Tiny Easter Bunnies - Free Pattern

Materials Required
3mm crochet hook.
Scraps of coloured DK wool (body colour and contrasting colour for eyes and nose)
Scraps of white DK wool.
Small amount of stuffing.
Darning needle.

Head/Body
Work 6 stitches into magic loop (6)
 sc twice in each st (12)
*sc1, sc twice into next st* 6 times (18)
sc around for 5 rows  (18)
*sc1, sc2tog* 6 times (12)
Stuff firmly.
*sc2tog* 6 times (6)
Break yarn and fasten off.

Ears
Insert crochet hook under stitch on fourth round and pull yarn through.
Ch5
Turn and sc into each stitch.
Fasten off.

Repeat for second ear, inserting hook under a different stitch on fourth round.

Weave in all ends.

Tail
With white wool sew 6 stitches over end.

Now add eyes and a nose and your bunny is born.
Make lots of little friends for your bunny.

Rabbits Mark 3

I will get round to adding them to my Folksy shop ........... just haven't got round to it quite yet.
If only you could upload straight from your phone.
Folksy folk, we need an iphone app!

Rabbit's Rebirth

I pulled out my amigurumi rabbit pattern the other day. Now, it was just a list of numbers typed into a sticky note on the computer. Nothing to say what list of numbers refered to which individual body parts, no pictures, nothing, so it was really nice watching him/her emerge on my crochet hook.

I've changed it a little, but it's the same rabbit, it's just evolved a little bit.
This one has a loop stitch tail, basically because I didn't have anyway of making pompoms at work and didn't want to wait. I think it works okay, but could be better with maybe smaller loops or something. Definitely worth experimenting with.

Now she just needs some friends and then maybe a new home... anybody looking to adopt a little bunny?

Hopscotch

Toy Society Drop (almost)

An embarrassing amount of time has passed since I completed the Smappy Bunnies and said I'd give them away in a Toy Society drop.

Well, I've finally got them all bagged up and ready to go 'somewhere'.

I need to leave for work at 7am tomorrow so I'm planning to drop them en route. There's a primary school at the end of the road from work and I may try McDonalds as well.

Assuming of course that I don't forget to take them with me.........!

Whosies and Whatnots

Becky has kindly allowed me to test out the patterns for her lovely bunny and owls. They are very quick to make and very cute. You can see more pictures of Smappy Bunny, and the owls over in the Flickr pool (once I put them there!).

For now here's Wilma and Wilfred. I recycled them out of some old jeans and a checked shirt (underside of wings). I really liked the bodies out of denim but it was quite hard work sewing the wings on, the layers of fabric were getting a bit too thick!

My Smappy bunnies were made out of a recycled dress and t-shirt. The stretchy fabric makes them wonderfully soft and cuddly. I'm not sure how long t-shirt fabric would stand up to children playing roughly and pulling the ears etc but the thicker velour seems much sturdier and the nap hides any little untidy handstitches!

There are a pile of great tutorials on Whosies blog and some lovely stuff in her etsy shop, so do stop by for a look if you haven't already. :)

I need a name! GIVEAWAY

The bunny family have moved into my Folksy shop, apart from this little one who no-one could think of a name for.:(

Can you help?

Please leave suggestions in the comment box and whoever makes the best suggestion will become the new owner of this little rabbit.

You have all of August to think of something.