Definitely not wasted time, those are great! And nothing says you can’t do both. I learned to crochet on a JoCo cruise - your Cthulhus would be well received there for sure I’m sure

I’ve got one of these living with me

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=XNyUALnj8V0

Perhaps a nice egg would help

Little kid me would agree about the difficulty with the “sp” cluster. “Spoon” came out as “psoon”.