Big Cuddly Bunny. My hometown has an agricultural fair every August that I rarely miss.
My brother watches the oxen pulls for hours and my mother lingers over the prize vegetables, but I always head straight for the rabbits! I totally love them: their blinky eyes, their fat bellies and their ridiculous ears. And so when it comes to Easter and its wonderful cast of characters, for me, the bunny wins. Our Big Cuddly Bunny gets its shape and inspiration from this winter's Big Snowy Owl. With a couple of key modifications a wide-eyed owl turns into a floppy-eared rabbit, full of sweet, earnest personality. The Materials Main Yarn: 6 skeins of Blue Sky's Bulky, 50% Alpaca and 50% Wool.
The Pattern Gauge 2 1/2 stitches = 1 inch in stockinette Finished Size 15 inches from ground to top of head 38 inches in circumference The Bottom With the Main Yarn and the double pointed needles, cast on 8 stitches. Place a stitch marker and join for working in the round, being careful to not twist your stitches. Round 2: Purl. The Body. Itty Bitty Birdies (Plain Jane) Toys from KnitPicks.com Knitting. Mango the Giraffe from KnitPicks.com Knitting. Beautiful things: Knitting FO: big giraffe. Yup, giraffe production continues and the big giraffe is finished!
Big Giraffe Date: Needles:US #1 Addi Turbo 32" circulars When I couldn't find or decide upon the one perfect contrast color for a giraffe, I decided to make a family of giraffes in different sizes! When I started out on the first leg, doubling the pattern, it looked HUGE in comparison to the little giraffe so I decided it would be the big one and I would make an in between size for the medium. Doubling the pattern of course means that it takes a lot longer, but it's still a fast knit. One of the great things about this pattern, aside from it being so adorable, is that you stuff as you go so once you are done you are done! As I mentioned when I wrote about the little giraffe, the neck chart is not quite correct and should be more like the leg chart (again, this makes sense if you knit or look at the pattern).
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