I love to crochet, and since my boyfriend is a huge nerd it works our pretty well because I always have a TON of things to make him. I'm made him a few versions of Link, but he was really interested in him having accessories and I was scrambling to find the easiest way to make a hylian shield when I'm quite terrible at sewing/embroidering details. So, I decided cross-stitch was the easiest solution.
Here is an image of the completed project. I had to make the shield very small to accommodate him. It came out perfect.
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