Made a schoolgirl error and instead of using “fingering” yarn I used DK. The hippo was very big :-) It swallowed up 3 bags of toy stuffing. I loved this pattern. There were a lot of pentagons, hexagons, octagons etc to make but it was really well planned out by the designer and once I assembled them all correctly it made a good hippo shape. (I had to pin labels to each shape so I could make sure they matched the construction diagrams). I wanted to line the hippo with pink satin but realised it wouldn’t stretch the same as the crochet so I hand stitched satin onto the back of the shapes leaving the grey borders unbacked then pushed in pink satin inside the hippo at any places where the stuffing showed.I made the eyes out of felt pieces and sewed them on. Pleased with how he came out. Gave him to my grand-daughter today on her christening.