Has someone crocheted a different animal in amigurumi than it was supposed to be?

Well... thats happened to me a couple of times. Last time today.

I was trying to crochet a tiger following a free tutorial from youtube (I actually wanted to make a saber-tooth tiger, but the pattern was the same anyway). I chose a really nice yellowish honey-coloured brown for the project. The thing was that the designer/crocheter from the video uses V-single crochet instead of X-single crochet, which is the one I use, so due to the fact that my stitches have more tension than hers, my project tended to be shorter and I had to adjust aaaaaaall time, making more rows, to prevent the body from being too short for a tiger. At the end, while crocheting the head, I think I grew too creative and altered its shape in a way that it ended up looking more like a cats than a tigers.

Now I have a honey-coloured feline with a cattish head (except for the round ears) and a panther/tiger/leopard body. By its shape it looks exactly like a jaguarundi, but the colour is not the correct either.

I have a mixture of frustration and satisfaction. Frustration because I have a feline I dont know what I should do with (maybe a lioness?) and satisfaction because I managed to crochet a jaguarundi (though in the wrong colour), which was something I wanted to make some time (Im actually crocheting a jaguarundi following my same modified pattern!).

I accept suggestions and hope someone else shares their experiences with crocheting a different animal that it was supposed to be!

Crescent-Voyage

I dont crochet animals but I have experienced this in humanoid dolls. Sometimes I wanted to crochet an existing character in some media but it turns out I dont have enough materials (usually yarn in the correct color) so I just go "Oh well, Ill just turn this doll into a new original character"

And honestly, creating your own animal sounds much more fun. Maybe add some more features (wings, horns, etc) and turn it into a mythical creature.

ValiantLuna

I havent had that exact issue, but I do crochet quite tightly which makes it so things come out smaller than intended! Always a bit of a struggle figuring the conversions out :)

WoolySnail

hihi, yes I do recognize ;P, I crochet left handed so sometimes things tend to come out differently. As Crescent-Voyage says, just make your own version :loveliness: