I received the Marvel Universe Crochet kit a while ago but haven’t had a chance to sit down and do them until I was off for Spring Break. I like doing kits like this where I can make 1 character a day until the set is complete.

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This is the second time I’ve done such a kit. Previously, I did the Star Wars kit by Lucy Ravenscar. You find information about that on my blog post here.

These patterns are by Kati Galusz, an avid crocheter from Hungary. The kit comes with the usual pattern book, yarn to make a couple of the characters and a hook. Just like the Star Wars kit, the yarn isn’t the greatest and the hook is quite cheap. So as usual, I just relied on my own yarn and hook.

As the mother of 3 boys, I know all about superheroes. So just like the Star Wars series, this was just a given that I get this and make them. Here is an affiliate link for the item on Amazon:

I consider the patterns in this kit to be well written. Not only are they easy to follow and make, but they also turned out well. All the characters have similar construction and worked from the bottom up. The legs are made separately and then joined together when working on the body. The front of the feet are made from bobble stitches. I found this technique to be quite clever and to work really well. I like how the legs are separate and how there are actual feet.

The heads are sometimes part of the construction – so that it is made in one complete piece, with the exception of a couple of characters in which the head is made separately and later sewn on due to the intricacies of the design.

As there are 12 designs in this kit, I’ll be reviewing half in this post and the other half in another post. I’ll give you my take on each of the individual designs. While I do make the characters in the order of the book, this post is grouped according to what made the most sense to my boys and me and how they were photographed.

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This post will focus on some of the members of the Avengers – Iron Man, Captain America, Spider Man, Thor, Falcon and Ant Man.

Iron Man
This is a personal favourite character of one of my kids. As this was the fourth character, I feel that I’ve got the technique down pretty good by now. My son suggested that I add white felt to the hands and the feet to make him more realistic. They help Iron Man shoot and fly. Iron Man was pretty easy as there are not too many colour changes and he doesn’t require any safety eyes.

Captain America
I quite like how this one turned out. The shield is an actual shield that you put over his arm – so it’s separate from the character. My kids really liked that feature. They did comment that the star on the shield should be filled in – I suppose I could embroider to fill it in.

Spider Man
This is the first pattern in the book, implying that it is the easiest. It is pretty straightforward – there is no need for safety eyes and requires a bit of embroidery. I love instant success and this is a good pattern to start with if you go in order of the book.

Thor
While straightforward, there were a lot of little bits and pieces that go with this character. For the rondels, (chest adornments) the pattern calls for fingering yarn and a 1.25mm hook. I wanted to use what I had on hand, so I used Bernat Softee Baby (a category 3 weight yarn and a 2mm hook. I think it worked out okay.

Thor’s hair is made as a wig, the same way as Black Widow’s. I quite like this technique of making a wig as it turns out quite nicely. I had trouble with the helmet – I’m not sure if it looks right and it seems a bit big. The hammer turned out great – I’m undecided if I want to sew it to Thor’s hand or keep it separately.

The Falcon
This was a slightly more complex character, but I really love how it turned out. It involved a bit of embroidery, but I used surface crochet instead. If you’re not familiar with surface crochet, I suggest you check it out. I made an instructional video on surface crochet.

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The wings for this character totally make the character. You have the option of either sewing or gluing it on and I just used my glue gun. It’s much easier that way. Just be sure to not use too much glue so that you don’t get large blobby bits.

Ant-Man
This character should be smaller, so I sized down to a 2.5mm hook just so it made more sense. It’s not proportionately smaller, but smaller nonetheless. After working with a 3.5mm hook for a number of characters, it was a bit of a change of pace to be working with something so much smaller.

All in all, I quite like how these ami all turned out from the Marvel Universe crochet kit. The designer is consistent with the technique and it is a technique that works well. In the next post coming up, I’ll be sharing my thoughts on Black Widow, Hawkeye, The Hulk, She-Hulk, Star Lord and Groot. You can check it out here.

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