One of our regular Knit Nighters has moved away and so we will only be seeing her when she comes up for an occasional visit. Before she left, however, she witnessed the creation of the alpacadillo and she was besotted. I didn’t have time to make her one of her own before she left, so this little chap will have to go in the post:
His head, body, limbs and tail are made from the remains of a ball of wool from Sophie, but I can’t remember what the shell is an oddment from… anyway, it was lurking in a basket of small left-over balls, so I clearly made something out of it at some time (I do know it’s one of the last remaining bits from the sadly missed company Colinette). This critter is 100% wool, so not an alpacadillo, but a scrapadillo, I think. It’s going to live in Swindon.
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I’ve been inspired to write this (and future) ScrapHappy posts by Kate, who provides links to other (mostly sewing) ScrapHappy bloggers at Tall Tales from Chiconia on the fifteenth of every month… do check them out.
The Snail of Happiness 
katechiconi
/ July 15, 2018I can well understand the besottedness… This one is lovely, and his shell is made up from some of my favourite colours 🙂 All your ‘dillos are such perfect little scrap-user-uppers!
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Wild Daffodil
/ July 15, 2018Super Cute!!!!!
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thecontentedcrafter
/ July 15, 2018Isn’t that a lovely use of scrap bits! I like the way he fits into his shell too. I keep meaning to catch up with Kate and never seem to make it 🙂 I’ve just finished making a poncho mostly from the left overs of the yarn for the Persian tiles. The gift that keeps on giving 🙂 xo
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wybrow1966
/ July 15, 2018Oh my goodness – he is so cute!
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nanacathy2
/ July 15, 2018Swindon needs all the help it can from a scrapadillo, love it , tell it to watch out for dragons, unicorns and Little Miss F!
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juliascreativeyear
/ July 15, 2018Ooh I love the colour of his shell.
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colorpencil2014
/ July 15, 2018so incredibly adorable!!!
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arlingwoman
/ July 15, 2018What a cute little armadillo! I like the shell and the way he seems to be searching for bugs when he’s out of it and standing. Armadillos actually rattle when they run, but I bet yours is pretty stealthy.
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insearchofitall
/ July 16, 2018It couldn’t be cuter if you had planned it with new yarn, It’s adorable.
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KerryCan
/ July 16, 2018Wait–does he fold up into his shell and then re-emerge?! That is so cute!
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The Snail of Happiness
/ July 16, 2018Oh yes… he can be quite an introvert sometimes.
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Ann Pole
/ July 16, 2018Awwww, that is unbelievably cute! XX
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claire93
/ July 17, 2018awwwwwww he is too cute!
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thecraftersapprentice
/ July 17, 2018oh he’s gorgeous!!!
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TammiePainter
/ July 17, 2018I love these little things!
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Kim
/ July 17, 2018That is just so cute. Is the pattern available somewhere?
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The Snail of Happiness
/ July 17, 2018It’s on Ravely… just search for a crochet armadillo!
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dezertsuz
/ July 21, 2018What a wonderful little guy! Head on, he sort of reminds me of Alf, but I love his scrappy shell.
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Laurie Graves
/ July 23, 2018Utterly adorable! Across the pond, I am besotted.
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