Gotta wear 'em all - How to crochet a Pokémon beanie

Hey there Nerdycrocheter!

After the Pokémon GO-hype I've decided to combine two of my previous patterns into one. By the title you've probably already guessed that this will be my basic beanie pattern and my pokéball pattern.
It is a very simple pattern and I would label it as a beginner. You only need to know 3 kinds of stitches, the slip stitch, the double crochet and the single crochet. Al of these stitches are explained in my 'Basic Beanie' pattern.
As always I've made a tutorial for you to follow along. In the video I will be going over the color change and adding of the button in particular.
If you want more information on the beanie itself you can always find more information in my tutorial.

Here are the links to al the patterns and videos.
I hope you enjoy and as always if you have any questions feel free to ask.

Youtube:
Tutorial Basic beanie
Tutorial pokéball beanie

Ravelry:
Pattern basic beanie
Pattern Pokéball beanie

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Happy crocheting!!

gotta catch 'em all - pokéball

Long time no see!!
It's been a while since I've made a blog/video.
But I'm back and this time I will show you how to make a pokéball.

You can use this pattern to make a pokéball (duh!)
But if you leave out the colorchanges you can use this pattern to make a simple crocheted ball.
That way you can use it to make a head for a amigurumi, a belly for a stuffed animal,... the possiblities are endless.
I hope you enjoy the pattern.


Link to pattern: pattern on ravelry


Link to video: gotta catch 'em all - how to crochet a pokéball

Happy crocheting!

Basic Beanie

Hi everyone

Okay, so last time we made a scarf, but what's a scarf without a beanie. So this time we're making one. This way your look will be complete.
I've changed things up a bit and the pattern will be in a printer-friendly pfd-file.
There is also a video tutorial if you want some extra visible aid.
The video may be useful since the written pattern may be a bit confusing. It's the first time I've written a pattern like this.
Please let me know if the pattern is clear or not and what I can do to make it better.

the video:

The pattern is available on my ravelry:
http://www.ravelry.com/patterns/library/basic-beanie-22

This is a basic beanie and can be used to make everything you can imagine. You can make it bigger or smaller by adding rows, or leaving some out. After a while there is a certain rythm to the pattern.
You can also use this pattern to make many many other beanies. In the picture below I've used the basic beanie pattern for all the beanies except for the Teemo one (the one in the right bottom corner). So you can see it's very versatile.

I hope you enjoy this pattern and have fun with it!!

Hogwarts Scarf -Beginners

Hi Everyone

So for my first pattern I'm going to make a Hogwarts scarf.
It's very easy and basic, but a must-have for all Potterheads.
And even when you're not all that into Harry Potter, It's still a beautiful scarf.
This is what it's going to look like



















Of course as you can see this is a Hufflepuff scarf (PuffPride!!)
And the colors that I used here were Yellow (color A) and Black (color B)
For the other houses you're going to use:
Deep red (A) and yellow/gold (B) - Gryffindor
Royal blue (A) and grey/silver or bronze (B) - Ravenclaw
Dark green (A) and grey/silver (B) - Slytherin

What will you need?
5mm crochet hook
Yarn 2 colors (color A is your main colors, in the photo it is Yellow) (color B is your accent colors, in the photo it is Black)
Yarn needle
Something hard and flat (like cardboard)
scissors

So the pattern goes like this:
With color A
Chain 40 (or do 40 foundation double crochets)
rows 1-12: 40 double crochet, chain 2, turn
Change to color B
Row 13-14: 40 double crochet, chain 2, Turn
Change to color A
Row 15-16: 40 double crochet, chain 2, turn
Change to color B
Row 17-18: 40 double crochet, chain 2, turn
Change to color A
Repeat from row 1- 18.
Repeat 7 times and do 12 more rows of color A.

Tassels:
Grab your cardboard and make it as big as you want your tassels to be. Mine were about 15 cm.
Wrap your yarn about 10 times around that cardboard, slide it off, and cut it open.
Put a crochet hook trough a hole on the end of the scarf and pull your yarn through that hole (you now have a loop), put the ends of the tassels through that loop and pull on it. You have created a tassel.
Repeat this for other tassels. My tassels went : A B A B A B A B A (on both sides)

If you don't understand anything about what's written here, I also made a video explaining everything.
I'm sorry, it is a really long video but I tried to explain everything even for the people who don't know how to crochet, so I hope you understand.

If you have any questions, leave them below (or on the video) and I will answer them.

Happy crocheting!!!

Welcome to the NerdyCrochetCorner

Hey You, and welcome to my NerdyCrochetCorner!!

This little blog will be about... you guessed it: crocheting!
But not just your old-fashion crochet your grandma does. No I'm going to show you how to make all things nerdy, geeky and fandom related.
You will be seeing things from all kinds of fandoms like Harry Potter, Star Trek, Hunger Games,... and games like Mario, World of Warcraft, Legend of Zelda, Pokémon... and many many more
And I promise you, it won't be just amigurumi's from everything (Not that there is anything wrong with that, it will just be a bit boring after a while). There will be clothing, afghans, bags, beanies, you name it, we'll make it. We are going to push the limits of crochet to make all these things happen.

But before we begin doing that, we need to know the basics, with which I will start (in the next blogs). Because I want us to do this together, from beginning to end. And that means starting with the basics.

Now you're maybe wondering who it is who's going to make all of this happen.
Well mostly me (and I will tell a bit more about myself in a minute) but I want to do it together with you, because it doesn't mean that if I upload a pattern that is will stay with that pattern, it can change, just because I do something a certain way, it doesn't mean it is the right (or only) way. I want to hear feedback from you guys through the comments (and maybe in the future through other channels).

Jup that's me!

So a bit more about myself.
My real name is Joyce, right now I'm 21 years old and I'm Belgian.
But I'm more than that I am someone who loves to crochet, and I'm being doing so for the last 7 years. And now I want to teach other people how to do it.
Why? Because it has really changed my life and I want other people to experience the joys crocheting can bring.

So I hope you got to know me and my blog a bit better and I hope I see you in the future to start our crocheting adventure together.