Alice Bunny

Alice Bunny is a sweet little rabbit knitted flat on straight needles with double knitting yarn. She has a cute dress and matching shawl.

The pattern is available from Ravelry and aimed at advanced beginners or intermediate knitters. To knit this bunny you'll need the following knitting skills:

cast on

cast off

knit stitch

purl stitch

knit two stitches together

purl two stitches together

make one stitch knit wise

make one stitch purl wise

knit into the front and back of a stitch

some basic sewing skills

Finished size is approximately 40 cm (16ins).

This bunny was knitted using Stylecraft's Batik DK in shades, silver, rose and graphite. The yarn has a soft twist with a painted semi solid effect, it's a mix of 80% acrylic and 20% wool. 

Alice Bunny 

Pattern and Yarn Giveaway

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The giveaway is now closed.

Thank you for all the entries.

A winner will be announce soon.

If you would like to knit your own Alice Bunny

Stylecraft Yarns 

are giving away 3 balls of Batik DK 

to one lucky winner:

x1 50g Batik DK Rose

x1 50g Batik DK Silver

x1 50 Batik Graphite

and

Hand Knitted Things

is giving away an  

"Alice Bunny" 

digital PDF pattern

The giveaway is open to international participants.

Please ensure you leave your name and 

contact. 

The winner will be announced on this blog.

Entries will close on 

Tuesday 16th April 2019 at 12 noon BST.

Woodland Walk Notebook

At the weekend I attended the Stylecraft Blogstars seasonal meet up at Slaithwaite in West Yorkshire. It was lovely to catch up with the group, share updates and participate in various activities.

The Saturday afternoon craft session was lead by designer Juliet Bernard and featured hand stitched notebooks. We'd all been invited to make a cover in advance of the weekend.

Inspiration for my book cover began earlier this year. In January, I went on a lovely winter, woodland walk through the Beinne Eighe National Nature Reserve in Scotland. The reserve is a special place for wildlife, scenery and geology. 

Even on that cold, damp, January day among the pine trees, heathers, mosses and lichen, inspiration for a knitting project was found.

I had in mind to use up small amounts of Batik DK yarn. The yarn has a wide range of colours in semi solid shades. 

Colours chosen from Batik DK were:

mint, silver, pistachio, gold, raspberry, coral and krypton.

Bands of colour knit in moss stitch...

The notebook is size A5 (A4 sheets folded in half). The cover was knit from the bottom edge up. For the cover I used size 4mm knitting needles, casting on 71 stitches. Calculating enough stitches, I hoped, to allow for an overlap around the vertical edges of the notebook. Beginning in shade silver, knitting 2 rows, changing to shade krypton, working moss stitch (*k1, p1, repeat from * to end). Completing four panels of mixed colour representing the various mosses and plants, with the band of neutral grey in stocking stitch representing a pathway through the woodland.

The "Notes" lettering was created with short lengths of single crochet chain using a 3.5mm hook. The pieces of crochet chain were then slip stitched onto the knitting.

The edges of the knitted cover were folded over at each end to create pockets for the cover to slip into. 

Finally, a wooden button and crochet loop were added to keep the notes closed and safe.

An enjoyable project, using spare yarn, which will remind me of a lovely winter woodland walk.