Experimenting with joints

This year has been full of toys for me so far. I am also finding myself drawn to making toys with joints. I have found Dritz Doll Joints work well with crocheted toys. The axel of the joint makes slip’s easily between stitches. I used them in my Softie Awards entry Kitsune.

Now I have started work on a pair of bunnies and I wanted to have their joints be exposed so I started working on adapting traditional button joints to crochet. I decided it might be easiest for me to just make buttonholes and line them up rather then trying to sew the button thru the legs. While it did not occur to me at the time I really love how this gives me the ability to remove legs and arms at will. I think this will make attaching the head much simpler.

I really like the way the yellow buttons stand out with the blue thread.