This little barn owl is cute, cuddly, and highly customizable. Made in a size optimal for child cuddling, the colors can also be switched out to make other species of owl, but for a true barn owl use Wool of the Andes in ‘Almond’, ‘Chestnut’, ‘Cloud’, and bits of the colors ‘Coal’ and ‘Caution’.

These convertible glittens (glove-mittens, if you will) incorporate a flower embellishment to be used as a button to hold down the finger cover. Deceptively easy, the flower petals are knit in one piece, and the mitten part of the pattern minimally uses mattress stitch and Kitchener stitch. If you’re missing the springtime during the winter, ke...

You can knit this adorable little fish in just a small portion of your time with a small amount of Swish Worsted. You can even change out colors to make it a different species of fish. Before you know it, this clownfish will keep you laughing! (Get it? Joker? the Clownfish?) Required skills include kfb, k2tog, ssk, Kitchener stitch, crochet cha...

Meet Morgan’s Bag, an alternate version of Rachel’s Bag! It uses the same stitch pattern for the body of the bag, with a bit of garter stitch on the edges.

Knit your very own adorable penguin! Body and head are knitted in one piece, and wings, beak, feet, and chest are knitted seperately and then grafted on later. Easy to knit! Required skills include knitting, purling, K2tog, SSK, KFB, Binding off and Mattress stitch for grafting.

Made in just two skeins each of CotLin’s Tomato and Chartreuse, this all-purpose bag is made using a loose and open stitch pattern, as well as a hint of seed stitch. Required skills are minimal (knitting, purling, backwards loop cast-on, decreasing (k3tog and p3tog) and minimal knowledge of Magic Loop knitting on circular needles), and most tec...

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Just with a small chunk of your time, you could make these adorable little dragonflies!

I present to you King Aroo, the Most Regal Marsupial.

This cute little lizard is an extremely easy knit, and a great stash buster if you make a lot of them! The lizard is knitted from head to tip of tail, and legs are knitted seperately. Then, eyes can be embroidered.

A majestic animal with an elongated neck and spindly legs, the giraffe is an animal that is most commonly found in the African Savannah.

Are you looking for a quick, easy, and potentially arbitrary project with adorable results?

This stegosaurus is knit flat. There are two sides of the body, and spines and legs are knit seperately. Gauge is unimportant, but it should be tight to avoid stuffing from showing, especially if it is a baby toy.

Knit your own Teddy bear with less than one skein of Knit Picks Crayon Boucle yarn in the colorway of “Cashew”. He is a relatively easy knit and the results are adorable!