Today Im sharing a R2D2 pattern! This Mini R2D2 measures about 17cm.

The idea to make R2D2 came from a birthday gift, precisely, I made it as a gift for a birthday of a friend, who really likes Star Wars. This time I decided to innovate and so I had the idea to use some LEDs on R2D2, so, it works as a small lamp, lol. Well, if you dont want to, you dont need to do the electric part of R2D2, you can replace the LEDs for some buttons. The difficult part of this pattern it isnt the crochet, but the collage, because there are to many details to cut and glue! I recommend you to pay attention on the photos and to search on the web for R2D2 photos, so, you can have a good idea of what you will need to do.

Materials: - White and Gray yarn; - Navy felt; - Aluminium foil or grey felt; - Paperboard; - Thin copper wire; - Fiberfill; - 4mm crochet hook; - 2.5mm crochet hook; - Tapestry needle; - Contact glue; - Scissors;

- Two round big white LEDs and 1 round small red LED; - Three 68ohm resistors; - Some wire for the electric part; - Battery holder; - One interrupter; - Two 2A batteries;

Notes:

1. Work using continuous rounds; 2. For sewing the pieces together you will use the tapestry needle; 3. For doing the blue parts of R2D2 you will use the navy felt. Follow the photos to have an idea of the size and shape of the navy parts; 4. For doing the metallic parts of R2D2 you may use the aluminium foil or a grey felt. Follow the photos to have an idea of the size and shape of the metallic parts; 5. For doing the four copper hoses you may use a thin copper wire or another thing that you desire, such as a plastic hose. In the assembly topic, I will explain how to do it using a thin copper wire. 6. You will use the paperboard to make a round base for R2D2 body and also to make his three cameras. In the assembly topic, I will explain how to do it; 7. If you dont want to make the electric part of R2D2, you can just replace the LEDs for some buttons. 8. In the assembly topic, I will explain how do you put the LEDS on R2D2 and how you should assemble the electric part.

Any doubts fell free to leave a comment or email me (miahandcrafter@gmail.com) Crochet Pattern: - R2D2 Body: *start using the gray yarn until the Round number 11 (eleven) Round 1: 6 sc in MR (6) Round 2: 2 Sc in each Sc (12) Round 3: sc, 2 Sc in next Sc (18) Round 4: sc 2, 2 sc in next sc (24) Round 5: sc 3, 2 sc in next sc (30) Round 6: sc 4, 2 sc in next sc (36) Round 7-11: sc in each sc (36) *change to the white yarn Round 12-28: sc in each sc (36) *start stuffing Round 29: dec (18) *place in the body the paperboard base

Round 30: dec (9) Round 31: dec 4 times, sl st. Finish off.

- Thinner part of the body: Round 1: 6 sc in MR (6) Round 2: 2 Sc in each Sc (12) Round 3: sc, 2 Sc in next Sc (18) Round 4: sc 2, 2 sc in next sc (24) Round 5: sc 3, 2 sc in next sc (30) Finish off and leave a long tail for sewing.

- Half circle between the body and the base bellow the body (use a 2.5mm hook and make 2) Row 1: ch 2, 3 sc in the 2nd chain from hook (3)

Row 2: ch 1, turn, 2 sc in each sc (6) Finish off and leave a long tail for sewing. *Sew them together.

-R2D2 base bellow the body: **trapezius from the sides (make 2) Row 1: ch 8, sc 7 (7) Row 2: dec, sc 3, dec (5) Row 3: dec, sc, dec (3) Row 4: sc in each sc (3) Finish off and leave a long tail for sewing. **Front and back trapezium (make 2) Row 1: ch 7, sc 6 (6) Row 2: dec, sc 2, dec (4) Row 3: sc, dec, sc (3) Row 4: sc in each sc (3) Finish off and leave a long tail for sewing. ** Down rectangle Row 1: ch 8, sc 7 (7) Row 2-6: sc in each sc (7)

Finish off and leave a long tail for sewing. ** Top square Row 1: ch 4, sc 3 (3) Row 2-3: sc in each sc (3) Finish off and leave a long tail for sewing. *Sew all the parts together and stuff to make the hexahedron, like that:

- R2D2 arms (make 2): Round 1: 6 sc in MR (6) Round 2: 2 Sc in each Sc (12) Round 3: sc, 2 Sc in next Sc (18) Round 4-8: sc in each sc (18) Round 9: sc 4, dec (15) Round 10: sc, dec (10) Round 11-20: sc in each sc (10)

Now, make three rows of single crochet (sc) on the back part of the arm in order to make it inclined. Finish off and leave a long tail for sewing. When stuffing, leave the round part without fiberfill, just stuff lightly the rest of the arm.

- Metallic circle between the arms and the body (make 2): ** use gray wool Round 1: sc 6 in Mr (6) Round 2: inc (12) Round 3: sc, inc (18) Finish off and leave a long tail for sewing. * Sew this part to the arm and stuff it lightly.

