When I made this bear I miss read the pattern, and ended up with a bear that my nephew calls his "skinny baby"
I adapted the pattern and made this little bear. D thinks it looks like a cat
I decided to adapt the pattern one more time, this time I decided to turn the pattern into a crochet pattern
I single crocheted 44 stitches and once I got the body the length I wanted I started the legs for the first leg I started the row as normal but once I had done 22 stitches I turned my work instead of finishing the row and singled crocheted away till the leg was the length I wanted. You should probably count your rows, but I rarely do. I started the next leg by making one chain on my hook and then starting where I had left off on the body. I will admit I did consider making him a one leg bunny.
Once your body and legs are finished fold in half so the seam will be along the back (see above picture) Sew together and stuff (leaving the top open for now.
The make your arms and ears. To make the bunny ears I single crocheted 15 or twenty rows (like I said I don't count) then I began decreasing with every subsequent row till I had a point.
To make the arms just crochet two rectangles of the same size fold each in half and sew shut (leaving one opening for the fluff. and then sew on to the body
Sew your ears on and then sew the top of the head shut
The finished product I call him Hipster bunny. That's why his ears are in his face and he has a nice skinny scarf :)
Hipster bunny will actually be for sale for charity.
Regretsy and it's fans (April's Army) have started a monthly charity project. Each month members of the Etsy group "April's Army" donate items for the charity shop and April Winchell (the creator of Regretsy) picks a recipient for the funds raised in that month's shop.
You can find more information here
This is my contribution for the month of May, although it may not make it in because I submitted it a day late. However if it isn't in this month's charity shop it will be in next month's.
Many crafters don't like the fact that Regretsy makes fun of people's hard work, but somethings deserve to be made fun of. I know that I have made some pretty tacky crafts in my time and if somebody gets a good laugh about it then so be it.
Like this purse for example
It's really tacky looking, I know it. I was experimenting with some yarn from the dollar store. But because I know it is tacky I am only selling it for $2.00. People who try to sell tacky/crappy shit for $50 deserve to be made fun of in my humble opinion
My point is that Regretsy has a history of helping out Etsy sellers who are facing hard times. So I am asking all you readers of my tiny little blog to please if you can purchase something from the April's Army store when it is posted in the next few days.
