Posterous theme by Cory Watilo

Ick like a bunny

I finally finished my first Waving Lace sock, and was much chagrined to discover that it's about an inch too long. I don't have dainty little feet, but even so, the foot of the sock shouldn't be longer than the leg, if the leg goes to mid-calf. Sorry, no pics. This is a blog, not a freakshow. I'd have to charge you all a quarter to see the freakish sock, and I'm not sure how to set up PayPal to deal with that. Anyway, the helpful ladies of LFP knits quickly came up with a solution for me at our last knit night - simply undo the toe, take out a repeat, and finish 'er up all over again. Sigh. But I was finished. But they're right. I'm still a little peeved at the sock, so I set it aside in favor of something fun, and seasonal! A bunny! Oh, I've been wanting to make this cutie for ages, and since Easter is quickly hopping towards us, I figured the time was finally right. I didn't have any pink yarn, but I figured purple was close enough. So, I cast on for my purple bunny on Tuesday, under the watchful eye of the LFP knitters. This pattern is kind of fun, and very mysterious, because it's unclear what you're making until it's made. It didn't take too long to finish the head. And then it was time to sew on the face. Let's talk about the face. Regular readers of this blog and those of you who attended Tuesday's meeting of LFP knits will not be surprised to learn that I sewed the bunny's face on upside-down. That's starting to be my thing. Since you have to sew on the face before actually completing the head, it's not quite clear which end is up. I sort of assumed that it wouldn't matter. But ultimately, it matters very much. This is clearly the bottom, the scraggly, holey, warty neck that needs to be hidden by sewing it firmly to the body. It's even got a gooey trailing spinal cord!
While this is clearly the top, with even decreases and smooth spiralling stitches shining brightly towards the heavens.
Luckily, because I forgot to sew the eyes on, I was able to just turn the head upside down and sew the eyes on the chin, as it were. But now the bunny is frowning. It's an evil bunny. But darn it, I was NOT going to start over and re-sew the face. So it's a bad bunny, so what?