Link – The Legend of Zelda: A Link to the Past

Link from The Legend of Zelda: A Link to the Past or The Legend of Zelda: The Four Swords

Materials

Green, dark brown, black, medium brown, yellow or brown gold (hair), silver, blue, red, and skin tone worsted weight yarn

Gold embroidery floss for buckle

3.5 mm E crochet hook (use unless otherwise noted) and 2.5 mm C crochet hook (only where noted

Tapestry needle for sewing

Blue safety eyes

Optional: Supplies to give structure to sword and shield if desired ie. cardboard and straightened paper clip. Puffy paint to paint the design on the shield. Iridescent red and gold.

If you have issues figuring out the ears there are many pictures of how to execute these properly in the pattern for Zelda – The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time detailed photos post.

Legs (make 2)

Rnd 1: With dark brown, make a magic ring and sc 8 (8)

Rnd 2: sc 3, 3 dc bobble st 2, sc 3 (8)

Rnd 3 – 5: sc in each st (8)

Rnd 6: Change to medium brown, sc around, attach to first st of round with sl st and FO (8)

Change to skin color

Rnd 7: in BLO, sc 3, inv dec, sc 4 (7)

Rnds 8 -9: sc in each st (7)

sl st in next st and FO

Lightly stuff the legs.

Boot Cuff

Keeping leg right side up, attach medium brown yarn to the free loop at the back of the boot.

Row 1: dc in each free loop around (8)

sl st in first st, FO

Roll this row of stitches down over the top of the boot to create the cuff. Weave in end.

Body and Head

Rnd 1: With green, join the legs and sctog, sc 5, sc tog, sc 5 (12)

Rnd 2: [sc 5, inc] 2 times (14)

Rnd 3: sc around (14)

Change to black

Rnd 4: in BLO, sc around (14)

Change to green

Rnd 5 – 6: sc around (14)

Rnd 7: [invdec, sc 5,] 2 times (12)

Stuff the body

Rnd 8: [invdec 2, sc] 2 times (6)

Change to skin color

Rnd 9: sc around (6)

Rnd10: inc 2, 2 hdc in each of next two sc, inc 2 (12)

Rnd 11: [sc, inc] 2 times, [sc, hdc] in next st, dc, [hdc, sc] in next st, [sc, inc] 2 times (18)

Rnd 12: sc 4, [ch 5, working in back loop of ch, sl st in second chain from hook, sc 2, hdc, dc, next sc in Rnd] ear made, sc 5, [ch 3, sl st, sc in back loops of chs] nose made, sc 4, repeat ear, sc 4 (18, not including nose and ears)

Rnd 13: sc 4, invdec over ear, catching the rear most and front most st, sc 5, skip nose and sc on the other side of it, sc 4, invdec over ear catching the front and rear st of ear, sc 3 (17)

Rnd 14: sc 4, insert your hook into the loop from side/back of ear to make it stand up, then put your hook into the next sc in round, draw up a loop, pull this loop through the first two loops on the hook, YO, and pull through both loops on hook to complete the sc, sc 10, insert your hook into the loop from side/back of ear to make it stand up, then put your hook into the next sc in round, draw up a loop, pull this loop through the first two loops on the hook, YO, and pull through both loops on hook to complete the sc, sc 3 (17)

Rnd 14: sc around (17)

Rnd 15: [invdec, sc] 5 times, sc (12)

Rnd 16: [invdec, sc] 4 times (8)

Attach safety eyes between rounds 14 and 15.

Stuff the head

Rnd 16: invdec to close the hole (4)

FO, use gold or yellow thread to embroider a belt buckle

Use green yarn to make two x’s at the middle top of the front of the shirt

Body, head and arm detail before adding the bottom to the shirt

Bottom of the shirt detail

Bottom of shirt

Turn the doll upside down.

Join green yarn to one of the free loops at the bottom of the belt.

Rnd 1: sc 4, inc, sc 6, inc, sc 4 (15)

Rnd 2: sc around (15)

Rnd 3: [inc, sc 4] 3 times (18)

FO, weave in ends

Arms (make 2)

Rnd 1: with skin color, make a magic ring and sc 6 (6)

Rnd 2 – 3: sc around (6)

Change to medium brown

Rnd 4 – 8: sc around (6)

Sl st and FO, leaving a long yarn end for sewing.

Sew arms to body: note that the right arm should be parallel to the floor to hold his shield where the left is his sword arm so it can be more at his side.

