Leah🪲

but it's not what it once was. it no longer feels safe and welcoming. it feels stressful and sad.

I had to leave for myself. but that doesn't make it any easier.

it was a pleasure to meet damien again at anime central (with my husband, on our 16th wedding anniversary 😄)

he is always so kind, he recognized me right away, I introduced myself ("I'm Leah") to be polite and he said "oh I know! Leah as in LeahBug." he almost seemed offended that I thought he wouldn't recognize me 😂

finished another gift for damien, our beloved coop matriarch

BATTLE PIGEON

Thank you! Unfortunately, I freehanded most of them, though I did start with 2 base patterns that I'm happy to share:

"Boy doll" base for Laios: https://www.alwaysfreeamigurumi.com/crochet-boy-amigurumi-free-pattern

Pumpkin base for the dryad fruits: https://www.crochet365knittoo.com/large-crochet-pumpkin

I'm definitely happy with how laios and the walking mushroom turned out (especially considering that I freehanded the majority of it), but I'm less happy with the dryad fruits. I worry they're too big? yes, the original idea was to send them to damien with a note saying FOUND SOME but now I'm not sure. also, I will likely see damien in person this year, so maybe I shouldn't mail them at all. also I'm considering trying to make tiny dryad fruits instead (like, proportional to this laios doll), but I'm not sure how it would work.

opinions, please 🙏