Last month, in need of a quick-project-fix, I cast on for two of these little fellows. Nothing says Happy Halloween like a friendly little bat. B picked his colors and button, and named him ‘Glidey’ even before the last stitches were complete. Glidey has already been to the store, the eye doctor, and on a bike ride to the local park. A well-traveled friend, indeed.

The pattern was lovely, and went together quickly. The making up was a little fiddly, as toys are apt to be, but following the mattress stitch toy directions on Mochimochi Land helped quite a bit.

The boys both love that the wings button shut, and that they can hang the bats from fingers and pencils. There’s a notion of hanging them from carabiners, but luckily for the bats, the boys can’t find their clips.

In ‘Kids Clothes Week Challenge’ news, I still don’t have a pair of jeans finished for the boy. I did spend an hour every day that week working on it, so I’m rather glad about that. Then, I took a break and knit instead. I’ll be back to work on the jeans tonight and will be sure to show them to you all when they’re done. Fall weather has arrived here, so I need to get cracking!

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