HAPPY EASTER!

Bunny and her Easter grass friends wish you and yours a Happy Easter (or Passover, or Spring Equinox)...er, you understand.

These little gems are a present for my Dad who loves all things amigurumi. Happy Easter Dad! Sorry they are late.

Bunny is egg shaped and knitted with boucle yarn. The pink and peach colored Easter grass are knit with cashmere yarn dyed in orange and pink lemonade Kool-Aid. The green grass is knit with Caron Country yarn in Loden Forest. I modified the Mochimochiland grass pattern so that the grass was 2.5 inches instead of 5 inches tall.

Here is the bunny pattern...

BUNNY

SIZE

One

FINISHED MEASUREMENTS

Height: Approx. 5 inches

MATERIALS

• Boucle yarn in cream or white (works with any yarn but I thought the boucle was cute)
• Scraps of pink and black yarn.
• One set of four US #6 double-point needles
• Fiberfill (I used polyester fiberfill but natural fiber should work also)

GAUGE

Doesn't really matter

PATTERN NOTES

CO: Cast on

SKP: Slip one stitch, knit next stitch, pass slipped stitch over

K2tog: Knit two stitches together

M1: Make one stitch by inserting the left needle, from front to back, under strand of yarn which runs between last stitch on left needle and first stitch on right needle; knit this stitch through back loop.

DIRECTIONS

Body:

CO 9 stitches. Arrange stitches so that 3 stitches are on each of three needles. Join as to knit in the round.

Round 1: Knit all stitches.

Round 2: [K1, M1] 9 times. (18 stitches)

Round 3: Knit all stitches.

Round 4: [K2, M1] 9 times. (27 stitches)

Round 5: Knit all stitches.

Round 6: [K1, M1, K8] 3 times. (30 stitches: 10 on each needle)

Rounds 7-12: Knit in stockinette stitch.

Round 13: [SKP, K1, K2tog, K5] 3 times. (24 stitches)

Rounds 14-15: Knit.

Round 16: [SKP, K1, K2tog, K3] 3 times. (18 stitches)

Rounds 17-18: Knit.

At cast on edge, thread trailing yarn through loops and cinch to close body. Weave in ends. Stuff bunny body.

Round 19: [SKP, K1, K2tog, K1] 3 times. (12 stitches)

Rounds 20-21: Knit.

Round 22: [SKP, K2tog] 3 times. (6 stitches)

Add more stuffing if necessary. Break yarn. Thread yarn through loops and tighten to cinch end. Weave in ends.

Ears (make 2):

CO 6 stitches.

Row 1: Knit.

Row 2 (and all even rows): Purl.

Rows 3 and 5: Knit.

Row 7: K2tog, K2, SKP.

Row 9: K2tog, SKP.

Row 10: K2 tog.

Break yarn and thread through loop. Weave this end into ear. At cast on end, tack edges together and attach to bunny body. Weave ends into body.

Finishing:

At the back of the bunny body, make a running stitch circle and cinch to make a tail (As shown in the picture below). Create two french knot eyes below ears with black yarn. Create a satin stitch nose with pink yarn.