So remember when I crocheted that lion? The same book has a pattern for a pretty adorable giraffe. Of course, giraffes are my favorite animal, so I had to try it. All went well, until the end, when it just told me to “make a face.” I looked at the picture of the finished product for guidance, but they used for real plastic stuffed animal eyes. I thought I could probably just make do with yarn, and eventually ended up with:
At first you think he’s creepy, but after awhile his ugliness is kind of endearing
I don’t know how I feel. Maybe I’ll make a whole series of stuffed animals from this book, and they’ll all be normal until the face, which will be weird and kind of terrifying. Steven doesn’t like how it watches him. I plan on setting it on his sleeping chest for him to wake up to any morning now.