Description
Somewhere out there is an animal so cheerful that people cross oceans just to take a selfie with it. Crochet the happiest animal on earth with our Quokka crochet pattern — a plump little marsupial with a grin that takes up half her face, both arms up in the famous selfie wave, ready to improve every photo she has ever been in. Zero acting required: this is just her face.
Our quokka is built exactly as shown: a plump pear-shaped body with a big cream belly panel sewn on the front, a round head with a cream muzzle panel, an enormous embroidered grin sweeping up both sides of the muzzle, and two small rounded ears. She has exactly 2 arms, both sewn on raised in the selfie wave, with embroidered paw lines; exactly 2 chunky seated thighs; 2 front feet with embroidered toe lines; and one long tail sewn at the back of her base, curving around to rest beside her — look for it in the back and side photos, because from the front she is all grin.
📏 FINISHED SIZE
About 15.6 cm (6.1 in) tall seated, in DK (8 ply) cotton with a 3.00 mm hook. Body about 9.2 cm tall and 8.0 cm across; head about 7.2 cm across; tail about 10.8 cm long; arms about 3.8 cm.
📦 WHAT YOU GET
A 15-page PDF crochet pattern in US terms with every round counted and every piece photographed: body, head, 2 ears, muzzle panel, belly panel, 2 arms, 2 legs, 2 feet and 1 tail — plus the embroidered face (eyes, nose, the big grin, paw lines and toe lines), full assembly, display ideas and variations. Instant download, print-friendly A4.
🧶 MATERIALS
DK cotton: Sandy Brown 33 g (69 m), Cream 2 g (4 m), Black 1 g (2 m, for the embroidery) — worked out stitch by stitch in the pattern, with a yarn totals table up front — plus a scrap of White for the eye highlights. Plus a 3.00 mm hook, toy stuffing, yarn needle, stitch markers, scissors and pins.
📊 SKILL LEVEL
Easy intermediate. Confident single crochet in the round, simple flat row-work for the two panels and basic embroidery (satin-stitch eyes and nose, backstitch grin). Every round’s stitch count is printed, so you always know you are on track.
✅ HONEST DETAILS, BECAUSE WE MAKE THESE OURSELVES
– The eyes, nose and grin are embroidered in yarn — this pattern uses NO plastic safety eyes and no plastic parts anywhere. One honest note: our listing photos are styled concept images, and in a couple of them the eyes catch the light and read a little glossy. The close-up photo shows the eyes as they truly are — plainly stitched matte yarn — and what you make will have soft stitched eyes and the full quokka grin.
– The anatomy is counted and checked: exactly 2 arms (both raised), exactly 2 ears, 2 legs, 2 feet and one tail. The belly and muzzle are proper crocheted panels sewn on, exactly as the pattern honestly describes — no glue, no felt.
– She is a display piece and a very huggable one, but with embroidered features and sewn seams she is not a toy for babies.
– This is a digital pattern only — no finished quokka, yarn or hook is posted to you.
🚫 PLEASE NOTE BEFORE YOU BUY
This listing is for a digital PDF pattern ONLY — no physical item will be shipped. All sales are final on digital downloads, but if you get stuck on any round, message us: we would much rather help you finish her than leave you with a half-grinned quokka.
❤️ FROM OUR FAMILY TO YOURS
We’re Al and Tina, an Aussie family shop making original patterns for the animals we grew up dodging, feeding and admiring. Every pattern is counted, checked and written to be genuinely makable at a kitchen table — no guessing rounds, no mystery stitch counts.
🔍 MORE FROM THE SHOP
Also in our Funny Aussie series and friends: Brush-Turkey Amigurumi Crochet Pattern Vol 1 — the other great garden menace, with her mound nest and speckled eggs; the Koala & Friends Ornament Set for your Christmas tree; and our Crochet Hand Puppet Patterns — 6 Aussie Animals with talking mouths.
Questions before you buy? Send us a message — we answer personally, usually within a day, and we love seeing where our quokkas end up posing.
Listing photos are AI-generated concept images.
Created with the help of an AI generator.
Find more patterns from our Aussie family shop at alandtina.com
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