Lettuce is generally referred to as bunny food in my household, and everyone is required to hop once around the table before and after eating it. The lettuce itself is barely tolerated, but being allowed to make your parents pretend to be rabbits is usually enough incentive to get my toddler to eat it.

I’ve never tasted or even seen a horned melon. From what I hear, I think that they may not always be edible. What I know about them is that they look really strange, and my son picked it as one of the fruits he would like in his set, and so I set out to knit a horned melon.

I love grapes, as do all toddlers I’ve ever met. Each cluster of grapes starts with a provisional cast on, and stitches are picked up from it as you continue to add on, the clusters are then joined together at the stem. I’ve designed these grapes to be just a bit large, so that even if the clusters come apart they won’t be a choking hazard. And...

This fern is knit flat and then stitches are picked up from the provisional cast on and worked as a three-needle bind, then it’s sewn into a spiral shape. It’s a lot faster and easier than all that sounds, though. It’s a wild plant, and perfection isn’t required. It would be easy to make a different sized plant by casting on a different number ...

This pattern makes a fairly small eggplant, If you’d like your to be larger simply use a heavier yarn and larger needles, just be sure that your fabric is dense enough to hold in the stuffing.

I love the way dragon fruit looks, and so I set out to see if I could replicate it with yarn while avoiding my least favorite knitting tasks -- picking up stitches and sewing. This pattern makes a fruit that’s a bit smaller than the average ripe dragon fruit, if you’d like yours to be larger simply use a heavier yarn and larger needles, just be...

This pattern makes a small carrot, if you’d like yours to be larger simply use a heavier yarn and larger needles, just be sure that your fabric is dense enough to hold in the stuffing.

This is a small apple, the size my son prefers for his lunch, it’s made using just a few yards of fingering weight wool. For a larger apple simply use a heavier yarn and larger needles.

This pattern makes a small banana, if you’d like yours to be larger simply use a heavier yarn and larger needles, just be sure that your fabric is dense enough to hold in the stuffing.