Play Food

I know this is quite early but I'm between projects for the time being and (if you can't tell), I'm a planner.  Time to make something for my little one to learn how to use her chopsticks (an essential in our family).  Upon searching Ravelry, I found Mooncakes and Sushi by Amada Berry; they were so cute but, I wondered if it would be too big for her first things to pick up (she's still 1.5 after all).  Then, I found these super cute raspberries. 😍  They were perfect!  3D but still very small and relatively light.  So, I made two (2) of them before Hubs stopped me from making a basketful and said, what about a green bean? 🤔  Off to the Web where I tried searching for a green bean pattern but couldn't find one😭; in the end, I just made it up👍: Cast on four (4) stitches, knit in the round until it was 3" long, K2tog, Bind Off.  Then Hubs said: what about a cucumber slice - something bigger but flat?🤔  So, off to the Web again to find a cucumber slice pattern.  Since I couldn't find one, I thought: Hey, I managed to figure out how to make a small green bean, why not a cucumber slice?😉👍  Alas, I was not smart enough to figure out how to make a flat cucumber slice as my cucumber looked more like a wavy potato chip than a flat slice.😭🤦   But, I did find this pattern: dumplings and I used it as a basis for my cucumber slice! 🎉🙌👍  By now, I had four (4) little things for her to learn how to pick up, I needed just one more thing 🤔 (we need an odd number of things!) ... so, I made up an orange slice!😉👍

Now, we have enough small things to learn how to "eat" with utensils!

 

 

I hope she likes them and starts learning to use her chopsticks soon! 😉🙏🤞