Long Lake Yarns

A conservative estimate would be that I’ve knit about 10 dozen of these guys in the last 22 years. My son’s Waldorf pre-school gave out the pattern when he was 4. I knit gobs of them for a Waldorf holiday fair. Then he moved on to an elementary school that had a fall fun fair every year. More gobs. Kid birthday parties. More were knitted. I’ve gifted half a dozen at a time, in assorted colors and manes.

My Little Ponies were the rage back then. They were odd brightly colored plastic ponies with hairdos and costumes. Somehow I was convinced these were more wholesome. Possibly that’s a lot of hooey and the truth is I just like to knit these little guys.

Because of the name of this pattern, with its hand-written title, I believe that the source is likely the Acorn Hill Waldorf School in Silver Springs, Maryland. I’ve written to them and asked for permission to share the pattern. I did not receive a response so I have to take that as a “no.” But a close approximation of the pattern, with longer legs and not such a stout look, is the pony in Freya Jaffke’s Toymaking with Children. That is also a wonderful book for toymaking for children.