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Link (Legend of Zelda) Crochet Book Bag
Posted: Sun Jan 08, 2012 4:00 am
by 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.

Re: Link (Legend of Zelda) Crochet Book Bag
Posted: Sun Jan 08, 2012 8:35 am
by Slipstreamed
A perfect fit! Looks great!
Re: Link (Legend of Zelda) Crochet Book Bag
Posted: Sun Jan 08, 2012 12:08 pm
by 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.
Re: Link (Legend of Zelda) Crochet Book Bag
Posted: Mon Jan 09, 2012 3:36 am
by TheCraftyDuck
Ellentje wrote: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

Re: Link (Legend of Zelda) Crochet Book Bag
Posted: Mon Jan 09, 2012 5:21 am
by 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.
Re: Link (Legend of Zelda) Crochet Book Bag
Posted: Mon Jan 09, 2012 7:09 pm
by 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!

Re: Link (Legend of Zelda) Crochet Book Bag
Posted: Mon Jan 09, 2012 8:03 pm
by TheCraftyDuck
starrley wrote: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!
Re: Link (Legend of Zelda) Crochet Book Bag
Posted: Thu Jan 12, 2012 1:44 pm
by Jesse James Artworks
starrley wrote: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.

Re: Link (Legend of Zelda) Crochet Book Bag
Posted: Thu Jan 12, 2012 3:30 pm
by gamerwolff
Jesse James Artworks wrote:starrley wrote: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...
Re: Link (Legend of Zelda) Crochet Book Bag
Posted: Fri Jan 27, 2012 1:11 pm
by johloh
I tried for zelda for our daughter, my wife would have none of it.