Making the Best of It

When doing my first ever crochet toy where I had to switch colours, I couldn't figure out why it kept getting fatter and fatter. Turns out, every time I changed colours I would add a stitch!

Once I realised what I was doing I was tempted to pull the stitches out and start again... until I realised that he resembled one of the little spirits who follows Totoro around in My Neighbour Totoro (the one on the right in that photo). So I turned my mistake into possibly the best thing I have made so far!

Sometimes, life is what you make of it :D

PS: Totoro Blue makes a great chess piece...