All that stress got channeled into more projects. Since I'm a nerd through and through, my crafting became distinctively Pokemon themed. And this time, I didn't have patterns to work off of. They are completely my own design.
Bellossom
The broken toe turned into a fairly elaborate project. The pain and limited mobility got channeled into this grass Pokemon, with little individual leaves needing to be made, arranged, secured, and somewhat glued. Flowers were important. And I needed five different colored yarns and another three different colored felts to complete it.
It helped that I was procrastinating something else. I had another project I was working on and I misplaced my crochet hook for it (I'm always losing the small one). Limited mobility means I couldn't search for it very well, which meant that project I was working on was effectively stalled. Thus, let's start a new project!
I think it turned out well, no?
Poliwag
Current project is a water Pokemon. This one doesn't need quite so much yarn, but I needed to use up my navy one. To be honest, this didn't even make a dent in my navy yarn, so I'm gonna have to come up with another project for it. Also I totally put the belly swirl on backwards but HEY who's gonna care? Not like there was a pattern for this little guy anyway......
This has gotta be the fastest project I've ever done. Gluing, sewing, and crocheting the little things, Poliwag took roughly three days to finish. If I started him on a Saturday instead of a Sunday (in which I should really go to bed at a decent time so I can get up for work on Monday), then he probably would've been done same-day.
Let's see you make something that fast
Since there's still plenty of stress to go around, it's on to the next project! I'm thinking a cat, but I've got blacks, reds, yellows, greens, and blues leftover from other projects, so who knows what it'll be.
