I love giving books for gifts, paired with a little knit or crochet thing. After Rebecca and I read The Miraculous Journey of Edward Tulane, I knew I needed to get it for my mom. So I bought it a few months ago, squirreled it away, and started looking for a cute bunny pattern to knit. There are so many great ones, but I chose Chubby Bunny from Itty Bitty Nursery.
What a blast to knit, and the embellishments are fun to do. It's supposed to be a baby toy (might come in handy when Grandma has to do all that babysitting soon!) I used Lily Sugar 'n Cream in ecru for the main color and white for the details, size five needles. Edward is stuffed with a combination of polyester filling and little plastic pellets.
I definitely plan on using this surface embellishment again in the future. Basically, you take a crochet hook and chain stitch across the right side of your knitted fabric. Then you whipstitch (straight stitch?) around and around the crochet chain, creating a smooth, raised pattern. It's great fun.
I love that embellishment technique! Thanks for explaining it.
Posted by: futuregirl | Monday, January 04, 2010 at 12:05 AM
Very nice! I read the description on Amazon and that sounds like a great book.
I see Away We Go on your sidebar. I've been meaning to watch that. Is it good?
Posted by: Beth | Monday, January 04, 2010 at 08:51 AM
Thanks, i love the gift very much. May be we need making this Edward a new suit next time?
Posted by: ET | Monday, January 04, 2010 at 10:10 AM
He's so cute! Great job!!!
Posted by: Cary | Monday, January 04, 2010 at 03:14 PM
That is so cute!! Well done you!!
Oh and happy new year! x
Posted by: Petit Filoux | Tuesday, January 05, 2010 at 05:05 AM