Simple As A Catnip Carrot

I've been doing these for forever, they're so simple to make, and they can be done in orange or other colors.  The carrots are 6 inches long on the orange part, and I buy the green lace (hunter green) by the yard. Not the 3" wide lace, I'm talking about the bolt size lace.  The green part is cut in rectangles, about the size of a dollar bill. I accordion pleat the bottom of the lace together by hand - basically folding it zig zag style - then tuck it into the top of the carrot and pull the thread closed, stitching back and forth several times to keep everything in place.

 

Yes, the lace does get shredded by the cats, but it looks so much nicer than if I'd have used green felt strips or green 'leaves' out of felt.