Taggy

I spent today making the most of my time and making a Taggy.

Whats a Taggy I hear you ask? Well... a Taggy is a small blanket or piece of material that has (wait for it) tags sticking out from the sides. Taggys can also be childrens toys that have little tags around it. The concept being that children, babies in particular, love to play with tags. Wrap their fingers around them and explore all the different colours and textures.

My very first Taggy has ribbons of different width, texture and colour. It is based around a rainbow coloured fleece and a white spotted microfleece as the main design. On the back is a simple cotton spotted fabric. In the middle runs a piece of cellophane that brings with it a crinkling sound that all children love.



I am considering quilting through the middle with a name otherwise I was considering embroidering the name in one of the small white squares. I am still undecided about either if any.

It turned out remarkably well given that most of the size measurements were guesstimates as to how large I wanted it to be and how long the ribbons etc. So all in all I think my judgement made for a pretty Taggy.

The Easter Bunny

Ever since I saw a post on a forum I belong to about The Toy Society I have been working away to make an Easter Bunny to drop, on Easter.

I thought it would be a kick for a child to find the Easter Bunny on Easter and set about knitting.

I love knitting but unfortunately, like everything, it has been put on the back burner for some time as life just gets busy. However, I made sure that I left myself with plenty of time to do it and it actually came together a lot quicker than I thought.

The wool I used was left over from making my own sons crochet blanket. And the stuffing is new, yet again recycled, bamboo basting left over from his quilt. The unfortunate thing was that I gave the bunny to my son for him to 'test'. It passed with flying colours, so much so that I had to make another one just for him! lol. That will teach me!

The Bunny completed with time to spare.

In his natural environment.

Today was the day, My son, his Aunt and I all went to the Adventure Playground today to make the drop. I was completely terrifed of being caught, especially as it was so busy. I had planned to make the drop a lot earlier in the morning when everyone was more likely to be at home eating chocolate, however the Gods conspired against us. I made the drop while my son was playing on the smaller slide and we went to play on the swings. Although there were people playing on the slide, it seemed like no one was going to notice the Easter Bunny. We left not too long after and as soon as out backs were turned, the bunny was gone. I hope he like his new home and brings some joy to another family. It makes me smile just thinking about it.

The Easter Bunny waiting to be found.

And so I shall continue to pay it forward at random. I am in the process of making another bunny, and then I shall make some bears for the hospital in which my sister works. And who knows, maybe one of them will find their way at random to The Toy Society. ;-)