Hey hey, crochet lovers. When I picked up my last bundle of yarn I had my eye firmly on an Oddish and its denim blue and vibrant green combo. With a spherical body and fairly simple features Oddish was a quick one to put together with one small fly in the ointment…

I didn’t like the flat-hooked leaves in the original pattern so I thought I’d go off-piste and make up my own from an adapted ear pattern. I can’t say I’m entirely happy with the results. I made the mistake of lightly stuffing the leaves, making them look like a green rubber glove stitched to his cute little head. I might come back to him and try the leaves again as right now, he’s not one of my favourites.

Pattern: http://www.wolfdreameroth.com/2009/07/oddish-plushie.html

Yarn: Rico Essentials Cotton DK in Denim and Green

Hook: 3.5mm

Finished size: 25cm tall

Hey, hey crochet lovers. After a break from Eveleyn Pham’s baby Pokemon patterns with Jigglypuff, I headed back for more with the adorable Charmander. I picked up a lovely range of cotton colours from Rico and the orange is so beautifully vibrant I couldn’t wait to hook him up.

While the pattern came together well the yarn was an awkward customer and kept splitting – not a problem I’ve had with other colours in this yarn so I may have just got unlucky.

The needle-felting is becoming one of my favourite parts of the process and I couldn’t be happier with Charmander’s eyes and cute little toesies. Just don’t look at both eyes at onc and how out of line they are.

Pattern: http://aphid777.deviantart.com/art/Baby-Charmander-with-pattern-428587585

Yarn: Rico Essentials Cotton DK

Hook: 3.5mm

Finished size: 30cm long x 10cm tall

Hey hey, crochet fans. After completing Evelyn Pham’s adorable Bulbasaur Pokemon pattern I couldn’t wait to get stuck into another. Of all the options available I just couldn’t pass up on Eevee – it’s just so cute!!!

I didn’t have the right yarn to get started on the little fella and finding the right colour in cotton proved tricky – instead I ended up with a super soft Merino wool in a soft cookie dough colour. It was a dream to hook with and the finished toy is wonderfully cuddly. It works for Eevee but I wouldn’t be keen to use wool again for Pokemon amigurumi as it’s too stretchy and doesn’t keep the shaping as well.

After my experience with Bulbasaur I thought I’d be a bit more adventurous with needle-felting this time and used wool roving for Eevee’s tail, fluffy mane, inner ears and features. His eyes are maybe a little small but I couldn’t be happier with how they’ve come out – so cute! Creating anime eyes is so much easier and more effective with needle-felting, so definitely give it a go.

Pattern: http://aphid777.deviantart.com/art/Baby-Eevee-with-pattern-443660084

Yarn: DMC Woolly DK Merino wool

Hook: 3.5mm

Finished size: 30cm long x 10cm tall

Hey hey, crochet lovers. After cutting my teeth on a few amigurumi projects from Crochet Now magazine I desperately wanted to mix my rekindled affection for Pokemon with a good hook and yarn. A quick comparison of my yarn stash versus Pokemon colours pointed me in the direction of Bulbasaur patterns.

When I came across Evelyn Pham’s adorable baby Pokemon patterns on Deviantart I was smitten, and soon made a start on her Baby Bulbasaur. It came together beautifully and only took a few days to take shape. I hadn’t done much needle felting before so didn’t attempt to produce the eyes – I glued these in in felt – but had great fun adding his little blue patches. I can’t recommend Evelyn’s patterns enough as they’re wonderfully shaped and super easy to follow.

Pattern: http://aphid777.deviantart.com/art/Baby-Bulbasaur-with-pattern-411360915

Yarn: DK Patons cotton

Hook: 3.5mm

Finished size: 20cm long x 15cm tall