{"id":7407,"date":"2012-06-19T10:12:49","date_gmt":"2012-06-19T14:12:49","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.planetjune.com\/blog\/?p=7407"},"modified":"2025-11-17T15:52:12","modified_gmt":"2025-11-17T20:52:12","slug":"crocheted-gaming-dice-pattern","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.planetjune.com\/blog\/crocheted-gaming-dice-pattern\/","title":{"rendered":"crocheted gaming dice pattern"},"content":{"rendered":"

Gamers, take note: they’re here! My set of giant crocheted gaming dice<\/a>, by popular demand:<\/p>\n

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I cut out felt numbers to make my dice, but this is a fiddly and time-consuming technique, so I’m not<\/strong> recommending that you do the same: I give tips in the pattern for using fabric paint or embroidery to create the numbers, in addition to the templates I used to make my felt numbers and full numbering diagrams to create a perfect set of gaming dice.<\/p>\n

Of course, the Gaming Dice<\/a> pattern isn’t just numbering diagrams: it also has the ‘missing’ d10 shape – the only odd-one-out dice shape that isn’t one of the Platonic solids, and hence not part of my original set! I had a real challenge on my hands to create the d10 shape: it’s not formed from regular polygons like other dice, but from 10 kite shapes that combine into a pentagonal trapezohedron<\/em>. <\/p>\n

Not only was I constrained by the limits of making a good pattern (i.e. something that you can follow without tearing your hair out or getting confused) but it had to match the look, style and size of the 5 platonic solids in my Polyhedral Balls pattern, to make a complete matched set. And, after many prototypes, this is the d10 I came up with:<\/p>\n

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\nI crocheted it in grey to separate it from the other colourful balls, as it’s not part of the Polyhedral Balls pattern and I’m hoping not to confuse anyone with this addition!<\/em><\/p>\n

Because of the constraints, the final d10 shape looks slightly less pointed from the side (above, left) than a real d10, but the shape is essentially correct, and it functions perfectly<\/em> as a die – one side always lands facing up, and all 10 sides are equal, so there’s equal chance of any number coming up.<\/p>\n

Gaming Dice<\/strong><\/a> is my first Expansion Pack<\/strong> pattern – although I have another 9 in the works, and ideas for even more – so I hope I’ve set everything up clearly in the shop so people will understand what exactly they are buying. (If anything is confusing, or you think may be confusing to someone else who hasn’t read the explanation in this post, please do let me know so I can fix it before I bring out any more Expansion Packs!)<\/p>\n

What is an Expansion Pack?<\/h2>\n

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