Hair

Wrap dark yellow or gold-brown yarn around a 2” piece of cardboard 14-18 times. Stitch up the middle to make a wig. Position the wig on the doll’s head with the stitch seam going from ear to ear. Arrange the hair so there is about three strands in front of each ear. Tuck a small amount of the front hair over the right ear and then gather the remainder of the front hair to a sweep over the left eye. Arrange the back half of the hair evenly behind the ears. You can stitch or glue the wig on and/or you can stitch the hat on over the wig to hold the wig in place. Once the wig is secured, trim the hair to page boy length for back and forelocks.

Hat

With green, make a magic ring and sc 3

Rnd 1: sc around (3)

Rnd 2: inc, sc around (4)

Rnd 3: inc, sc 2, inc (6)

Rnd 4: [sc 2, inc] 2 times (8)

Rnd 5: [sc 3, inc] 2 times (10)

Rnd 6: sc around (10)

Rnd 7: [sc 4, inc] 2 times (12)

Rnd 8: sc around (12)

Rnd 9: [sc 5, inc] 2 times (14)

Rnd 10: sc around (14)

Rnd 11: [inc, sc] 2 times, [inv dec, sc] 2 times, sc 2, [inc, sc] 2 times (16)

Rnd 12: [inc, sc] 2 times, sc 2, [hdc, hdc 2 tog] 2 times, hdc, sc, [inc, sc] 2 times (18)

Rnd 13: sc 4, inc, 2 hdc in next st, dc, 2 dc tog, 2 dc in next st, 2 dc tog, dc, 2 hdc in next st, inc, sc 4 (22)

Rnd 14: sc 4, inc, hdc, 2 hdc in next st, dc, 2 dc tog, 2 dc in next st, 2 dc tog, dc, 2 hdc in next st, hdc, inc, sc 4 (26)

Rnd 15: change to yellow [sc 6, inv dec] 3 times (23)

FO, leaving a long end for sewing

Side view of hat before being attached to doll

Doll shown with arms and hair stitched on. Note that Link needs three strands of hair in front of each ear and then the rest should be swept to his left in the front.

Side Detail: Doll shown with arms and hair stitched on. Note that Link needs three strands of hair in front of each ear and then the rest should be swept to his left in the front.

Completed doll, side view

Side view of doll with wig, hat, and arms attached

Completed doll, back view.

Completed doll, front view

Sword

With dark brown and 2.5 mm crochet hook, make a magic ring and sc 4

Rnd 1 – 5: sc around (4)

Rnd 6: *[ch 5, starting in second ch from hook, sc 4] cross guard side made. Sc 2 into Rnd 5 to secure cross guard to hilt* then repeat from * to * and then sl st to complete hilt. (22 including ch and cross guard sc)

Change to silver

Rnd 7: sc 4 in round, ignoring cross guard st (4)

Rnd 8 – 17: sc around (4)

Rnd 18: inv dec 2, FO and weave in the end (2)

May insert a toothpick or bit of wire or piece of a paper clip to give it stiffness, but the sword blade should stand up on its own without support.

Stitch sword to left hand of doll or you can make a handle for the sword the same way you made one for the shield.

Shield (make 2)

With bright blue yarn and 2.5 mm crochet hook, ch 8

Row 1: sc in second chain from hook, sc in each ch across, turn (7)

Row 2 – 8: ch 1, sc across, turn (7)

Row 9: sl st, sc 5, turn (6)

Row 10: sl st, sc 3, turn (4)

Row 11: sl st, sc, FO (2)

Decorate the front side of the shield if you would like. You can embroider the shield design, crochet it on the surface or use puff paint (let this dry thoroughly before going on to the next step).

Constructing Shield

Layer the two shield shapes together. Using silver yarn and starting at the top corner, sc the two shield shapes together. At each corner, sc on the current side of the corner, ch 1, and then sc on the other side of the angle. Stop at the other top corner.

Insert a piece of cardboard or anything flat and stiff that will help the shield hold it’s shape in between the two layers of shield. Ch 1 for the corner and then sc across the top. Ch 1 and then attach to beginning of round with a sl st. FO and weave in the end.

Shield strap

ch 10 in the color of your choice, sc 9, FO.

Stitch this to the middle back of the shield in a vertical line in the top third of the shield. Make sure the arm of your doll can fit through the strap before sewing down the second end.