Crochet Easter Bunny Pins!

Hello!  I have been very busy with bunnies this week.  I discovered a pattern on the internet ages ago for this, and I have been saving it for this Easter!

Every Easter I give my family little baskets - or pouches this year - of chocolate goodies, and I usually include a little gift inside too.  Last year I found some cute little wooden rabbit decorations, the year before that I found some really pretty glass egg decorations.  This year I'm making the gift - and I decided on Easter Bunny pins.

This was quite useful for me actually, because I do have quit a bit of wool at home here, which I keep looking at and thinking "Now what can I make with this?".  I have a habit of buying wool and deciding what to make later.....but I'm sure I'm not the only one who does this..! :)

Anyhoo, here's a link to the pattern: Easter Bunny Pin or Fridgie.  This is a great pattern which allows you to do what you like with the face - for example, I got some of those craft eyes from an art and toy store, and I used black wool to sew a little nose and smiley mouth on my bunnies.  I thought mine didn't really need a bowtie and I decided not to put on a tail.  I made all of mine with bent ears because they look so cute!

Regarding the back of the pin, I had bought lots of these craft pins in bulk a little while ago and it's a great idea to leave a longer tail of wool at the beginning than the pattern suggests because you can use that to sew it on.

Happy crafting!

Siobhan x

Easter Crochet

My latest crochet project is for Easter - I usually go out and buy little baskets to put my chocolate eggs in to give out to my family, but I thought I would attempt to cut costs this year by making little pouches instead!  I have lots of wool here which I haven't used for anything.  Why?  Well, it's the downside of buying wool online.  Although it may be cheaper to buy online, sometimes the colour isn't exactly what you thought it was according to the photo on screen.....!!  Anyway, I had a blue and a purple which I thought would go with a nice bright yellow ribbon to look nice and Eastery, so that's what I did:

Cute, right? :) The best thing about these is that you can make them as small or as large as you like! What I did with these was try a different pattern or two in the middle before reaching the last part to finish off.  This gives each pouch a different pattern so no two will look the same.

I got the pattern from here: http://roundshape.wordpress.com/2010/06/01/round-crochet-medieval-purse/ where it is called a "Medieval Purse".  I guess the size also depends on the wool you're using too - I like fairly chunky wool so this one measures about 11cm high and about 10cm in diameter.  Of course, the wool stretches with whatever you put inside which can be a good thing if you have - like me - a number of little chocolate eggs to put inside them :)  I haven't got the chocolate yet so I hope I haven't made these pouches too big!

And no, I don't mean I've eaten the chocolate - I really haven't bought it yet!

Happy crafting!

Siobhan x