Amigurumi penguin

I discovered what kind of crochetter I am.
I am the crochetter that makes cute but useless things. And what is cute and useless at the same time? An amigurumi penguin!
Actually, it's a birthday gift for a friend of mine. When it was my birthday, he and another friend bought me something, and it was so sweet! So I decided I had to give them something sweet back. One of them is crazy about penguins, so I knew what to do.

This is the pattern I used: http://www.ravelry.com/patterns/library/amigurumi-penguin, it's free!

Look at all of my earrings in the background!

Aww, isn't he cute?

I had some leftover black and white yarn from my panda hat, and I just bought the yarn to make a fox hat, so I had all the colours I needed. The yarn I used calls for 6 to 7 mm crochet hook, but I used 5mm. Maybe that wasn't such a good idea, because when I finished the body, the eyes and the beak, my thumb and my whole hand ached. I was a little too enthousiastic, I guess :)
The only thing I didn't have, were black safety eyes. But I went through my bead stash and thought these blue ones would do great as a replacement. A blue-eyed pinguïn, why not?

Now I'm just waiting untill I see my friend again, I really hope he likes it!