One of my lovely Ravelry friends suggested a raccoon would make a cute rattle. Having never seen one it took me a while, and a lot of looking at pictures, but I finally finished this design. I am really pleased with how he turned out and think any baby would enjoy playing with him. I put a rattle insert in the head and crinkle material in the ears for extra interest.

The rattle is knitted in separate pieces on 3mm needles using DK yarn and sewn together.