A little drawstring bag full of knitted rabbits for my grand-daughter to help her learn colours and counting.
Not all the rabbits are shown but they are done on four dpns with oddments of double knit. Each rabbit only takes 10 -12 gms.
24 stitches cast on with a figure-of-eight cast-on so that there are no seams. Eight stitches on each of three needles, knitted for about 5 cms. Then arrange the stitches onto two needles with twelve stitches on each - work in moss stitch on six of the stitches to make one ear, decreasing when it looks long enough. Work the second ear on the other set of six stitches, leaving a long-ish tail at the start. Weave in the ends at the top of the ears, stuff the body and use the tail of yarn to thread through the remaining twelve stitches and draw them up and finish securely.
Use contrasting yarn to embroider eyes.
The original pattern came from a free Ravelry download:
ravelry.com/patterns/library/catnip-bunny
but I changed it as I got on better with dpns.
These have now gone back to the USA with their new owner.
Then another little sweater for my grandson:
This one is made in Peter Pan Sweetheart cotton/acrylic DK (the blue) and Sirdar Flirt DK (shade 230). The pattern is design #1310 from the same Sirdar Tiny Snuggly Textures book 412 but using the block #137 Bricks from the book 200 Knitted blocks for blankets, throws and afghans by Jan Eaton for the colour work. Much simpler than it looks as it is just a slip-stitch pattern.
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