Every few months I run a competition on Mastodon in which I invite my followers to post a photo of what they would like me to make. The winner receives a free crochet toy of the thing they posted with free postage to anywhere in the world. The current competition is running in October, with the winner to be announced on Halloween. If you would like to enter you just need a Mastodon account and you need to follow me.
The winning entries from the previous competitions are shown below:

Toby the Dog
This was the winner of the first competition I ran on Mastodon. The lady was a lovely friend of mine – we are all friends over there 🙂 . Toby had passed away, but the new Toby, which flew all the way to the States, now sits on the chair with her. She was so kind that she sent me an Emotional Support Chicken and a little happy pip in the return post, bless her 🙂 Toby was made with a combination of normal acrylic yarn and eyelash yarn.
Bella the Cat
This was the second competition winner, and was another beloved pet who had sadly passed away. The crochet toy version was made with very soft, fluffy yarn and the softness came out in the personality of the toy, which is very huggable. This toy too flew all the way to the USA to another lovely friend there.


Winky Pug
The latest competition winner – another lovely American lady on Mastodon – had entered previously when Winky was sick, but this time Winky had unfortunately passed away and I was very glad that she was drawn from the hat on this occasion. Winky was made from a combination of very soft teddy yarn with highlights of eyelash yarn around her ears and top of the head.