if at first you don't succeed... TRI-ceratops!

it's been quite some time since i've shown you anything i made out of yarn, hasn't it? this is not because i haven't been knitting or crocheting, but (rather more embarrassingly) because i've been an incredibly lazy so-and-so about FINISHING my projects once the knitting or crocheting of all the bits is completed. i currently have all the parts for two crobots, a couple of other ami's, and several barbie doll sweaters sitting idly in a knitting bag; i mention this in hopes the shame of revealing it publicly will spur me on!

actually, i think that step might be redundant, because the thing that really motivates me is seeing a photo of a fabulous project when it stops being parts and is instead a proper little character, like... ohhhhhhhhhhh i dunno... THIS GUY right here?!

he is for nephew matthew, of course, whose ♥5th♥ birthday party (how is that possible??!) will take place later today. i used this easy-to-follow crochet pattern by june gilbank, available at planet june; the same place i got the pattern for horace the stegosaurus, whom i made for matthew earlier this year. i just hope stegosauruses and triceratopses are not natural enemies or anything. that would be embarrassing!!! :)

i'm linking this up at my lovely friend carla's new challenge site, anything but a card--because she doesn't just mean any PAPERCRAFT except a card, she means ANY craft at all!!! the current challenge is for projects which incorporate texture. this little guy is quite nubbly, so i think that counts! and now i am off to wrap him up, and place him in a cool dino-themed gift bag i made, which i will show you... tomorrow? (or whenever i get around to uploading the photos, lol!) :)

♥happy saturday, darlings!!!♥