I’ve been waiting a while to be able post this month’s ScrapHappy creation. This particular scrappy chappy was made about two months ago, but he was a present and needed posting. When he was completed we were only going out once a week and trying to avoid unnecessary activities, so he didn’t get mailed straight away. Then, once dispatched, he took several weeks to arrive at his destination because Australia is a long way for someone with such short legs. However, I have received news that he has arrived, so I can share him with a wider audience. So, I echid-you-not, this month’s ScrapHappy is an echidna:
The pale wool was left over from a cardigan, the dark wool from some hedgehogs and the stuffing was some brown wool tops remaining from and ancient, abandoned piece of work.
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I’ve been inspired to write this (and future) ScrapHappy posts by Kate, Tall Tales from Chiconia. On the fifteenth of every month lots of folks often publish a ScrapHappy post, do check them out:
Kate (me!), Gun, Titti, Heléne, Eva, Sue, Nanette, Lynn, Lynda,
Birthe, Turid, Susan, Cathy, Debbierose, Tracy, Jill, Claire, Jan,
Moira, Sandra, Linda, Chris, Nancy, Alys, Kerry, Claire, Jean,
Joanne, Jon, Hayley, Dawn, Gwen, Connie, Bekki, Pauline, Sue L,
Sunny and Kjerstin
If you fancy joining, contact Kate and she’ll add you to the list. It would be lovely to see more non-sewing posts, but any use of scraps is welcome.
The Snail of Happiness 
Laurie Graves
/ July 15, 2020Adorable! Glad he made it safely to Australia.
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The Snail of Happiness
/ July 15, 2020It’s like he’s gone home!
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lifebyacompassnotaclock
/ July 15, 2020That’s totally adorable 😍
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The Snail of Happiness
/ July 15, 2020But a right fiddle to make all those spines!
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Wild Daffodil
/ July 15, 2020Well!! I had never heard of an Echidna before and looked it up. What an extraordinary creature. My grandson, aged 10, loves all things weird and wonderful, so I sent him a link to a site with 10 Fun Facts about Echidna. I am so happy to be introduced to them and yours is adorable.
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The Snail of Happiness
/ July 15, 2020One of the best things about echidnas is that the young are called puggles
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Tracy @ It's a T-Sweets Day!
/ July 15, 2020What an adorable use of that scrappy wool yarn! I think this Echidna must be the happiest one around!❤️❤️
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The Snail of Happiness
/ July 15, 2020I think it made it’s recipient (now back in lockdown) smile anyway
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Nice Piece of Work
/ July 15, 2020He is the bomb!
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The Snail of Happiness
/ July 15, 2020And unique for me … I’m never making another as he was such a fiddle to do!
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Nice Piece of Work
/ July 15, 2020Hahahahaha I’ve made a few things in the past that I swore never to make again. Life is too short !
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nanacathy2
/ July 15, 2020He’s very well travelled and rather handsome.
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The Snail of Happiness
/ July 15, 2020They are Australian, so it was a case of ‘coals to Newcastle’, but hey never mind.
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tialys
/ July 15, 2020Love his curly locks 😍
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The Snail of Happiness
/ July 15, 2020I had to modify the way I made them, otherwise I’d still be at it!
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Rainbow Junkie
/ July 15, 2020What fun. He looks delightful; love all his spines.
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The Snail of Happiness
/ July 15, 2020They took SOOO long to make
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katechiconi
/ July 15, 2020What a cutie! But why are you sending echinas to Australia? Coals to Newcastle, etc? Either way, he’s a lot softer and more lovely than the real thing. A less fun fact about them is that their quills are immensely hard, very ‘dirty’ and also hollow. Truck drivers dread seeing them because on the road – if they run over one, the quills will pierce a tyre and slowly deflate it. Tyre repair places will not touch them after that because of the danger of infection when removing the quill.
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The Snail of Happiness
/ July 15, 2020Now, that I didn’t know.
His new owner (who may say hello here) is a fan of them and I have wanted to make her one for ages… this was the first pattern I’ve seen.
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katechiconi
/ July 15, 2020They are very endearing, but must be treated with respect. I love their long wiffly noses!
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Going Batty in Wales
/ July 15, 2020He’s lovely! And his quills will be soft. We used to have a cat called puggles but I had never heard of echidnas before today. I hope he likes his new home and is safe from his relatives.
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The Snail of Happiness
/ July 15, 2020apparently, he’s currently living on a bookshelf, so he should be ok
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Quimper Hitty
/ July 15, 2020A glorious Echidna indeed, and as he comes from the snail (and has short legs), it is not surprising that he took his time getting to Australia! I am glad you posted his picture!
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The Snail of Happiness
/ July 15, 2020ah… snail mail…
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Kim
/ July 15, 2020He’s gorgeous!
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The Snail of Happiness
/ July 15, 2020thank you
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cedar51
/ July 16, 2020enchanting as some have said, definitely a labour of love with those “quills”
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quietwatercraft
/ July 17, 2020I thought echidna as soon as I saw him! Very effective, and I’m glad he made it all that way safely.
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