Rattles

left: LOOP baby toy - from here. Right: Red flower - my creation. i'll write down the pattern at some point :)
Everybody's getting one for xmas this year, haha


...and this is 2-week-old Hadas, it looks like she's already enjoying her flower!


pattern
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petals (make about 7)

ch2 (or make loop)
r1: sc6 (don't join)
r2: sc2 in each sc. place marker
r3-r7: sc in each sc
r8: dec 1, sc 4, dec 1, sc4 (dec: decrease)
r9: sc in each sc.


rattle
stuff firmly as you go. insert 2-3 jingle bells in the top ball (or in both).
top ball: white
ch2 (or make loop)
r1: sc6 (don't join) (6)
r2: sc2 in each sc (inc 6). place marker (12)
r3: inc 6 (18)
r4: inc 6 (24)
r5: inc 3 (27)
r6:sc in each sc (27)
r7: sc in back loop of each sc
r8: sc (27)
r9: dec 3 (24)
r10: dec 3 (21)
r11: dec 6 (15)

stem: b/w stripes
with black, sl st in each sc
r1: sc in each sc of r10 (over the sl st. this makes a nice transition)
r2: sc
switch to white
r3-4: sc
repeat r1-4 to desired length. end with black.

bottom ball: red black and white
with red, sl st in each sc
r1: (r) inc 6, sc in each sc (over the sl st.)(21)
r2: (r) inc 6 (27)
r3: (b) inc 3 (30)
r4-7:(w) sc
r8:(b) dec 3 (27)
r9:(r) dec 6 (21)
r10:(r) dec 6 (15)
r11:(r) dec 6 (9)
close

assemble:
with black, sl st in each loop in outer loop of row 7 of top ball. fasten off. sew petals to the black row.