When I first glanced over the pattern, I had assumed it would be fairly easy to quickly crochet. However, things got rough within ten minutes. The pattern actually was a little more complicated than I expected, and called for the chaining of the two ears together to form a unified row:
I messed up at one point and lost a few stitches, so my stitch count was off for the rest of the piece.
I kind of just ignored the fact that my stitch count did not correspond exactly with that of the pattern, and just improvised when I needed too.
The next problem came from all the color changing due to the striped pattern. I learned it wasn't the best idea to not cut each strand of yarn after each color change, no matter how lazy I was feeling. Leaving the strands of yarn attached to each piece resulted in kind of a bridge-like structure on the inside of the piece:
Once I stuffed the cat, however, I was able to hide a lot of the imperfections. I embroidered on a nose and smile and attached the front paws and tail at the end.
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