{"id":24523,"date":"2022-04-06T04:40:12","date_gmt":"2022-04-06T04:40:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/manage.funkyfriendsfactory.com\/blog\/?p=24523"},"modified":"2022-04-06T12:46:03","modified_gmt":"2022-04-06T12:46:03","slug":"pick-a-meerkat-pose","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/manage.funkyfriendsfactory.com\/blog\/pick-a-meerkat-pose\/","title":{"rendered":"It&#8217;s time to pick a MEERKAT pose for my new pattern!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-size: 16px;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">I&#8217;m working on my next toy pattern design and I\u00a0 am having fun researching the mischievous and merry meerkat! There are so many cute possible poses, so I&#8217;d really like your opinion on which is your favourite pose &#8211; for a meerkat soft toy pattern.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-24572\" style=\"border: 1px solid #a8a5a9; padding: 4px;\" src=\"https:\/\/manage.funkyfriendsfactory.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/Meerkat-toy-pattern-design.jpg\" alt=\"Meerkat toy pattern design\" width=\"673\" height=\"766\" srcset=\"https:\/\/manage.funkyfriendsfactory.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/Meerkat-toy-pattern-design.jpg 673w, https:\/\/manage.funkyfriendsfactory.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/Meerkat-toy-pattern-design-480x546.jpg 480w\" sizes=\"auto, (min-width: 0px) and (max-width: 480px) 480px, (min-width: 481px) 673px, 100vw\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Image credit: meerkat silhouettes &#8211; shutterstock.com<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h2><strong><span style=\"color: #800080;\">HERE ARE YOUR OPTIONS:<\/span><\/strong><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-size: 16px;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Please leave a comment below to let me know which one you&#8217;d like in the comments (<strong>for example: I&#8217;d like a sitting meerkat pattern<\/strong>).<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #000000; font-family: segoe; font-size: 18pt;\">1. Standing<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-24593\" style=\"border: 1px solid #a8a5a9; padding: 4px;\" src=\"https:\/\/manage.funkyfriendsfactory.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/Standing-credit-adobe-spark2.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"566\" height=\"800\" srcset=\"https:\/\/manage.funkyfriendsfactory.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/Standing-credit-adobe-spark2.jpg 566w, https:\/\/manage.funkyfriendsfactory.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/Standing-credit-adobe-spark2-480x678.jpg 480w\" sizes=\"auto, (min-width: 0px) and (max-width: 480px) 480px, (min-width: 481px) 566px, 100vw\" \/>Photo credit:\u00a0Adobe Spark<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #000000; font-family: segoe; font-size: 18pt;\">2. Sitting<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-24590 size-full\" style=\"border: 1px solid #a8a5a9; padding: 4px;\" src=\"https:\/\/manage.funkyfriendsfactory.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/Meerket-sitting-credit-national-zoo.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"779\" height=\"537\" srcset=\"https:\/\/manage.funkyfriendsfactory.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/Meerket-sitting-credit-national-zoo.jpg 779w, https:\/\/manage.funkyfriendsfactory.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/Meerket-sitting-credit-national-zoo-480x331.jpg 480w\" sizes=\"auto, (min-width: 0px) and (max-width: 480px) 480px, (min-width: 481px) 779px, 100vw\" \/>Photo credit: Smithsonian National Zoo<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #000000; font-family: segoe; font-size: 18pt;\">3. Sliding<\/span><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-24589 size-full\" style=\"border: 1px solid #a8a5a9; padding: 4px;\" src=\"https:\/\/manage.funkyfriendsfactory.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/meerkat-sliding-credit-123rf-dot-com.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"700\" height=\"357\" srcset=\"https:\/\/manage.funkyfriendsfactory.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/meerkat-sliding-credit-123rf-dot-com.jpg 700w, https:\/\/manage.funkyfriendsfactory.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/meerkat-sliding-credit-123rf-dot-com-480x245.jpg 480w\" sizes=\"auto, (min-width: 0px) and (max-width: 480px) 480px, (min-width: 481px) 700px, 100vw\" \/>Photo credit: 123rf.com<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #000000; font-family: segoe; font-size: 18pt;\">4. Tippy Toes<\/span><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-24594 size-full\" style=\"border: 1px solid #a8a5a9; padding: 4px;\" src=\"https:\/\/manage.funkyfriendsfactory.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/Tippy-toes-meerkat-credit-Indianapolis-zoo.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"406\" height=\"800\" srcset=\"https:\/\/manage.funkyfriendsfactory.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/Tippy-toes-meerkat-credit-Indianapolis-zoo.jpg 406w, https:\/\/manage.funkyfriendsfactory.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/Tippy-toes-meerkat-credit-Indianapolis-zoo-152x300.jpg 152w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 406px) 100vw, 406px\" \/>Photo credit: Indianapolis Zoo<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #000000; font-family: segoe; font-size: 18pt;\">5. On watch<\/span><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-24595 \" style=\"border: 1px solid #a8a5a9; padding: 4px;\" src=\"https:\/\/manage.funkyfriendsfactory.