Head and Body:

**Crochet around the wire

**I like to keep my rounds in the center of his body (in this case, his underbelly) so in
some areas, I added extra stitches to a round to keep the center consistent. There is a
lot of room for flexibility so add stitches as you see fit
-Magic ring: 6
-Sc, inc, sc 2, inc, sc (8)
-Sc 2, inc, sc 2, inc, sc 2 (10)
-Sc around (10)
-Sc 3, inc, sc 2, inc, sc (12)
-Sc around (12)
-Sc 2, inc, sc 2, inc, sc 2, inc, sc 3 (15)
-Sc around 2 times (15)
-Sc 4, inc, sc 2, inc, sc 2, inc, sc 4 (18)
-Sc 5, inc, sc 2, inc, sc 3, inc, sc 5 (21)
-Sc around 3 times (21)
-Sc, dec, sc 6, dec, sc 7, dec, sc (18)
-Dec, sc 14, dec (16)
-Sc around 2 times (16)
-Inc, sc 4, dec, sc 2, dec, sc 4, inc (16)
-Sc, inc, sc 3, dec, sc 2, dec, sc 3, inc, sc (16)
-Sc 3, dec, sc 6, dec, sc 3 (14)
-Sc around 32 times (14)
-Sc about 6 more to get back to midline of underbelly
-Sc 3, inc, sc 6, inc, sc 3 (16)

-Sc around 4 times (16)

-Sc about 1 to get back to midline
-Sc 4, inc, sc 6, inc, sc 4 (18)
-Sc around 22 times (18)
-Sc about 4 more to get back to midline
-[Sc 5, inc] around (21)
-Sc around 4 times (21)
-[Sc 6, inc] around (24)
-Sc around 58 times (24)
-Sc about 7 more to get back to midline
-[Sc 6, dec] around (21)
-Sc around 9 times (21)
-[Sc 5, dec] around (18)
-Sc around 15 times (18)
-Sc 1 more
-[Sc 4, dec] around (15)
-Sc around 7 times (15)
-[Sc 3, dec] around (12)
-Sc around 12 times (12)
-[Sc 4, dec] around (10)
-Sc around 5 times (10)
-[Sc 3, dec] around (8)
-[Sc 2, dec] around (6)
-Sc around 6 times (6)
-Sc 2, dec, sc 2 (5)
-Sc around 3 times (5)
-Sc 2, dec, sc (4)
-FO
------Belly Strip:
-Ch 3, turn
-Sc 2, ch 1, turn
-Repeat previous step 34 times
-Sc, inc, sc (3), ch 1, turn
-Sc 3, ch 1, turn
-Repeat previous step 29 times
-Sc, inc, sc 2 (4), ch 1, turn
-Sc 4, ch 1, turn
-Repeat previous step 39 times
-Sc , dec, sc (3), ch 1, turn
-Sc 3, ch 1, turn
-Sc, dec (2)
-Ch 1, sc all the way along the edges of the strip
-FO
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Legs:
**Note: feet and legs are made in separate pieces and sewn together
Front Legs: (need two ~5" wires)
Pink:
-Magic ring: 6
-Sc around 6 times (6)
-[Sc 2, inc] around (8)
Switch to white:
-Sc around 5 times (8)
-[Sc 3, inc] around (10)
-Sc around (10)
-[Sc 4, inc] around (12)
-Sc around 3 times (12)
-Wire exits in this row
-Sc around 2 times (12)
-FO
Back Legs:
Pink: (Need two ~ 6" wires)
-Magic ring: 6
-Sc around 7 times (6)
-[Sc 2, inc] around (8)
Switch to white:
-Sc aournd 5 times (8)
-[Sc 3, inc] around (10)
-Sc around (10)
-[Sc 4, inc] around (12)
-Sc around 4 times (12)
-[Sc 5, inc] around (14)
-Wire exits in this round
-Sc around 4 times (14)
-FO
**The wire exiting the legs will be inserted directly into Haku's body before sewing
his legs on. I ended up folding the wire for several reasons: to shorten/adjust the
length as much as I needed, to hide sharp ends, as well as to make it a little sturdier.
------Ears:
-Ch 4, turn
-Sc, hdc, dc 2 in last st
-FO
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Feet: (the three front toes are made first, then the shorter, back toe)
-Ch 5
-Sl st 4
-Ch 5
-Sl st 4 and into 1st ch
-Ch 5
-Sl st 4 and into 1st ch
-Ch 4
-Sl st 3 and into 1st ch
-FO
------**Haku's horns are made of wire folded in half and wrapped with yarn, with more
layers of yarn at the base of the horns.
**Haku's whiskers are also made of wire wrapped with yarn.
**Haku's mane is made of yarn that has been knotted on and brushed with a wire pet
brush until fluffy

SilverTwilight05 Mar 23, 2013

Thank you, thicker wire really makes a difference in poseability, and I like to needlefelt faces to get more
detail.

aphid777 Mar 24, 2013

Hobbyist Artisan Crafter

Awesome! Needle felting always seemed like a good idea. I just haven't been brave enough to try it yet for
anything more than maybe a solid-colored nose or pupil. I'm too afraid of messing up but yours looks so
good that I might have to give it a shot again!

SilverTwilight05 Mar 24, 2013

I find needlefelting to be rather forgiving (if sharp and painful when you miss). Details can be pushed back
into shape, but only up to a point, if they are too dense it may be better just to rip it off and start again. Just
remember that only animal fibers will felt, so you can't felt acrylic-acrylic, but wool- to pretty much anything
else.
So little! That's really impressive, what size hook did you use?

SilverTwilight05 Apr 1, 2013

I can't remember whether it was a 3.5 or 2.75, but he is pretty small, about 2 ft when stretched straight. The
Shimmer yarn I used is pretty thin, so that probably contributed at least in part.

SilverTwilight05 Apr 3, 2013

Thank you for saying so.
The whiskers are indeed wire-wrapped, I was just very careful when doing so. And I gained a new-found
respect for asian dragons when I first watched the movie, I love how he flew like a ribbon in the wind. I was
lucky that I discovered the thicker wire when I did, it's perfect for posing something like him.

bandotaku Apr 3, 2013

Hobbyist Traditional Artist

Wow, very careful. How do you wrap the ends and keep it from falling off the end?
I need to get some thicker wire; it's nice for some things, but I used it recently in a large animal, about 11
inches tall, and it really could bend so much more.

SilverTwilight05 Apr 3, 2013

I used some tacky glue intermittently along the length of the wire, and a little more of it on the ends. It
sticks pretty well, but I think fabric glue would probably work better.