Bunnies

Hello!
It rained and rained and poured and was generally soggy today.
So I got to and finished a bunny I had been (very slowly) working on for our Canberra neighbours daughter. (Best neighbours ever – even though we have all moved since our Canberra days we class each other as ‘neighbour’ 🙂

Thought I would give you a quick rundown on how to make a knitted bunny.
First – knit a square. You choose size & colour etc

Using wool of the same colour (cream colour used above so it stood out for the photo) tie off one end at the midpoint of one of the sides of the square and tack a triangle. (Just big running stitches)

Pull the thread tight and the square will bunch up to start forming the head and ears

Stuff the head full of stuffing and sew the head hole closed

Sew down back and bottom until small gap left

Stuff the body full and then sew up remaining hole. I don’t follow the seam for the last bit – I flatten it out as shown below so the bunny front sits better.

I then tidy up loose threads, sew the ears into a better position if they are weird, pop on a tail and embroider some eyes (and in todays case weird whiskers)
And a ribbon

 

He kinda looks like he has a mono brow… !!

Anyway, they are really easy and pretty quick. When I learned to do them I couldn’t stop and there was a bunny explosion at Norwich House.
I haven’t done lots for a while because I got obsessed with shawls and facewashers and they take so much longer.
Here are a few of my past bunnies that have since gone off to other homes (mostly kids at Jeff’s hospital)
Cheers!

This lot were made out of pure wool – merino or alpaca – handspun and dyed. I made them for a friends new baby in Japan. They were having their last meal before their flight.

Bon voyage! (Even a stowaway!)