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/Watching-credit-adobe-spark.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"628\" height=\"627\" \/>Photo credit: Adobe Spark<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #000000; font-family: segoe; font-size: 18pt;\">6.<\/span><span style=\"color: #000000; font-family: segoe; font-size: 18pt;\">Sleeping<\/span><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-24592 size-full\" style=\"border: 1px solid #a8a5a9; padding: 4px;\" src=\"https:\/\/manage.funkyfriendsfactory.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/Sleeping-meerkat-credit-123-rf-dot-com.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"761\" height=\"451\" srcset=\"https:\/\/manage.funkyfriendsfactory.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/Sleeping-meerkat-credit-123-rf-dot-com.jpg 761w, https:\/\/manage.funkyfriendsfactory.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/Sleeping-meerkat-credit-123-rf-dot-com-480x284.jpg 480w\" sizes=\"auto, (min-width: 0px) and (max-width: 480px) 480px, (min-width: 481px) 761px, 100vw\" \/>Photo credit:123rf.com<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h2><strong><span style=\"color: #800080;\">And last but not least&#8230;<\/span><\/strong><\/h2>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #000000; font-family: segoe; font-size: 18pt;\">7. Showing a leg<\/span><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-24591 size-full\" style=\"border: 1px solid #a8a5a9; padding: 4px;\" src=\"https:\/\/manage.funkyfriendsfactory.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/Showing-a-leg-credit-san-diego-zoo.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"700\" height=\"571\" srcset=\"https:\/\/manage.funkyfriendsfactory.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/Showing-a-leg-credit-san-diego-zoo.jpg 700w, https:\/\/manage.funkyfriendsfactory.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/Showing-a-leg-credit-san-diego-zoo-480x392.jpg 480w\" sizes=\"auto, (min-width: 0px) and (max-width: 480px) 480px, (min-width: 481px) 700px, 100vw\" \/>Photo credit: san diego zoo<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #000000; font-family: segoe; font-size: 24pt;\">JUST KIDDING!\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 18pt;\"><strong><span style=\"color: #000000;\">The last one was just for laughs! \ud83e\udd23<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000; font-size: 12pt;\">Okay, I&#8217;m excited to see which meerkat pose you like best!<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000; font-size: 12pt;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft\" title=\"Pauline McArthur\" src=\"\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/Pauline-McArthur.jpg\" alt=\"Pauline McArthur\" width=\"202\" height=\"196\" \/><\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #000000; font-size: 12pt;\"><strong>Till next time, h<\/strong><strong>appy sewing,<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><strong style=\"font-size: 26px;\">Pauline<br \/>\n<\/strong><strong>xxx<\/strong> <\/span><img decoding=\"async\" style=\"color: #000000;\" title=\"White-Spacer\" src=\"\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/04\/White-Spacer.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I&#8217;m working on my next toy pattern design and I\u00a0 am having fun researching the mischievous and merry meerkat! There are so many cute possible poses, so I&#8217;d really like your opinion on which is your favourite pose &#8211; for a meerkat soft toy pattern. &nbsp; Image credit: meerkat silhouettes &#8211; shutterstock.com &nbsp; HERE ARE [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6,"featured_media":24574,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[19,28],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-24523","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-blog","category-new-softie-patterns"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/manage.funkyfriendsfactory.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/500-1.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/manage.funkyfriendsfactory.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/24523","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/manage.funkyfriendsfactory.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/manage.funkyfriendsfactory.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/manage.funkyfriendsfactory.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/6"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/manage.funkyfriendsfactory.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=24523"}],"version-history":[{"count":16,"href":"https:\/\/manage.funkyfriendsfactory.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/24523\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":24552,"href":"https:\/\/manage.funkyfriendsfactory.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/24523\/revisions\/24552"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/manage.funkyfriendsfactory.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/24574"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/manage.funkyfriendsfactory.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=24523"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/manage.funkyfriendsfactory.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=24523"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/manage.funkyfriendsfactory.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=24523"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}