Comments on: Knit a Beet

By: Paupette

Paupette — Fri, 08 Feb 2008 21:29:02 +0000

I love to make funny little cat toys for my cat. Think of how great it would be to see a cat wildly batting a knit catnip-stuffed beet.

Also, I think it would be cool to make several extremely large knit beets and use them as throw pillows.

By: Heirloom Gardener

Heirloom Gardener — Wed, 06 Feb 2008 02:17:45 +0000

I definitely think that these would make great baby gifts/toys. What a great way to combine one’s love of gardening and knitting.

By: katsura

katsura — Mon, 04 Feb 2008 22:41:01 +0000

For crocheters, there are a variety of fruit and vegetable patterns (as well as other foods) out there for free on the internet. I am working on a whole series for my daughter due here in a few weeks. I have visions of her playing the the garden with me, with her little crocheted versions of the real veggies I’m growing. Also hoping to take her to the store and let her compare crochet banana vs. real banana. Obviously not right away. Anyway the fruits and vegs are my favorite thing to crochet right now, they work up so fast, and they are so so cute.

By: Gayla

Gayla — Fri, 01 Feb 2008 04:55:57 +0000

Jane: I have seen the magknits produce but have to admit that I think the beet is prettier. Although that knit tomato is pretty cute.

By: auntiem

auntiem — Thu, 31 Jan 2008 19:24:10 +0000

Jane beat (no pun intended) me to it, but the magknits veggies are fun to knit.
I’ll have to prowl thru my stash to make this beet pattern.

By: David

David — Thu, 31 Jan 2008 19:09:45 +0000

This is a fantastic looking thing. I’m putting in an order with my mother-out-law for one.

Thanks for sharing!
David.

By: alphatango

alphatango — Thu, 31 Jan 2008 18:56:07 +0000

Hi Assertagirl, Gayla,

Trophy? … HERE IS AN IDEA. Dah dah dah dah-tah-DAH!…

The First Annual Worldwide YGG Garden Awards! …does YGG have an awards program yet? Well if not, it should! Judged by your YGG gardening peers and famous gardening guest judges.

Best Garden (Various: Backyard, community, balcony, first… )
Best Vegetable (Tomato, Bean, Carrot, Odd-Shaped, etc.)
Best Herb (Various: Actual herbs, recipes, new uses, medicinal…)
Best Project (Garden, greenhouse, reclaimation, heritage…)
Best Nursery, Farm, Market, Landsacper… etc., etc., etc…

I like the idea. AND, I am offering to design and build awards.

Greg

By: Jane

Jane — Thu, 31 Jan 2008 18:49:41 +0000

You don’t have to stop at beets! A few years ago on magknits, they published knit patterns for carrots, corn, tomatoes, celery, etc:
http://magknits.com/Sept05/patterns/garden.htm

I worked for a literary magazine last year, and to fund it we threw on this huge rummage and craft sale. My roommate and I spent weeks knitting little fruits and vegetables, improvising our own patterns for eggplants, bananas, and strawberries. Surprisingly, they ended up selling really, really well. No matter how purposeless they seem, knit vegetables just provoke this weird “oh my god, I MUST have one” kind reaction.

By: Assertagirl

Assertagirl — Thu, 31 Jan 2008 15:06:33 +0000

That is beautiful! It sort of looks like a radish, too, so maybe you could just use it as a knit trophy of your triumph over radishes?

By: alphatango

alphatango — Thu, 31 Jan 2008 14:41:17 +0000

Hi Gayla,
I’m thinking maybe large knit beets as purses, with the leaves as shoulder strap(s)? I know that I for one, would LOVE a hat that makes my head look like the top of a beet, leaves sticking up in the air… with the sides of the beet as sideburns, and the pointymost part of the root as tiestrings… Or maybe for the small babies, a big cabbage holster that works like a “snuggly”. Or long legwarmers that look like carrots with the top carrot greens almost joining at the groin. …you could have underwear/bikinis that look like “RUDE-abegas”… I could go on… but I am sure everyone would rather I not.
Greg
P.S. I just went to a “beatknit” website, but there is no “beetknit”… So some YGGer can register the domain name an’ start a-knittin’ and a-webmarketin’.