Dragon Ball Char in Progress Pattern

Recently i've been working on Anime for my close ones... And i really don't like the nose-less anime characters with buttoned eye, so i decided to make a customized Anime Head as after all, the big cute eyes are the main attraction to Anime in my perspective :P

I know... my embroidered eyes are hideous... hey its a testing piece so i don't mind. The head seem to fit nearly any Anime series like Inuyasha, Dragon Ball and so... The heads are just too cute so i made few of them but too lazy to embroider them.

How to Make it is below :)

This is how i started my work and yes it took hours and hours of opening rows and redoing the "Math" till i get it right. Somehow im still not satisfied with the nose as its cute but its not sharp enough for me :P Was thinking to add in plain row of sc in between of the increase n decrease rows at the nose part but then im afraid i will ruin this cute head. So i will do it later.My work in progress and how terrible my Pattern writing was. Its as big as my palm, yup BIG head and small body goes well in chibi version, but some how i feel that this isnt a chibi version or is it?

Okie, the Pattern... Here you go :D



Just the Head

Row		Instruction				Num of Chain
1		6 Magic Chain				6
2		inc all				12
3		(sc, inc) all				18
4		(2sc, inc) all				24
5		(3sc, inc) all				30
6		(4sc, inc) all				36
7		(5sc, inc) all				42
8		(6sc, inc) all				48
9		sc all				48
10		sc all				48
11		(14sc, dec) all				45
12		sc all				45
13		(7sc, dec) all				40
14		sc all				40
15		(6sc, dec) all				35
16		sc all				35
17		13 sc, dec, 2sc, inc, 2sc, dec, 13sc				34
18		9sc, inc, 4sc, dec, inc, inc, dec, 4sc, inc, 9sc				36
19		14sc, dec, inc, inc, inc, inc, dec, 14sc				38
20		13sc, inc, sc, dec, dec, dec, dec, sc, inc, 13sc				36
21		10sc, inc, 4sc, dec, dec dec 4sc, inc, 10sc				35
22		4sc inc, 4sc inc, 15sc, inc, 4sc, inc, 4sc				39
23		[2sc dec]x3, 15sc, [dec 2sc]x3				33
24		[sc dec] x4, 9sc, [sc dec]				25
25		[sc dec]x8, sc				17
26		sc, dec, sc, sc, dec, sc, dec, sc, dec, sc, dec, sc				12
27		sc dec all				8
28		dec all and finish off

There that's just the head :) For the eyes, just a patch of white (don't do in circle, it looks weird) hmm... i will try putting the exact way i did, but please try your own way as long as it just gets the shape it needed. Cos after all you gonna sew it on the head with white yarn and embroider the black eyeliners and pupils. Oh yes i forgot the eye brow, but eye brow ears and hair style differs from what character you are working on right. So I'll leave that up to you :P

(I wasnt suppose to continue this pattern set, but just sharing them for those interested in these thread instead of new one)

For the White eye Patch

Row		Instruction		Num of Chain
1		4 chain and turn				4
2		sc in second sc, inc, inc, chain				(not include chain) 5
3		sc in second sc, sc,sc, sc, inc in chain, chain				(not include chain) 6
4		sc in second sc, sc,sc, sc, sc, inc, chain				(not include chain) 7
5		dec, 3 sc, dec, finish off				5

The larger side of the eye is the top while the smaller side of the eye is bottom. The eye patch may be different depending on the character. So play with it :)

I notice, if i never stuff in properly the Head looks small and dull, so make it as plumpy as possible. It looks CUTE!!

Oh for those who wants to know how i support the head (Neck + Wire poked inside before stuffing the head complete and bending it back to the neck)

here is the neck pattern just for incases

The Basic neck support is a triangle like shape to hold the head as the head is big.

