Link Free Pattern

Link Pattern

Recommended Yarn Colors:

Green for the tunic
Brown for the belt and trousers
Gold for the hair
White for the pants
Beige for the skin


Follow the base amigurumi pattern. Start the beginning chain stitches in green, and then do row 1 in green.  Switch to white at row 2, and then switch to brown for the boots when indicated in the pattern.  Link does not have regular hair; please see this pattern for his hair instructions.

Link's arm color guide:
Row 1-3: brown
Row 4-5: White
Row 6-end: green

Link's Hat and Hair:

The hat should be very snug against Link’s head.  The stitch count may vary for you, depending on how full you stuffed the head, so if 32 stitches seems too big or too small for you, adjust accordingly by making fewer or less chain stitches.

Start off with a chain of 32 stitches.  Slip stitch into the first stitch, being careful not to twist the chain.

Row 1-2: Even

Row 3: (sc in next 14 sts, sc2tog) twice

Row 4: even

Row 5: (sc in next 13 sts, sc2tog) twice

Row 6: even

Row 7: (sc in next 12 sts, sc2tog) twice

Row 8: even

Row 9: (sc in next 11 sts, sc2tog) twice

Row 10: even

Row 11: (sc in next 10 sts, sc2tog) twice

Row 12: even

 And so on, alternating a decrease row with an even row until you are sc2tog in every stitch.  Bind off and leave a long tail.

Take the long tail from the end of the hat and use it to sew Link’s hat down.  That’s it!  Just fold over the hat and sew it down—I find that sewing it down in three or four places does the trick nicely.  Don’t sew the hat to Link’s head.  Just sew it to itself.  Now we’re ready for the hair!

Take a length of gold yarn—about 6 feet or so—and tie a knot in one end.  Place the hat on Link’s head and mark where the first set of hair needs to go.  As you can see from the main picture, you want the hair to span from right over Link’s right eye to his left shoulder.  

Thread the yarn through the loops made by the single crochet.  DO NOT PULL THE YARN TIGHT!  You want it to hang down.  There is no need to knot the yarn on every loop, because the yarn will want to stay where you put it.  Remember to not pull the yarn taut!

Now repeat this process on the other side of the hat, going from the same spot over Link’s right eye to his right shoulder.  Notice how much shorter this length of hair is.  When you are done making the loops, tie a knot to secure the yarn but do not cut the tail.

Position that hat on Link’s head and you’re done!  Use the long yarn tail from the hair loops to secure the hat on Link’s head.  The tightness of the hat should work in your favor here, because it won’t want to slip off.  A couple of loops with the yellow yarn securing the hat to the head should do the trick. 

Link's Belt:

Start by chaining 17 stitches.  Now it is time for the pouch.  

Row 1: Sc in the previous 3 stitches.  Ch 1, turn.

Row 2: Sc in the next 3 stitches.  Ch 1, turn.

Row 3: Sc in the next 3 stitches.  Ch 1, turn.

Row 4: Sc in the next 3 stitches.  Ch 1, but do not turn.  You need to go up the side of

the pouch now, so do 2 sc along the side and then 1 slip stitch back up to the top.  You should be level with the original chain now, so continue along your way.

 

Finish the belt off with more chain stitches.  How many chain stitches you will need will vary on many factors; how fully the amigurumi was stuffed, your tension, etc.  For my purposes I required 12 more chain stitches after the pouch was completed, but you may need a few more or less.  The most important thing is that the belt is snug around the waist, but does not pinch.  It should be tight enough to stay without being secured in any way.  Fasten the belt with a slip stitch and weave in the ends.

Now it's time to attach the belt that runs across Link's chest.  Pick up a stitch at the back of Link's belt, about the middle of his back, and begin chaining.

Continue chaining until your belt is long enough to reattach in the front.  Attach this chain to the first belt.

Support this pattern by buying Legend of Zelda games through this link!

Major Overhaul!!

