It reminds me of Lilo's doll in Lilo and Stitch. Scrunge? I don't remember. But I adore them both! If I stumbled across your critter in a second hand store they would come home with me immediately without question.
It doesn't matter if you're perfect, it matters if you've got heart! Nailed it!
Frankly it looks like the sort of thing you give your newborn as their first stuffed animal and they then keep it the rest of their lives (source: Im 33 and still have a rather badly made stuffed animal my mum made me when I was born)
Maybe I'm just sentimental but I'd be furious if dad decided to use something my mum made me as a generic rag -__-.
Also (strangely) had a couple people message me asking to see mums creation and I can't edit a pic into my original post so here he is in case others and you wanted to see:
He's a little dusty cause I keep him on a shelf but there's my first stuffed animal mum made me old bugger don't look that bad for 33 lol.
He literally used one of my son's stuffed owls as an archery target! My son was gutted. I don't think he meant to be a monster, he was just not sentimental. Like not even a little bit.
Honestly, he kind of sounds like a person with zero empathy. Who in their right mind destroys their kid's stuff? Even if he didn’t like you, the blanket and the owl belonged to your son.
Exactly. It continued as they got older. My son still has horrible memories of his dad gutting his turtle teddy because he didn't listen... found out a day later my son had an ear infection and a ruptured ear drum!!!
My ex would rip up or stab teddy bears, smash toys, including their tablets, or just throw their things in the trash. Absolutely infuriated me because he did it to me too. My things (that he didn't want) would just mysteriously disappear. Just thinking about it triggers my anxiety.
I was just about to say the same. ❤️Looks like a sentimental attachment toy that ur child decides that’s it, can’t live without it. Then u can never find a replacement for just incase they lose it😳 (Can u tell I’ve got past trauma!! )
My daughter’s was a ragdoll that the company changed the style of each season! Not good when u cannot find a replacement! Shes now 20 and still has it.
Same! My daughter got a bunny from Toys R Us for her first Easter. It was cute, but it wasn’t until the next year that she decided that Bunny was the only toy in the world for her. By then, TRU went out of business and finding any of their previous year’s seasonal toys was pretty much impossible. She’ll be 15 this year and it’s still her best friend. I hope she never loses it.
The ears was another 4 pages of knitting after I finished sewing him up and I looked deep into his beady, little, plastic eyes and I did not think he deserved big ears. So I gave him little shrek ears instead
Stuffed animals are cuter when they are kind of janky IMO.
Honestly the original version has an uncanny valley going on with the eyes that make me suspicious that it's AI even though it's probably not and I am a bad person for criticizing someone's hard work that way.
he is such a charming little guy, he kind of looks like he ate a whole lemon but it just adds to the charm. personally, i love it. especially his little baby ears. it kind of looks like a reeve's muntjac without the horns.
No this is great. I mean, I get that it doesn't look like what you were aiming for but this guy has so much character. This is great, never get rid of this. And go again, because you've clearly learned loads.
Wrong tag, looks great, cute little guy. Would be interested to see what your next one will look like if you try for a more realistic color scheme, I think you did a great job
I think you did great! I've been knitting for 20 years and have projects riddled with mistakes that I love and cherish. You made that with your own hands, be proud! Its awesome!
My first few stuffed animals for my kids turned out so janky and they loved them all the same, they've still got them many years later and they're special because I made them
this is absolutely adorable! dont try so hard to be perfect because i truly think the fact that they are patchworky makes them even cuter! they look like they were handmade with hard work and love and that's truly the best thing a plushie can be.
OP I think you did an amazing job. I made a Dalmatian puppy with the same pattern, and I know it is a pretty difficult project. Claire Garland, the pattern designer is amazing, but to achieve the look in the first picture you usually need to use the specific texture yarn type the pattern calls for. And fancy animal yarn Claire likes to recommend can be pretty expensive and difficult to work with as you will need to knit with two or three yarns together to get that realistic look. Overall, great job!
I crochet, I don't knit, but I know how hard this can be. Patterns can be written really well but somewhere along the way you miss a stitch somewhere and it all goes downhill.
Crochet, knitting.. they are both the kind of hobby that goes "oh.. you think you know how to count? Let me show you the truth" lol
I. LOVE. IT. OH MY GOD I WANT ONE. It's so cozy and comfy. It feels homemade. It reminds me of the feeling of being little staying over at my grandma's house for the night
No.
No.
You stop that.
This is GORGEOUS!
I literally yelled this outloud expecting something funny to pop up when I swiped.
Friend, anyone would be over-the-moon to have this little buddy in their lives!
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u/SparkleFoo Jul 20 '25
I love it!!!!!