Another flatworm, but MOAR COLOURS and MOAR WIBBLY. I enjoy hyperbolic surfaces and how easy they are to make with crochet, and flatworms give the delightful opportunity for such fun wibbly shapes to also be A Guy. This was theoretically based on the Hancock's flatworm, but I took creative liberty with the colours and also there are several other similar-looking species to it, so in the end who knows.
It took a bit of nonsense and experimentation to get the colour borders looking neat on both the top and bottom, but worth the effort I think.
There will likely be more flatworms coming! There are so many pretty species of them to get inspired by.
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my commissions are open - see my pinned post for more info
A lil flatworm, specifically based off Temnosewellia aff. vietnamensis. A friend on Discord shared a video of these fellas squirming around on a crab that they live symbiotically with, and I was charmed and gripped with the sudden urge to Make A Little Guy. Whipped it up in about half an hour; it was refreshing to realise that I can in fact make an entire thing that quickly sometimes.
Since it was so simple and quick, I figured I'd also share the pattern under the readmore!
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my commissions are open - see my pinned post for more details
[picots in this pattern are ch2, ss into back bump of 1st chain. All chains/sses that make them up count as stitches and will be worked into in the next row; don’t make them too tight! When working into them, it's fine if you can only get your hook through one loop]
ch9 (loosely), 8sc down back bumps of chains, ch1 (18) (chains count as stitches)
8sc, [sc, picot, sc] in end chain, 8sc, [sc, picot, sc] in end chain (26)
9sc, sc into side of picot, [sc, picot, sc] in tip of picot, sc in other side of picot, 9sc, inc, sc in side of picot, 2sc in tip of picot, sc in other side of picot, inc (33)
10sc, sc in side of picot, 3sc in tip of picot, sc in other side of picot, 12sc, 5[ch6, 5ss down chains, sc into next st on body], BLO{sc} (35) (the tentacles made from chains/sses don’t count here)
BLO{11sc, sc3tog, 12sc}, 5(dec around tentacle), sc (28)
8sc, sc5tog, 9sc, sc5tog, sc (20)
6sc, sc5tog, 6sc, sc3tog (14)
5sc, sc3tog, finish (6; incomplete round)
stuff lightly
sew shut by sewing stitches on either side together
eyes: either sew on black seed beads (try and fit them into gaps between stitches) or embroider little dots with a small amount of black embroidery floss
