this project will be a crochet character cube you can make letters numbers or
shapes with this technique each letter or character is made with
the embroidery chain stitch we will make six individual sides for the cube and
then crochet them together with the single crochet this is the yarn I'm
using for this project and it's nice and soft I'm using a size G crochet hook and
a chain of sixteen seven eight nine ten eleven twelve thirteen fourteen fifteen
sixteen now work one single crochet in each chain across for a total of fifteen
there's two three four five six seven eight nine ten eleven twelve thirteen
fourteen fifteen
now chain one turn work one single crochet in each single crochet across
for a total of 15 on Row 2 and we will do this for 17 rows there's six seven
eight
9
10 11 12 13 14 15 continue until you have 17 rows complete 6 squares total
I'm finishing up my 17th row
I am going to use the embroidery chain stitch to make the letter on my cube
before I start my embroidery chain letter I'm going to put on a temporary
yarn guide and this is supposed to help me so I have something to follow and my
letter will be a little bit neater than if I were just winging it and what I'll
be doing is pulling this out as I progress with my letter or number or
shape you can do all three with those letters numbers and shapes characters
anything that you want to make
and I'm going to insert my needle from the bottom side up to the front like
this and leave a little tail here this will be on the inside I'm going to start
making my embroidery chain stitch and I insert my needle in the same hole where
I just came up and then up maybe about a quarter of an inch or so and then make
my chain just like that and I insert my needle and the hole where I just came up
and then put it up a little bit further just like that catching a little bit of
thread continue on up the side until you have the straight edge of your are
complete
I'm here at the training section so I'll just go ahead and turn in this direction
and pull out more of my guide I don't want to catch it in there and just
continue shaping my AR
you could also use some of the fancier fonts that can be found out on the
internet and use them on your block
now I'm to the rounded section of the R
now I'm here on the last leg of the are
and you can see the thread is my yarn is starting to kind of come apart but
that'll it'll still work even if it's coming apart like that
now I take and put my needle to the outside of my loop here and put it to
the back side and just make a knot and secure it in this part is going to be on
the inside since we are making a cube
you can take and tie it to the other side and make a knot just like that then
if you want you can cut off the excess tail we have our our and this will work
by itself if you want to dress it up a little you can use a contrasting color
or you can even use the same color which will make it look a little more bold and
then just start weaving it below the chain this is the rope effect
you
now we want to align the sides together like this and evenly single crochet
approximately 16 15 to 16 single crochet along the edge so we'll slip stitch them
together first and then start working single crochet through the edge
there's ten
12
14 and 15 and this is what we have
now we want to cut the yarn wrap the yarn over and pull it through
now I'm aligning the third side and I'll do the same thing
evenly work 15 single crochet along the edge joining the two together
I finished joining the third side I just want to cut the yarn and then pull the
tail through to secure it and we will do the same thing with our fourth side join
it here in the corner and then work approximately 15 single crochet you can
do 16 or 17 or 14 the number on the sides does not have to be perfect just
try to keep the same number for your cube if you're using 14 try to use 14 on
each side so the cube is even I'll continue working your single crochet
evenly across the edge now I've completed the four sides together now I
want to join the sides so they make a cube and this will be the same as
joining the other ones slip stitch to join and then evenly work the single
crochet I'm using 15
they're 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15
cut the yarn this is what we have at this point you may want to sew in some
of the tails because they do get in the way
take the fifth segment and I'll line it so it's evenly covering the edges join
the sites together with a slip stitch and evenly work the single crochet
across the edge I have completed the first side I will be evenly working the
single crochet around the next edge joining the sides together the remaining
edges will be done the same way
I'm to the next corner and I'm going to make sure that I catch a stitch through
the green which was made on the side here
then continue working around now I'm finishing up joining my section to the
cube
and when a slip stitch in my beginning single crochet to join and cut my yarn
I have five of my segments joined we will attach the top side the same way
working only three sides and then we want to fill it full of polyester
fiberfill
I've completed the three sides leaving an opening to fill it with polyester
fiberfill and this is what I'm using and then just fill it as full as you want it
to be I find that adding in smaller chunks of fiberfill works best for
shaping the square I've got mine filled I don't like to stuff it too full or it
starts to lose the cube shape and the sides will round out so I just don't
like to stuff it too full continue single crocheting to close the
two sides together on this last edge now cut the yarn and I'm sewing in the last
tail here
and the cube is complete
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