Her most recent discovery for me was Crobots, or little crochet robots. And dammit, they are adorable. There were some crochet instructions in the front that seemed pretty straight forward, and I had a hook at home, so I decided to try it out. WRONG IDEA. Crochet is so hard! I can barely see what I'm doing, and the scale for these critters is so small, I'm constantly dropping my wad of yarn and having to start all over. So what the hell. I'm going to learn how to convert these patterns to knitting.
Amigurumi is the art of knitting dolls, but apparently crochet dolls are way more popular. Psh, whatever. Knitting is cooler. These crobots are Amigurumi, and so it shouldn't be too hard to convert them to the knit side, right? I mean, they are basically just shapes, and if I can replicate those shapes, it should be good right?

This is Dogbot. Dogbot is the simplest pattern in the book, and my current test sub- I mean project. He's also one of my favorites in the book, so I figured if I could at least make him, the book would be worth the purchase, even if he isn't crochet.
I didn't have beige yarn, though, so my colors are going to be a little different. Maybe I'll make him more like an ipod.

This would be Dogbot's head so far. I've got the ears on him, and really, it's just a matter of making circles. Or very very tiny hats. And I love hats!

This is dogbot's body on the needles It's the same size and shape as the head, so I know I can do that. The legs and tail are going to be the challenge, I think.
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