Piplup Pattern

Hi guys! New pattern first published in Portuguese on my Instagram @miahandcrafter and now in English here.

Abreviations:
• MC – Magic Circle;
• ch – Chain;
• sc- Single Crochet;
• sl st – Slip Stitch;
• dc – Double Crochet;
• trc – Triple Crochet;
• inc – Increase;
• dec – Invisible Decrease.

Materials:
• 2mm Hook;
• Fingering (14 wpi) Yarn in Blue, Light blue and yellow (I used this one: click)
• Tapestry needle and scissors;
• Fiberfill;
• Waterproof glue for crafts.
• White felt, white and black fabric paint and a thin brush for painting;

Info:
• Size: 6cm.
• Estimated time: 3h40m

Pattern:

Head and body:
* Darker blue yarn
Rnd 1: 6 sc in the MC (6)
Rnd 2: inc x 6 (12)
Rnd 3: (sc, inc) x 6 (18)
Rnd 4: (2 sc, inc) x 6 (24)
Rnd 5: (3 sc, inc) x 6 (30)
Rnd 6: sc in each sc (30)
Rnd 7: (4 sc, inc) x 6 (36)
Rnd 8-9: sc em cada sc (36)
Rnd 10: (5 sc, inc) x 6 (42)
Rnd 11: sc in each sc (42)
Rnd 12: (5 sc, dec) x 6 (36)
Rnd 13-14: sc in each sc (36)
Rnd 15: (4 sc, dec) x 6 (30)
Rnd 16: (3 sc, dec) x 6 (24)
Rnd 17: (2 sc, dec) x 6 (18)
*Stuff with fiberfill
Rnd 18: (sc, dec) x 6 (12)
Rnd 19: sl st in each sc (12)
*Crochet Rnd 20 as if rnd 19 and 18 were one (as if each slip slitch were a part of each sc)
Rnd 20: inc x 6 (24)
Rnd 21: (3 sc, inc) x 6 (30)
Rnd 22-25: sc in each sc (30)
Rnd 26: (3 sc, dec) x 6 (24)
Rnd 27: (2 sc, dec) x 6 (18)
* Stuff with fiberfill
Rnd 28: (sc, dec) x 6 (12)
Rnd 29: dec x 6 (6)
Finish off.

Beak:
*Yellow yarn
Rnd 1: 4 sc in the MC (4)
Rnd 2: (inc, sc) x 2 (6)
Rnd 3: (inc, 2 sc) x 2 (8)
Finish off and leave a long tail for sewing.

Coat:
*Darker blue yarn
Rnd 1: 6 sc in the MC (6)
Row 2: 1 ch, turn, (inc) x 6 (12)
Row 3: 7 sc with chainless foundation method (here I show how to do it: click
Row 4: ch 1, turn, inc, 5 sc, inc (9)
Row 5: sc in each sc (9)
Row 6: dec, 5 sc, dec (7)
Row 7: dec, 3 sc, dec (5)
Row 8: dec, sc, dec (3)
Slip stitch and leave a long tail for sewing.

With the same color make another Magic Circle:
Rnd 1: 6 sc in the MC (6)
Row 2: 1 ch, turn, (inc) x 6 (12)
Row 3: 1 ch, turn, sl st
until the oposite side (making a border) and ch 1 and attach it to the first piece of the cape.

Wings (make 2):
*Light Blue
Rnd 1: 6 sc in the MC (6)
Rnd 2-5: sc in each sc (6)
Rnd 6: dec x 3 (3)
Finish off and leave a long
tail for sewing (don’t stuff if you are crochetin using a figering yarn and 2mm hook)

Pés (make 2):
*Yellow yarn
Rnd 1: 4 sc in the MC (4)
Rnd 2: (inc, sc) x 2 (6)
Rnd 3-5: in each sc (6)
Finish off and leave a long
tail for sewing (don’t stuff if you are crochetin using a figering yarn and 2mm hook)

• 1. Cut the white part of his face from white felt. Pin it to his face (don’t glue yet). The top of this white piece is located at rounds 7 and 8 of his head in my Piplup and bottom is at the beginning of his head, close to his body;

• 2. Sew his beak really close to the white piece of felt. Top of the beak is at rounds 11 and 12 of his head. After 2/3 of the beak is sewn stuff it a bit with fiberfill and finish sewing;

• 3. Using the same yarn that you have sewn his beak, embroider the line between the top of his beak and the bottom. What I did was to go from one side to the other and then make a stitch at the middle to prevent yarn from moving;
• 4. Don’t glue the white piece yet. Sew his cape to his body. Align the join of the two circles to the center of his beak. Cape is sewn at the join of his head and body; 
• 5. Sew his arms. Top between rounds 21 and 22 of his body and bottom between 23 and 24; 
• 6. Sew his feet.  Use his beak as reference to align;
• 7. Before gluing the white piece, use a piece of light blue yarn (same color as body) to embroider his crown like detail at his face. If you don’t want to embroider, just make it from felt; 
• 8. Glue the white piece really close to his beak, crown like detail and body;
• 9. Cut two balls from white felt to make the detail in his body and glue;
• 10. Paint hiss eyes using black and white paint; 
• 11. Finally, let’s crochet these two pikes at his back. I made them crocheting directly in his cape. To make the smaller one I crocheted a sc and to make the bigger one a sc and a trc. That’s what I did: Insert hook at the center of his cape between the edge of sl st and row 8 and take it out trhought rows 7 and 8, attach with a chain and make an sc. The, make a trc and attach it to rows 6 and 7. Finish off leaving a long tail. Using this tail insert hook between rows 6 and 7 and take it out in rows 5 and 6, attach with a ch and make a pb. Then hide yarn tips.

I did not created this character, Piplup is copyright of Nintendo!!
This Pattern was created by Ana Amélia Mendes Galvão.