Here I am again with another monthly bunny – this time I drew inspiration from the tsukimi festival in Japan which shares many similarities with other Asian autumn festivals. Traditionally for tsukimi, dango/mochi are made and arranged onto a special dish which are then eaten as one watches the harvest moon. Unfortunately, just like with my previous month’s bunny, I did not have the time/energy to make this just as I envisioned as I did originally want to make 2 bunnies sitting by a tsukimi dish and snacking on some dango, but I just didn’t get around to doing this in time due to pregnancy nausea and exhaustion. Anyways, I hope you like these two cuties and will make them yourself!

Materials
To make the tsukimi bunnies you will need:
– A 2.5mm Crochet hook
– Yarn in whatever colors you’d like for the bunnies and the dango; I used white for the bunnies and yellow for the dango (optional black thread for the eyes and some pink for the cheeks)
– A tapestry needle and scissors
– Stuffing
– A stitch marker to help you keep track of the start of the round
– Safety eyes if using
Please note that you can make the beach bunny using any size crochet hook and yarn weight for a smaller or bigger result. I like using DK as it’s most commonly available. If you make amigurumi, it is usually recommended to go down a bit from the recommended hook size for the yarn to allow for a no-hole look (we don’t want to see the stuffing show through in between stitches)! Using DK yarn and a 2.5mm crochet hook, the bunnies should be about 15cm tall.

Stitches & Abbreviations
The pattern is written using US crochet terms in continuous spirals. You will need to know the following kinds of stitches to make him:
– Magic Ring (MR)
– Single crochet (sc)
– Decrease (dec); preferably using the invisible decrease method
– Increase (inc)

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