The last few weeks I've been spending some more time working on new product ideas. This one kind of came to me accidentally. I was working on a ghost hood for a Halloween costume idea and noticed that it looked an awful lot like a mask. So I frogged the whole thing and started over in blue to make my own Captain America inspired dog costume.
Obviously I don't own the rights to this character or make any claims of the sort. But I sure love how my design looks on my own little cowardly super soldier.
Obviously I don't own the rights to this character or make any claims of the sort. But I sure love how my design looks on my own little cowardly super soldier.
So that said, I've made the full costume available in my Etsy shop here and I'm going to release the pattern for just the shield portion down below (the mask I took rough notes on but they are no where near pattern ready).
So without further adieu, here is the shield pattern:
Notes:
The shield is a simple circle that starts with 10 dc and increases by 10 each round. You work 4 rows of blue, 2 of red, 2 of white, and 2 of red then fasten off. The star was done in white felt.
Hook and Yarn:
Pattern was worked with a 5mm hook and DK weight yarn. This would also work fine with a 4.5mm hook or 6mm hook and worsted weight yarn. You'll need less than 1/2 of a skein of red, white, and blue yarn.
Round 1: with BLUE yarn, ch3, ss to join, ch3 (counts as dc) dc 9 in the loop
Stitch count: 10 dc
Round 2: ch3 (counts as dc here and throughout) dc 1 in the same stitch, dc 2 in each of the next 9 stitches all the way around
Stitch count: 20 dc
Round 3: ch3, dc 2 in the next st *[dc1 in the next st, dc 2 in the next st] Repeat from * all the way around
Stitch count: 30 dc
Round 4: ch 3, dc 1 in the next st, dc 2 in the next st. *[dc 1 in each of the next 2 st, dc 2 in the next st] Repeat from * all the way around.
Stitch count: 40
Round 5: Change to RED, ch 3, dc 1 in each of the next 2 st, dc 2 in the next st. *[dc 1 in each of the next 3 st, dc 2 in the next st] Repeat from * all the way around.
Stitch count: 50
Round 6: ch 3, dc 1 in each of the next 3 sts, dc 2 in the next st. *[dc 1 in each of the next 4 st, dc 2 in the next st] Repeat from * all the way around.
Stitch count: 60
Round 7: Change to WHITE, ch 3, dc 1 in each of the next 4 sts, dc 2 in the next st. *[dc 1 in each of the next 5 st, dc 2 in the next st] Repeat from * all the way around.
Stitch count: 70
Round 8: ch 3, dc 1 in each of the next 5 sts, dc 2 in the next st. *[dc 1 in each of the next 6 st, dc 2 in the next st] Repeat from * all the way around.
Stitch count: 80
Round 9: Change to RED, ch 3, dc 1 in each of the next 6 sts, dc 2 in the next st. *[dc 1 in each of the next 7 st, dc 2 in the next st] Repeat from * all the way around.
Stitch count: 90
Round 10: ch 3, dc 1 in each of the next 7 sts, dc 2 in the next st. *[dc 1 in each of the next 8 st, dc 2 in the next st] Repeat from * all the way around.
Stitch count: 100
Finishing:
Fasten off, weave in any end from the color changes. Cut a star from white felt (making sure the points are about as wide as the blue circle in the middle of the shield). Attach with Fabri-Tac or similar silicon-based fabric glue.
Enjoy!
