The ones with the lopsided ears and eyes slightly out of alignment. Or even better the ones that you have NO clue what animal they are actually supposed to be. Yes, this site is about beautiful design but I guess as they say, beauty is in the eye of the beholder.

So, here I was thinking I was the only odd one out there with this hankering. But such is the wonder of the internet I did a bit of searching and apparently there is a whole load of people who like them as well!

I found the one to the left on a very lovely site called Lou Lou & Oscar (what a cute name). The site is full of quirky hand made plush toys by various people. They also run the Plush You show which in their words is ‘an annual exhibit that showcases plush creations from artists all over the globe‘ Now that’s my kind of show!

And maybe it’s because I am getting old and nostalgic but I have a hankering to start collecting hand knitted animal toys, the kind of ones grandmothers make for the annual school fairs. Come to think of it I’m not even sure they DO make them any more for fairs. I was at one last weekend and nope, not a stitch of classic grandma knitting in sight. Now, that would be a shame to see that art die out.

Perhaps I will have a ferret around the internet and see if I can gather myself up a few before the odd-animal-knitting grandmothers take their patterns to the grave…