I made a few small adjustments. Whenever I felt comfortable, I crocheted in a continuous spiral rather than sl st at the end of each row. On the feet, when I finished the increase, I started the next row in the back loops to “square off” the feet. For the tail, I didn’t increase to 14 in the second round because I wanted a thinner tail. So I went 7 stitches around until the increases at row 19, then loosely followed the increasing, as much as I could due to the discrepancy in stitches.

The pattern says it should look like a lumpy potato with feet, tail, and head. That was a relief, because that’s basically how it looked after sewing all the bits together. I played yarn chicken and lost with just a little ways to go on the second horn. So while waiting to get more yarn to finish the horn, I started adding the hair to the body.

Adding the hair was a little stressful at first, because I wasn’t sure I was doing it right. Hooking the yarn on was no problem, but I worried about my positioning of the hairs and that it wouldn’t look right. After adding the hair, I gave it a fluff and shake, and the hairs seemed to settle nicely and look fine.

I’ve got the one horn on now, and once the second horn is on, I’ll add the hair to the head. The pattern mentions leaving the smile visible, but there are no real instructions on making a smile. Never mind that banthas actually kind of frown rather than smile. But they do have a prominent mouth. I’m debating whether or not to try adding one. It seems really more like an icon or “loose” representation of a bantha anyway, so it may not be necessary.