Fantastic Crochet buddies give me the best birthday

My birthday has just passed. My two crochet buddies did the best thing anyone could have done for me. Roz gave me a bottle of Pink Truck and Diane put together a notebook of amigurimi patterns for me to use as is or alter to my heart's content. Thank you Ladies - you are the best!
The Pink Truck will come in handy if i get frustrated by a pattern that is the notebook.

Do you have a friend that is "into" a craft of some sort? Take a page from these two ladies. For me the notebook was the best idea. If you have a scrapbooking friend and you sew maybe trims, laces and buttons that are too small for you to use would be appreciated by them. For a sewer, Maybe a decorated box or accordian file for their small things. Quilters appreciate graph paper, colored pencils. fabric scraps and LOTS of safety pins.

Remember the gift that shows you thought about what the person would like is the best type of gift.

Roz and Diane, Thanks again.

Amigurumi Puuchuu

For those of you with no interest in amigurumi, anime, crochet or altering patterns skip this. The rest of you..

This started because I was hitting sites looking for ideas. Someone posted this link on ravelery. For a crocheted Kerochan from Card Captor Sakura. My first thought was OH! I could alter that to make one of the aliens from Excel Saga.

So the pattern alternation saga begins. I have the basic form done now. I have already altered one thing. I made the head a closed ball, it just seemed to not be round enough when attached to the neck. Next the ears, after some playing I decided to chain 25 crochet 1 row starting with doubles for 11 stitches, then half doubles then singles to end. I couled them, and sewed them on.

Next, the diaper.. I decided to make that as a seperate piece and sew that one as well. THe rug beater weapon is a straw witn a chained 'beater. But I am stuck on the antenna. Will post a picture as soon as I get it done.