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The Elder God

"I have dwelt ever in realms apart from the visible world; spending my youth and adolescence in ancient and little known books, and in roaming the fields and groves of the region near my ancestral home. I do not think that what I read in these books or saw in these fields and groves was exactly what other boys read and saw there; but of this I must say little, since detailed speech would but confirm those cruel slanders upon my intellect which I sometimes overhear from the whispers of the stealthy attendants around me."
—H.P. Lovecraft, "The Tomb" The Tomb and Other Tales

by Leathra

Suggested Reading

Anything by H.P. Lovecraft

Difficulty

Loose Woman
Click here for definitions of difficulty levels.

Finished Measurements

The Elder One sits 4.75" (12.1cm) H x 2.5" (6.4cm) W

Materials

• Caron Simply Soft yarn [100% acrylic; 330yd/302m per ball] Dark Sage, 1 skein
• Caron Simply Soft yarn [100% acrylic; 330yd/302m per ball] Sage, 1 skein
• Size E/3.5 mm crochet hook
• Tapestry needle
• A round flat rock (or other weight)
• Fiberfill
• 2 small black beady 'eyes'

Gauge

N/A for amigurumi.

Design Notes

US terminology is used for all instructions. (Click for US to UK conversions.)

Special Techniques:
Magic ring: http://crochetme.com/Dec_Jan_0405/reads_round.html

Directions

Head:

Make 1, in Dark Sage.
Start with a magic ring.
Rnd 1: 6 sc in the ring and pull the ring tight. Mark the last stitch.
Rnd 2: 2 sc in each stitch around.
Rnd 3: *1 sc, 2 sc in next stitch* around. Join with sl st.
Rnd 4: *2 sc, 2 sc in next stitch* around. Join with sl st.
Rnd 5: *3 sc, 2 sc in next stitch* around. Join with sl st.
Rnd 6: *4 sc, 2 sc in next stitch* around. Join with sl st.
Rnd 7: *5 sc, 2 sc in next stitch* around. Join with sl st.
Rnd 8-11: sc in each stitch around. Join with sl st.
Rnd 12: *4 sc, sc 2tog* around. Join with sl st.
Rnd 13: *3 sc, sc 2tog* around. Join with sl st.
Rnd 14: *2 sc, sc 2tog* around. Join with sl st.
Finish off and leave a tail long enough to use to sew the head onto the body. Set aside.

Body:

Make 1, in Dark Sage.
Start with a magic ring.
Rnd 1: 6 sc in the ring and pull the ring tight. Mark the last stitch.
Rnd 2: 2 sc in each stitch around.
Rnd 3: *1 sc, 2 sc in next stitch* around. Join with sl st.
Rnd 4: *2 sc, 2 sc in next stitch* around. Join with sl st.
Rnd 5: *3 sc, 2 sc in next stitch* around. Join with sl st.
Rnd 6: *4 sc, 2 sc in next stitch* around. Join with sl st.
Rnd 7-15: sc in each stitch around.
Rnd 16: *4 sc, sc 2tog* around. Join with sl st.
Rnd 17: *3 sc, sc 2tog* around. Join with sl st.
Rnd 18: *2 sc, sc 2tog* around. Join with sl st.
Finish off and set aside.

Legs:

Make 2, in Dark Sage.
Start with a magic ring.
Rnd 1: 6 sc in the ring and pull the ring tight. Mark the last stitch.
Rnd 2: 2 sc in each stitch around
Rnd 3: *1 sc, 2 sc in next stitch* around. Join with sl st.
Rnd 4-5: sc in each stitch around. Join with sl st.
Rnd 6: *1 sc, 2tog* around. Join with sl st.
Rnd 7-12: : sc in each stitch around.
Finish off and leave a tail long enough to use to sew the appendage onto the body. Set aside.

Arms:

Make 2, in Dark Sage.
Start with a magic ring.
Rnd 1: 6 sc in the ring and pull tight. Mark the last stitch.
Rnd 2: 2 sc in each stitch around.
Rnd 3-12: sc in each stitch around Finish off and leave a tail long enough to use to sew the appendage onto the body. Set aside.

Wings:

Make 1, in Sage.
Start with a magic ring.
Rnd 1: 4 sc in the ring and pull the ring tight. Mark the last stitch.
Rnd 2: *1 sc, 2 sc in next stitch* around. Join with sl st.
Rnd 3: *2 sc, 2 sc in next stitch* around. Join with sl st.
Rnd 4: *3 sc, 2 hdc in next stitch* around. Join with sl st.
Rnd 5: *4 sc, 2 hdc in next stitch* around. Join with sl st.
Rnd 6: *5 sc, 2 dc in next stitch* around. Join with sl st.
Finish off and leave a small tail.

Flatten the wings as you like, then single crochet over the opening with the Dark Sage. Continue along one side until you reach the point of the wing and finish off, leaving a tail for sewing.

Tentacles:

Make 1, in Dark Sage.
Ch 5, turn and sc in 2nd ch from hook. Sc in the next 2 stitches. Ch 6, turn, sc 4. Ch 7, turn, sc 5. Ch 5, turn, sc 3, ch 1. Ch 6, turn, sc 4. Ch 8, turn, sc 6. Ch 7, turn, sc 5. Ch 6, turn, sc 4. Finish off and leave a tail long enough to sew on.

Face Adornment:

Make 1, in Sage.
Ch 3, turn and sc in 2nd ch from hook, sc in the next st. Finish off.

Make 2, in Sage.
Ch 6, turn and sc in 2nd ch from hook. Sc next 3 st, 3 sc in last st. Working now on the bottom of the chain, sc to end, 3 sc in last stitch, and continue working in your previous stitches until satisfied with the size.

Make sure you leave a tail long enough on one of these to sew all three pieces to the face.

Finishing:

Place small amounts of fiberfill into the very bottom half of the hands and feet, leaving the top half empty. Sew them to the body so the mighty Cthulhu will be in a seated position. (Honestly, you don't think he's STANDING to drive you insane, do you?)

Put your rock in the very bottom of the body to keep it from falling over. Fill the body with the fiberfill. Set aside.

Fill the head with fiberfill and sew it to the body.

Fold the tentacles in half (or approximately...try to stagger them a bit) and sew to face where a mouth would be.

Place the face adornment like a "W" and sew to face in the area of the forehead. Place the eyes (whatever you have for them) on the bottom edge of each branch of the "W" (see picture for reference).

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Edited by Edith Cummings and Rebecca Garcia