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© Mother Possum
Pocket Possum
Pocket Possum
© Mousan Land Trust
© Reader’s Digest
© Hobby Lobby
© Hobby Lobby
© Lion Brand
lt pink
lt pink
© Lion Brand
black for legs and ears
black for legs and ears
legs
legs
© Mevlinn Gusick
Pocket Possum
Pocket Possum
© Katie Deline-Ray
photos above © knittothebone
unless otherwise noted
Finished
December 27, 2022
January 17, 2023

Possum family for Luca

Project info
Amigurumi Opossum by Mevlinn Gusick
Pocket 'Possum
Crochet
Softies → Animal
grandson, who loves all animals, bugs and plants
Hooks & yarn
2.75 mm (C)
383 yards
Big Twist (Jo-Ann) Comfy
65 yards in stash
0.3 skeins = 43.2 yards (39.5 meters), 30 grams
Black
C 21009
Black
Jo-Ann Fabric & Crafts in Arizona
February 2, 2022
Lion Brand Mandala
159 yards in stash
0.1 skeins = 59.0 yards (53.9 meters), 15 grams
249 Meowth
18110-2022-03
Walmart
September 7, 2022
Yarn Bee Must Be Merino
none left in stash
0.8 skeins = 181.6 yards (166.1 meters), 80 grams
3 Silver Grey
54314
Gray
Hobby Lobby in Arizona
June 20, 2022
Yarn Bee Must Be Merino
45 yards in stash
0.35 skeins = 79.5 yards (72.6 meters), 35 grams
White
54313
White
Hobby Lobby in Arizona
August 6, 2022
Yarn Bee Sweet Minis
88 yards in stash
0.2 skeins = 20.0 yards (18.3 meters), 8 grams
Ruby Roo
70104
Multicolored
Hobby Lobby in Arizona
June 20, 2022
Notes

Incredible design.

Possum have prehensile tails, so, placed yarn wrapped wire in the tails, extending well into the body.

Secured magnets inside the top of the body. Secured magnets on the underside of the babies so they can ride on the mother. Care must be taken when including magnets into a toy.

Added a pouch to the underside of the mother with pocket possum inside.

Made 8 babies as written and one smaller one as a runt.
The runt fits in the pouch.

Used about half skein (110 y) of gray yarn for the adult.

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Finished
December 27, 2022
January 17, 2023
About this pattern
Amigurumi Opossum
by Mevlinn Gusick
from MevvSan
17 projects, in 30 queues
knittothebone's overall rating
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knittothebone's adjectives for this pattern
  1. superb design
  2. creative and unique
  3. realistic
About this yarn
Mandala
by Lion Brand
DK
100% Acrylic
590 yards / 150 grams

35925 projects

stashed 22410 times

knittothebone's star rating
knittothebone's adjectives for this yarn
  1. useful for amigurumi
  2. nice color combinations
About this yarn
Must Be Merino
by Yarn Bee
DK
50% Merino, 25% Acrylic, 25% Nylon
227 yards / 100 grams

2372 projects

stashed 1782 times

knittothebone's star rating
knittothebone's adjectives for this yarn
  1. pretty darn nice yarn, gotta say.
About this yarn
Sweet Minis
by Yarn Bee
DK
100% Acrylic
100 yards / 40 grams

307 projects

stashed 527 times

knittothebone's star rating
knittothebone's adjectives for this yarn
  1. rich colors
  2. practical
About this yarn
Comfy
by Big Twist (Jo-Ann)
Bulky
100% Acrylic
144 yards / 100 grams

46 projects

stashed 85 times

knittothebone's star rating
knittothebone's adjectives for this yarn
  1. versatile and utilitarian
  2. deep colors and good color selection
  3. quite splitty, and I’m very tolerant of that, more than other people .
  • Originally queued: July 9, 2022
  • Project created: December 26, 2022
  • Finished: January 17, 2023
  • Updated: July 2, 2023
  • Progress updates: 8 updates