Well, I love how this Tommy Tiger (free pattern from Lion Brand Yarn) turned out! I am still amazed how quickly amigurumi works up. I guess it’s mainly because you work in single crochet stitches in the round without joining, so you just go around and around and around, and then voila! You are done in a matter of hours. For me so far, the most difficult part is stitching the faces, but hopefully, I’ll get better at it as I do more of them.

This is the first of hopefully two tigers that I will be giving to my nephews next month as little extras for their birthdays. Skimpy, at least, seemed to like it, though some of this insistence to be in the photo was probably because he just wanted my attention. He’s 15 years old, so he sleeps most of the time, but when he’s awake, look out! He must have your attention, and “no” is not in his vocabulary.