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Knitting the Bunny Knit, felt and stuff an adorable bunny of angora and wool. From "Knitty Gritty" episode DKNG-311

Today's guest, Bev Galeskas, introduces a bunny who's just waiting for someone to cuddle with. Make him up in worsted-weight wool held with a strand of angora for a soft, fluffy feel.

Design by Bev Galeskas, ©2004 Fiber Trends, Inc.

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Felted wool-and-angora bunny

Knit-O-Meter Rating: Beginner to intermediate.

Materials:

Zitron Loft Classic (100% wool): 2 balls main color (#2010) and 1 ball contrast (#2011)
Shulana (100% angora): 6 balls cream (#71)
(Note: As a substitute for the cream angora, 2 skeins of La Gran [74% mohair, 13% wool, 13% nylon] from Classic Elite may be used.)
U.S. size 11 (8 mm) 24" circular needles
1 spare needle in a smaller size
1 package wool roving for stuffing
felting needle, size 38 or 40
tapestry needle and a sharp, large-eyed needle
fiberfill for temporary stuffing
poly-pellets (about 2/3 cup)
6"x 9" piece Lycra&reG; fabric
1 pair animal eyes
pompon maker
small amount (1 yd. or less) of fine crochet cotton in cream

Size: about 9" long and 7" high to top of head, excluding ears (size will vary with the amount of felting).

Unfelted Gauge: approximately 12 sts = 4" (10 cm) with 1 strand of each yarn held together.

Pattern Notes

• Bunny is knit with 1 strand of wool held with 1 strand of either angora or mohair, except for feet and inner ears, which are knit in a single strand of wool in a contrast color.

• If using different yarns or even different colors than those shown, it is very important to test-felt a sample before beginning.

• Bunny is worked back and forth in stockinette stitch. A circular needle is needed to keep from stretching the stitches while working the shaping.

Stitches and Abbreviations Used

RS or WS = Right side or wrong side
x = times
stockinette stitch in rows = knit on RS and purl on WS
slip 1 = insert right needle into a st purlwise and move it from the left to right needle without working it
psso = Pass slipped st over st just worked
k2tog = knit two sts together as one
inc 1 = knit into the front, then into the back of the same st to make two sts from one
W&T = wrap & turn, as follows:

• On a knit row, slip next st ([purlwise) onto right needle, bring yarn forward between the needles, return slipped st to left needle, move yarn to back between the needles, turn to work in the other direction.

• On a purl row, move yarn to back between needles, slip next st (purlwise) onto right needle, bring yarn forward between the needles, return slipped st to left needle, turn to work in the other direction.

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