Bluebird's Bunny
Ingredients
Double knitting yarn for body and small amount for tail 3mm crochet hook Stitch marker (or scrap of yarn to mark your place) Safetyeyes Embroidery thread Safety stuffing
Abbreviations
ch - chain sC - single crochet sc2tog - single crochet two stitches together dc - double crochet sts - stitches PC - popcorn stitch - 5dc in same stitch, remove hook, insert it in the space before the first dc of the 5, pick back up the loop, yarn over and pull back through both loops \* - repeat the instructs between the stars
Method
You will work in continuous circles, it's a good idea to move your marker up the rows so you know where the start/finish is. It is written in US terms throughout. Bunny ends up 3 inches 'square'. Round 1 - in body colour, ch2, in the first ch sc 6 Round 2 - 2sc in each stitch - 12 sts Round 3 - \*sc in next stitch, 2sc in next\* repeat to end - 18 sts Round 5 - \*sc in next 3 stitches, 2sc in next\* repeat to end - 30 sts Round 6 - \*sc in next 4 stitches, 2sc in next\* repeat to end - 36 sts Rounds 7 to 12 - sc each round - 36 sts (eyes placed between 9 and 10th round) We are going to add his belly colours now, carry the white/body colours behind the front piece do not cut off either until Round 17. Here's a diagram of how to change colours on the last stitch of the previouscolour.
Round 13 - sc next 26, sc next 6 white, sc 4 body Round 14 - continuing with body colour sc next 25, sc next 8 white, sc 3 body Feet and tail Round 15 - in the next stitch PC in body colour, sc next 9 (join tail colour on the last stitch) PC next stitch the tail (joining body colour when you yarn over and bring the yarn through both loops and cut off tail colour leaving a length to sew in), sc next 10, PC next stitch, sc next 3, changing to white on the last stitch, sc 8 in white, changing on last stitch, sc 3 Round 16 - \*sc in next three stitches sc2tog\* five times, on the last sc2tog change colour when you have 3 loops on the hook, yarn over and pull through the new colour, continue belly in white, sc 3, sc2tog, sc 3, on the third stitch change colour, sc2tog and sc 1 - 29 sts Feet Round 17 - sc in the next 19 sts, PC in the next stitch, sc in the next 2 sts changing to white on the second sc, sc 3 in white, change to body colour and sc 2, PC, sc 1to complete the round. The white can be snipped off end sewn in. Now we put the eyes in, mine are between the 9th and 1oth round and neaten any ends from the colour changes so far Round 18 - \*sc in next 2 stitches, sc2tog\* repeat to end sc last stitch Put some stuffing in now Round 19 - \*sc next stitch, sc2tog\* repeat to end e more stuffing to fill him completely so that he's nice a Round 20 - \*sc2tog\* to end, cut your yarn leaving a good length of yarn so that you can catch it around the remaining stitches and pull up the opening tightly. Now embroider on his nose as suits using a simple stitch Ears - make two Round 1 - ch2 in the first ch sc 6 Round 2 - 2 sc in each stitch - 12sts Round 3 - \*sc next stitch, 2sc in next\* repeat to end - 18sts Round 4 to 9 - sc Round 10 - \*sc next stitch, sc2tog\* repeat to end - 12sts Squish the ears flat and sew them through both sides to the head.
