OUR CROCHET CORAL REEF

ScrapHappy September 2025

by Jan

Those of you who have been with The Snail of Happiness for a while will probably remember the production, last year, of our Crochet Coral Reef... some of you even sent us contributions. So much work went into it, that we decided it deserved another outing, and we've added to it. All our coral, seaweed and inhabitants were made from scrap yarn (of which we have a great deal) and the new additions are also scrappy.

A shop window display featuring a crochet and knitted coral reef with various inhabitants

Three brightly coloured crochet jellyfish

Shop window display featuring crochet jellyfish and seaweed

Crochet coral reef window display made from brightly coloured scrap yarn

This year we have two new bollard covers - each featuring a scrappy octopus made by Jon. They have been getting a lot of attention from passers-by, including hugs from small children.

Two bollard covers featuring crochet octopuses - a blue one in the foreground and a red one in the b

A red crochet octopus atop a bollard with a road behind

A blue crochet octopus atop a bollard with a road behind

We think this is probably going to be an annual event and that we'll add more and more of our scraphappy creations as time goes on. Our eventual aim is to fill the whole window, so if you are ever in the mood to create a sea creature or coral for us, we'd be delighted to give it a home. We even have a pattern to crochet or knit your own hyperbolic coral, which you can download free of charge from our online shop here.

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On the 15th of each month a group of bloggers share their ScrapHappy activities, encouraging others to get creative with scrap. You can check them out by following the links: Kate, Eva, Sue, Lynda, Birthe, Turid, Tracy, Jan, Moira, Sandra, Chris, Alys, Claire, Jean, Dawn, Gwen, Sunny, Kjerstin, Sue L, Vera, Ann, Dawn 2, Carol, Preeti, Viv, Karrin, Alissa, Hannah and Maggie