Link (Legend of Zelda) Crochet Book Bag

[TheCraftyDuck]

Hello everyone! My name is Lindsay (A.K.A. The Crafty Duck) and I am a long time reader, first time poster. I craft in many mediums, but my favorites by far are crochet and fuse beads - especially if it means I can bring my favorite guilty & geeky pleasures to life!

I was lucky enough to receive The Legend of Zelda box set anime / manga for Christmas and wanted to make a little pouch to protect them in my bag as I have been planning on reading them on the bus to and from work. So I thought I would have my first go at a fair isle style crochet Link sprite, and this is the end result...



It isn't perfect, but I am still pretty happy with how it turned out. I think next time I try crochet sprites, I might do it on a larger scale so each "pixel" lines up a bit better.

[Slipstreamed]

A perfect fit! Looks great!

[Ellentje]

What a great idea to make a book bag My books/magazines always get folded pages when I carry them around a lot

May I ask what kind of crochet stitch you used? I can't really tell from the picture and I heard Tunisian crochet is supposed to be quite good for sprites.

[TheCraftyDuck]

What a great idea to make a book bag My books/magazines always get folded pages when I carry them around a lot

May I ask what kind of crochet stitch you used? I can't really tell from the picture and I heard Tunisian crochet is supposed to be quite good for sprites.

Of course! I have just used single crochet for the front and sides, and double for the back. I haven't tried Tunisian crochet before, so I will have to give it a go next time. Thank you

[gamerwolff]

This is great! Love the shield too btw! I got one almost exactly like that for hubby this christmas....it matches my master sword.

[starrley]

This is very cool.
Also, I checked out your webpage from your signature. I think that it's awesome that your son's name is Link!

[TheCraftyDuck]

This is very cool.
Also, I checked out your webpage from your signature. I think that it's awesome that your son's name is Link!

Thanks It's not like my Hubby and I are fans or anything, lol!

[Jesse James Artworks]

This is very cool.
Also, I checked out your webpage from your signature. I think that it's awesome that your son's name is Link!

OMG your son's name is Link ? AWESOMESAUCE!!! Almost makes me sad that my obsession is DBZ. Not too many of those names would work out very well.

[gamerwolff]

This is very cool.
Also, I checked out your webpage from your signature. I think that it's awesome that your son's name is Link!

OMG your son's name is Link ? AWESOMESAUCE!!! Almost makes me sad that my obsession is DBZ. Not too many of those names would work out very well.

Yeah piccolo and trumks and goku and so on are not exactly your run of the mill names...but there are stranger ones out there... like apple for instance...

[johloh]

I tried for zelda for our daughter, my wife would have none of it.