Mombat Taxi 

When the weather gets scary in Wombat Land, this baby wombat knows what to do: call a cab and hitch a ride. 




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    • Murray C January 3, 2018 / 11:52 am

      OOOOO, like the wombat roadsign!

      They are very endearing animals but, boy, can they be obstreperous! Especially when they’re full grown.

      • mcast42 January 3, 2018 / 5:28 pm

        I have made several of the Funky Friends Wombats! They turn out great!

    • jerzowa January 3, 2018 / 3:29 pm

      CANNED wombat????? *faints*

      • 6rabbits January 3, 2018 / 8:13 pm

        I know, right? ?It says it’s a joke tho, thank god!

  1. Laura January 3, 2018 / 1:44 pm

    And for us knitters, here’s a couple of great options:

    https://www.ravelry.com/patterns/library/wombat-3
    and
    https://www.ravelry.com/patterns/library/wombat

    The first is more accurate, I think; the second has a rather exaggerated nose for a wombat.

    And all crafty wombat creation aside, that’s a very smart — and of course ridiculously cute! — little wombaby hitching a ride. I guess if you’re too big for the pouch, you need to find a net alternative!

    • debg January 3, 2018 / 3:01 pm

      I have tried and tried to find that first pattern, with no success. So I sewed one from the pattern Duckie linked above! Will try to post pix later (they’re taking forever to jump through cyberspace).

      • Laura January 3, 2018 / 3:41 pm

        I dug around on the internet and found a copy of the booklet on Australian eBay! I’ve just ordered it, so I suggest you do some digging around. Just search for “Aussie Animals #977” and there’s at least one knitting shop in Australia selling it for AU$20.50, too. Plus postage, of course. It has not just the wombat, but the most *fabulous* Tasmanian devil, a bilby, one of those lizards who pops out a huge neck collar, an emu, and several more! It’s a great collection!

        • debg January 3, 2018 / 6:16 pm

          Can’t believe I never thought of that–you’re a genius!

        • Duckie ? January 3, 2018 / 8:28 pm

          I’m having trouble finding it. Might you have a link? I’d much rather buy a whole book.

          • Debg January 3, 2018 / 9:12 pm

            Google ebay australia and then search as Murray C indicated. There were 2 booklets that I saw.

            • Duckie ? January 3, 2018 / 10:03 pm

              Swear! They’re for knitting. Oh, well, back to the funky drawing board.

    • 6rabbits January 3, 2018 / 8:15 pm

      I need a CROCHET version, however.?

      • Debg January 3, 2018 / 9:13 pm

        Try Megan Kreiner for crochet patterns on Ravelry. She does lots of cute critters.

  2. AB January 3, 2018 / 2:40 pm

    That’s one lazy wombaby and one tolerant mombat! Reminds me of an acquaintance of mine who pushed her (perfectly healthy) first grader in a stroller.

  3. debg January 3, 2018 / 3:02 pm

    Baby looked sleepy–I could almost hear its little eye capsules plinking. You can come nap with me, tiny one. Mom’s invited too.

    • Murray C January 3, 2018 / 3:12 pm

      Wouldn’t that be nice. By the way, when you’re knitting a wombat, did you place something firm in its lower back area? Apparently they have a plate of cartilage or bone that protects them in their burrows and when, sadly, they get hit by a car they can do real damage to the car! I think that would be a very interesting inclusion when creating a facsimile!

    • Bananabreadhead January 3, 2018 / 3:47 pm

      I noticed that too! The baby looks like s/he’s about to drift off.

  4. debg January 3, 2018 / 6:17 pm

    My wombat.

    • 6rabbits January 3, 2018 / 8:17 pm

      It’s prosh, Debg!!

    • Murray C January 3, 2018 / 8:40 pm

      That’s terrific, DEBG!!!

    • Emsthemonster January 4, 2018 / 12:22 pm

      Wow, nice wombat!

  5. debg January 3, 2018 / 6:18 pm

    And another view.

    • Faye January 4, 2018 / 10:01 am

      Wow! Great Wombat. That is way beyond my skill level.

      Is anyone up to felting cubed shaped Wombat poop!

      • Duckie ? January 4, 2018 / 11:27 am

        You can get them through Amazon.

        • Faye January 4, 2018 / 1:31 pm

          What search words!?

  6. allein ? January 3, 2018 / 6:37 pm

    I’m kinda wondering exactly how wombaby got up there…

    • allein ? January 3, 2018 / 6:41 pm

      On a side note, Mike, it seems my issues with the site “not working” in Chrome has something to do with my cookies, because I cleared just the Cutetropolis cookies and it worked when I reloaded. Now I’m trying to determine which are the ones that remember my name and email so I can delete everything else if needed and see if that works in the future.

      (And, apparently, you can bookmark a specific search in cookies. That’s handy. Now I’m hungry for cookies.)

      • Emsthemonster January 4, 2018 / 11:46 am

        Cookies were created to be eaten not to be deleted! (Too bad only pacman can eat them out of a computer.)

          • Emsthemonster January 4, 2018 / 11:51 am

            Awesome 🙂 🙂 🙂

          • allein ? January 4, 2018 / 12:17 pm

            Saw at Kohls last weekend:

            (The suit, not the guy, sadly.)

            • Emsthemonster January 4, 2018 / 12:24 pm

              Haha “worn to be wiiiiiiild 🙂 “

              • allein ? January 4, 2018 / 12:37 pm

                They also had one with storm trooper helmets.

                • Emsthemonster January 4, 2018 / 1:22 pm

                  I love the pacman one for let’s say a Christmas party, but I don’t know how it feels when someone wears such a spectacular pattern. I have caught myself unconsciously following the possible routes for pacman with my eyes… so others may do it too.
                  IRL I usually behave in a decent way, I don’t follow pacman to places where I am not invited to, but if I wore a women’s version, I would feel all the eyes are on me. (Maybe being stared at is less stressful men though, who knows)

  7. Faye January 4, 2018 / 10:02 am

    Sleepy baby.

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