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Ideas and advice from a mostly self taught knitter, crocheter, embroiderer, and cook.

TUESDAY , MARCH 13, 2012

Cthulu Pouch

My husband bought me a Cthulu Dice game for my birthday, but I didn't

have anywhere to keep it. I put all the pieces in a plastic bag, but that didn't do
it justice. I thought I'd hop on the crocheted Cthulu trend and make a pouch
worthy of the game.
This pattern uses a few unconventional crochet techniques, but at it's core it's
pretty simple. If my techniques don't work, there are other ways to do it. I
wanted to work it all in one piece because I hate weaving in extra ends.
I used worsted weight acrylic yarn and size H and J hooks. It's big enough to
hold a big die, several glass vase filler pieces that are used as counters in the
game, and the folded rules. Gauge isn't really important. This is what I did to
create a pouch that works for what I needed. These techniques can be used to
make any size pouch.

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Start with the tentacles:

With smaller hook begin first tentacle:
Ch 16, sc 15 back, this creates the first tentacle. do not break yarn or anything
between tentacles. It'll work out but it might be a little fiddly.
Tentacle 2: ch 21 sc back (20 stitches)
Tentacle 3: ch 26 sc back (25 stitches)
Tentacle 4: ch 26 sc back
Tentacle 5: ch 21 sc back
Tentacle 6: ch 17 sc back

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Anna
I recently
graduated college,
got married, and
moved to the
pacific northwest. Now I spend
most of my time crafting and
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Tentacles in progress

If the tentacles aren't curly enough, twist them a little to encourage them.

Finished tentacles

Now is the weird fiddly part. Look at the top of the tentacles where the pouch
will be attached. Try to identify any loops you can find that you can crochet
into. The goal is to find 4 loops/tentacle: 2 loops/ side. The loops are marked
by the stitch markers in the picture below. I know it's hard to see, but do
whatever works.

Crochet into one side of all the tentacles making 12 stitches. Then crochet into
the other side making 24 stitches total and beginning circular crochet.
Now switch to bigger hook and crochet 10 more rounds, don't bother to join,
just work as a spiral.
Now work the flap by working back and forth.
Ch 3 (count as 1 double crochet) dc 11 across
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turn work and repeat this row 2 more times (3 rows total)
4th row: Ch 3. work a double crochet decrease. double crochet to last 3 st.
Work another double crochet decrease then do one more dc. This is the end of
the flap. Cut yarn.
Add buttons as eyes and closures low on the pouch. The buttons should be an
appropriate size to fit between the double crochet posts and hold tightly. I used
red eyes sewn on with green yarn that I separated.

I hope this inspires you to make a cool pouch of your own. I know the
pictures aren't great, but I'm not expecting much natural light during a snow
storm. The green is actually a dark forrest green and the eyes are much more
red. I hope you like it. Please comment or email me if you have any
comments or questions. Also look for my designs on Ravelry and Pinterest.
Thanks for reading!
-Anna
Posted by Anna at 2:38 PM
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1 comment:
T ootsie February 18, 2013 at 7:45 AM
Cute! I need to make some quick fundraiser items to donate and will try
this.
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