Note: I worked three versions of the body. The first one, I was unhappy that once I began the reduction rounds the stitiches seemed to get looser and looser so I started over. The second one I actually stuffed and moved on to the remaining body parts. As I got ready to put everything together I was unhappy seeing stuffing between the stitches. I decided I would scale down my G hook to an F for rows 2 through 24 of the body, switching to an E hook for the remainder. This kept everything nice and tight and I was very happy with the results.

While I simply love how this turned out it will probably be awhile before I do another one because in my efforts to keep everything tight as a tick I wore out my hands… they ache like a mo’fo’!!