Orange Yarn.

Round 1: 6sc into the MR
Round 2: BLO 6sc
Round 3: 6sc
Round 4: 2sc, 3inc, 1sc
Round 5-6: 2 rows - 1sc, BLO 7sc, 1sc, sl st, clip yarn

Sew both legs to the Charmander then add the three toes with the cream colored yarn. Thread your needle with the cream colored yarn, insert it directly into the center of the foot. Come out where you want the first toe to be placed. Entering the same hole you initially made thread the yarn back through the bottom of the foot repeating that same step until all three toes are completed. Finish by tying off, hiding your yarn tails and clipping the ends.

Thank you so much for crocheting along with me today! I hope you enjoyed making Charmander! For more tips and how to videos of the Pokemon Mini's in #mypokemonproject series head on over to my YouTube Channel: Crochet By Katie Humes. I love to see your work so if you make this little guy and want to show me just use the hash tags #crochetbykatiehumes #mypokemonproject or #charmander on Facebook or Instagram. Happy crochet day! See ya soon!