One thing that concerns me when knitting toys for very young children is making sure that all limbs etc are very well sewn on. So as I knit for my two daughters and their friends, I came up with the cunning plan of making the arms and legs in one piece and threading them through the body of the toy – hopefully making them so much harder to pull off.
Zeb was knitted/crocheted for a friend’s new baby boy. Based roughly on the frogs body, I made the zebras head shape up as I went along. The ears where adapted from leaves from a flower fairy pattern that I have (more of them coming soon). The mane and tail were crocheted – using very basic crocheting as this is one craft I really struggle with.
"Frog" was designed for my then growing bump as a gift to be given by "the bumps" sister – but as it was being knitted "Big Sister" decided that she really wanted one too. So secretly I knitted the green/pink frog for the baby to give to her. So now Hoppy and Poppy are great friends and are often played with together.
All these toys are knitted from my stash of Double Knit Special by Stylecraft and stuffed with polyester toy stuffing.
stompy x
