Bunny Blankie Pattern

There are so many things in my mind about my etsy shop, business, how to do promotion, products I need to make and so on.. I was drown with the ideas and my long long to do lists. By chance I found out "rich mum business" web site by Ranae and after watching her webinars, youtube videos I realized the mistakes I am making over and over.. This time I am getting serious about the business and moving on, one bite at a time :) I still have loads of things to do and sometimes 24 hours is not enough for me, especially with two kids :) 

I decided to use instagram more active as a promotion for my shop and my products. I started posting more often and got new followers. I also found out a new company called Three Bears Yarn, they were looking for crochet testers to test the patterns. Yay! I contacted them by email. I tested a blanket pattern made by Denise Potter. I really liked the cotton yarn they sent me. They are soft and easy to crochet. There were a few balls left from the blanket and David let me keep them for myself. They turned into a bunny blankie and I will share the pattern with you :)

2 balls of aran pure white1- Using 3.5 mm crochet hook and pure white yarn, start with magic loop and 6sc in the loop. 
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Materials :

1 ball of aran gentle green

1 ball of aran mellow yellow

3.5 mm crochet hook

4.5 mm crochet hook

black embroidery thread

The head, ears and arms are made in a continuous spiral, without joining rounds or turning. Use a stitch marker or a piece of yarn to mark the beginning of a round. Move the marker up when you complete the round.

Head

1-   1- Using 3.5 mm crochet hook and pure white yarn, start with magic loop and 6sc in the loop. 

2- Sc2 in each stitch (12sc)

3- (Sc1, inc )* Repeat * to the end. (18 sc)

4- (sc2, inc )* Repeat * to the end. (24 sc)

5- (sc3, inc )* Repeat * to the end. (30 sc)  

6- (sc4, inc )* Repeat * to the end. (36 sc) 

7- (sc5, inc)* Repeat * to the end. (42 sc)

8-13- sc in each st (42 sc) Embroidery eyes on the 10th row, leaving 5 sc between each eyes. 

14- (sc5, dec)* Repeat * to the end. (36sc)

15- (sc4, dec)* Repeat * to the end. (30sc)

16- (sc3, dec)* Repeat * to the end. (24sc) Stuff the head.

17- (sc2, dec)* Repeat * to the end. (18sc)

18- (sc, dec)* Repeat * to the end. (12sc) Stuff the head firmly. 

19- Single crochet two stitches together. (6sc) Cut the yarn leaving a tail to sew the opening.

Hat

Make the hat same as head for 13 rows using gentle green yarn.

14- ch2, dc2 in each st, join with slip stitch. (82 st)

15- sew the hat on the head. 

Ears (make 2)

1- Using 3.5 mm crochet hook and pure white yarn, start with magic loop and 6sc in the loop. 

2- Sc2 in each stitch (12 sc)

3- (sc3, inc) x 3 times. (15 sc)

4-11- sc in each st. (15 sc). cut the yarn leaving  20cm tail to sew the ears on the hat.

Arms (make 2)

2- Sc2 in each stitch (12sc)

3-9- sc in each st (12 sc)

10- change to gentle green yarn, sc in each st. (12 sc)

11-23- sc in each st. (12 sc) cut the yarn leaving 20 cm tail to sew the arms.

Blankie(Granny square) 

Using 4.5mm crochet hook start with pure white yarn. I made the granny square with 1 row of white, 2 rows of gentle green, 2 rows of white, 3 rows of mellow yellow, 2 rows of gentle green, 2 rows of white, 2 rows of mellow yellow. In the last row I made crochet picot edging. 

Sew the head on the first white row. Next sew the arms. Please do not use amigurumi eyes or beads for the eyes as they might be dangerous for the little ones.