2/25/2015 - Making good progress. Rabbit himself is done. Knit the shorts and soaked them. Tomorrow they’ll get seamed and I’ll work on the sweater. Doogie likes posing with knit bunnies. ;-)

4/6/2015 - Boy, looking back, I really didn’t take notes for this one, did I?! I THINK I MIGHT’VE used US3 needles? I’m doing rabbit #3 (for Amanda K.), and I’m using US2 bamboo, so we’ll see how the two finished rabbits compare.

For the skull and bones - I wanted a more “bruiser/tough guy” (yet still cute) look with this one, found a picture of a skull and bones knit project online, and actually counted the stitches in the picture to map onto a grid, and then duplicate stitched the patter onto the finished sweater. I think I got it all off to the left by one “pixel”, but since each of these bunnies always seem to lean/twist one way or the other, that’s just part of this bun’s unique personality.

4/19/2015 - Both bunnies are done and ready to be gifted to the mamas-to-be tomorrow. Got some fresh photos in natural daylight of this rabbit to go with Amanda’s rabbit. And I decided to add a little something to both that’s off-pattern - BELLY BUTTONS!!

Oh, and in knitting Amanda’s, I realized I completely didn’t pay attention to yarn weight in the instructions for this one. No wonder the clothes are baggier. I kinda like it, but those pants ARE really floppy. I’ll see if she wants me to knit something more snug.

*** NOTE TO SELF!!!! I think Ginnie’s was knit on US3, Amanda’s was knit on US2. The picture with the two rabbits together shows how the overall finished project size varies just by going up one needle size. US3 makes for a floppier bunny (this could be compensated for with more padding, but there’d be risk of seeing it through the looser stitches), US2 (per pattern) makes for a snugger bunny. I wonder what it’d be like knitting on US4 or 5, and holding the yarn double?

*** ANOTHER NOTE TO SELF - For this rabbit I knit each ear, each arm, and each leg individually, per the pattern. For Amanda’s I knit two-at-a-time for the ears, arms, legs. I’ll definitely try to remember to do two-at-a-time from here on out - if you forget a row, you’re forgetting it for both! And if you’re having to remember particular shaping stitches, it’s easier to do it for both appendages at the same time.

OTHER BUNNY (blue with overalls): http://www.ravelry.com/projects/Jephers/boy-bunny-with-a-piebald-patch-3