A looooooong time coming

Woo hoo! I finally finished this gift of play food for our friend's two-year-old. I've been feeling guilty because I met them right after Seb was born, and I never had a chance to make him my usual bear. So maybe he's a little young for play food yet, but it was fun to do something different. Plus, I can continue to make food from the same skeins because each piece takes so little yarn. Yay efficiency! The canvas tote was probably the most expensive thing at a couple bucks, and instead of buying a fabric marker or fabric paint I just used a Sharpie. Hopefully it won't bleed if they wash it and he can use it to help at the grocery store.


Included in my play food set is:
An ice cream cone
A strawberry
A carrot
A pea pod
A cupcake
A lemon and lime
An apple
A banana
A ham sandwich
A pretzel

Thanks to all the designers of these patterns! The ham sandwich and pretzel I just made up. The pretzel is just some brown in i-cord twisted and tacked with a few stitches.

Making play food is an awesome way to feel productive - you can get a result in just a few hours. I pretty much ignored the yarn used in the patterns and just bought a bunch of colors in the same weight - then used size six needles for all. I also modified some of the patterns a little - because I'm just like that. The yarn is all acrylic so they can be tossed in the washer when enough child drool has crusted them over, but I think a fruit basket made with some nicer cotton or bamboo or silk yarns would make a nice table centerpiece.