Koala

I like to shop at second-hand stores for small balls of yarn. You can find interesting colors and I never need a big ball so it works fine to buy them as leftovers. The other day I found two unopened packages of Koala safety noses at my local second-hand store. Now, I might make one Koala but I can't see myself making six. I bought both packages anyway because they were only fifty cents.

Now if you really want to make him and you don't have a nose you can comment on here and I will try to scrounge up enough money to send you one. After I find homes for my leftover five noses though, you'll have to find a supplier somewhere else (and no I don't know who that is).

Here is a picture of the leftover noses and my brush. I used my brush to make the koala fluffy. Planet June uses this technique here and describes it really much better than I could. She used a pet brush but my hairbrush worked just fine.

And here is my koala from a few different angles.

Right now my koala is climbing my plant. I decided to tie him on a stem and leave him there just for fun. He would be adorable hung in a backyard tree; though I don't know how long he'd last out in the elements.

Here is the koala pattern:

Use an f hook throughout

Head and body combined:
With grey yarn
sc5 in a circle
Rnd 1: 2sc in each sc around (10)
Rnd 2: *sc1, 2sc in next st* repeat around (15)
Rnd 3: *2sc in next st, sc2* repeat around (20)
Rnd 4: *sc3, 2sc in next st* repeat around (25)
Rnd 5: *2sc in next st, sc4* repeat around (30)
Rnd 6: *sc5, 2sc in next st* repeat around (35)
Rnd 7-11: sc around (35)
Rnd 12: *decrease, sc5* repeat around (30)
Rnd 13: *decrease, sc4* repeat around (25)
Rnd 14: *decrease, sc3* repeat around (20)
Rnd 15: *decrease, sc2* repeat around (15)
Cut two round circles out of felt and make holes in the center of them for the safety eyes. Put on eyes and nose and stuff head.
Rnd 16-18: sc around (15)
Rnd 19: sc twice in each st around (30)
Rnd 20: *sc1, 2sc in next st* repeat around (45)
Rnd 21-27: sc around (45)
Rnd 28: *decrease, sc1* repeat around (30)
Rnd 29: decrease around (15)
Stuff and then decrease until you have only 5 stitches left and seal up hole.

On rounds 28 till the end I recommend you stitch very tight to prevent holes in your work and use Planet June's technique here to make invisible decrease stitches.

Arms (make 2)
Start with black
sc5 in a circle
Rnd 1: 2sc in each st around (10)
Rnd 2: sc around (10)
Switch to grey
Rnd 3-9: sc around (10)

Legs (make 2)
Start with black
sc5 in a circle
Rnd 1: 2sc in each st around (10)
Rnd 2: *sc1, 2sc in next st* repeat around (15)
Rnd 3: *sc2, 2sc in next st* repeat around (20)
Rnd 4: sc around (20)
Rnd 5: *decrease, sc1* repeat 5 times, decrease (13)
Switch to grey
Rnd 6-12: sc around (13)

Ears (make two grey and two white)
sc5 in a circle
Rnd 1: 2sc in each st around (10)
Rnd 2: *sc1, 2sc in next st* repeat around (15)
Rnd 3: *sc2, 2sc in next st* repeat around (20)
Rnd 4: *sc3, 2sc in next st* repeat around (25)
Leave a tail to sew to two halves together

Stomach
Make with white
ch10, turn starting in 2nd ch from hook sc9, ch1, turn, sc9, ch1, turn, sc9, ch1, turn, sc9

Chin
Make with white
ch5, turn starting in 2nd ch from hook, sc4, ch1, turn, sc4

I fluffed up all of the pieces before joining them together and then fluffed them a little more after they were all together. Remember to vary where you decrease and increase in the round for the best look (for ease of writing I put them all in the same place but it does look much better if you don't always start and end the same with the decreases/increases or you get lines).