Hello from Bee!
A long time ago, in a galaxy far, far away, the first “Star Wars”-themed post appeared on our blog.
Okay, so it was last week. 🙂
The point is, “Star Wars VII: The Force Awakens” opens this Thursday, and Boss-Bot and I are more excited than Stormtroopers who went to a Samsung store and found the Droids they were looking for.
In honor of our love for “Star Wars,” I’ve been doing a lot of craft projects worthy of the Rebel Alliance. Last week, I showed you Han Solo and Princess Leia. This week, I would like to present a pair of famous Jedis: Luke Skywalker and Yoda!
With my “people pattern,” Luke was easy to crochet. For his longer Tatooine shirt, I just added a few extra rows in the same way that I made Mary Poppins’s skirt and Leia’s dress. I also chained a piece of brown yarn for a belt.
When I started Yoda, I knew that I wanted to make him as close to scale as possible to the other figures – which, for Yoda, was a little less than half the size (“Judge me by my size, do you? Hmm!…”). I ended up scaling down the basic proportions from my pattern, taking out a few rows here and there to create a rounder head and shorter legs. I also added two triangular pieces of flat crochet for his ears, and a triple knot of yarn for a more defined nose. His beige robe was created by crocheting a flat piece of half-double crochet that, halfway through, I split into two sections, essentially creating a big letter Y. The two top parts of the Y drape over Yoda’s shoulders and attach to the sides of the lower part.
Look fantastic, they do! 🙂
Nerds with Pizzazz 