The Triangle Pattern are :

1) chain 2 <- If you dont like the pointy edge which will be missing after you place the hair, you may start at chain 5 or more as it wont look pointy. (I use the starting string to sew it up to the head when im done) 2) inc in second chain, chain turn 3) sc in first sc to the second last. At the end stitch use inc (as i dont like sc in the chain), chain an turn... 4) repeat row 3 till you get the height you need for the neck to start the joint. Then move on to the type of Anime you are creating, either Warrior, Women,Plain (Will update the Women, and Plain Anime, when i start working on them :P)

The Neck for Warrior like Anime :

1 Triangle 10 rows and chain 12 chain to edge of triangle making it loop (Note : Triangle shape is above)
2 sc all over the chain too, making sure the chain don’t twist it
3 sc all, making sure the chain don’t twist it
4 4sc, inc = repeats <-- makes the neck look bigger and tougher 5 sc all 6 [10sc, inc, inc, inc, ]x2 <-- shoulders start forming 7 [10sc, inc, inc, inc, inc, inc, inc] x2 8 12sc (on shoulder), dec, 6sc, dec (front), 12 sc (shoulder), 10sc (back) 9 2sc, incx10, 2sc (shoulder), dec, 4sc, dec (front), 2sc, incx10, 2sc (shoulder) 10sc 10 sc all.

The arms are worked in one way, and um its not a complete pattern, just simply sharing to help out. Make sure you pay attention to the front and back of the chest as we are continuing for left arm ( i believe you dont need to cut off your previous yarn and just keep going)

Left Arm

Arm
1		From the chest corner, new sc 15 and chain 5 reconnect to the chest edge <- Making a loop for arm			20
2		sc all even on chain			20
3		3sc, inc, 3sc, inc, 3sc, inc, 8sc			23
4		4sc, inc, 4sc, inc, 4sc, inc, sc, dec, 2sc, dec, sc			24
5		sc all			24
6		4sc, dec, 4sc, dec, 4sc, dec, slipstitch, chain and turn			16 not include chain
7		3sc, dec, 3sc dec, 3sc dec, slip stitch chain n turn			13, not include chain
8		sc in all include over slip stitch and 4sc (underarm)			18
9		[5sc, inc] in all			21
10		19sc, dec			20
11		sc all			20
12		[2sc,dec] in all...			15
13		sc all			15
14		sc dec,			10
15		sc inc			15
16		[2sc, inc] all			20
17		sc all			20
18		[3sc, dec] x4			16
19		sc all			16
20		[6sc, dec]x2			14
21		sc all			14
22		[5sc, dec]x2			12
23		sc all Finish off			12

Start new stitch at the edge of the left arm and create the loop for the arm again...

Right Arm

Arm
1		from edge of arm, sc across to the edge of chest, and chain 5 turn attach to the 15ths sc to start right hand arm											20
2		sc all even on chain											20
3		3sc, inc, 3sc, inc, 3sc, inc, 8sc											23
4		4sc, inc, 4sc, inc, 4sc, inc, sc, dec, 2sc, dec, sc											24
5		sc all											24
6		4sc, dec, 4sc, dec, 4sc, dec, slipstitch, chain and turn											16 not include chain
7		3sc, dec, 3sc dec, 3sc dec, slip stitch chain n turn											13, not include chain
8		sc in all include over slip stitch and 4sc (underarm)											18
9		[5sc, inc] in all											21
10		19sc, dec											20
11		sc all											20
12		[2sc,dec] in all...											15
13		sc all											15
14		sc dec,											10
15		sc inc											15
16		[2sc, inc] all											20
17		sc all											20
18		[3sc, dec] x4											16
19		sc all											16
20		[6sc, dec]x2											14
21		sc all											14
22		[5sc, dec]x2											12
23		sc all Finish off											12

(Note, i haven't finish the hands yet, will finish it when i have the time, was thinking of mini gloves like, but not sure, maybe working flat two piece and sewn together will do, simple... yet... fingers... ah then the 4 chain magic ring fingers will do... oh confusing...)