n overthebifrost.tumblr.com's Thor and Loki patterns, with slight modificatio1 Hook- I used a 5mm for most of it, and 6.5mm for the skirt. But really, the only important thing is to use the hook that gets the size you want. Red Heart Super Saver in black, dark red and grey. Caron Simply Soft in bei Abbreviations MR- magic ring ch- chain sc- single crochet sl st- slip stitch inc- increase invdec- invisible decrease BLO- back loop only Head- in beige yarn MR 5 Rnd 1: inc around (10 sc) Rnd 2: inc around (20 sc) Rnd 3: (sc 3x, inc) around (25) Rnd 4: (sc 2x, inc, sc 2x) around (30) Rnd 5: (sc 5x, inc) around (35) Rnd 6: (sc 3x, inc, sc 3x) around (40) Rnd 7-10: sc around for 4 rnds (40) Rnd 11: (sc 3x, invdec, sc 3x) around (35) Rnd 12: (sc5x, invdec) around (30) Rnd 13: (sc2x, invdec, sc 2x) (25) Rnd 14: (sc3x, invdec) around (20) Rnd 15: (sc, invdec, sc) around, (15) then fasten off, leaving a tail for sewing to the body Body- start in grey, switch to dark red for the last three rounds. Work in joined rounds. MR 5 in grey yarn, sl st to join Rnd 1: ch 1, inc around (10) Rnd 2: ch 1, inc around (20) Rnd 3: ch 1, (sc 3x, inc) around (25) Rnd 4-7: ch 1, sc around for 4 rnds (25) Rnd 8: ch 1, (sc 3, invdec) around (20) Rnd 9: ch 1, sc around (20) Rnd 10: switch to dark red yarn, ch 1, sc around (20) Rnd 11: ch 1, (sc, invdec, sc) around (15) Rnd 12: ch 1, sc around (12), fasten off Arms- Work in joined rounds, make 2 MR 4 in beige yarn, sl st to join Rnd 1: ch 1, inc around (8) Rnd 2: ch 1, working in BLO, sc around (8) Rnd 3: switch to black, ch 1, sc around (8) Rnd 4-5: switch to grey, ch 1, sc around for 2 rnds (8) Rnd 6: switch to dark red, ch 1, sc around (8) fasten off, leaving long tail for sewing to body Legs- can work in joined rounds or spiral, make 2 MR 5 in black yarn Rnd 1: inc around (10) Rnd 2: (sc, inc, sc) around (15) Rnd 3: working in BLO, sc around (15) Rnd 4-5: sc around in both loops for 2 rnds (15) Rnd 6: (sc, invdec, sc) around (10) Rnd 7-8: sc around for 2 rnds (10) fasten off, leaving long tail for sewing to body Cape- From overthebifrost's Thor pattern. Start in dark red, edging in black. Ch 11 in dark red Row 1: sc 10, ch 2 Row 2: starting in 2"d ch from hook, sc all, ch 2 Row 3- : repeat row 2 until desired length, then fasten off Edging- in black, ch 4, sc around 3 longest sides of cape, ch4, fasten off, leaving long tail for sewing Skirt- in dark red Ch 26, sl st to join For all rnds, sc around until desired length, work in joined rnds Hair tutorial: http://needlenoodles.com/home/?q=node/83
