Materials:
– Light orange yarn (I used D’Primera by Cisne, which is a Worsted / 10 ply (9 wpi));
– Cream Yarn (I used D’Primera by Cisne, which is a Worsted / 10 ply (9 wpi));
– Teal yarn (I used D’Primera by Cisne, which is a Worsted / 10 ply (9 wpi));
– White Yarn (I used Anne by Circulo, which is a Fingering / 4 ply (14 wpi));
– 4mm, 2,5mm and 1.75mm crochet hooks;
– Fiberfill;
– Tapestry needle and scissors;
– White felt;
– Blue, black and white fabric paint;
– Paint-brush;
– Contact glue;
– Hair-brush.
Notes:
– I always do my crochet works using continuous rounds;
– Everytime I will do a crochet work, the first thing I do is take a look in the entirely pattern before start doing it, so, I can have an idea of how the pattern works. Well, I recommend you to do the same;
– For sewing the pieces together you will use the tapestry needle;
– To make the eyes you will use the felt and the fabric paint;
– To make the fire in his tail you will use yarn and a hair-brush;
– Please be extremely careful while handling the wire, it may hurt you if you don’t handle it properly.
Update (06.06.2015): Hi Guys! I want to thank you all for being so kind and for all the kindly words you sent me by comments or email! Recently, I’m having a hard time to answer all the questions sent to my email and the comments. I’m sorry that I’m not able to answer your doubts. However, if you have any doubt, I’m sure that it is worth to leave a comment here, because even if I can’t answer you, I’m sure that someone in the community will try to help you out ^^
– Body (light orange yarn and 4mm hook):
Round 1: 8sc in mr (8)
Round 2: inc (16)
Round 3: sc, inc (24)
Round 4: sc 2, inc (32)
Round 5: sc 3, inc (40)
Round 6: sc 4, inc (48)
Round 7-16: sc in each (48)
Round 17: sc 4, dec (40)
Round 18: sc in each sc (40)
Round 19: sc 3, dec (32)
Round 20: sc in each sc (32)
Round 21: sc 6, dec (28)
Round 22: sc in each sc (28)
Round 23: sc 6, inc (32)
Round 24-26: sc in each sc (32)
Round 27: sc 6, dec (28)
Round 28: sc 5, dec (24)
*start stuffing
Round 29: sc in each sc (24)
Round 30: sc 10, dec (22)
Round 31: sc in each sc (22)
Round 32: sc 9, dec (20)
Round 33: sc 8, dec (18)
Round 34-40: sc in each sc (18)
Now, we are going to work in rows.
Row 41: sc 16, turn (16)
Row 42: (14)
Row 43: (12)
Row 44: (10)
Row 45: (8)
Row 46: (6)
Finish off and leave a long tail to sew the head.
– Head (light orange yarn and 4mm hook):
Round 1: ch 6, sc 4, 3 sc in next ch, sc 3, inc (12)
Round 2: 2 sc, sc 3, 2 sc in next 3 sc, sc 3, 2 sc in next 2 sc (18)
Round 3-8: sc in each sc (18)Round 9: sc 9, inc, sc 8 (19)
Round 10: sc, inc, sc, inc in next 6 Sc, sc 10 (26)
Round 11: sc 7, inc in next 6 sc, sc 4, inc in next 2 sc, sc 7 (34)
Round 12: sc, inc in next 2 sc, sc 31 (36)
Round 13-17: Sc in each Sc (36)
Round: 18: sc 4, dec (30)
Round 19: Sc 3, dec (24)
Round 20: Sc 2, dec (18)
*Start stuffing
Round 21: Sc, dec (12)
Round 22: dec (6)
Finish off.
– Snout (orange yarn and 4mm hook):
First step:
Row 1: ch 31 (31)
Row 2: turn, sc 30 from the second chain from hook (30)
Row 3-4: ch1, turn, sc in each sc (30)
Finish off.
Second step:
Now, lets work in the center and in rows.
Row 1: ch 2 in the 12th sc and then hdc in the same sc, 5 hdc, skip the next st, 2
sl st (sl st always along the side of the snout).
Row 2-4 turn, ch1, skip the 2 sl st, 6 hdc, skip one stitch and sl st in next 2
stitches.
Row 5: turn, ch1, skip the 2 sl st, 6 hdc, skip one stitch and sl st in next stitch.
Finish off.
– Cream jaw (cream yarn and 4mm hook):
Row 1: ch 11, sc 10 (10)
Row 2-9: ch 1, turn, sc in each sc (10)
Row 10: ch 2, turn, 3 dc in the first stitch, 8 sc, ch 1 and 3 dc in the last stitch. (14)
Row 11: ch 2, turn, 2 dc in the first stitch, 2 dc, 8 sc, 2 dc, ch 1 and 2 dc in the last
stitch. (16)
Finish off and leave a long tail for sewing.