Alright, well, as you may have noticed, the site looks a little different around here.  If you are reading this in a blog reader, click through!  It's a little more polished, a little more fancy, and that's just the beginning.   The biggest change around here is the new series of free patterns that I am going to start offering. 

 

These two are the first free patterns available!  Han's pattern is being released today, Leia's should follow next week.

 

And these two are coming soon!  Link's ready to go, but Zelda's still not finished yet.

Gosh, both of those pictures really look like cheesy high school pictures of couples, right? That was not my intention.

And a preview picture!   I'm very excited about this one, I think you guys will really love it.

I have many more characters in the works right now, and hopefully I will be able to put out a new pattern every couple of weeks or so.  I have some really big plans for these free patterns.  I don't want to spill the beans yet, but if I can work it out there should be some pretty amazing stuff here soon.

I am still going to be selling patterns in my etsy shop as well.  I consider those to be on a different level than these patterns, and I am never going to put any information from those patterns on this site, like any sculpey tutorials or felt patterns.  So if you want an original Geek Central Station Star Wars amigurumi, head on over to my etsy shop!

So everyone, this is a pretty big deal to me, so please let me know what you think of everything!  I want to know if the patterns are good, if you like them, and what patterns you would like to see in the future!  And if you create anything with these patterns, please feel free to send me some pictures.  I love seeing what everyone makes!

Stay tuned!

This ALMOST makes me want a baby

I said ALMOST. Don't freak out, parents and/or boyfriend, if you are reading this. I just love this little costume. Also, do you think it is child abuse if you just have a child to dress them up in cute little cosplay clothes? I think that using a monkey might work too. They like wearing clothes, right? What was I talking about again? Oh yeah. Check out this too too cute adorable little baby outfit!

It's a tiny Link! Look how cute! I love the little belt. And the hat. Okay, I love everything about it. How adorable!!

The quiver, complete with arrows--I mean, baby bottle. They should have made it look like a lon lon milk bottle, but whatever. I guess you can't give arrows to babies, or something. Who knows. I thought babies loved playing with pointy sticks!

And this is the chest that all of those little tiny adorable clothes came in. Note: baby not included in the chest. We hope not, anyway.

Anyway, this was made by a craftster user for a friend's baby. What a cute gift! I love it. Maybe the cats want to play dress up...I'll let you know how that goes...

Stay tuned!

Found on Ravelry

Check out some of the awesome stuff I've been finding on Ravelry lately. That place is so cool! And there are lots of nerds there, too, which makes finding really cool stuff really easy. Also, you can search projects by what kind of yarn is used--which is good for me, since most of the time I just buy really pretty yarn but have no idea what to do with it. But anyway, here are some of the more nerdy projects I've found floating around.
First off--probably the most awesome use of granny squares ever. I like that it isn't a traditional square shape, and is just the outline of Mario. Even so, this thing must be pretty huge. I think there are over 350 granny squares on this thing.
These little dragons are too adorable. They are babies! I love their little tiny wings and their little head spikeys. I think I might go buy the pattern for them--I want to make a small army of them.

I like this project because it's something I never would of thought anyone would make--a Snakes on a Plane hat. I mean, I know the movie was all posed to be something really awesome, but it kind of flopped and it was kind of a while ago--I just didn't think that anyone would go through all of this trouble. It's awesome though!

And this little cute octorok! And not just any octorok--it's a boss. I love all of the little details on the top of him. Also he looks really angry.

Hope you guys enjoy! I haven't really been crocheting much, this kind of almost makes me want to pick up my hook again. Almost. Still plugging away on the embroidery for now, though. Stay tuned!

The greatest geek church ever

Stained glass isn't just for the churchies anymore! Check out these awesome stained glass windows--well, some of them are pretty small, maybe not window sized, but still pretty cool. I wish that I could do something this awesome.

I really like this one. The lightsaber looks really cool when the light is coming through the window. I like how simple it is, and the composition.
This one isn't really a stained glass piece, but it is a fused glass frame. At $80 it's a little expensive for an everyday picture frame, but I guess if you have a picture of yourself getting the high score on a pacman arcade machine it would be the only option for you.

