Crocheting the head and body were a snap on #2. I found my second go around to be much much much easier as I found I was developing a knack for increasing and decreasing after attempt #1, Ninja. I whipped up the head, body and collar in about 2 or 3 hours. It was the hair that just about did me in... and I think it's the hair that makes Corporate Zombie an intermediate level project. You are literally chaining yarn into rows of fringe which you later hand-sew onto his noggin. Sounds easy. Not so much. It amounted to about 5 hours of me constantly refering back to the book and saying aloud, "Hook behind the yarn, string in front of the yarn." or whatever order it was. Once I had all that hair in place and strategically tacked down, I did get to give him a hair cut. Reminded me of the good ole days with my Barbie.
Also, this was the project that cemented for me the fact that I absolutely cannot (imperative) do detailed crochet involving increasing/decreasing and any sort of counting while watching tv (or within 100 yards of a tv, really) or any music. Or general conversation. So, if you ever see me hovering over the lifeless, unstuffed body of a potentially creepy &/or cute doll, do me a favor and keep your cakehole zipped.
If I did Corporate Zombie again, I think there are details I have since mastered from which he could benefit. All the same, he's cute, he gets a giggle whenever people see him and I learned a little more.
Side Note: Corporate Zombie now has permanent residence on my sister's desk at work where he reminds her that the bloodthirsty undead are meant to be laughed at.
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