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Javin's Gastly

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In addition to the various projects I do as a self-employed artist, I also help at a local afterschool program, assisting with classes like gardening, crafts, and--yes--crochet. One of my students is a little boy named Javin. When he first started at our program, he was unruly and destructive, ignored instructions and tended to do exactly what we told him he shouldn't do. Over the past two years, however, he has improved so much that he has actually become not only one of my favorite students, but one of my favorite PEOPLE. His favorite thing in the world is Pokemon, and his favorite pokemon is the Gastly. To show him how proud I am of him, I made him his very own amigurumi Gastly.

I crocheted the body from black acrylic yarn and used variegated purple yarn to create the "aura" by threading it through and tying it off before fraying each piece by hand. The eyes and mouth are felt, adorned with fabric paint details. It bears my embroidered signature on the back. This piece took forever to make, but it was worth it to see the look on Javin's face when it was finally done.
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Chookums's avatar
Great story behind Gastly's creation, and a great Gastly amigurumi! Not sure which part I like the most :)