Sitting Bunny by Claire Garland in DROPS Alpaca and Flora.

Having seen the wonderful patterns on Claire Garlands Ravelry site Vicky and I decided the sitting bunny had to be made. Here is a link to her Ravelry site showing all of her wonderful designs Claire Garland

For the sitting bunny I used the following yarns from Drops;

Alpaca Off White 100

Alpaca Light Pink 3140

Flora Brown 0008

Flora Beige 0007

Having initially browsed through the pattern I thought it might be a little complicated to follow but I found it very easy.

The only thing I would suggest is, as you can see in the photo above, there a several stitch markers close together, these mark the various parts of the bunny ie. neck, head back, ears etc. I made a note of what colour marker was for each body part so as not to get confused at a later point.

You will be amazed at how quickly this piece of knitting starts to resemble a rabbit!

The picture above shows the picking up of the stitches for the forelegs. Once you’ve reached this part you are nearly home and dry. I would suggest watching the video on “How to make up” before stuffing and adding the features to the face as this is a great help.

Well I was thrilled with how my first attempt turned out. I am now going to knit another one for me to keep as this combination of yarns has made such a soft, cuddly bunny. Hope you enjoy making this as much as I have. X