Meet Sam.... The latest addition to our (stuffed animal) family. :P He just arrived today (after I finished crocheting him :P). This has actually been a WIP since.... probably around Feb of '07 so two years. Not bad compared to some of my other projects... With all the fires going on in Australia, I have been reading to our boys about the koala that was injured and showed them the picture on the news. Well, that got them should I say "re-interested" ? in koalas, again. They have the ones Essie sent us, and I just yesterday or the day before got one at Walgreens for 99c. Then our six year old said he wanted me to crochet him one. (How did I know that was going to be coming?....) I said 'I already have a pair of socks you want me to knit you, a blue lovebug you want me to make and now a koala? You are going to have to decide on just one. Which one do you want most?' 'Koala'. (whew...) Then I started digging through my stash for some grey yarn and remembered the one I had started. Well the six year old said he wanted that one. I finished it today. Sorry the picture is blurry and does not do Sam justice, he is adorable in real life! Blossom was somewhat nervous about him, at first....
We had to coax her out of hiding.
They slowly started towards each other.....
Aaaaaaw!!! Now they are like brother and sister! :P I just love these little koalas. I am making an adult one in grey for the twelve year old. The sixteen year old said he wanted one, too. Then he said 'I'm just kidding.' But now I am going to make him one. I need to find some sportweight variegated around here.... Well stay tuned for the grey koala, and a Love Bug I have almost finished too. I was doing so well finishing up my projects, then BAM!! I went a little crazy making toys. Well I am sure it will be out of my system soon and I can get back to my regularly scheduled crocheting and/or knitting.
On a side note: My son named his koala Sam, and I just learned yesterday that the injured koala's name is Sam, too! :0 How weird is THAT?!!!
4 comments:
How funny! And how adorable!! Love them!
Hugs, Cherri
Such a cute display and story to go with the pictures. He is just adorable and I love how his legs and arms look like yo yos.
That is adorable!!!! The colors are so cool!
Thanks everyone. :-) I was kind leary about those colors but it did turn out good in the end. That's what happens when you let your kids pick out the colors-- maybe I should start letting them pick out my colors more often. ;)
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