Apple Pie

This is the last item headed into the Thanksgiving box for 2020. I have a couple of items for my house to finish for the holiday but then it is on to Christmas.

Of all the pie patterns I've worked with this is one of my favorite sets because it adds a bit of fun to the play because kids can put the pies together. The pattern includes a pattern for the apple pie, a pumpkin pie, and a berry pie. You can purchase the pattern here.

I made this pie many years ago for another family member and some things stuck with me about what I'd do differently if I tried it again. First the pie is large and storing all this food can be a challenge, so bringing down the size to a more manageable pie plate was a goal. The second thing I remembered from my previous experience is that the acrylic yarn didn't hold the shape of this pie very well because it isn't stuffed. The idea is that the child can "make" the pie by putting the pieces together. I found the acrylic yarn was a bit floppy when I made this the first time and I wasn't completely pleased with the experience.

I've been experimenting more with cotton sport yarn and thought it would be interesting to try that yarn for this project to see if it would provide more stability for the pieces. I used a Omega Sinfonia cotton sport yarn for this project with a C hook. I am pleased with the substitution and will stick with it if I come back to this pie pattern again.

I've preordered a book due out in December with more food patterns and kitchen accessories that I'm hoping to try out to add to future boxes. We will see what happens. For now I need to finish my Thanksgiving projects because I really need to get the Christmas box ready to ship.

Mini Cherry Pie

This is the last in the series of mini pies I'll be making for the Thanksgiving box. You can find the free pattern here.

I'm still planning on at least one more pattern for the box and a couple of house decorations for Thanksgiving before moving on to my Christmas projects. I do need to get this box out in the mail for it to arrive to be of much use for Thanksgiving.

Pumpkin Pie

I've been working through this series of free mini pie patterns to add to the Thanksgiving box. These patterns work up quickly and make cute play food for kids to play with during the holiday season and long after. You can find the free pumpkin pie pattern here.

This pattern is made with a variety of brands of worsted weight yarn and a g hook.

Mini Blueberry Pie

I keep running across fun little projects to add to the play food I'm sending in this year's Thaksgiving package. You can find the free pattern for this mini blueberry pie here.

This pattern works up quickly. I reversed the direction of the top of the pattern to get the bumps to work the way I wanted them. The pattern calls for a size 7 hook. Instead of digging for my 7 I just went up to a size H hook.

Crochet Cherry Pie

I've been looking through my play food pattern binder and crochet food books to find patterns for the Thanksgiving box. I ran across the Cherry Pie pattern in AmiguruMe Eats: Make Cute Scented Crochet Foodsand loved the textured look of the pie pattern. Most of the patterns I'd been looking at had smooth sides to the pie edges. I loved the bumbpy filling as the pattern directions called this one. I'm hoping to make a piece of blueberry pie to go in the box as well.

You might think I'm a huge pie eater, but I'm not. I occasionally have a slice of apple but pie isn't really my favorite sweet. However, making a wide variety of pies was always a Thanksgiving staple in my house growing up and seeing these crochet pies has brought back some really nice childhood memories that I thought to pass on to others.

Just a note to those of you who might be curious about the scented portion of the book title. There are directions for adding scent to the food projects. It is not something that is required when making the food projects. I have no interest in adding scent to these toys, so I've ignored the directions without it changing the pattern. For those of you interested,the directiosn are available in the book.