Free koala knitting pattern and step by step tutorial. I fell in love instantly when I first came across Claire Garland’s Dot Pebbles knitting patterns. She has created a menagerie of knitted bunnies, mice, foxes, baby deer and other animals that really do tug at your heart strings. Claire somehow manages to capture the essential beauty and vulnerability of baby animals in her knitting.
This koala is particularly special as it was inspired by the plight of these beautiful animals during the Australian bush fire emergency. Claire has created the pattern for free but if you’d like to make a donation to help the WWF with its campaign to Save the Koala, you can do so here https://www.wwf.org.au/what-we-do/species/koala You can also support their Bush Fire Emergency campaign here and help care for thousands of injured animals and restore their homes.
You can download your free koala knitting pattern PDF here – hope you enjoy! X
Claire’s knitting notes
Knitting-wise – she’s knitted almost in one piece with yarns held together to make her extra extra soft. You could also brush her a little with a wire cat fur brush to add to that extra fluffiness..
guage 15 stitches and 11 rows = 5 cm
in stocking stitch
finished size: about 8 inches/ 20 cm tall
What you’ll need
Needle size: US 5 – 3.75 mm
And you’ll need a pair 12 mm or 14mm brown toy eyes (depending on whether you want small or slightly larger cutesy eyes) these are largely available – I buy mine from Etsy and Ebay
I’ve given you two yarn choices within the pattern – namely Drops and Rowan
You’ll need 1 ball of each of the colours listed
Drops:
Drops Kid silk shade 01 off white mohair
Drops Brushed Alpaca silk shade 03 grey DK mohair
Drops kid silk shade 30 Curry ochre mohair
Drops Brushed Alpaca silk shade 01 off white DK mohair
Small amount Drops Kind Silk shade 15 Dark Brown mohair
Small amount Drops Alpaca shade 0506 Dark Grey Mix 4-ply
Small amount Drops Kid Silk shade 03 Light Pink mohair
Rowan Kid Silk Haze shade 634 Cream
Rowan Alpaca Classic shade 102 Charcoal Melange
Rowan Kid Silk Haze shade 686 Lustre
Rowan Alpaca Classic shade 115 Snowflake White
Rowan Kid Silk Haze shade 674 Bark
Rowan Baby Cashsoft Merino shade 120 Anthracite
Rowan Kid Silk Haze shade 580 Grace
And you’ll need a pair 12 mm or 14mm brown toy eyes (depending on whether you want small or slightly larger cutesy eyes) these are largely available – I buy mine from Etsy and Ebay
Yardage: 140 – 145 yards (128 – 133 m)
Download your free koala knitting pattern
Download your free koala knitting pattern here.
Koala-knitting-pattern-freeA few images to inspire you
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hello id like to have a knitting pattern of koala bears thank-you
A Koala is a KOALA not a BEAR !!!!!!!!!!!
Thanks for the correction – we’ve made the amend
Too right Mate!
see above 😊
It made me scream with delight! Thank you for being so amazingly talented!