I have a FO for you. It is most definately NOT the Sunrise jacket, I have one more cuff to reknit and a button to sew, then it will be a FO. This is the bunny from LMKG, for my neighbors adorable baby girl.
This was a fun knit, even though I started it 4 months ago, and finished this last weekend…
I love knitting toys because the construction is so differant. With sweaters you’ll always knit some form of 2 sleeves, a back and a front, but toys are fun, and a great way to use up bits of yarn.
Specs:
Yarn: 2 skeins of Rowan cashsoft dk in main color, yarn used double through out. A bit of a darker pink for the inner ears, and the embroidery, and a very small amount of blue calmer for the eyes, and center of the flower.
Needles Addi US 6’s for the whole thing.
Mods and Comments: This thing knits up in no time, but I always take forever to get around to seaming and finishing up, toys always require great attention to the detail. Also, the cashsoft makes a much, much firmer fabric than the alpaca called for. I realized this when I knit and sewed the ears on, they just aren’t as floppy as I would have liked. I also added the initial, and the flower on the bunny butt, cause it I wanted it to be girly. It’s finished height is a tall 10 inches or so, I didn’t swatch, cause well, with toys, it doesn’t really matter.
I’m happy to have it out of the WIP bin. Yay!
This weekend I’m going to attempt to change the look of this here blog. I’m a bit nervous, so if you can’t access it, or it looks wrong, it’s because I fucked it up really, really badly, and have no idea what happened, and am curled up in a corner somewhere. Or I got fustrated and threw my powerbook across the room. Anybody out there with experiance editing wordpress templates? Pointers would be helpful here!! Wish me luck!
Too freakin’ cute! I want one.
Good luck with the site update.
Really, really cute! And Cashsoft! – it’s gonna be so cuddly!!
Too, too cute!!! I LOVE it!
OMG, Julia, that’s so damn cute. I love his little tattoo on his butt and the floppy ears.
Very Pretty Bunny!!! I have to try it!
aw! so cute!! ok, here’s my one piece of advice for updating your templates. download your old templates and back them up! also, in your template/theme directory, copy your old template and then work off that copy. when you’ve got it where you want it, switch over. this way if things go really wrong, you can always switch back.
It’s adorable!
cutie! the flower… what a kick-butt idea! (wacka wacka wacka)
love it sister
It turned out really cute!
Good luck with the blog changes. 🙂
That bunny is so cute! It’s good that it’s a firm knitted fabric, because after it’s been loved and dragged around by a little girl, it will get floppier. It’s so adorable that I want to make one right now!
Half the fun of having a blog is changing the look of it all the time. At least that’s what I say 🙂 That bunny is way too cute. I like the flower on the booty.
awww how cute!! i love the big M on it! the little girl is sure to just love it!
Your bunny is adorable! So cute it’s just begging for a hug.
If I were you, and if there is a way to do it, I would save the settings you have now to disk (or whatever). Just in case something goes really wacko you have something to go back to. I have no idea how to change anything on these here blogs. I have to have Amanda email the html whenever I want to add something to my blog!
So Good Luck! 😉
That’s pretty adorable!
Ohh he’s SOO cute!
Oh, Julia, that is the cutest darned thing!!!!
That bunny is so cute!!
I don’t know about WordPress, but, when I change templates in Blogger I have to readd all my buttons and links again so you may want to make sure you have a hardcopy of your main template so you can remember what was there before.
OMG – that is too frickin’ cute! And soft, ta’ boot.
Sorry if I’m obtuse, but what book is LMKG?
LOVE the bunny! It is just to cute.
awwe, so cute!! I love embroidery
Adorable!!! Have to say I love the flower! : )
I have got to get that book – I love everything in it! Very cute bunny! Love the embroidered embellishments.
Hey – when are you going to have more yarn at kpixie? Love your colors!
Holy cow, how cute! Your embroidery on the M turned out awesome.
yay – cute new blog colors are great!!!! very vesper!
Absolutely adorable! I gotta make one for my future neice!
I like the new blog look. Colorful, pleasing to the eye and COOL!
that bunny is the cutest!
adorable! yeah bunnies. love the color combo and the stitching details.