Three little kittens.....

Greetings!

Here is another amusing project from Jean Greenhowe's book 'Small cuddly toys'. This is another vintage project, and I am very proud that I could make this set.  

This is a group of toys representing the nursery rhyme 'Three little kittens lost their mittens'.

It's extremely hot and it's quite hard to sew, yet, I enjoyed sewing these little kittens and their mother! 

According to Wikipedia:

'The three little kittens' is an English nursery rhyme, probably with roots in the British folk tradition. The poem first published in Britain in 1833. With the passage of time the poem has been absorbed into the Mother Goose collection. The rhyme tells of three kittens who first lose, then find and soil, their mittens. When all is finally set to rights, the kittens receive their approval and some pie. 

The poem depicts the mother cat's disciplinary measures and the kitten's need to report their movements to her are the indicators of a bourgeois status.

There are so many versions of this rhyme, and the complete history about this rhyme is available on Wikipedia.

Illustration from Ballantyne's 1858 version

Illustration of the rhyme from 1874

The kittens playing in the garden, an illustration from 1874

Three little kittens,

Put on their mittens,

And soon ate up the pie;

"Oh mother dear,

We greatly fear

Our mittens we have soiled".

"What! Soiled your mittens,

You naughty kittens!"

They began to sigh,

"Mee-ow, mee-ow, mee-ow, mee-ow".

Three little kittens,

They washed their mittens,

And hung them out to dry;

"Oh mother dear,

Look here, look here,

Our mittens we have washed".

"What! Washed your mittens,

You're such good kittens.

I smell a rat close by!"

"Mee-ow, mee-ow, mee-ow, mee-ow".

It is extremely hot in here, yet, had a great time sewing these 😃!

Will be back soon, with my next project!

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