I've been commissioned to knit a set of toy animals based on this-- I'm really excited about this. I'm not going off of any pattern, just using the things I've learned [and I'll be trying to learn more things, of course]. The picture is only a suggestive guide, and I'm interested to see what I'll come up with. Here's a prototype I knit up over the past couple of days. I had to start over and rip back some pieces, and I'm not totally satisfied with the head, but I believe I'll work out the kinks. Taking a break against some books. With a candy cane [the nearest thing I could grab] for perspective. JD says if I added an angry mouth and some mean eyes, it would look like a voodoo doll. Why he always dissin my knittin? Although: Oh, that's funny! I got mad paint skillz! And you can see the very obvious color change--I ran out of yarn and the next ball was dyed differently. *Ahem*...eh... Stats: Yarn - Sugar n' Cream 100% cotton in oatmeal Needles - size 4 dpn's