I’m curious… when you say “circular needle”- I assume you mean knitting? Did you knit the color panels and stitch them together? Or is it all knit as one piece?

Also, out of curiosity, have you tried crocheting? There’s a lot of patterns for a lot of stuffies (including the Japanese art of amo-I’m-not-even-going-to-spell-it)

Buttons is sure to be loved by whoever he goes to , though. Quite the adorable hippo.