A while back, I wrote about Norah Gaughan’s knitted beet. Many of you will have seen the writing on the wall with that post, and will have guessed this would happen sooner or later. I had to knit the beet, for no other reason than that I like it. (In fact, I would have knit it sooner, if the pattern had been available for purchase as a downloadable .pdf. As it was, I had to find the booklet at a LYS.)

Here it is:

I dipped into the stash to knit this. My beet is knit in KnitPicks Palette (the bright pink, held double), KnitPicks Wool of the Andes (the purple) and two shades of green of Patons Classic Wool. I used black pipe cleaners and they do peek through the gaps a bit, but I think they look better than white ones would have (the other choice.) My Ravelry project page is here.

I had thought I’d make three, maybe tie them in a bunch, but it’s much larger than anticipated. One is enough! Right now, it’s in the kitchen, although I’ve no idea where it will end up. It was a fun and quick knit. I fulled it a bit – a nice hot soak – to soften the look of the leaves and disguise the white of the polyester stuffing a bit more. I also put pipecleaners in the stems of the leaves as they were really floppy.

I’m really happy with it, although it is a bit of a silly thing.

Have you knit any vegetables lately?