Hot Cross Bunnies

It is almost my favourite chocolaty time of the year! Yes, Yay and Hooray! Easter is almost upon us! Now you all know from my previous Easter posts that I love Chocolate so it follow that I love Easter! But A funny thing has happened this year, my home seems to have been invaded by bunny's  but alas NOT chocolate bunny's!  I am not sure how this has happened but today I looked around me and all I can see is bunny's, they are everywhere! I have been unconsciously buying bunny, I think that my thought process is that I am buying them for Little Madame but some how they all seem to be hanging out in my entrance hall and my lounge! Its ODD!

 

I have even been trawling the world wide web.... For what you ask..... And yes!  You guessed right! Crocheted Bunny Patterns ! On one such trawl, Little Madame was sitting with me and we came across a very cute BUNNY, a bubble headed bunny. A bubble head is apparently a animal with a really large head. After much begging and pleading I downloaded the pattern and began to hook!

This pattern is a amigurumi pattern, I think I have spoken about this form of crochet before! it is small and done in  rounds or circles - remember my hedgehogs..... If not look here.

A Little Circle!

I said in that post that I found this form of crochet a little on the trying side, however this time it was a breeze! I think that there are two reasons for this! no1 - Little Madame was engrossed in the pink panther, for some unknown reason this has become the carton of the minute! No 2  - I sorted out a way to not have to constantly count rows! So clever I am! for some unknown reason, I had left a long tail at the beginning of my circle, it kept getting in my way, hanging over the end of the circle. Then it hit me use this long irritating tail as a stitch counter, soooo I counted my last row, then simply flopped the tail over the beginning of the row and crochet all the way round until I was above the tail, I pulled it out and flopped it over again, did three rows then came the test...  I counted the stitches and it was exactly what the pattern had said!

The Long Tail!

A Clever Stitch Counter

I am probably not the first hooker to do this but  I was really chuffed with myself. Yay! No more counting and no more fiddly little stitch counter thingys, that is until I needed to decrease again! Apart form the tiny arms and the huge ears the whole bunny was made from crochet balls, and you stuffed as you went, even the eyes went on as you were crocheting! 

A Bubble Head

 

I think that I might just end up making loads of this Amigurumi crochet, and I think I might use loads the  pattern on this beautiful  blog- its called All About Ami. The quaint little animal she crochets are sweet and pretty! She crochets beautifully! Small and delicate little animals, that are Adorable according to Little Madame! She also crochets other things, bags, the sweetest little girls boots, slippers, baskets ,cowls, the list is endless. Go onto her Patterns section for gorgeous free patterns! ....It still totally surprises me that so many amazing artisans are selling there beautiful wares on the Internet!  The Internet has truly made it very easy for crafters of the world to connect and share....

 Anyhoooo, back to my delightful little bunny! Once all the little rounds were complete and stuffed, she came together very quickly. Eyes were simply 2 buttons and a little pink flowers was pulled out of my flower stash, Little Madame chose the flower! It was her bunny after all!  

  

Nearly There.....



 A vintage fabric was used for the ears and soon she was looking cute and sweet! Felt served as paw pads ! All that remained for me to do was sew on a little nose! It was at this point that Little Madame popped over to see if said little bunny was ready, she grabbed it and when I said 'hold on she needs a nose' I was told that she needed nothing more, to be precise, Bun Bun( The  name of said little Bunny) was just PERFECT the way she was!  

 

What do you all think?

Bun Bun



Where Is My Nose....?



Sweet Tail!

And still  more and MoRe and still MORE bunny's keep appearing! Every where I look, there seems to be another bunny that has hippity hopped its way into our home!

  

Caged Bunny's

A Bunny From Her Nana

And of course, although I swore blind I was not going to make anything for her class, but then  I found a sweet and funny little poem on Pintrest and  made 27 little packets of Bunny poop! The little poem is so sweet I simply could not resist.....

 

I got you something special!

And here 's the inside scoop

Its very rare and magical! 

A bag of Bunny Poop!

 

The 'poop' is simply  chocolate covered raisins and I added 3 little marshmallow rabbits. I am so sorry I wanted to give you the link for the tags but I cannot find it..... So If this tag is yours, please forgive me for not linking it, I always give credit where it is due!

 

Class Bunny Poop!

And so in keeping with a new sort of Easter Tradition, a new little Easter bunny has joined the 2 that were crocheted for her over the last 2 years! And once again it has become Little Madame's faithful companion. As you all know the best part of making anything for her, is her total and utter appreciation and joy of handmade toys! I now have an idea brewing for a sewn bunny too, so watch this space...

My Egg Stash!

I am now totally happy that went the Easter Bunny arrives on Sunday, he won't feel lonely, after all our house is full of little bunny friends! So  this Easter eat loads of Hot + buns, and  as many eggs as you can! I can assure you all that is exactly what I will be doing for the next few days!  Have a Happy and Blessed Easter Beautiful Peeps! xxx

My Favourite  - Tiny Little Chocolate Eggs