warning: ancient crone blood

As promised, here are pictures of the amigurumi dog. I do not recommend the pattern, as you knit all the separate pieces and then sew them and stuff them and then sew them together. I suppose it's good if you like sewing, which I do, but I somehow don't like it as much in combination with knitting. Too many steps. I kept thinking, "Elizabeth Zimmerman would not approve of this pattern. She would have come up with some way to make it all in one piece."

It is very cute, though, and I hope my nephew likes it. It is part of my devious plan to make him like dogs. Currently dogs are his favorite animal, so I think it is working.
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Pattern is here if you are feeling masochistic. You will note that I opted not to embroider paw pads on the arms and legs because I was fed up at that point and wanted to be done.

cross-posted to my knitting