Cute!I’ve been a little busy and slightly defeated lately.  I completed the colorful plarn bag but am not happy with the length of the straps and so I’m at a stand still.  Since then I haven’t done any crochet really.  With the approach of Easter I wanted to try making an amigurumi bunny.  I searched for different patterns and found 2 I really liked.  One is a Baby Snow Bunny found at the Darncat Crochet blog.  It sits on its belly like a real bunny would and darned cute.  The other I had bookmarked many moons ago at Marjorie Crochets and it’s more a cutesy comical bunny with exaggeratedly long ears.  I couldn’t decide.  So I asked my husband.  To my surprise he was kind of excited to be included in this decision.  I will probably try making each bunny but which one was to come first?!  We decided on the cutesy bunny found at Marjorie Crochets.  I completed one in a variegated blue/purple Red Heart yarn and intended to take a picture before putting it together but got carried away.  After it was all put together I had a little photoshoot with it.  The pattern calls for toy eyes and nose or just thread.  I checked out my bead stash and founds some black beads to my liking.  Another thing I discovered during this project is that my husband is an excellent needle threader.  I’m not so bad but after a couple misses he offered and had it done quickly.  Who knew?!  I sewed the eyes and nose on before stuffing the head which is a first for me.  Previously I’ve just used thread or yarn to make the facial features and always after assembling the whole amigurumi.  It was quite easy to attach the beads while having access to the inside, plus there is no need to try and hide the tails as they will be inside already.

After completing the blue bunny I decided to make another.  It is an easy pattern to follow and I’m very satisfied with the results.  I’m half way through putting together a white bunny now and this time I remembered to take the pre-assemblage photo.  For the white bunny I sewed a pink nose using some pink yarn.  I’ve also decided to go with bead eyes and again sewing them on before stuffing the head.  I should be done with my white bunny tonight!  These bunnies have been a great distraction this weekend before I realized that I had strep throat and needed a doctor.  Now my concern is how to remove the strep bacteria off my cute bunnies!  Any tips?