FO at long last: Kangaroo Jill

Yes, oh yes, she is finished! I have numerous half-frogged kangaroo-parts that weren't quite right, but here she is, finally, looking so cute and kanga-wooderful that I can't help but love her. I was so proud, I took a picture from every angle:
She is made from almost a full skein of brown Red Heart worsted weight yarn. The pattern will be coming soon, once I ready the courage to write it up. Look at all that fabulous short row shaping, and just even regular shaping! The only seams are to sew part of the bottom and the pouch to the main body, and to attach the legs and ears. And believe me, you don't know how weirdly curvaceous and shapely a kangaroo is, until you knit one without seams.

If you're wondering why I ever made a kangaroo in the first place, it's for sentimental reasons, namely that one of the few truly meaningful gifts I ever got was a stuffed kangaroo (see full store here).

Her Joey is on the way. (S)he'll be basically the same except made out of sock weight yarn, so (s)he's a lot smaller. I was doing pretty well, until this shite incident:Oops. Time to get some metal size 0 dpn's...