Knitting

Easter Bunnies

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Knit or Crochet Easter Bunnies

If you are new to knitting or crochet these little bunnies are quick and easy. These are a great way to use swatch gauge’s, small balls of yarn or to try out new stitches.

Step 1. Crochet or knit a square 8″x 8″ square. Size really doesn’t matter in this case.  Neither does the yarn weight.

Step 2. Using an embroidery thread in a matching colour, sew a triangle.

step 1

Step 3. Pull the threads to gather a square to form the bunnies head

Step 4. Stuff the head

step 2

Step 5.  Sew up the head and down the back of the bunny

step 3

Step 6. Stuff the bunnies body

step 4

Step 7. Close the bunnies bum by running a stitch around the edge and pulling tight

Step 8.  Sew on a tail (pom pom), eyes, nose (buttons) and tie a ribbon around the bunnies neck. I used store bought pom poms but you could easily make one too.

This pattern is intended for personal use only. I offer this pattern for free but I request that you do not sell it or any product made from it.

New Year New Sweater

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sweater 1Last spring I started this sweater for Sasha at his request.  We went shopping for yarn together and he picked this grey blend.  Spring ended, summer started and the sweater wasn’t quite complete.  Every month or so Sasha would ask if his sweater was ready yet and this past weekend I finally finished it.

The pattern was found from Ravelry it is called Tama by Kelly Brooker.  If you are thinking about knitting or crocheting then http://www.ravelry.com is an excellent site to search for patterns.  There are piles of free patterns, patterns for purchase and links to knit/crochet blogs.

On the ninth day of Christmas…extra seating

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In the spring I made some outdoor poofs to be used on the deck.   When they migrated indoors for the winter the colours didn’t jive with the indoor decor, so I knit one of them a winter coat.  I don’t need any extra seating for the holidays because I am a bit of a chair junkie.  But the kids like the knit poofs and they are slightly more sophisticated than bean bag chairs.  I made this one using Red Heart Grande in Oatmeal which might be my new favorite yarn.  I made up the pattern as I went, and knit 6 squares which I sewed together.  The pattern is a K4, P4 basket weave.

poof detail poof

On the eighth day of Christmas…a Reindeer

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Watreindeer 1ch out Rudolf Logan’s in town.  Logan is 2 and rarely stands still, most of my recent pictures of him are blurry.  This one is no exception.  I love that this reindeer hat is so simple, and I also love that the pattern was free, thanks to Ashleemarie.com.  Even though he is sporting the hat backwards he’s the cutest reindeer in town and I am only a little biased.