Knitted Sweet Toy Bunny Just For Tiffany

I bought the pattern for this knitted rabbit from Mary Jane's Tearoom (MJT).  She has the cutest toy rabbit patterns.  I love her blog, the pastel colours and the beautiful photos.    This was not the first time I attempted to knit a toy.  The first time was when I was pregnant, I knitted a rabbit from one of Debbie Bliss Baby Cashmerino books.  It didn't turn out well.  I also accidentally cut one of the ears with scissors, so the yarns unravelled.  It was quite a disaster.  But it didn't discourange me from trying to knit another toy.  I saw this pattern from Etsy, and fell in love with it straight away.  I bought all of the requird yarns as soon as I got the pattern.  The yarns were not available in Australia, so I had to order from the UK.  But I subtituted the grey baby alpaca yarn with another brand which had the same tension.  It took quite sometime to finish this project, as I didn't knit it continously.   In fact I just finished her jumper 2 days ago.  She looks much cuter with her jumper on, I must say.  I am very happy with the end result.  The colour of the bunny has faded a bit since I had finished it around a year ago.  Only the Jumper looks a bit new.  :)  My daughter who is now two years old, loves playing with her little bunny, so all the time and efforts are worth it.  Currently I am knitting antoher toy bunny from MJT called Anikka rabbit.  I think it is more difficult than the one I have knitted as it includes more details.  Let's see how I goes with this, will keep you updated. 

Crochet Owl Hat

I have enjoyed crocheting lately because I found that it is much faster than knitting.  As I don't have a lot of time, I think crochet is perfect for me at the moment.  Recently I crocheted this lovely Owl hat.  I got the free pattern from Daisy Cottage Designs.  Her pattern is only for newborn size and she used worsted weight yarns.  As I didn't have worsted weight yarns on hand and I needed to make a bigger size hat for a two year old, so I had to adjust the pattern slightly.  It is quite simple to adjust, you just have to add a number of HDCs.  Sorry I didn't write down the adjustments.   I really love the end result,  my daughter looks so adorable with this hat on!