It was roughly five years ago, during the height of my long-awaited playthrough of BoTW. I was strongly considering finding all of them (and eventually did), but first I knew I needed something more important: one I could squish
I obsessed over the shape for days--running circles around various koroks in game, sliding through dozens of screenshots, spinning the idea in my mind--finally concluded the best way to achieve its form was to knit it from both directions and graft it in the middle (to avoid a increase/decrease disparity), and busted out a test one in a few hours. I don't think I changed much at all between that and putting together a pattern. It's a fun knit, and, imo, not terribly difficult, with the exception of possibly the graft (it's worth it I promise).
I have two on my desk (the one pictured is of my favorite shape--hotdogface), I've mailed out three or four, and I think I have a couple at home in The Basket (of many, many knit toys). There are currently 20 something completed, photographed projects on Ravelry, and they are all my children. I'm so glad so many people have given it a whirl. Given the recent Zelda release, I'm seeing a few new projects for it, and I'm very excited!
If you'd also like to knit one, the pattern is free on Ravelry:
https://www.ravelry.com/patterns/library/yahahaha
