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Chocolate Bunny Knitting Pattern

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This Free Chocolate Bunny Knitting Pattern is a fun little Easter knit for anyone who likes seasonal projects with a bit of personality. It has the look of one of those classic chocolate bunnies you see at Easter time, but in knitted form, which makes it feel a little quirky and a lot more giftable.

The pattern starts with a garter stitch base and then builds shape by picking up stitches and working in the round. That gives the bunny more dimension than a flatter decoration and makes it feel more like a proper soft toy or display piece.

It looks like the sort of project that would suit knitters who are happy with basic shaping and don’t mind paying a little attention as they go. Nothing about it feels wildly complicated, but it does have enough happening to keep it interesting.

A pattern like this would work well for Easter decorating, handmade basket fillers, or just using up some brown yarn in a more creative way than another dishcloth. And of course, if chocolate brown is not your thing, it would be easy enough to imagine this bunny in softer bunny shades too.

All up, this is a sweet seasonal knitting pattern with a playful idea behind it and a finished look that would fit nicely into Easter crafting.

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  1. Cannot get the Chocolate Bunny Knitting pattern, when you click on the button, it is only the snapshot, and does not go to the pattern. Thank you.

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Knit an Easy Lacy Top for Summer

I love the look of mesh tops for summer, but I don’t know that I would ever actually wear one that’s full of giant holes, even though I admit they look cool (in both senses of the word) on other people.

What I would wear, though, is something that’s still lacy but maybe a little bit more subdued, like this chevron lace knit top from Yarnspirations. 

This easy to knit T-shirt style top is worked flat in two pieces from the bottom up, using and easy lace pattern that’s a repeat of 10 stitches and four rows (though the wrong side rows are just purled, so there’s only two rows you need to learn the pattern on). 

It has little cap sleeves that are worked as part of the top by casting on stitches where you need them. 

If you’re new to lace knitting this is a good one to try because the pattern includes both written and charted instructions, and the only skills you need are yarn over, knit two together, slip slip knit and slip 1 knit 2 together pass the slipped stitch over (which makes a centered decrease). 

There are four size options available (which they claim is enough to cover XS to 5XL), with finished chest measurements ranging from 38.5 inches (that’s 98 cm) to 59 inches, or 150 cm. The amount of ease would vary widely depending on your size and the size garment you choose. For example the largest size is said to fit a chest measurement from 5258 inches/132-147.4 cm, which gives you a range of ease from 1-7 inches, or 2.5 to 17.78 cm, depending on your size. Just something to be aware of when you think about how you want it to fit. 

The project calls for Red Heart Cotton Breeze yarn, which isn’t a yarn I’ve tried yet, but it’s a DK weight acrylic and cotton blend, which should make a lightweight top that’s great for summer. 

Grab the free pattern from Yarnspirations. 

[Photo: Yarnspirations]