Where the Wool Things Are

I have been whipping up some Ash Ketchum accessories this week to keep Lou happy. There's an amazing Bulbasaur pattern by Aradiya Toys that I have used here too - check out the Etsy for that one. Here are the patterns for Ash's cap and a pokeball. Feels great to turn the cap and hiff the pokeball! Ash's Pokemon Cap What you'll need: - White 8 ply - Dark Green 8 ply - 3.75 hook - Adult one size red cap Stitches used (US terms): Hdc - half double crochet Sl st - slip stitch Ch - chain Sc - single crochet Worked in rows, ch 1 and turn the work at the end of each row  1. 35 ch (35) 2. Start in the second ch from hook, 35 hdc (35) 3. 10 hdc, hdc decrease, 11 hdc, hdc decrease, 10 hdc (33) 4. 9 hdc, hdc decrease, 11 hdc, hdc decrease, 9 hdc (31) 5. 9 hdc, hdc decrease, 9 hdc, hdc decrease, 9 hdc (29) 6. 29 hdc (29) 7. 8 hdc, hdc decrease, 9 hdc, hdc decrease, 8 hdc (27) 8. 27 hdc (27) 9. 7 hdc, hdc decrease, 9 hdc, hdc decrease, 7 hdc (25) 10. 25 hdc (25) 11. 7 hd...

I suppose it would be common for other toddlers to have a superhero obsession similar to my own two-year-old son. One of his favourite activities is picking a super hero and a super villain, assigning one of each of those roles to himself and a parent, enforcing dress up, and enacting an elaborate play fight based on the characters. I prefer to help out with the dress up part by making these costumes rather than buying them; the amount of superheroes and villains he chooses between would render me bankrupt if I made them all available! So soon enough, Venom was the project on my agenda and the main part was the beanie/mask. It was a "make it up as you go along" crochet project and so I wrote it down as I went along. Both my son and myself were happy with the final product. Paired with a black turtle neck (white spider painted on with acrylic) and some black tights, it was a near perfect Venom costume 👌 I will share my pattern here for free for anyone who would like to give i...