This pattern makes a happy little pill just over an inch long, and requires two colors of worsted or aran weight yarn. It’s a very simple pattern that works up very quickly and uses a tiny amount of yarn, but getting the backs on the safety eyes can be tricky.

I made these as a thank you for some nurses who were very helpful when I had my first major allergic reaction, because I’d made a crochet tooth for a very kind dentist before and wanted a not-dentist equivalent