Child’s Play

These wonderfully simple Bobby building blocks by Sian Brown are fantastic toys for babies who will love looking at the colourful motifs and squeezing the soft cubes. Toddlers and older children will enjoy building towers, knocking them over again and naming the pictures and colours.

Traditional toys like Bobby have also been proven to help kids develop their hand-eye co-ordination. Our cubes are knitted in a soft cotton yarn and feature simple intarsia motifs and bright stripes.

MOTIF SQUARES

NOTE: work nine Motif squares in total: two of Fish design and one of each of other seven motifs
Cast on 30 sts in yarn A
Working in st st follow appropriate Chart for 42 rows
Cast off

STRIPED SQUARES

NOTE: work three squares with yarn C stripes, two squares with yarn B stripes, two squares with yarn E stripes and two squares with yarn F stripes
Cast on 30 sts in yarn A
Rows 1-2: work in st st
Change to second yarn
Rows 3-4: work in st st
Change to yarn A
Rep last four rows until 42 rows have been worked
Cast off

Press according to ball band instructions. Sew together as in diagram (overleaf). Sew sides together to form a cube, leaving three seams open. Insert foam cube, pull squares tightly over it. Sew up remaining seams.

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Block: 16cm x 16cm x 16cm