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Emoticon Crochet Pattern
Published: 2010-02-07 23:17:51 +0000 UTC; Views: 45695; Favourites: 1219; Downloads: 2883
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Okay, so since I'm not sure about selling my emotes, I thought I'd at least make the pattern(s) available.This PDF has the patterns for 8 of the emotes I've done so far:
For the two I haven't included, I can't remember the patterns of the facial parts (that's what I get for not writing them down right away
).More emoticon crochet patterns:
EDIT:
Whoops, noticed a little mistake in my wording for the assembly of
. Fixed it. And while I was on it, I improved the base pattern at the first 2 rows and the last.Nothing too wild, the old patterns work just as well.
EDIT 2:
You guys are crazy, you know that? Another DD?
Happy to know they're so well received, though. Hope you enjoy.
And many, many thanks.
The Emoticon Project: [link]
Patterns free to use. Have fun.
(If you've made emote plushies using my patterns, I'd love to see them and if you upload photos, please credit me and link to this deviation. Thanks.)
No selling - either of the pattern or of the finished emotes!
I don't do it, you don't do it.
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no, that means the beginning of the round moves.
working in spirals, if you mark the beginning of a round, you'll notice it'll move back for about 1 stitch every 2 - 3 rounds. to even that out, you'll add correction stitches. in case of round 7 that means you crochet up to the end of the round and keep going for 3 stitches more. there are still only 36 stitches in the round, you just start the 8th round later.
does that help?
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errrr... yep, i noticed a lil' offset, but thought it's o.k., cause it's spiral...
now, i'm gona stich "36 sc and than 3 more to close the row"? I can't find the difference between previous statement and "39 sc". And how there's 36 of 'em if there're 3 additional. I think, i'll check some webpages...
Again, thanks for reply.
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close the row? so you're not working in spirals? because if you do, you won't need to close them, you just keep going.
the 3 additional you'd work into the first 3 of the same round, which would be the first 3 of the next round, if you didn't crochet the correction stitches.
if it's still not clear enough, I can make a photo of the process over the weekend and show you. I'm working on a new project anyway and will need to do a ball for it.
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"close the row" - i was speaking figurative...
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ah, okay.
are interested in a photo that illustrates the use of correction stitches? because I have one, now.
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if u'd be so kind i see no harm in peekin'g to it. (others would be grateful too, i'm sure)
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ah! I think i've got what u've ment! that next row would aply to previous (36 + 3) as if it's 36 only!... i think...
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so.... the mounth for that one "
(i'm a total noob)
I thought there's some kinda oа trick to change thread...
I think i'll use your pattern to crochet something spherical....
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yep, that's how I do it.
sure, you can just change color while crocheting the rounds, but I found that to be very unsatisfactory. the edges never get to be that clean, and at least with the eyes of 
and I'm glad you'll have some use for the base shape. it's adapted from patterns I found online and didn't really like the resulting shape of (or the fact that they involved sewing halves together).
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1st of all congrats on the DD
2nd of all I would like to know if you could :emailme: the patterns in a note! Please! I have certain parental controls on my account and I cannot access the PDF file! Can you please allow me to have a copy of the patterns?
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Congratulations on the DD! And thank you so much for sharing your pattern. I hope to make my friend's emote for her birthday using it.
I'm a little confused by the correction stitches even though I've read it over and over...would you mind explaining them to me?
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thank you for the interest.
theoretically, with a rather simple pattern like this one, you might not even need those correction stitches, but I'm just so used to using them for all my projects...
hmmm, so how do I explain it better?
if you work in spirals, as it's done here, and you mark the beginning of each round, the longer the crocheted piece gets the more that mark wanders back, creating a diagonal. if you have a more complicated pattern where certain stitches have to be at certain places, you'd suddenly have them in the wrong place, if not for the correction. those stitches do nothing more than to "fill up" the round to get to the original starting point. that's also the reason those stitches aren't counted in the stitch count for the round that gets corrected, as there's no increasing involved. the actual stitch count remains the same.
so in case of round 7 for the base, you crochet 36 sc as the pattern indicates and then you'll crochet 3 more sc and start round 8 after that.
hope that helps.
if there are more questions, feel free to ask and I'll try to explain.
