Some projects for my kid: heart, good bear, egg

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A few kid presents I made so far in 2023:

Heart Amigurumi

Two small amigurumi hearts in pink and red.
A set of two amigurumi (crocheted) hearts.

Made these for my kid around Valentine’s day (although we don’t really celebrate that one).

Ravelry project link: https://www.ravelry.com/projects/terriko/heart-amigurumi

Good Bear

A small knitted bear wearing a green hat, green jacket, beige sweater (only barely visible) and blue pants.
A small knitted bear wearing a green hat, green jacket, beige sweater (only barely visible) and blue pants.

This is a Susan B Anderson pattern with a kit from her store (Barrett Wool Co.). I love these kits: they’re well designed and have carefully thought out techniques. I didn’t love this thinner version of the yarn as much as I liked the thick one I used for the giraffe I did — it’s very rustic in a good way, but a bit more finicky and less squishy in the smaller size — but it was still well suited for the task. Kiddo has named him “Green Bear” for now, a name with much honour since it is his favourite colour. He chose the buttons, which are a ladybug and a plane. I’m so glad I have a stash of kid buttons for this sort of thing since he loves digging through them to choose some for each of these animals. I went really lazy and used the plastic cotter pins used on the card to also attach them to the bear.

Easter Egg

A knitted easter egg featuring a colourwork motif with lines and diamonds.
A knitted easter egg featuring a colourwork motif with lines and diamonds.

This one is from a pattern by Stacey Lewis, the designer who makes all the baubles I highly enjoyed in November/December 2022. (They’re just so satisfying and quick!) She knits it with a plastic egg as insert, which looks less lumpy, but my kid *loves* playing catch with soft things so I turned it into a bean bag.

The Dread Pirate Kid dyed the white/yellow/blue contrast yarn. It looks so good! And it checks off a 2023 fiber goal: using our hand dyed yarn!