Have you seen this book? It’s a darling book about a little pea who is forced to eat candy for dinner. If he eats all his dinner he can have spinach for dessert. A while ago I saw the book on Blair‘s site and the matching pea made of green velvet. A.DOR.A.BLE. We’re giving Katrina a book with a toy — which I also first saw at Blair’s blog — so we thought we’d do something similar for Tristan. I guess I’m just a big Blair copycat.
Our pea was knitted in Lamb’s Pride Bulky using a ball pattern from the book Knitting for Baby by Melanie Falick and Kristin Nicholas. I knit the ball all in one piece using short rows for shaping. Then I closed it up leaving a hole for stuffing and felt it — mine went through the wash twice. After it was felted I stuffed it — I embroidered the pea’s freckles first. Then I closed up the hole and sent it through the wash again to felt the yarn I used to sew it shut. After it was nice and dry I used felt scraps to create the eyes and mouth and then attached them to the pea with embroidery floss. Voila! A little pea for our little pea.
(How perfect that I am partaking in a cup of split pea soup while reading this blog entry!)
I love that book! We checked it out of our library after Blair’s mention. Your little pea is quite adorable! What a special present for a little urchin! Merry Christmas!
this was sam’s favourite favoutite book– he got it four his first bday and we couldn’t get over how much he loved it. the pea is very sweet– i like your version a lot.
I LOVE your little pea, just adorable. I’ve seen this book mentioned many times. I will have to track it down.
Oh, call me crazy, but I didn’t know that felting changed the color that much! Either way, it’s perfect and truly adorable.
Fantastic! And felting him made him even more adorable.
Totally, completely adorable!
so so cute! love it!
In Love with this version! Bravo!
That is such a sweet toy! I must go find that book now!
Congrats on your Whiplash Win! Well deserved. I love this idea.