Crochet Mudkip -finished project

I was in the middle of crocheting a reindeer for a Christmas decoration when the kid asked me if I could make him a Mudkip. First I told him after the reindeer but since he's only here for the weekend I put down my project and started on his.

This is  Mudkip from the Pokemon game:

This is what I made (yes only the head, I ran out of wool) :

Since it was short notice, I pulled wool from my stash - the kid has no idea that he has butter soft Italian wool - it's actually too nice of a yarn for something that'll dangle from his backpack but the colours were right. The head is about 4" across. I did not create it from scratch - I did use a pattern, why reinvent the wheel right?

I have had the buttons for years, always wondered what I could do with them - they seem to be perfect for this project. Again, a detail lost on a kid but that wasn't the point, was it? I'm pretty pleased with this one.

And by the way  - I still have't finished that reindeer....

Squiddly Dudley - Completed

Time last week was largely eaten up by the acquisition of a new printer. My old one had been dying for about 2 months "print head failure" "inkjet system failure" blah, blah, blah.

This time I got a 4in1 laser printer (yes, because people still send faxes), but it is B-I-G! I had it all set up on my desk, which felt very overwhelming and intrusive, then Jp came home from a trip, and surveyed my work space and as he was looking around the room, his eyes went to the top of my filing cabinet - ah hah! That's where it should have gone! He didn't even say anything - but as soon as he looked there, the idea came to me. So back to the drawing board - more office space re-arranging, which spilled into my Saturday as well. Although I did get lots of stuff organized and cleared out, I did not get much other stuff done (besides, meals, dog walking [including getting caught in heavy rain and hail] and laundry that is).

I did however, manage to complete this guy (which goes in the charity gift pile):

Squiddly Dudley - WIP

I'm working on another amigurumi as a quick 'in between' project, here he is, with only 5 legs made:

 

From "Super-Cute Crochet" by Nicki Trench (details on my Ravelry page under "wayoutwear")

If you'd like to know more, a book review can be found here.