Knitted Bunny Pattern

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Make a bunny out of a square piece of knitting.
It's almost as clever as pulling a rabbit out of hat!

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• Knitted Bunny pattern, English version.
• Conejito Tejido, Spanish version.

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Nicole Huau writes about her tail variation —

I recently made a couple of these CUTE bunnies for a friend's baby shower - she had a bunny theme! I decided I wanted to make a more "secure" tail for the bunnies since this would likely end up in a child's nursery. Here's my simple version of the tail...

Using the same brand of yarn, but WHITE, knit an i-cord about 4-4.5 inches long. Finish off, tuck in ends. Make a flat spiral with the i-cord. Using a sewing needle & white thread, sew in lose end and drawn needle through to the other side of the spiral to make sure it won't come un-done. "Shape" the spiral into a good looking tail and sew to bunny's bottom securely.

Just another idea- thought I would share! I've already been asked by a few folks who attended the shower for the cute pattern and have gladly sent to the website!

Barbara White's ears variation —

Dear Jackie,

I teach knitting here in East Tennessee. I send my beginning students to your site to print off the free bunny pattern. As first timers they love to look at the site and the future things they will be able to make. It is also energizing to take the first swatch they do in stockinette stitch and make something out of it. It appeals to children/grandchildren of all ages. Thank you, thank you for making it available.

Some of my students had trouble making the ears stand up and resorted to calling their bunny a lop eared bunny. I made the following change to the ear pattern and the ears seem to stand up better.

Cast on 5 stitches.
1) K.
2) K2, p, k2.
3) Repeat rows 1 & 2, 5 times.
4) Decrease a stitch every other row maintaining pattern until 2 stitches remain.
5) K.
6) K2tog.

I would be honored if you would consider adding these ears to your pattern. I am enclosing a scanned picture of the ears which I had to flatten to scan. But if you try the pattern I'm certain you will see the more upright effect.

Thank you again. Barbara White