John McClane (Die Hard)
Aug 30th, 2020
Yarn size: Worsted Weight Hook size: 4.5mm for body, 4mm for gun
Head
With Tan
Mr 6
inc around (12)
sc, inc around (18)
sc 2, inc around (24)
sc 3, inc around (30)
sc around (30)
sc around (30)
sc 3, dec around (24)
Insert 8mm safety eyes between the 5th and 6th rows (the 2 rows of 30sc) Position them so 5 sc are between them Position them so their center is about opposite the start of the row, keeping in mind the position could affect how centered the hair is.
sc 2, dec around (18)
sc, dec around (12)
dec around (6)
FO
Hair
To add a strand of hair insert crochet hook through a stitch on the top of the head, fold a 4 inch piece of yarn in half and pull the middle through the stitch. Then use the crochet hook to pull in the 2 ends of the piece through the loop you just made and pull tight. Here is an example of this technique (although she is using a hair cap, whereas we are going directly into the head) https://youtu.be/PfMYJMyqYEI?t=179
Cut off the excess length of the strands when you have covered the head with hair
Body
With Gray
Mr 6
inc around (12)
sc, inc around (18)
sc around (18)
Turn work inside-out
With Black sl-stitch around through the front loop only (since you turned the work inside-out, this will result in crocheting in the opposite direction as the previous round. And the “front loops” you will be working in were the back loops of the previous round when the work was right-side-in)
Turn work right-side-in
With White sl-stitch around, through top loops of black stitches, sl st to join
sc around through top loops of white stitches (18)
sc, dec around (12)
FO
Arms (make 2)
With Tan
Mr 4
sc around (4)
sc around (4)
FO
Feet (make 2)
With Tan
Mr 4
sc 1, changing to Gray mid-stitch (refer to this video to see what this looks like https://youtu.be/qIH8u7SKawk?t=35)
Continuing with Gray, sc 4
FO
Gun
This is one continuous “round”, with line breaks to show the different parts of the gun
With Black
Chain 10, sc into second stitch, sc
ch 3, sl st back down the chain, sc to join back to main chain (this makes the handle)
sc 2, ch 5, sl st 5 back down the chain (this makes the magazine)
sc to join back to main chain, sc 2, picot stitch (ch3, sc into first ch), sl st back to barrel, sl st 7 (main gun shape should be complete by now)
ch 25, sl st to join to gun (4th st from muzzle), sl st back along the chain (this makes the strap)