– Head’s Big Horn (light orange yarn adn 4mm hook):
Round 1: 4 sc in magic ring (4)
Round 2: sc in each sc (4)
Round 3: sc, inc (6)
Round 4-5: sc in each sc (6)
Round 6: sc 2, inc (8)
Round 7-9: sc in each sc (8)
Round 10: sc 3, inc (10)
Round 11-12: sc in each sc (10)
Round 13: sc 4, inc (12)
Round 14-15: sc in each sc (12)
Finish off and leave a long tail for sewing.
-Head’s Small Horns (light orange yarn and 4mm hook):
Round 1: 4 sc in magic ring (4)
Round 2: sc in each sc (4)
Round 3: sc, inc (6)
Round 4: sc in each sc (6)
Round 5: sc 2, inc (8)
Round 6-7: sc in each sc (8)
Work in rows
Row 8: sc 4 (4)
Row 9: ch 1, turn, sc 4 (4)
Finish off and leave a long tail for sewing.
– Arms (light orange yarn and 4mm hook):
Round 1: 10 sc in magic ring (10)
Round 2-3: sc in each sc (10)
Round 4: sc 3, dec (8)
Round 5-11: sc in each sc (8)
Round12: sc 3, inc (10)
Round13: sc in each sc (10)
Round14: sc 4, inc (12)
Round15: sc in each sc (12)
Work in rows
Row 16: sc 8, turn (8)
Row 17: sc 8, turn (8)
Row 18: skip first sc, sc 4, dec next 2 sc (6)
Row 19: skip first sc, sc 2, dec in next 2 sc (4)
Finish off and leave a long tail for sewing.
– Fingers and Claws
** Start using a thin white yarn and a 1.75mm hook
Round 1: 4 sc in MR (4)
Round 2: sc, inc, 2 sc (5)
Round 3-4: sc in each sc (5)
** Change to the worsted orange yarn and use a 2.5mm hook
Round 5: sc, inc, sc inc, sc (6)
Finish off and leave a long tail for sewing.
– Small wings from the arms (make 4 – light orange yarn and 4mm hook)
Row 1: ch 2, sc one (1)
Row 2: inc (2)
Row 3: sc, inc (3)
Row 4: inc, 2 sc (4)
Row 5: 3 sc, inc (5)
Row 6: ch 4, sc in the second chain from hook. Sc 7 (8)
Row 7: ch 5, sl st 4 times from the second chain.
1. Sew two pieces together, each pair for each arm.
2. The Row 6 is the one which will be sewn to the arm, when you finish.
2. Now, take a piece of wire, bigger than the wing and place it in the top of the wing.
Cover it all with orange yarn along you sew the wire to the wing. Put some glue in the wire so the yarn will fix
better. At the end it should look like this:
– Tail (light orange yarn and 4mm hook):
Round 1: sc 4 in MR (4)
Round 2: sc, inc, sc 2 (5)
Round 3: sc in each sc (5)
Round 4: sc 2, inc, sc 2 (6)
Round 5: sc in each sc (6)
Round 6: sc 2, inc (8)
Round 7-9: Sc in each sc (8)
Round 10: (2 Sc, inc) repeat 2 times, then, sc and inc (11)
Round 11-15: Sc in each sc (11)
Round 16: (sc 3, inc) repet 2 times, then, sc 2 inc (14)
Round 17-21: sc in each sc (14)
Round 22: (sc 4, inc) repet 2 times, then, sc 3 and inc (17)
Round 23-27: sc in each sc (17)
** Start stuffing
Round 28: (sc 5, inc) repet 2 times, then, sc 4 and inc (20)Round 29-33: sc in each sc (20)
Round 34: (sc 6, inc) repet 2 times, then, sc 5 and inc (23)
Round 35-38: sc in each sc (23)
Round 39: (sc 7, inc) repet 2 times, then, sc 6 and inc (26)
Round 40-41: sc in each sc (26)
Round 42: (sc 8, inc) repet 2 times, then, sc 7 and inc (29)
Round 43: sc in each sc (29)
Round 44: (sc 9,inc) repet 2 times, then, sc 8 and inc (32)
Round 45: sc in each sc (32)
Finish off and leave a long tail for sewing.
– Tail horns (light orange yarn and 4mm hook):
– Big horn
Round 1: 4 sc in magic ring (4)
Round 2: sc in each sc (4)
Round 3: sc, inc (6)
Round 4: sc in each sc (6)
Round 5: sc 2, inc (8)
Finish off and leave a long tail for sewing.