-Base of the arms (make 2): **trapezius from the sides (make 2) Row 1: ch 12, Sc 11(11) Row 2: dec, sc 7, dec (9) Row 3: dec, sc 5, dec (7) Row 4-5: sc in each sc (7) Finish off and leave a long tail for sewing. **Front and back trapezium (make 2)

Row 1: ch 6, sc 5 (5) Row 2: sc 2, dec, sc (4) Row 3: sc, dec, sc (3) Row 4-5: sc in each sc (3) Finish off and leave a long tail for sewing. **Down rectangle Row 1: ch 12, sc 11 (11) Row 2-5: sc in each sc (11) Finish off and leave a long tail for sewing. **Top rectangle Row 1: ch 8, sc 7 (7) Row 2-3: sc 7 (7) Finish off and leave a long tail for sewing. Sew all the parts together and stuff to make the hexahedron.

-Rectangular part located on one side of the arm(make 2): **Front and back rectangles (make 2): Row 1: ch 9, sc 8 (8) Finish off and leave a long tail for sewing. **Top and bottom rectangles (make 2):

Row 1: ch 5, sc 4 (4) Finish off and leave a long tail for sewing. **Side rectangle (make 2): Row 1: ch 9, sc 8 (8) Row 2-4: sc in each sc (8) Finish off and leave a long tail for sewing. - Some details of R2D2 to help on the assembly:

Assembly: 1. Sew all the parts of R2D2 together; 2. Cut the pieces of navy felt and glue them to R2D2. Attention! Dont glue the three pieces of felt where ar e located the three LEDs!! You will glue it after putting the LEDs in the right place! 3. Cut all the metallic pieces and glue them to R2D2;

3.1. For making the metallic tubes located on its arms you should use a very thin plastic hose or anything cylindrical that you have and cover it with the aluminium foil. Like this:

3.2. For making the three cameras you should use a cylindrical paperboard or any other thing cylindrical that you have and cover it with the aluminium foil in the same way of the previous step; 4. For making the copper hose you will use something thin and cylindrical that you have, for example, I used a hard copper wire. Take this thing and wrap the thin copper wire on it to make a spring, like this:

5. To put the LEDs the first thing to do is create a place for them on the R2D2 body. Attention! Dont glue the LED to the body yet! You will just create a place for it in this step! It wont be necessary to create a place for the red LED, because of its size, which makes possible to simple put it through the stitches. The white LEDs are the problem, because they are big and you wont be able to simple put it through the stitches. Thats why we need to create a place for them. What you will need to do, is to position the LED where you think it is the best place and, then, see which stitch is on his way, so, you will cut this stitch! But, first, before cutting the stitch, you will need to put some glue on the place to guarantee that the stitches wont dismount. Then, after putting the glue, cut the stitch, which is in the way, and put some glue around the edges of the hole to guarantee that the stitches wont dismount. See the picture bellow:

Thats it! Now give it some time to dry. 6. Finally, the last step! Now we are going to make the electric part. For doing it you will use the 2 white LEDs, one red LED, three 68ohm resistos, one interrupter, one battery holder, two 2A batteries. Follow this steps:

a) Join each resistor to its respective LED. Remember to join the resistor to the anode, which is the longer leg of the LED; b) Join an small wire to the cathode of each LED. Doesnt need to be a long wire, because you will join these three small wires into one bigger, which will come out on the bottom of R2D2s back; c) Join each resistor to a small wire. Doesnt need to be a long wire, because you will join these three small wires into one bigger, which will come out on the bottom of R2D2 back; d) Put the red LED and the white LED of the front in the respective place. The wires of both LEDS should come out on the place where it will be the white LED of R2D2s back; See the picture bellow:

e) Now, join the three small wires of the cathode of each LED to one bigger, which needs to be long enough to pass inside R2D2 body and come out on the bottom of his back; f) Join the three three small wires of the resistors of each LED to one bigger, which needs to be long enough to pass inside R2D2 body and pull out on the bottom of his back; g) Isolate the cathode and the anode of each LED with some adhesive tape for preventing a shorted; h) Now, put the white LED of R2D2s back in its place and pass the wires thought R2D2 body until it pull out the bottom of his back; i) Join the on/off interrupter to the anode of the series; j) Join the cathode and the anode of the series to the right place on the battery holder;

k) Put the batteries on the place and thats it! If you wish, you can use a plug to connect the battery holder to the series, like I did, see the photo bellow:

Here it is an image explaining the LEDs connection into the series:

I did not created this character, R2D2 is copyright of LucasFilm!! This Pattern was created by Ana Amlia Mendes Galvo. Please do not claim my pattern as your own; If you use any of my patterns, give me the credits; If you wish to share any of my patterns, you may create a link to my blog, but please do not post any of my patterns on your site; You may not sell any of my patterns. As well, respect LucasFilm copyright and do not sell any items made from this pattern.