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 hate picking up stitches, especially when it’s from the middle of a knitted piece, and don’t particularly like sewing, so designed this pattern so that I could avoid both, at least mostly. This is also what I like to call a “felt in the mouth” toy -- if it’s intended for a child under 3 it will probably end up felting a bit as it’s played with. I like the way this looks, and when it gets dirty or seems uneven I just toss it in the washer. So while it’s a good project for using up scraps, make sure you know ahead of time how your yarn reacts to felting, especially if you’re using two different yarns.

Helpful Hint: My tape measures often make their way into the toy bin, and I don’t notice until I reach into my knitting bag, but I almost never leave home without my favorite Starbucks card. I’ve discovered is that a credit card is about 3.3” by 2.1”. For patterns like this that don’t require a lot of precision I often just use my credit cards to estimate length.