Hi All
It was very hot here in Perth last Sunday around the 42°c mark - so I was hiding in the air conditioned studio and I decided to attempt knitting a tiny meerkat - I have 6 toy meerkats - 4 that I got here in Australia and the latest 2 that I bought in UK last year- I haven't been able to find a free tiny knitted Meerkat pattern on the web except I did manage to find a fab pattern for a tiny wee Mouse at a site called Knitted Toy Box
so I decided to adapt it - to Meerkat colours and I just made the arms/legs a little longer and unlike the original pattern I made the legs the same amount of stitches as the arms - I also used different needles as the yarn was finer than DK - it was an acrylic mohair ... I am really pleased with the result ... he is sooooo cute - Thanks Knitted Toy box :-) The other pic is of the Mumma Meerkat who had babies about 5 weeks before this picture was taken which I took last time I visited Perth Zoo in January last year... she was gorgeous. I have found a crocheted Meerkat pattern out there but unfortunately I never learned to crochet and now Arthritis in fingers negates it! the crochet pattern if your interested is at Roman Sock - I would love one of these but can't find anyone to make one for me : boo hoo! LOL!
13 comments:
I love watching meerkats, this is lovely. Brilliantly adapted
Cute! needs a name though :-)
He/she is delightful, clever you.
Guzzie Sue he does have a name - I name everything haha! - he is called "Mikey the Micro Meerkat!"
well, hello Mikey :-)
Now this is really cute and looks so much like the real one! I've always loved meerkats, obviously a lovely animal to make in wool.
I don't want to add this to the OWOH post but I just went outside to put the chooks to bed and found it was raining heavily - but it's so hot (still at 9:30 pm) that it was like a warm shower. How on earth are we going to survive our summers as they get hotter and hotter, and yours are worse than mine!
Loving this cheeky little meerkat... simples x
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oh my goodness, this is so cute, you are quite talented. Now to look around your blog some more.
Very cute creation... :)
I love these!
Aw so sweet :-) My family have been Meerkat fans for such a long time it is nice to see them having gotten so popular.
You've captured his mischievious sweetness perfectly :)
SOOOO adorable!
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