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Published: 2013-09-21 17:45:38 +0000 UTC; Views: 2126; Favourites: 43; Downloads: 32
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Description I guess only someone who has tried to crochet multicolor amigurumi can truly appreciate this guy. There's no painting involved, all color patterns are built into the crochet. Which means, it doesn't only contain an insane amount color changes (seriously, up to 8 per round o.O) but there's a lot of complicated shuffling to keep those markings smooth and symmetrical - crochet in the round has a natural tilt, so vertical stripes soon turn into spirals if left on their own.
Oh and if that's not enough, stuffing requires great care to push the million yarn ends under the black areas, or they would shadow through the white and spoil the effect.

If I ever make another orca, it will be Iceberg the white male.

Pattern by June Gilbank, www.planetjune.com
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Comments: 21

sailorharmony2000 [2013-10-16 12:28:29 +0000 UTC]

ORCA!!! XD Oh, this is too cute and so neatly done!! I'm trying to learn how to make amigurumi, and these are certainly inspiring me! Keep up the awesome work!!

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LunasCrafts In reply to sailorharmony2000 [2013-10-21 19:25:35 +0000 UTC]

Thank you, and good luck with the crochet!

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sailorharmony2000 In reply to LunasCrafts [2013-10-22 17:05:50 +0000 UTC]

You're welcome and thanks!

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onlyRa [2013-09-27 21:30:13 +0000 UTC]

Looks great!

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LunasCrafts In reply to onlyRa [2013-09-30 19:05:56 +0000 UTC]

Thank you!

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onlyRa In reply to LunasCrafts [2013-09-30 22:39:20 +0000 UTC]

You're welcome!

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Vampire-Juicebox [2013-09-26 04:03:31 +0000 UTC]

Look at that magnificent ass creature, LOOK AT IT! D: How do you stop the spirals?!

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LunasCrafts In reply to Vampire-Juicebox [2013-09-26 15:44:33 +0000 UTC]

Thank you! Increases and decreases shuffle stitches a bit, so they can be used to force the stripe back in place. Of course, it must be done in every second or maybe third row, or spiraling starts again. Fiddly enough to follow in a pattern (as they must be done on top of the color changes), I fear to think about designing something like this guy...

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Vampire-Juicebox In reply to LunasCrafts [2013-09-30 02:36:56 +0000 UTC]

Sounds complicated to do in regular patterns D:

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LunasCrafts In reply to Vampire-Juicebox [2013-09-30 19:06:23 +0000 UTC]

Sadly, it is.

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naturegirl52180 [2013-09-23 12:09:05 +0000 UTC]

Such great work! I can't even imagine all of those color changes.

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LunasCrafts In reply to naturegirl52180 [2013-09-23 18:51:59 +0000 UTC]

It is rather insane.

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Amygurumy [2013-09-22 23:15:19 +0000 UTC]

oh great ! Very realistic ! ^^

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LunasCrafts In reply to Amygurumy [2013-09-23 18:52:08 +0000 UTC]

Thank you!

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Narmita08 [2013-09-22 17:47:36 +0000 UTC]

Really nice job! You definitely did great work with the colorchanges ^w^

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LunasCrafts In reply to Narmita08 [2013-09-23 18:52:35 +0000 UTC]

Thank you!

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JlaArtbug [2013-09-22 13:07:25 +0000 UTC]

Amazing job! I just tried a shark but kept getting the tilt so I just crocheted the coloration seperately.

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LunasCrafts In reply to JlaArtbug [2013-09-23 18:58:38 +0000 UTC]

Working the color changes into the fabric gives a completely smooth outline, which is very fitting for an aquatic creature, but I'm not quite sure if it is worth the effort...

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Bright-wolf [2013-09-21 18:24:03 +0000 UTC]

awsome work :3

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LunasCrafts In reply to Bright-wolf [2013-09-23 18:58:47 +0000 UTC]

Thank you!

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Bright-wolf In reply to LunasCrafts [2013-09-24 08:50:40 +0000 UTC]

your welcome :3

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