Louie Mensinger, Author at Club Crochet

Pumpkin Cat Amigurumi

October 15, 2018October 15, 2018 by Louie Mensinger

Learn how to make crochet a pumpkin cat amigurumi! This easy crochet bee tutorial teaches you how to crochet a pumpkin cat with a video or written! It even includes a free PDF!

*Requires a free Club Crochet Account

The Materials:
•The Yarn (Worsted Weight)
– Black (Main Body)
– Orange (Pumpkin)
– Pink (Nose)
– Brown (Pumpkin stem)
•Size G6/4.00mm Hook
•Plastic Cat Saftey Bead Eyes •Stuffing
•Needle
*Pipe cleaner for posable limbs

Gauge : 5 Rnds and 4 sts per 1”
Finished piece is about 6” long

Worked in the round

The Stitches:
– Ch : Chain stitch
– St : Stitch
– Sl.st : Slip Stitch
– Sc : Single Crochet
– Dec/Inc : Decrease/Increase
– InvDec : Invisible Decrease
– FLO : Front Loops Only

Get the Halloween Pattern Bundle

Get the full bundle of Halloween patterns including:

• Frankenstein
• Zombie
• Witch
• Vampire
• Werewolf
• Ghost
• Pumpkin
• Bat

Includes instructions on how to make the characters into finger puppets!

Every pattern includes a full length video tutorial, so you’ll never miss a stitch

Bat Amigurumi

October 1, 2018October 1, 2018 by Louie Mensinger

*Requires a free Club Crochet Account

Learn how to make crochet bat amigurumi! This easy crocheted bat tutorial teaches you how to crochet a bat with a video or written! It even includes a free PDF!

Did you hear about the two bats meeting? It was love at first bite!

Join the Giveaway

Post a picture of your finished project to enter the October Giveaway!

The Materials:
•The Yarn (Worsted Weight)
– Yellow (Body Color)
– Black (Body Color 2)
– Orange (Worker helmet)
– White (Wings)
•Size G6/4.00mm Hook
•Plastic Saftey Bead Eyes (6mm+)
•Stuffing
•Needle

Gauge : 5 Rnds and 4 sts per 1”
Finished piece is about 6” long

Worked in the round

The Stitches:
– Ch : Chain stitch
– St : Stitch
– Sl.st : Slip Stitch
– Sc : Single Crochet
– Hdc : Half Double Crochet
– Dc : Double Crochet
– Tr : Trebble / Tripple Crochet
– Dec/Inc : Decrease/Increase
– InvDec : Invisible Decrease
– FLO : Front Loops Only
– M.p : Mini Picot
(ch 2, sl.st into the back loop of the 2nd ch from the hook)

Get the Pattern Bundle

Get the full bundle of Halloween patterns including:

• Frankenstein
• Zombie
• Witch
• Vampire
• Werewolf
• Ghost
• Pumpkin
• Bat

Includes instructions on how to make the characters into finger puppets!

Every pattern includes a full length video tutorial, so you’ll never miss a stitch

Hobgoblin Amigurumi

September 24, 2018September 24, 2018 by Louie Mensinger

Ogre Amigurumi

September 12, 2018September 12, 2018 by Louie Mensinger

Goblin Amigurumi

August 21, 2018September 24, 2018 by Louie Mensinger

Crocheted Goblin Amigurumi

Learn how to make crochet goblin amigurumi! This easy crochet goblin tutorial teaches you how to crochet a goblin with a video or written! It even includes a free PDF!

What do you call a vampire goblin?

Hemo Goblin!

*Requires a free Club Crochet Account

Get the Goblinoid Pattern Bundle

Get the full bundle of Goblinoid patterns including:

• Goblins
• Trolls
• Orcs
• Ogres
• Hobgoblins

Every pattern includes a full length video tutorial, so you’ll never miss a stitch

Troll Amigurumi

August 15, 2018 by Louie Mensinger

Orc Amigurumi

August 7, 2018September 24, 2018 by Louie Mensinger

Purchase on Etsy || Purchase on Ravelry

What does this mean?

An orc walks into a club.. he takes 10 damage. This little crocheted Orc amigurumi measures about 2.5″ inches long when finished and includes a full length unique video tutorial to help you get through the tough parts!

Materials:
• The Yarn (Worsted Weight)
– Green (Main Body)
– White (Teeth)
– Brown (Loin Cloth / Pants)
• Size G6/4.00mm Hook
• Plastic Saftey Bead Eyes
• Stuffing
• Needle

Gauge: 5 Rnds and 4 sts per 1” | Finished piece is about 2” tall

Worked in the Round

The Stitches:

ch	Chain Stitch
st	Stitch
sl.st	Slip Stitch
sc	Single Crochet
dec	Decrease (Sharp)
inc	Increase
invdec	Invisible Decrease
BLO	Back Loops Only
FLO	Front Loops Only
mbo	Mini Bobble Stitch (3-dc bobble)
bo	Bobble Stitch (4-dc bobble)

Bobble stitch: 1. Work 4 (3 for mini bobble) double crochet into one stitch, leaving the last loop of each on the hook. 2. Yarn over and draw through all the loops on the hook.

Color Changes:
(Watch the video)
This pattern requires a few color changes. Be sure to check the note at the end of each Rnd before you make the round to know when to change colors. Carry colors required for each round along with you before you need to do a color change.

For color changes with Color/Color (ex: 1 Red/Blue), make the first pull through with the first color (Red), and next with the second color (Blue)

Goblinoid Pattern Bundle

August 7, 2018September 25, 2018 by Louie Mensinger

What's a Goblinoid?