– Three small horns (light orange yarn and 2.5mm hook)
Round 1: 4 sc in magic ring (4)
Round 2: sc, inc (6)
Finish off and leave long tail for sewing.
– Belly (cream yarn and 4mm hook):
Row 1: ch 5, sc 4 (4)
Row 2-6: sc in each sc (4)
Row 7: inc, sc 2, inc (6)
Row 8-11: sc in each sc (6)
Row 12: inc, sc 4, inc (8)
Row 13: sc in each sc (8)
Row 14: inc, sc 6, inc (10)
Row 15: sc in each sc (10)
Row 16: dec, sc 6, dec (8)
Row 17-19: sc in each sc (8)
Row 20: inc, sc 6, inc (10)
Row 21: sc in each sc (10)Row 22: inc, sc 8, inc (12)
Row 23: sc in each sc (12)
Row 24: inc, sc 10, inc (14)
Row 25: sc in each sc (14)
Row 26: inc, sc 12, inc (16)
Row 27: sc in each sc (16)
Row 28: inc, sc 14, inc (18)
Row 29: sc in each sc (18)
Row 30: inc, sc 16, inc (20)
Row 31: sc in each sc (20)
Row 32: inc, sc 18, inc (22)
Row 33: sc in each sc (22)
Row 34: 3 inc, sc 20, inc (24)
Row 35: sc in each sc (24)
Row 36-44: sc in each sc (24)
Row 45: dec, sc 18, dec (22)
Row 46: dec, sc 16, dec (20)
Row 47-48: sc in each sc (20)
Row 49: dec, sc 14, dec (18)
Row 50: sc in each sc (18)
Row 51: dec, sc 12, dec (16)
Row 52: sc in each sc (16)
Row 53: dec, sc 10, dec (14)
Row 54: sc in each sc (14)
Row 55: dec, sc 8, dec (12)
Row 56: sc in each sc (12)
Row 57: dec, sc 6, dec (10)
Row 58: sc in each sc (10)
Row 59: sc 8, dec (9)
Row 60-66: sc in each sc (9)
Row 67: dec, sc 5, dec (7)
Row 68-69: sc in each sc (7)
Row 70: dec, sc 3, dec (5)
Row 71-79: sc in each sc (5)
Row 80: dec, sc, dec (3)
Row 81-86: sc in each sc (3)
Row 87: dec, sc (2)
Row 88-94: sc in each sc (2)
Row 95: dec (1)Make an edge around the belly with sc.
Finish off and leave a long tail for sewing.
Legs (light orange yarn and 4mm hook):
Round 1: 6 sc in mr (6)
Round 2: inc (12)
Round 3: sc, inc (18)
Round 4: 2sc, inc (24)
Round 5: 3sc, inc (30)
Round 6-7: sc on each sc (30)
Round 8: 3sc, dec (24)
Round 9-12: sc on each sc (24)
Round 13: 2sc, dec (18)
Round 14-15: sc in each sc (18)
Round16: sc, dec (12)
Round 17: inc 4 times, dec 4 times (12)
Round 18: dec, inc 4 times, dec 3 times (12)
Round 19-21: sc in each sc (12)
Finish off and leave a long tail for sewing.
(Stuff lightly)
Feet (light orange yarn and 4mm hook):
Round 1: 6 sc in magic ring (6)
Round 2: inc (12)
Round 3: sc 5, inc (14)
Round 4-8: sc in each sc (14)
Round 9: 6 sc, inc (16)
Round 10: dec (8)
Round 11: dec (4)
Finish off.
(Stuff lightly)
– Toe Claws:
** Start using a thin white yarn and a 1.75mm hook
Round 1: 4 sc in MR (4)
Round 2: sc, inc, 2 sc (5)
Round 3-4: sc in each sc (5)
Round 5: sc, inc, sc inc, sc (7)
** Change to the worsted orange yarn and use a 2.5mm hookRound 6: (sc 2, inc) 2 times, sc (9)
Finish off and leave a long tail for sewing.
Sew them to the end of the feet.
Wings (make 2 orange wings and 2 teal wings with a 4mm crochet hook):
Row 1: ch 2, sc (1)
Row 2: inc (2)
Row 3: inc (4)
Row 4: inc, sc 2, inc (6)
Row 5: inc, sc 4, inc (8)
Row 6: inc, sc 6, inc (10
Row 7: inc, sc 8, inc (12)
Row 8: inc, sc 10, inc (14)
Row 9: ch 2, sc from the second chain from hook, sc 13, inc (16)
Row 10: inc, 15 (17)
Row 11: ch 2, sc from the second chain from hook, sc 16, inc (19)
Row 12: inc, sc 17, inc (21)
Row 13:inc, sc 20 (22)
Row 14: sc 21, inc (23)
Row 15: inc, sc 21, inc (25)
Row 16: ch 19, sc 42 from the second chain from hook, inc (44)
Row 17: inc, sc 43 (45)
Row 18: sc 44, inc (46)
Row 19: inc, 45 (47)
Row 20: sc 47, inc (49)
Attach the yarn on the 13th stitch:
Row 1: 5 sc (5)
Row 2: dec, sc, dec (3)
Row 3: dec, sc (2)
Row 4: dec (1)
Attach the yarn into the 4th stitch couting from the last sc.
