Started yesterday. Got the body finished in one night; putting off starting the rest. (#_#)

Wooper is one of my favourite Pokemon Silver characters after the mutant sheep, aka Mareep/Flaaffy/Ampharos. Too bad I always jettison him after he morphs into the ugly Quagsire.

The plush turned out to be much larger than I expected; an actual full sized plush. I’m hoping to keep the Wooper for myself, but I fear my son will insist on having him…

Update 2/17/2011

So…I wasn’t happy with the first Wooper body and restarted the project. Same yarn, same hook, but with crazy tight tension. Now, Wooper is half the size of the first. (^=^)/

Now Wooper is basically finished. All the components are stitched; I just need to attach everything. Really, that’s the worst part about amigurumi. All those little arms, gills and stripes everywhere.

I’m also working on my son’s birthday gift (that I’ve put off too long), so I’m not sure when Wooper will be completed.

Update 2/18/2011

Got the stripes, feet and tail attached. Getting very close to finishing.

Update 6/28/2011

Finally got the urge to finish the Wooper. I redid the purple stripes because they were a bit messy the first time around.

I used felt for the eyes. If I had thought far enough ahead, I would have preferred to use safety eyes instead of felt.

The little antennae are too droopy for my liking. I’m thinking of adding some wire to them.