I’m not sure whether I will even find time to write a pattern for this crochet teething ring, but I sure hope I will. It was Bubba’s favourite toy for months!!!
free crochet pattern: black-and-white crochet teething ring
Ever since our little Bubba was born in September, I have been on the lookout for toys for him. Sadly, almost everything commercially available and marketed to ages 0 months+ is not necessarily age-appropriate for clumsy newborns and their tiny hands. Toys I found were either too thick to grasp; too heavy for the accidental, yet inevitable drops on the little one’s face; or overly stimulating with way too many colours, textures, and sounds in a single item.
I knew if I wanted him to play with something different, I’d have to create it myself.
{What I didn’t know was how hard it’d be to find a minute here and there to finish the project. What would have normally taken me less than a single afternoon took me almost three weeks with a brand-new newborn at home!}
As I suspected, this simple high-contrast black and white squeeze-and-suck ring has quickly become one of B’s favourite toys.
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