For various reasons, we’ve delayed the installation of the coral reef in our shop window. This means we’ve got more time to make coral, but also that other fishy activities can go on. And so, the last week or two has found me making a new bollard cover from scraps. I toyed with the idea of more coral, but in the end I decided on a different sea creature.

The grey yarn is some ancient wool mix that’s been hanging around unloved for ages, and the cream belly/fins are made from a bit of West Yorkshire Spinners Colour Lab left over from a mosaic crochet class. The eyes are old buttons, the stuffing is recycled wool waste and the embroidery was done with a scrap of black left over from goodness knows what. The pattern is Shane the Shark from Little Green Bear, worked in DK rather than aran.

Of course a shark does need some sea to provide a home, so I’m currently working on the bollard cover, using scrap yarn – mainly acrylic, but the top is the same WYS wool as Shane’s belly and fins. It is an adaptation of Attic 24’s Neat Ripple pattern which I’ve used in various projects before.

Of course we also continue to make crochet corals with all sorts of scrap yarn… all will be revealed in a few weeks time.

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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 folk often publish a ScrapHappy post, do check them out:

Kate,  Gun, Eva,  Sue, Lynda, Birthe, Turid, Edi,  Tracy, Jan (me), Moira, Sandra, Chris, Alys, Claire, Jean, Jon, Dawn, Jule, Gwen, Sunny, Kjerstin, Sue L, Vera, Nanette, Ann, Dawn 2, Carol, Preeti, Viv, Lynn and Tierney

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.