Legend of Zelda Valentine Message

I made this wall hanger for my wife for valentines day this year. It is done using Tunisian crochet. The great thing about tunisian crochet is you can use any pattern that is in a grid formation. This makes cross stitch patterns and charts drawn in excel or on graph paper, perfect! since one stitch is roughly a perfect square, it makes it perfect for old school 8-bit art work.

If you have never crocheted before and wish to learn, this instructable is a great place to start.

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Step 1: Link message Line by Line

Here you can see the progress of the design, line by line. The patterns are worked from the bottom up and from right to left.

Click here for the Link pattern

blossom9283 says: Feb 21, 2012. 6:54 PM

Although I cannot crochet, I latch hook. This would make a great rug for my hubby for his 30th birthday, I will be saving the pattern. Now I'll be able to use part of the humungous roll I bought off eBay all those years ago :)

blossom9283 in reply to blossom9283Feb 25, 2012. 8:09 PM

I started working on this. I added Zelda (The girl)to the latch hook and it looks cute. I just need to do the black and white - which will probably take forever. I'll add pics as soon as I have one.

memyselfand1 says: Feb 10, 2012. 11:34 PM

I was literally thinking of doing something like this when i found your Instructable... Good job (: will do something similar, probably not crocheted though...

Rockoloid says: Feb 1, 2012. 2:06 PM

This is fantastic! I've never heard of Tunisian crochet before, but I guess everybody always learns something new on Instructables. What size hook did you use?

soundofmusic says: Dec 18, 2011. 9:58 PM

This is so perfect for a gift for my girlfriend! She's a HUGE legend of zelda fan :P
But about how big is the end product?

Demigirl says: Aug 18, 2011. 5:43 AM

Omg i love this. Ive only just started to crochet but allready have a number of projects lined up to make and this just became top of the list. I love Link.
Plus your vidio is fantastic its so easy to follow. thanks for this. :D

russm313 (author) in reply to DemigirlAug 18, 2011. 6:45 AM

Thank you for saying so. I hope yours comes out awesome! I'd love to see a pic when you're done.

dancingtuabgirl says: Jun 12, 2010. 7:29 PM

Also, how do I know how much yarn to wrap arround each bobbin? And is it necessary to do so? Or does it just make it easier and neater to make?

russm313 (author) in reply to dancingtuabgirlJun 14, 2010. 7:14 AM

It doesn't matter. Just wrap it until it's full. The more yarn you get on the bobbin, the less tie-ins you will have.

dancingtuabgirl says: Jun 4, 2010. 10:29 PM

This is really fantastic. I'm attempting to make one myself but I want to get the colors just right. What brands and color yarn did you use for the skin tone and the filled hearts?

russm313 (author) in reply to dancingtuabgirlJun 4, 2010. 10:41 PM

Thanks! Just go visit the Redheart yarn section at walmart or hobby/craft store. You can find everything you need. I know I used "buff" for the skin color. I don't remember the name of the red. Good luck and I'd love to see how it comes out.

damagedwings says: Apr 23, 2010. 4:41 PM

This is driving me nuts! I have no problem with the tunisian stitch as I have used it many times. My problem is with the color changes! Yes, I have bobbins and it's not about keeping yarn separate. I cannot get the pattern to work. The change to the brown does not work using the pattern. I do the change from the part where you add on which I think is correct. The brown doesn't come out to what it should be. Does that make sense? Any way you can recreate the actual first couple of rows and photograph them like you did with the blue with cross piece? I really want to make this one!

russm313 (author) in reply to damagedwingsApr 29, 2010. 6:47 AM

I will be happy to help with your problem, however, I don't quite understand what's wrong. The pattern is worked exactly the same as the blue cross pattern I used as an example. If you could elaborate, I may be able to help better.

Thanks,
Russ