Goblinoids are what I call the overarching theme of characters in the goblin family including Goblins, Trolls, Orcs, Ogres, and Hobgoblins. They are often nasty buggers with nothing on their mind but war and treasure, but every now and then you get a sweet little fella who just wants to hangout and look at shiny things.

Goblinoid
Pattern Bundle

Get the full bundle of Goblin themed patterns including:

• Goblins
• Orcs
• Trolls
• Ogres
• Hobgoblins
• Customizing your Goblinoid
(available with membership or bundle purchase only)

Every pattern includes a full length video tutorial, so you’ll never miss a stitch

Purchase on Etsy

What is this?

Individual Patterns

Goblins

What do you call a vampire goblin?

Hemo Goblin!

This pattern is free!

Trolls

Don’t leave these fellas with access to your YouTube profile…

What is this?

Purchase the individual pattern | $2.99

Orcs

An orc walks into a club.. he takes 10 damage.

What is this?

Purchase the individual pattern | $2.99

Ogres

Why is orcs always angry? Cos they not as strong as Borg.

What is this?

Purchase the individual pattern | $2.99

Hobgoblin

When a goblin lives past their low life expectancy and gets access to a bit too much food they become Hobgoblins!

What is this?

Purchase the individual pattern | $2.99

Customizing your Goblinoid

In this series of tutorials I’ll teach you how to make weapons, items and details to your amigurumi.

*Available with Club Crochet Membership or bundle purchase only*

August Monthly Hook-Up

August 2, 2018August 2, 2018 by Louie Mensinger

Hey there! It’s been a while! Turned out these monthly hook-ups took a lot of time to create, but I just had to make one this month to show you all the cool new things from Club Crochet.

Headsup, the first one might be a little weird, but even if you’re not into Goblins and Orcs I think you’ll like the second one.

August's Theme

Which brings us to this months theme which are Goblinoids!

Wait.. what?

Okay I know that sounds really weird, so let me explain. Goblinoids are what I’m calling the overarching theme of characters I’ve been making including Goblins, Trolls, Orcs, Ogres, and Hobgoblins.

I’ve been making these guys for a while but never really showed anyone so I’m a bit nervous but excited to share them with you. They’re great for DnD characters, finger puppets or toys.

I’ve been actually working on a table top game to play with them that I’ll be releasing once it’s been properly tested, so stay tuned!

I know it’s weird but there’s something about them that just really get’s me excited about crochet.

I’ll be slowly releasing all the patterns for each of these characters throughout the month.

But I think the coolest addition to these is the Customize your Goblinoid pattern which is as series of tutorials and videos showing how to add details, items and weapons to your characters.

I realize not everyone in Club Crochet will be as into Goblinoids as me, so this month I’m also releasing a second super big project!

This is Amigurumi 101, a new series from Club Crochet built to teach you how to make your amigurumi better, easier, and quicker!

It’s an ongoing series of tutorials all with their own video. Here’s some of the topics to look for…

New Stitches: These will teach you brand new stitches to add to your amigurumi arsenal. It’s more than just a tutorial though, we’ll be diving deep into stitches talking about exactly how they work and ways you can manipulate yarn to work exactly like you want.

New Techniques: This will go into using a variety of different techniques to build different shapes and colors in your amigurumi. For example, how to crochet dots using only color changes!

Build your own patterns: These will be somewhat mini patterns showing how to make specific body parts which you can put together in your own patterns!

How Amigurumi 101 works...

Amigurumi 101 is an ongoing series with new episodes coming out monthly. I plan on getting out 2 of these a month, and every episode will be available with a Club Crochet Membership.

Once a month one of the episodes from the library will be released for non members. But Club Crochet Members get early access to all episodes and exclusive episodes, on top of the monthly patterns and kits.

Thank you so much for reading along! I’ve been working on these projects for a long while, so I truly hope you like them and that they are of use to you!

And if you’re not too into Goblins and stuff, don’t worry, cute crocheted characters are coming back next month 🙂

Pasta la Pizza, and Happy Hookin!
-Lou

Brontosaurus Dinosaur

July 3, 2018July 3, 2018 by Louie Mensinger

Purchase on Etsy || Purchase on Ravelry

What does this mean?

What do you call a dinosaur that’s a noisy sleeper? A Bronto-snorus! This little crocheted Brontosaurus dinosaur amigurumi measures about 7 inches long when finished and includes a full length unique video tutorial to help you get through the tough parts!

Materials:
• The Yarn (Worsted Weight)
– Main color
– Secondary color (Spines)
• Size I9/5.50mm Hook
• Plastic Saftey Bead Eyes
• Stuffing
• Needle

Gauge: 5 Rnds and 4 sts per 1” | Finished piece is about 2” tall

Worked in the Round

The Stitches:
– Ch : Chain stitch
– St : Stitch
– Sl.st : Slip Stitch
– Sc : Single Crochet
– Dec/Inc : Decrease/Increase
– InvDec : Invisible Decrease
– BLO : Back Loops Only

Pumpkin Cat Amigurumi

Worked in the round

Get the Halloween Pattern Bundle

Bat Amigurumi

Join the Giveaway

Worked in the round

Get the Pattern Bundle

Hobgoblin Amigurumi

Ogre Amigurumi

Goblin Amigurumi

Crocheted Goblin Amigurumi

Get the Goblinoid Pattern Bundle

Troll Amigurumi

Orc Amigurumi

Goblinoid Pattern Bundle

Goblinoid
Pattern Bundle

Individual Patterns

Goblins

Trolls

Orcs

Ogres

Hobgoblin

Customizing your Goblinoid

August Monthly Hook-Up

August's Theme

How Amigurumi 101 works...

Brontosaurus Dinosaur

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