Since making my crochet R2-D2, I have been thinking about making some crochet lightsabers for a while now but I wasn’t too sure whether I would be able to make something that would look ok. After much deliberation I thought I would give it a go and see what I could come up with. After a while of researching lightsabers (I never realised there were so many different ones!) I got cracking on making the lightsaber using a rough design I sketched up based on some I had seen. After completing it I was very pleased with how it came out, so much so in fact I’ve decided to make a couple of other slightly different ones!
Blue lightsaber
Materials
4mm hook
DK wool in grey (50g ball)
DK wool in black (50g ball)
DK wool in blue (50g ball)
DK wool in red (small amount)
Needle
Toy stuffing
Lightsaber handle
In grey
Make a magic ring, ch1, 6sc into ring
Round 1: 2sc into each sc
Round 2: 2sc into same sc, sc. Repeat around
Round 3: 2sc into same sc, 2sc. Repeat around
Round 4: 2sc into same sc, 3sc. Repeat around
Round 5: sc around into back loop only
Rounds 6-32: sc around
Change to black
Rounds 33-34: sc around
Change to grey
Rounds 35-38: sc around
Fasten off
Lightsaber band
In grey
ch7
Row 1: sc into 2nd ch from hook, sc along rest of the row
Rows 2-36: ch1 (doesn’t count as a stitch) sc along row
Fasten off
Lightsaber band button
In grey
ch6
Row 1: sc into 2nd ch from hook, sc along rest of row
Rows 2-3: ch1 (doesn’t count as a stitch) sc along row
Row 4: sc around the edge (down the side, along the bottom, up the other side, along the top)
Row 5: sc around in back loops only
Fasten off, leaving long length to attach
Red dot
In red
Make a magic ring, ch1, 6sc into ring
Round 1: 2sc into same sc, sc
Fasten off, leaving long length to attach
Black strips (make 8)
In black
ch11
Row 1: sc into 2nd ch from hook, sc along rest of the row
Row 2: ch1 (doesn’t count as a stitch) sc along row
Coloured light beam
In blue
ch25, slip stitch into first stitch to make a round
Rounds 1-20: sc around
Round 21: sc2tog 4sc, 4 times, sc
Rounds 22-41: sc around
Round 42: sc2tog 3sc, 4 times, sc
Rounds 43-57: sc around
Round 58: sc2tog 2sc, 4 times, sc
Rounds 59-63: sc around
Round 64: sc2tog sc, 4 times, sc
Round 65-66: sc around
Round 67: sc2tog, 4 times, sc
Fasten off leaving long length to attach
-Stuff the handle and light beam, sew light beam into the handle. You could also place a cardboard tube into the light beam and handle to make them both stronger and less flexible.
-Sew on the red dot
-Sew on the grey band to the handle and sew on the button placing a small amount of stuffing in first
Looks great!
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Thank you, really happy with how it turned out
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looks spot on. I’m so going to make one for myself 🙂
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Thank you, hope you have fun making it – the best part is once it’s finished ☺️
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Is this single or double crochet?
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It’s single crochet, thought I had added both the US and UK terms but must have got sidetracked! I’ll edit it now 🙂
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