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Roly Poly for Luca
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Green Lantern: outer plates
Green Lantern: outer plates
Ivy Snowbell: body, antennae and ventral feelers
Ivy Snowbell: body, antennae and ventral feelers
© Emmy Scanga
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Finished
January 16, 2023
April 18, 2023

Roly Poly for Luca

Project info
Bug Beetle & Bumble Amigurumi by Emmy Scanga
Crochet
Softies → Animal
grandson, per dad’s request
Hooks & yarn
2.75 mm (C)
3.25 mm (D)
198 yards = 0.45 skeins
Dream in Color Jilly
none left in stash
0.25 skeins = 110.0 yards (100.6 meters), 28 grams
19 Green Lantern
hand dyed
Green
The Yarn Store at Nob Hill in Albuquerque, New Mexico
March 2, 2018
Dream in Color Jilly
88 yards in stash
0.2 skeins = 88.0 yards (80.5 meters), 22 grams
527 Ivy Snowbell
hand dyed
Green
The Yarn Store at Nob Hill in Albuquerque, New Mexico
March 2, 2018
Notes

Used a smaller hook for the main body and larger hook for the plates because on real pill bugs, the shell covers the body more. Also, wanted to have the plates surround the body when balled up.

The designer included the ventral egg pouch. Clever and thorough!

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Finished
January 16, 2023
April 18, 2023
About this pattern
Bug Beetle & Bumble Amigurumi
by Emmy Scanga
from Ember Mischief on Ko-fi
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About this yarn
Jilly
by Dream in Color
Fingering
100% Merino
440 yards / 113 grams

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  2. roving style
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  • Project created: January 15, 2023
  • Finished: April 18, 2023
  • Updated: October 2, 2023
  • Progress updates: 2 updates