Thursday, March 22, 2007

 

My Deformed Neighbor Totoro -- first amigurumi

So this is my first 3D item, and boy, was it a learning experience. I learned why people use stitch markers. I learned that I still don't like sewing. And I learned that darn, Totoros are cute. This guy has a lot of beginner mistakes -- the eyes aren't quite aligned (they're not as bad as they look in the first picture, though -- the kid isn't holding it up straight) and the ears aren't stuffed right so they kinda look like rejected parsnips. But my kid says it still looks pretty good, and I'm inclined to agree -- I'm just stupid proud of the way he turned out. Unfortunately, now I've got both kids begging me to make stuffed animals for them -- one wants complicated Pokemon and one wants unicorns. It is an exercise to the reader to match the gender of the child to the requested item.

From this great pattern.



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