Since I have a real liking for nature’s most peculiar, weird, mysterious or misunderstood underdogs I decided to design some of them for anyone who wants to get to know these natural weirdo’s a little better!

The quokka (pronunciation: anything between kwo-ka and kwah-kah) is a small macropod, found only in the southwestern regions of Australia. With its’ splendid smile and congenial charisma this mini-kangaroo is considered Australia’s cutest citizen. And, just for being one of two mammals, that have a name starting with a Q, (together with the slightly less lovable-looking quoll), the quokka deserves to have a knitted double!

This 11 cm quokka has a 9 cm tail and was made on 2.25 mm double pointed needles (UK 13, US 1) in Lana Grossa Silkhair (115) golden brown, Lopi Einband (0885) oatmeal heather, (0887) chocolate and (1038) light beige heather and Rowan Kidsilk Haze (686) lustre.
Both color and texture of your yarns determine the outcome of your knit, so adding a strand of mohair to the base yarn will generate a more rugged appearance and adding a greyish ply of yarn to a brown base will create the agouti coloration.

This is an easy to medium project, that asks for flat, in the round and intarsia knitting and short rows.

Enjoy making your own Q-te Quokka! Viv