I made this cute little Wooper for my boyfriend. His name’s Lil’ Cap’n after his Wooper in his HeartGold Pokemon game.

He’s a male Wooper because he has more branches on his gills- females have only 2 branches coming off of each gill and they’re smaller. And he’s a normal Wooper because he’s made with the traditional light blue body, light purple gills, and dark blue belly stripes. I’m thinking of doing a shiny Wooper in the future (would have a light pink body, red gills, and magenta belly stripes).

I started him a couple years ago, but I put him down because I got frustrated while making the purple gills. But, I picked him back up recently and figured it out. I used the author’s suggestion and made 4 purple gills and whip-stitched them together.

I cut out his mouth and eyes with colored felt and then super-glued it on. I made his smile similar to the one I gave Kirby and I gave him Anime eyes. He’s so excited that he closed his eyes when he smiled. :)

Notes about the yarn: I bought the yarn before it was vintage and I have tons of leftovers. I might use it to make a Quagsire Pokemon. The dark blue yarn was hard to find in the right shade. I ended up using a super bulky yarn and split it lengthwise in half so that it was the right thickness. I really don’t recommend this for large projects. It was a PITA.

All in all I think I did a great job and my boyfriend is super happy with him! :)

Pictures:

Pictures 1-4: I took these with the flash on.
Pictures 5-8: I took these with the flash off.

Picture 9: This shows how I made the gills. The 2 on the left are gills made per the pattern instructions. The 1 on the right is 2 of those gills whip-stitched together with the same color yarn. The whip-stitched gills look nicer and are much sturdier. I sewed the gills together with the fronts facing each other, because I didn’t like the “holes” that formed on the front when I crocheted them. You can see the “holes” on the 2 single gills in this picture.

Pictures 10-12: I don’t own these pictures. I used them as reference photos. They can be found here on Bulbapedia.