I love Australia. I’ve always loved Australia. Last year, my husband and I took a dream vacation to Australia to celebrate our 5-year anniversary. There were so many things that I loved about the trip, from the pleasant flight on Virgin Australia (it was fun even though it was 15 hours from L.A. to Sydney), the beautiful Whitsundays, a helicopter tour over the Great Barrier Reef, wine tasting, delicious food, but most of all, I loved the animals. I have always loved koalas, and the absolute highlight of the trip for me was holding a koala at Dreamworld. His name was Smo-Jo (short for Smokey Jones).
I have a baby-on-the-way, and I knew I just had to knit him (yup, it’s a boy!) a toy koala. I was so excited when I came across a picture of a hand-knit stuffed koala on pinterest. Here’s the link to the pattern: http://knittedtoybox.blogspot.com/2008/11/koala-baby.html
I made the koala exactly as described, and I think it turned out pretty cute. For the body, I used the yarn Bernat Satin in the color Heather Grey Mist. For the ears, I used Bernat Satin in the color Snow. For the eyes and nose, I used Red Heart Shimmer yarn in the color Black.
What to make next? Maybe a wallaby (which is basically a small kangaroo).
Now, that’s some Pretty Creative Stuff!