Marvel Universe Crochet (Crochet Kits)

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For those that want sleuth and courage, consider Spiderman. Need something for the fussy Marvel fan? Deadpool is here, too.

Finish off by doing a slip stitch in the next stitch. Cut the yarn, leaving a tail about 20cm or 7 inches long which we’ll use to attach to the body later. At this point, make sure that you have the correct side on the “outside” of the doll. Arms (make 2) By Asgard, your baby will be as tough as Thor in this mighty baby ensemble! Thor’s helmet, hammer and a diaper cover fashioned in the same colors and style as Thor’s pants complete this costume.TIP The popcorn stitch in the arm is the thumb, if you prefer straight arms, simply replace the popcorn stitch with a sc. A classic Norse Mythology Character, Thor the God of Thunder is a cute addition to every newborn that comes into this world with a bang. This is a personal favourite character of one of my kids. As this was the fourth character, I feel that I’ve got the technique down pretty good by now. My son suggested that I add white felt to the hands and the feet to make him more realistic. They help Iron Man shoot and fly. Iron Man was pretty easy as there are not too many colour changes and he doesn’t require any safety eyes. If a decrease is supposed to go where the colour change happens, just move it a stitch earlier or later and replace it with a single crochet to make it easier to change colours. Unfortunately the placement changes depending on where you joined the legs, so it makes it difficult to make an exact stitch count!

The heads are sometimes part of the construction – so that it is made in one complete piece, with the exception of a couple of characters in which the head is made separately and later sewn on due to the intricacies of the design. The wingsfor this character totally make the character. You have the option of either sewing or gluing it on and I just used my glue gun. It’s much easier that way. Just be sure to not use too much glue so that you don’t get large blobby bits. For the row marked with a double star (row 10) add an additional red stitch either side of your existing stitches. This makes it usually 5 or 6 stitches depending on where your decreases fell in the previous rows.In the first picture, you can see there are three stitches between the marked stitches. In the second picture you can see the end result of 5 stitches in each row. While straightforward, there were a lot of little bits and pieces that go with this character. For the rondels, (chest adornments) the pattern calls for fingering yarn and a 1.25mm hook. I wanted to use what I had on hand, so I used Bernat Softee Baby (a category 3 weight yarn and a 2mm hook. I think it worked out okay. With Marvel’s ever-growing popularity, there’s no shortage of superhero-themed gifts out there perfect for the comic book fan in your life. If you’re looking for something a bit more specific to one DC superhero, you can look at something like the Batman symbol, or the Captain America one.