Row 1: sc 8 (8)
Row 2: dec, sc 4, dec (6)
Row 3: dec, sc 2, dec (4)
Row 4: sc in each sc (4)
Row. 5: dec 2 times (2)
Row 6: dec (1)
Attach the yarn into the 6th stitch counting from the last sc.
Row 1: sc 6 (6)
Row 2: dec, sc 2, dec (4)
Row 3: sc in each sc (4)
Row 4: dec 2 times (2)
Row 5: dec (1)
Sew the bottom of the wings with 0.25mm nylon.
– Wing’s horn (light orange yarn and 4mm hook):
Round 1: 4 in mr (4)
Round 2: sc in each sc (4)
Round 3: inc 2 times, dec (5)
Round 4: dec, inc 2 times, sc (6)
Round 5-6: sc in each sc (6)
Round 7: sc 2, inc (8)
Finish off.
– Eyebrows (light orange yarn and 4mm hook):
Round 1: 5 sc in magic ring (5)
Round 2: sc in each sc (5)
Round 3: sc 2, dec, sc (4)
Round 4: sc in each sc (4)
Round 5: sc, dec, sc (3)
Round 6: sc in each sc (3)
Finish off and leave a long tail for sewing.
– Nostrils (light orange yarn and 4mm hook):
Row 1: ch 3, sc 2 from the second chain from hook (2)
Finish off and leave a long tail for sewing.
Assembly:
1. The first step is sewing the head to the body. Although, first we have to cut some wire to insert in Charizard’s body, which will give his neck some support:
I. Cut some wire in the size of twice his full body (if the head was already sewn to his body);
II. Then, bend the wire, which should be at the same size of his full body (if the head was already sewn to his body);
III. Bend the tips of the wire and wrap them with adhesive tape:
IV. Now, insert it inside his body already stuffed with fiberfill;
V. Finally, stick the end of the wire in his head end sew it to his body.
(The step below has a photo tutorial that it is similar and will help you in this first step too)
2. In the second step we are going to sew the tail to the body. First, stuff the tail and then you are going to put some wire in his tail, which will make it poseable:
I. Cut some wire and bend it in the same size as his tail:
II. Bend the tips:
III. Wrap the tips with adhesive tape:
IV. Put the wire in his tail:
V. Sew the tail to his body and sew the horns of his tail to it.
3. In the third step it is time to sew his arms to the body.
I. Before that, stuff the arms and then sew them to the body. After that cut some wire and insert it in his arms. Insert from one arm to another as shown in the photo bellow. Cut the extra wire, bend the tips and hide them.
II. Then sew the fingers to each arm.
III. At the end sew the little wings to the arms.
4. In the fourth step you are going to sew his wings:
I. Pick up one orange wing and one teal wing and sew the bottom of them together with a 0.25mm nylon.
II. Use a thicker wire into the wings. I used a number 14 galvanized wire. Cut some wire in the shape bellow, which is the wing’s shape. Moreover, it is necessary to leave a long wire coming out of the extremity which will be sewn to the body (take a look in the photos bellow). This long wire it will works as a support for the wing and it needs to be long, because it is going to penetrate his body and reach his legs (Soon, I will explain this better):
III. Now position the wire between the two sides of the wings and make a line of sc joining the two sides with the wire between them:
IV. Sew the wing’s horn to the wing;
V. Wrap the tip of the wire with orange yarn. Use some glue to fix the yarn into it:
VI. When you finish, it should look like this:
VI. After that, it is time to put the two wings in the body. First, stick the long double wire near his neck in the middle of his back until it reaches his legs in the same way as the photos bellow. This is necessary to give support to his wings.
V. Then, sew the wings to his body.
5. Sew the underbelly to the body and tail;
6. Sew the legs to the body;
7. Sew the feet to the legs;
8. Sew the toes;
9. Sew his cream jaw to the head. However, don’t sew his “cheeks” to the head. Just sew until the end of the his snout.
10. Before sewing his cheeks we will sew the snout to the head in the same places as shown in the photos bellow:
I. These photos are showing the places where the snout should be sewn.
