Crochet Colorado Avalanche Amigurumi

I think I mentioned in one of my other posts that I like hockey. I also like to crochet and my favorite team is the Avalanche. I figured I might as well try to crochet a little Avalanche player. I'm not one to crochet a lot of other things besides hats. I thought I would take myself out of my comfort zone a bit. I used this pattern. I worked in continuous rounds, which I do not suggest.

I ended up with some obvious color jumps, which I expected. The whole thing pulled sort of funny one way. If I decided to make another one I will not be using continuous rounds again. For the number I just used felt and for the name and the logo on the front I used printable iron transfers. I used E6000 to glue the number and the name. Again, I would not suggest this. It ended up being messy and didn't look very good. For the logo I used tacky glue. This worked a little better but it left residue.

I think the hair is my least favorite about the whole thing. I couldn't get it to the look the way I wanted it to. I think I put way too much of it. I used yarn and wrapped it around  a credit card and then cut it in half. I used one piece of yarn and pulled it through the stitches. I think he has way too much hair. For the face I used safety eyes and I embroidered (badly) the mouth.

My favorite part is probably his little socks and feet. I think overall he came out pretty cute and maybe I'll try to make other players. :)

DIY Colorado Avalanche patch

I thought it would be cool to make a Colorado Avalanche patch out of felt. It's pretty easy and I think it looks pretty cool. It could be put on a beanie or just to have. The possibilities are endless! 




The first thing I did was trace out all the pieces for the patch. I just Googled an image of the logo the size I wanted and traced it on a piece of paper. 

Then I just pinned the pieces onto the right color of felt and cut them out.

Then I just glued everything together. I used a picture as reference to add all the smaller details.

 

Pretty easy! This didn't take me long to do at all!