Friday, July 15, 2011

Gift for easter: bunny amigurumi pattern


Spring Bunnies
When Craftzine asked me to make a Spring amigurumi pattern for them, I excitedly jumped at the opportunity.  Several months ago, I was inspired by a photo I saw on tumblr (there was no source at the time) of a floppy-eared bunny with big feet adorned with a pretty flower.  As soon as I saw that photo, I knew I wanted to try making something similar.  I recently found out that the bunny was made by Lue and Sue who does absolutely beautiful work.  Ryan and I had an idea to use the same pattern to make two bunnies: a boy bunny with ears sticking straight up, and a girl bunny with floppy ears.  The boy bunny could be holding a carrot in hopes of wooing the girl bunny!  Here is the sketch that Ryan drew up: