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Knit a Critter entries
These are almost all the entries for our Knit a critter competition.
We've had to miss a couple due to the quality of the photos sent, but suffice to say, every entry was wonderful!
Rosalie's kiwi
Ferdinand the Hochstetters frog. By Jo Wilson
Dragonfly by Syd Daughtrey
A baby's toy octopus rattle Tatara te Wheke by Ngaire M. Phillips
Baby blanket and toys by Penelope McComb
Brenda Crooks made this tardigrade
Brenda Crooks also made this Red Admiral
By Alysha Mott
Adrienne Barrie's mobile
Alison Campbell made Darwin the Little Blue Penguin
Birds Crocheted by Catherine of the Naenae nature trust (second prize winner)
Brenda Crooks made this weta
Charlotte’s entry for Knit a Critter (lil Piwakawaka).
Carla Mckenna's Morepork
Cupola gecko beanie and scarf by Jan Egarr
Claire Kearvell's weta (the Winner!)
Catherine Clague
cotton octopals by Helen Widdicombe
Beverley Laundry made this jersey with hectors dolphins
Barbara Sinkinson's Little Blue Penguin
Gaelene's weta hat
Gecko Family Bookmarks by Alison
Galaxiid by Kuanjun Lee
Hazel Urquhart's kiwi
Heather Haylock's short tailed stingrays
Gilly Oscroft's butterfly beanie
Erin Kavanagh-Hall's Kereru
Fiona Thompson made Pō the myrtle rust infected pōhutukawa!
jo Burleigh's morepork/ruru
Jewelled Gecko the Peripatus ( my favourite!) the Yellow Eyed Penguin Tui Bellbird Toroa and a whisper of moths! By Kerry Mackay
Helen Widdicombe
Dr Kay Milton's beanie
Jewelled Gecko (Naultinus Gemmeus) by Rebecca Campbell
Julia Wells a small flock of Southern Black Backed Gulls.
Charlotte’s entry for Knit a Critter (lil Piwakawaka).
Karin's Kokako hat
Kim the kiwi by Vicki Stewart
Kaki/Black Stilt by Nia Weinzweig
A selection of critters made by Port Waikato Knitters and Hookers
Kim Wison's entry
Kiwi tea cozy by Kath Fowlds
Kea by Ailidh Leslie
Kate's Katipo hat
Kevin the Kiwi by Lea Wald
Mary Haggie's Piwakawaka
Kotuku by Nellie Opthoog
Kuanjin Lee's Gecko
Karen Cole's Kiwi
Mari Swindley made this blanket
Natalie made Wes the Weta
Margaret Plant with her creation
Levena's Blue Penguin
Ruru/Morepork by Dorothy McDowell of Clyde
Monica Holland's Peripatus
Michelle Chen made this Pukeko
Nellie Opthoog's White heron
Nymphalidae (Forest Ringlet Mountain Ringlet Red Admiral and Tussock Ringlet) by Helen Tuck
Octopals from Octopus for a Preemie NZ
NZ Fresh Water Koura by Sue Baskett
Perkii the Pukeko by Vicki Stewart
Pukeko by Heidi van der Peet
Poweilliphanta snail by Neroli Brears
Rebecca Pearce made this huhu grub
Pēpi iti kororā - baby little blue penguin by Trudi Williams
Rebecca Pearcealso made this one
Pip Currie's pukeko
Pip Currie's kiwi
Peripatus by Cherie Baldry
Raquel the Rockhopper Penguin by Lea Wald
Ruby Harfield giant Wellington Green Gecko.
Rachel Allan's Katipo jersey
Peripatus by Liz Merton
Robyn Martin's Kakapo jumper
Robyn Martin'sPenguin jumper
Robb Eastman Densem made this Kakapo
Ruru Tea Cozy by Kath Fowlds
Sandy Gaskell's fantail hat
Sarah Butterfield's Pygmy blue whale
Sharyn Croft's Notoreus moth cape (Third prize winner)
Kereru by Kate Christensen
Sharyn Croft's Notoreus moth cape from behind
Sheep by Ann McLachlan (not a native critter, but very cute, so we've included it)
Takahe by Chris Jager
Tui by pony mctate
The Fiordland Crested penguin is found in South Westland. A very special critter to me. Kate Watson
Tuatara by Neroli Brears
Sonia Frimmel's short tailed bat
Uropetala Carovei/ NZ dragonfly by R E Collins
Whio by Grace Single
Nicola Toki and Jesse Mulligan with some of the entries
Whio by Amy Cole
Sharyn Gibson's jersey of little blue penguins
Kuanjin Lee's Kokako
The images in this gallery are used with permission and are subject to copyright conditions.