This one is a candle holder. I bet it looks really pretty at night all lit up. I like the windwaker designs that are used, too. Once again, though, at $100 it's a little out of my price range.


Here's one that's a little cheaper! At $25 this little sun catcher is cute, affordable and pretty. Now if only I watched Dr. Who!

Anyway, I just thought these were pretty. I wish that I knew how to do stained glass--I would probably cover my whole apartment in it. How about something like this for the living room? Totally. Stay tuned!

A backpack that really shields your stuff!

Check out this adorable little backpack over on Craftster!

And look--the back even zips up.

I think it's adorable! Personally I wouldn't have crocheted it--I would have made it out of something stiffer, like a felt or some sort of fabric with heavy interfacing--but I really like the concept. Also I think the crochet on the back of the shield is really pretty, and I am jealous that there is a zipper. I have always found zippers to be difficult, so I'm pretty easily impressed when someone is able to put such a nice, clean looking one in their project.

Anyway, I'm pretty sure I'm not courageous enough to actually wear something like this, but I find the idea of it totally adorable. Stay tuned for picture of my embroidery project, coming soon! (I'm sure everyone is holding their breath).

Get rich quick!

Need a little extra cash this weekend? I've got just the project for you--it will literally make money materialize in front of your face! You don't even have to go looking through grass or anything! Okay, it's not OUR money, you know, REAL money, necessarily, but rupee money, so if you're planning a trip to Hyrule it will come in handy at least. For those looking to stay home (Hyrule always seems to be in some sort of peril anyway), it will make a great cat toy. Look!
They're just made out of two pieces of felt and then embroidered shut with (mostly) matching embroidery floss. As you can see, they still get the basic idea across even if you are a terrible embroiderer and can't draw a straight line to save your life. I stuffed some catnip in them too, and the cats have been going crazy over them. Wanna see? Hm, what's that? You don't want to see pics of my kitties? Too bad, here they are anyway.

Reach, Dorian, reach! It's worth 20 rupees!
Bah bah! Yuki just found a blue rupee!
Dorian's rolling in dough.

Was this whole post just a giant excuse to show pictures of my kitties? Perhaps. But it really is funny to see them running around with rupees in their mouth, and there aren't enough geeky pet toys out there. Or any, really.

Anyway, it's just a fun weekend craft that takes less than 20 minutes, so make some up and watch your kitties go crazy! Stay tuned for more craziness--I promise, no more kitty pictures.

The shirt off my back--redux

Hey guys! Remember this post, where I posted some of my favorite shirts? Well we finally got around to actually making some of them. We used the freezer paper technique (found here, if anyone is interested) and it was super easy and everything actually came together pretty fast.

If you guys are interested in making your own shirts, you can follow the above tutorial and use these stencils, which have all of the bridges and everything already cut out--all you have to do is print and cut out the black parts. Click here for the Blue Sun stencil, and click here for the Planet Express stencil.

Now, if anyone out there is looking for some free EPS vector versions, check it out! Click here for the Blue Sun vector art, click here for the Planet Express logo vector, or click here for the Hylian crest vector art. My boyfriend assure me these are very cool, so I hope you guys like them.

And moving right ahead! Here are the finished products:

Alright, first off, here's the Blue Sun shirt. I wanted it to look all splotchy and weathered (although it's not really as noticeable as in this pic, for some reason the light made it look kind of funny here).

And the Planet Express logo! This one was a little more difficult, because of all the letters, but I liked the way it turned out. We were split on whether or not to make the stencil in different colors, but we ended up just doing one (in blue, my favorite color, of course) and I like the way it turned out. The paint also has a little sparkle in it too, which is awesome. We also left the stencil lines in the letters to give it a more hand-printed stencily look. That's right--stencily.

