Okay, so before you accuse me of hopping on the gen 6 bandwagon, I'm not THAT excited about the announcement of the new gen of Pokemon. I just saw this guy, and liked his design, and for some reason felt inspired to make him. It was more like a "I bet I can make that" kind of thing, than an OMG new pokemon(!) thing.

I actually initially liked the fox thing better, but I thought this guy would be easier to make, and there's just something I find really charming about his design, although I couldn't tell you what. I might even end up picking him over the fox, even though foxes are like, my favorite animal ever. I just hope he doesn't evolve into something stupid.

Anyway, if you're wondering, I did write up the pattern for this guy, so here you go:

Chespin Plushie

Materials:
Lt. brown yarn
Dk. brown yarn
Green yarn
White yarn
black, white, and pink or orange felt scraps
small amount of black yarn (for toe shaping and mouth)
Polyester stuffing
yarn needle for sewing

Head/Body:
1: with lt. brown, 6 sc in magic ring (6)
2: inc x6 (12)
3: (inc, sc) x6 (18)
4: (inc, 2 sc) x6 (24)
5: (inc, 3 sc) x6 (30)
6: even rnd
7: (inc, 4 sc) x6 (36)
8-11: even rnds
12: (dec, 4 sc) x6 (30)
13: even rnd
14: (dec, 3 sc) x6 (24)
15: (dec, 2 sc) x6 (18)
16: in BLs only, even rnd
Stuff head.
17: even rnd
18: (inc, 2 sc) x6 (24)
19-21: even rnds
22: (inc, 3 sc) x6 (30)
23-25: even rnds
26: (dec, 3 sc) x6 (24)
27: even rnd
Stuff body.
28: (dec, 2 sc) x6 (18)
29: (dec, sc) x6 (12)
30: dec x6 (6)
Finish off, weave end through last 6 sc, pull together tightly, tie off, weave in end.
To shape neck, weave a strand of lt. brown through neck (rnd 16) and pull tight, tie off and weave in end.

Forehead Triangle:
1: with dk. brown, ch 2, 3 sc in 2nd ch from hk (3)
2: ch 1, turn, even row
3: ch 1, turn, inc, sc, inc (5)
4: ch 1, turn, even row
5: ch 1, turn, inc, 3 sc, inc (7)
6: ch 1, turn, even row
Finish off, sew to front of head, point facing forward, and row 6 near the middle top.

Side Triangles (make 2):
1-4: work same as forehead triangle
Finish off, sew to front of head, lower down and to the sides of forehead triangle. (i.e. on the cheeks)

Hat thing:
Base:
1-7: with green, work same as head
8-10: even rnds
Finish off, sew to head, positioned on back of head, and so it just overlaps the back of the face triangles.

3-Pointed part (make 2):
1: with green, ch 7, sc in 2nd ch from hk and each ch across (6)
2: ch 5, turn, sc in 2nd ch from hk, (hdc, dc, hdc) across next 3 chs, skip first sc on row 1, slip st in next 2 sc, ch 6, sc in 2nd ch, (hdc, dc, dc, hdc) across next 4 chs, slip st in next 2 sc, ch 5, sc in 2nd ch, (hdc, dc, hdc) across next 3 chs, slip st in next sc.
Finish off, sew 2 pieces together (using blanket stitch looks best), sew to top of head, near the center.

Larger 2 Points (make 4, sew 2 together for one point):
1: with green, ch 2, 3 sc in 2nd ch from hk (3)
2-3: ch 1, turn, even row
4: ch 1, turn, inc, sc, inc (5)
5-7: ch 1, turn, even row
8: ch 1, turn, dec, sc, dec (3)
9-10: ch 1, turn, even row
Finish off, sew 2 pieces together for one point. Sew to top of head, toward the front near the hat rim, but positioned to either side of the forehead triangle.

Smaller 2 points:
With green, ch 6, sc in 2nd ch from hk, (hdc, dc, dc, hdc) across next 4 chs.
Finish off, sew 2 pieces together for one point, sew to lower sides of hat base, just behind the face triangles.

Back:
1: with green, ch 2, 3 sc in 2nd ch from hk (3)
2: ch 1, turn, inc, sc, inc, (5)
3: ch 1, turn, inc, 3 sc, inc, (7)
4-5: ch 1, turn, even row
6: ch 1, turn, inc, 5 sc, inc (9)
7-9: ch 1, turn, even row
10: ch 1, turn, dec, 5 sc, dec (7)
11: ch 1, turn, even row
12: ch 1, turn, dec, 3 sc, dec (5)
13: ch 1, turn, even row, continuing around edge, sc evenly around outer edge, slip st to first sc.
Finish off, sew to back of body.

Arms (make 2):
1: with dk. brown, 6 sc in magic ring (6)
2: (inc, 2 sc) x2 (8)
3-4: even rnds
5: (inc, 3 sc) x2 (10)
6-8: even rnds
9: (dec, 3 sc) x2 (8)
10-11: even rnds
Finish off, stuff and sew to sides of body.

Feet (make 2):
1: with white, 4 sc in magic ring (4)
2: (inc, sc) x2 (6)
3: even rnd
4: (inc, 2 sc) x2 (8)
5: even rnd
6: (inc, 3 sc) x2 (10)
7: even rnd, change to lt. brown in last st
8-9: even rnds
Work in rows
1: ch 1, turn, 5 sc
2: ch 1, turn, 4 sc
3: ch 1, turn, 3 sc
Work in rnds
10: ch 1, turn, 3 sc, dec over side of row and next sc on row 1, dec over side of row and next sc on rnd 9, 3 sc, dec over next sc and side of row, dec over next sc on row 2 and side of row. (10)
11-12: even rnds
Finish off, stuff, and sew to bottom of body. Use black yarn to stitch line down the middle of the claws.

Tail:
1: with lt. brown, 4 sc in magic ring (4)
2: (inc, sc) x2 (6)
3-4: even rnds
5: (inc, 2 sc) x2 (8)
6: even rnd, change to green in last st
7: even rnd
8: (inc, 3 sc) x2 (10)
9-11: even rnd
Finish off, stuff, and sew to back of body.

Make eyes and nose from felt, stitch mouth on with black yarn.

Chespin copyright Pokemon/Game Freak
Pattern copyright A. Duck