Have you ever had one of those moments where you just didn't use your brain, and made an extremely stupid decision that made you feel like a complete idiot, and you can't help but feel embarrassed or ashamed of yourself for doing it? I'm sure we've all had at least one of those moments in our lives...



What did I do you may ask?...







Well, I bought something off of Etsy (I heard the site had some top-notch custom-made stuff worth buying), which appeared to be a 9 inch tall hand-made crochet doll of Pain-Yatta from Skylanders. When I saw the price of only $8, without thinking I got excited and hit the Buy button faster than lightning! But it wasn't until after I bought it that I realized just how stupid I was at that very moment. Turns out what I bought wasn't a fully pre-made crochet doll, but was actually a PDF file that contained instructions on how to make your own Pain-Yatta crochet doll... Let that sink in... Now some people might be thinking that this was a scam or deceiving marketing ploy, but it wasn't, I'm the one who fucked up. Not only did the description specifically state that it was instructions and not an actual doll, but the frickin title of the listing flat out said "PATTERN:" in large bold letters! I should've known it was too good to be true (the price alone should've made it obvious enough for me), but somehow I was too fucking stupid and ignorant to read the damn thing before I bought it! Before you ask, no, this has never happened with anything else I've ever bought online on any other site, which just made me feel even more stupid, because I had a solid history of carefully buying things online, reading every detail and knowing exactly what I'm getting before I make a final decision. So I don't know how or why I fucked up this time! Did my brain suddenly shut down and go into a temporary Idiot-Mode before it rebooted? Did my love of Skylanders get the better of me and make a complete fool out of myself? Honestly I don't know, and I don't wanna find out either...



Now granted this isn't the stupidest thing I've ever done in my entire life, far from it. I've done much stupider things in my youth, but it's normal for people to do stupid things when they're young, as their brains aren't fully developed yet. But for my current time and age right now (I'm 21 and in College, and not to mention I also graduated with Honours! Not trying to brag or anything), this is just a whole new level of stupid for me! In the wise words of AVGN... WHAT WAS I THINKING?!!!





Now this was an honest mistake (and an incredibly stupid one at that), and I don't think there's a way to fix it since I already paid for it. But maybe there is something I can do to make up for it.



Instead of letting that money go to waste, I might as well put what I bought to good use. The instructions seem elaborate enough to make one successfully. While I don't know how to crochet, but maybe I'd be willing to try (I heard it's easier than knitting)



Or better yet, instead of keeping this all to myself, I decided to share this as a gift to all of you! If any of you want to make your own Pain-Yatta crochet doll, now you can! (provided you have the tools required to build it)



Fell free to download the file right here! Hopefully you'll get a better use out of it than me.