And finally, the Zelda shirt. My boyfriend made this one for himself, and he made it all stony looking and old. Here's a (slightly) better pic:

He used a couple of different colors all mixed together to give it a stony effect, and it turned out looking really neat. This one's a little sparkly too, but not too noticeable.

Anyway, I just thought I'd share with you guys, and encourage everyone else to try it too. They were so easy and fun to make! And you can do almost any picture you want--I'm thinking of a couple more, maybe a Portal shirt (one of these icons probably) or an Arrested Development shirt--either a Family Band Solution shirt, a Gobias Indsutries shirt (as in "go buy us" a cup of coffee) or a Motherboy shirt. I wouldn't use these exact images, but they are all really cute ideas.

Let me know what you guys think, and spread the geek love through fabulous clothing (while still wearing jeans and a tshirt!) Stay tuned everyone!

You asked for it

And here she is!
She has to be so mysterious! What a drama queen. Alright, take off your cloak.
That's more like it! Here is Zelda. She had a lot of little sculpey details, as you can see her shoulder armor, front piece, belt piece and crown are all made out of sculpey, with little colored beads stuck in them. Her dress is painted at the bottom. My sculpey maker says that all of her accessories are probably the most complicated thing he's ever done. They look great in person, though. They are all really tiny and detailed, though, I can't envy him ever having to make more.
She's ready to kick some ass, too. She doesn't need a boy to come save her! She has her own slender but very menacing sword.

I'd like to eventually make Midna as the Twilight Princess, and we've already had some family members asking for Ganondorf, (I always type his name Ganondork, it's my inner dork coming out) but who knows when we will even/ever get a chance to start on them. It would be cool to have the whole gang, though, and the Twilight Princess is pretty neat looking.

Anyway, sorry things have been so quiet around here lately. I'll try to update more, but we've just been knocked on our buts lately with custom orders. Hopefully things will be quieting down soon, and we'll be able to get back to making new characters. I know we have some super cool new Star Wars ones coming soon, so be on the look out for that within the week. Stay tuned!

It's time to save the world

What do you say to that, Link? Nothing! Get it? Because Link doesn't talk! Okay, whatever. Anyway, here is Link! I was going to wait to post him until we had Zelda done, but I'm impatient and I want to show him off now, so here he is!
I think he's so adorable! I hardly did any work on him either, the boyfriend did most of the work this time. He did all of the decorative stitching and everything, which goes all around his hat and his tunic. He has little gauntlets too, which I think look a little cumbersome, but the boyfriend likes them. Anyway, that is just a picture of plain Link, here's a picture of his accessories.
He has a Master Sword, a shield, an ocarina, and a lonlon milk bottle. It's really very cute, it has a little label with a little cow on it and everything. We just found these little empty bottle charm thingies at Hobby Lobby, and he painted the inside white with a little paint and then taped the little label on. And Link can carry everything on him, too, except the ocarina. Like Boromir, his shield attaches to his back, and his sword fits in behind the shield. The milk can be attached on the belt too, it has a little loop on the top. Here's a better view of how it attaches:
Anyway, I hope you guys like him! More pics on the flickr, as always. Zelda will be following soon (I hope...) but we're still working on the Star Trek people, so who knows when we'll get a chance to finish her. Hopefully we're going to have the Star Trek crew finished by next week--they are going to be SO cool, by the way--so that will free up some time to work on our little side projects. Of course, with Mass Effect taking up a lot of my free time, who knows. I'll try to stay on task though! Stay tuned!

Midna/Zelda drawing

I'm always talking about how my boyfriend paints sculpey and does all this intricate work for the little dudes, but he actually is an artist, as in draw and paint artist. So I thought I'd post a picture of his here, since it fits the requirements of the site by also being geeky! It's a picture he drew (with graphite pencil, colored pencil, charcoal) for his brother's birthday/Christmas present. It's a picture of Midna and Zelda from Twilight Princess.

It's a little dark, a little creepy, but I think it's very cool! Let me know what you guys think.