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Wednesday 13 April 2011

How to make knitted Easter bunnies

This is a great craft project to do with the kids this Easter holidays. I've seen this in an old Waldorf crafts book, it's really simple and great project for Spring. It involves no knitted shaping, you just start from a square of fabric and the rabbit shape is formed by the simple sewing up and stuffing.

Step 1: knit a square in garter stitch or stockinette stitch or for a super fast rabbit cut out a square from an old woollen sweater. A square about 18cm (7") width makes a large bunny as shown, the little one is made from a square approximately 12cm (5").

Step 2: Sew each corner up about one third of the length of the edge...

Step 3: Stuff the cavity with wool, putting a bit more stuffing in the top as this will form the head.

Step 4: Sew up the hole by gathering the top and bottom of the hole and stitching the sides of the hole together...
Step 5: Form the head by tying a length of yarn around tightly at the end you would like the head to be.

Step 6: Sew the limbs in place by sewing the front two legs together and folding the back two legs forward and stitching them to the body to keep them in place.

Step 7: Make some ears, stitch some eyes and a nose and finally attach a small pom pom or ball of yarn to form a tail. The ears can be made from cutting out a piece of felt, knitting some up or using a folded i-cord or other piece of cord or ribbon. Improvise and make your bunny uniquely yours. Happy making!

Other craft activities to do with the kids this easter holidays:

7 comments:

  1. Ace! I've already got my 11 year old onto this. Thanks for sharing it.

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  2. We received one of these darling bunnies in the mail this week for our 4 yr olds birthday. It is one of the many crafts by Brenna we now experience daily in our home. If you've held one of Brenna's crafts you'll know why I say "experience" - the weight, the grain, the smell, the real-ness. There are days where this is the closest tactile contact we have with nature at all! Appalling, I know! How essential is this contact then to a child who's world is understood purely through sensory input (as opposed to input from a previous memory)? At a practical level, Brenna's crafts are delicate yet durable, vibrant yet neutral, perfectly crafted for the tiny-person's hand, cheek and eye, and deeply enriching for the grown-person's inner-mind. I am comforted by this simplicity. CobbledTogetherBrenna: Your work flows deeper than you know.

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  3. Hi from New Zealand, these are so cute, and I just love your doll, beautifully made, I can not sew for nuts!!! cheers Marie

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  4. thanks so much for the lovely comments!
    xbrenna

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  5. Hi I am getting really stuck with making these lovely rabbits, I was wondering if someone can help...? I've knitted a square but confused by the next step. Di I fold in each corner and sew them up and stuff them. ?
    Thank you

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  6. Hi I am getting really stuck with making these lovely rabbits, I was wondering if someone can help...? I've knitted a square but confused by the next step. Di I fold in each corner and sew them up and stuff them. ?
    Thank you

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  7. Hi Leanne, it's not that clear from my funny diagram but I'll try to help, what you do is take a corner and sew the sides of the corner up. You can measure the side of your square and if it's like 20cm then sew up each corner's sides about 7cm in. Does that makes sense? Then you'll be left with a hole that you stuff through and then shape the bunny and close the hole. good luck. You can make a cute cat too by adding triangle ears and stitching a different nose and whiskers.

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