Character Name: Joseph Teller, f/k/a Zenith, a/k/a “The Grey Boy in the Grey Box”
Fandom: Chapter & Multiverse, “Masks” Campaign 1 [Podcast]
Played By: Pip Gladwin
Yarn Used:
Skin: CraftSmart Value - Peach
Hair: CraftSmart Value - Taupe
Shirt: CraftSmart Value - Grey
Trousers: CraftSmart Value - Charcoal
Shoes: CraftSmart Value - Dark Chocolate
Soles: CraftSmart Value - Cream
Eyes/Mouth: DMC #413
Basic pattern here.
Joseph was my first blorbo, and really, he was what I used to create the pattern in the first place. I know I made a few mistakes with him, and if I do a second one I’ll do him better, but for a first attempt, he came out pretty good!
I wanted to do him in his “civilian” guise rather than his heroic one. Joseph is always described, outside of his costume, as wearing, essentially, a grey hoodie and grey sweatpants, so I took that and ran with it. He varies from the “base” pattern as follows:
Shoes: I gave Joseph, essentially, a pair of Converses. The soles of his shoes, up to R3, are in Cream; the shoes themselves (up to R7) are Dark Chocolate.
Trousers: I was expressly trying to keep these outfits from looking like they were constructed all of a piece as much as possible - I wanted it to look three-dimensional, in essence - so Joseph’s trouser legs come down over the tops of his shoes. To do this, for round 8, switch to trouser colors (in this case Charcoal), ch 2, hdc in front loop of each st around, then join with sl st. Continue the rest of the legs as normal.
Shirt: Because Joseph is wearing a hoodie, I figured it came down a little ways past his waistband. To make the shirt as part of the body, continue with the pants color for the pattern up to R35, and then:
R36: Switch to shirt color. Ch 1, fpdc in each around each st in row 34 around, sl st in first fpdc (38 fpdc).
R37: Ch 2, hdc through back loop of fpdc and front loop of sc from row 35 around, sl st in first hdc (38 hdc).
R38-52: Continue as in base pattern.
R53: Switch to skin color. Ch 1, sc in back loop of each st around, sl st in first st (18 sc).
R54-59: Continue as in base pattern.
Hair: Joseph is described as a “tiny soldier”, so I decided he would have a buzz cut, or a very close-shaved head. (Also, it was the easiest way to do it for my first time through). I began the hair with R60 with the last 18 stitches of the round, then added 1 st on each end to bring the hairline closer to the front through R70. Starting with R71, use the hair color exclusively.
Arms: In order to make Joseph’s long sleeves, I switched to the same color as the rest of the shirt starting with R10:
R10: Ch 2, hdc in front loop of each sc around, sl st in first hdc (12 hdc).
R11: Ch 1, sc in back loop of each hdc around, sl st in first sc (12 sc).
R12-25: Continue as in base pattern.
Hood: I’m not actually sure I can completely describe how I did the hood; it was early in the morning and I was improvising hastily because I wanted him finished that day. Essentially, I stitched a row of sc in the front loop of the collar of his shirt, then played around with increases and extended stitches until it looked sort of like a hood. (It does not fit over his head.) The drawstrings are simply short chains at either end of the final row.