Link

This doll from the videogame "Legend of Zelda " was made for a friend who's a huge Nintendo fan.
And no, it's not Zelda (Zelda is the princess), his name is Link and he looks like this:



This has been one of the most  difficult dolls I have made up to date. The pattern is quite different to the one I use normally for my dolls . Also, even if it doesn't look like it, it has a lot of pieces that had to be crocheted separately.

One of tha main differences with the other patterns is his head. It is made so it can rotate over the neck and therefore he can look both sides and up and down.

Left...

Right...

Up...

Down.

I forgot to take a pic of the "rotating mechanism" of the head. You can see bellow how it works in the picture featured in All About Ami blog.

(pic from All About Ami)

My doll also has a shield and a sword. I also changed the hat a little in the process because I was not happy of how the original looked in my doll.

 

You can find the original pattern here:

http://tanoshimou.wordpress.com/2010/05/27/link-legend-of-zelda-amigurumi-free-pattern/

And the pattern for the sword and shield is here:

http://www.allaboutami.com/post/5835183347/linksaccessoriespattern

All about ami has a wonderful step by step photo tutorial too:

http://www.allaboutami.com/post/5811628981/link



Do you like it? Will you make your own Link? I'd love  to see it!