I'd love to see the finished emote, too. always curious about that.
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Ahhh okay that makes sense to me now. Thank you for explaining it to me, I was really starting to feel dumb
Well I'm proud to say that I started the pattern a little bit ago and now I'm half finished.
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I'm glad I could help.
and I don't mind either way. link me in the way that's easiest for you.
totally looking forward to seeing your emote.
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you mean you'd like these as a knitting pattern? because in that case I'd have to tell you I have no idea how to knit balls.
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Well. Find someone who does. XD
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my favoritest thing on all of da! I'm making my own designs of cute little ball shaped birds and stuff and stuff with your ball pattern. I hope you don't mind
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well, the patterns are for free, so I don't mind if you modify them.
but I'd love to see what you came up with. who knows, you might end up inspiring me back...
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argh,... cannot find the pdf... is it gone?? or am I too tired to see it?
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on the right, next to the preview picture, first line, there should be a little green arrow pointing down with "download file" and "pdf download, 156 KB" written next to it. click on it to get the file.
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awesome!! and thanks for the free pattern!! I see we have the same way of thinking about it!!
I cannot crochet yet, but I'm really willing to learn now I have these little guys to make
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that's what I call dedication!
for the easier ones, like 
there are tons of really good crochet videos out there where the stitches and techniques are explained.
good luck.
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thanks for this precisions!!
I still haven't found the pdf on your page, though
I'm really happy to have seen this, it's really inspiring!
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hmmmm... want me to send it to you via email?
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nah thanks, I finally found it
I'm looking forward to doing it!
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have found it with your other message, sorry!! I've a really tired mind today, it's agreable to relax on DA
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These are amazing
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awesome!
would love to see the results.
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I have one problem. I am not to sure on how to read crochet pattern instructions. Do you possibly have a link to a site that will help me understand instructions?
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is it about the abbreviations? then this should help: [link]
it has stitch instructions and sometimes photos for them, too.
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Thank you. I think this will help. I've only crocheted a blanket for my girlfriend. I learned that from my mom so following instructions is new to me XD I just have to learn what afgan and all that means. Thank you
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glad you like it. thank you so much for the favorite.
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Hey there
This piece has been featured in this article 
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thank you. that makes me really happy.
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any time. and thanks right back.
if you need help with the patterns, feel free to ask.
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you're welcome. the world can't have enough emotes.
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Your emotes are too perfect.... i can't get the ball itself too look that round o,o
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it's partly the pattern and partly the tight stuffing and kneeding/rolling the ball into shape afterwards.
I also crochet relatively tight stitches, which helps with the shaping, I think. (but from the looks of your little totoro, you do that, too.)
what you can't see on the photos is that all the emotes are a little uneven on the top. part of it is always a little flatter than the rest and no amount of shaping afterwards gets rid of it. that's something I haven't yet found a solution for. ah well.
go ahead and give it a try. good luck.
and thank you for the fav.
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Your welcome for the fav
Yea I actually realized that too. Even with a bigger crochet hook (size 8 or H im using) I always liked making it tighter. I think it was because I wanted to gain a similar look to the plushie i was making as it would be with a smaller hook but with the bigger one. I actually started off making it loose and didn't really like it.
As for the emote ball... 8D I had a fire in my apartment building a month ago so all my yarn had to be thrown out from the smoke smell so I don't have my red yarn to make 
It came out fuzzy and messed up a little but that's what you get on a first attempt I guess 8D I'm going to post up the picture in a bit and you can see it.
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I wish I knew how to Crochet. cause this will be so cool.
how big is it if you make one?
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that depends on the yarn and hook size you use.
I use relatively thin yarn (125m per 50g) and a 3mm hook, so one is about 4.5cm (about 1.8") in diameter.
the thicker the yarn you use is, the bigger the finished emotes.
example: [link] (this girl used VERY thick yarn to follow my pattern
if you don't know how to crochet, maybe you know somebody who can and is willing to make you one?
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ok.
well my mom used to know how to crochet but she forgot how to. So I better start studying how to crochet, can you take a picture on the things you need to crochet? like yarn, hooks and others.
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