My New Friend

Hello again blogland! It's been far too long since my last post and a lot has happened... for starters I spent the month of July in California! I was worried that my needles would be taken away on the airplane that I didn't bring ANY KNITTING! I know right... my hands were itching to dig back into some yarn again. The only thing that I did bring was a plastic bag made out of plastic bag yarn. I haven't finished it but I am working on it. I have a few other projects to show but this little guy is the cutest so far and is 100% stash!

Project: Blue Totoro
Hook: US F
Yarn: Some Lion Brand Cotton Ease I've been meaning to get rid of. Its' blue I swear but sometimes it photographs as a dusty purple color
Mods: I did trim down the size of the ears a bit, the pattern called for some ginormous ones that I thought would be ridiculous. The tummy is also A LOT smaller than the pattern called for. I crocheted the right size and it didn't end up fitting the body of my precious friend so I ripped back until I thought it would be small enough then I crocheted another two rounds in plain sc.
Overall: I absolutely love this pattern and the movie he came from. If I had gray yarn I would have made the large Totoro with a leaf. I just love the movie. I might go stash-digging tomorrow to see if I have any white to make his buddy to go along with him.

I promise I will be back soon with more pictures of projects I am behind on... pinky swear!