Now I feel just like a kid again!

Meet my new project! Adult sized bunny slippers, and a matching beanie, because apparently this winter needs to test my ability to withstand frostbite...

If you want to try and make these yourself then the pattern is for sale in my Ravelry Shop! they are super easy, and super warm!

They make me feel like a little kid again, running around in bunny slippers... but they do make me miss the summer, and it being August it is supposed to be warm not almost freezing.... but being in Australia means that I get to go to the beach at Christmas instead...

On a different note, I am awaiting the start date for a new job, I got a new (well its an old desk but its new for me) which made a lot more space in my crafty room, we got our oven and hopefully it will be put in this weekend, we have started trying to teach Sade to do some tricks....  Which isn't going very well at all... apparently she thinks that "Shake!" means she should shove her face in your hand or roll over onto her back and kick you... but I'm sure we will get there in the end, and that will be one more thing I can cross off my bucket list! I wanted to put up a video of Lewy trying to teach her, but my blog is being a pain in the proverbials.... it only wants to let me do a video if I have a webcam hooked up and since the laptop died I haven't had the time to get one...

Also I have taken it upon myself to try and make backups of my stuff now, so my desktop is nice and neat and organized, all my pictures are in properly labeled folders, and my loose photos that still need to be scanned have all been filed away in what I'm hoping is chronological order... there are so many pictures I want to put up for family to see.... My cousin over at A Bookworm and a Baby is one of the ones who is in so many of these photos I have, and I'm not sure if she even would remember being in half of them.... but alas I need to get a scanner...

Here's hoping you are all having a great week!

XxX ~ Rah Rah

Knitted Bunnies!

My Little Rabbit <3

 So here's the little knitted Rabbit I promised you all!
Isn't it just so freaking adorable? I absolutely love it to death and it even comes with some clothes! So as promised here's the pattern for it. I'm not sure whose patter it was originally (and I'm really sorry that I cant give credit where credit is due!) but I found this pattern on Pinterest, I clicked on the picture of the little teddy bear (yes there is a bear as well!) and it downloaded a .pdf file to my phone.... So I'm going to write it down for everyone (exactly as stated in the pattern I downloaded) And if you stumble across it somehow and it's your pattern please let me know!!

Head: Side A
cast on 12 sts. (start with a K row)
1. Inc 1 st st at each end of row. (14 sts)
2. P across
3. Inc 1 st st at beginning of row. (15 sts)
4. P across
5-10. Repeat rows 3 and 4 three times more. (18 sts)
11. Cast off 8 sts at beginning of row K to end. (10 sts)
Place marker at end of last cast off st.
12. P across
13. K across
14-15. Dec 1 st at each end (6 sts)
Cast off *P2tog at each end as u cast off

Side B
Cast on 12 sts (start with a P row)
1. Inc 1 at each end of row (14 sts)
2. K across
3. Inc 1 at beginning of row (15 sts)
4. K across
5-10. Repeat rows 3 and 4 three times more (18 sts)
11. Cast off 8 sts at beginning of row K to end (10 sts)
Place marker at last cast off st.
12. K across
13. P across
14-15. Dec 1 st at each end (6 sts)
Cast off  *K2tog at each end of row as u cast off

Head Gusset (Start at back of neck)
Cast on 3 sts.
1. p across
2. inc 1 st on each end (5 sts)
3-5. work in st st begin and end with a p row
6-9 repeat rows 2 through 5 one more time (7 sts)
10. inc 1 st at each end (9 sts)
11-23. work in st st begin and end with a p row
24-25 Dec 1 st each end (5 sts)
place marker at each end of this row
26-32. work in st st begin and end with a k row
Cast off *p2tog at each end of row as you cast off

To make up head:
Sew side pieces from tip of nose to chin. Insert head gusset matching markers (this is where the eye positions are) sew gusset in place.Gather neck edge adding extra stuffing if needed and secure. Make the indents and add the eyes. Then make the nose and mouth.

Ears for Rabbit:
work piece in garter stitch (make 2)
Cast on 5 sts
1. k across
2. k1 inc 1 in each following st to end (9 sts)
3. k across
4. k3 inc 1 in next st, k1, inc 1 in next st, k3 (11 sts)
5-17. k across
18. k4, k2tog, k5 (10 sts)
19-21 k across
22. k4, k2tog, k4 (9 sts)
23-30. k across
31. k2tog at each end of row (7 sts)
32. k across
33-36 repeat rows 31 and 32 two more times (3 sts)
37. k last 3 st together.
tie off. Fold cast on edge in half and stitch together

Ears for Bear:
work piece in garter stitch (make 2)
Cast on 8 sts leaving a long tail to sew to head
1-4. k across
5. Dec 1 st at each end of row (6 sts)
6. k across
Cast off

Body:
Cast on 15 sts (begin at neck edge)
1. k1, inc 1 in each following st to end (29 sts)
2-6. work in st st begin and end with a p row
7. {K6, inc 1} twice, k1, {inc 1, K6} twice (33 sts)
8-10 work in st st begin and end with a p row
11. k15, inc 1, k1, inc 1, k15 (35 sts)
12-16. work in st st begin and end with a p row
17. k15, skpo, k1, k2tog, k15 (33 sts)
18-20 work in st st begin and end with a p row
21. k14, skpo, k1, k2tog, k14 (31 sts)
22-24. work in st st begin and end with a p row
25. k1, {k2tog} to end (16sts)
26. p across
Cast off remaining 16 sts
Fold sides of body together, then sew cast off edge, gather neck by weaving yarn around neck edge then pull closed and secure. Sew back edge leaving an opening, stuff then close opening.

Legs: (make 2)
Cast on 12 sts
1. k1 inc 1 in each following st to end (23 sts)
2. p across
3. k1, inc 1, k7, inc 1 in next 6 sts, k6, inc 1, k1 (31 sts)
4-6. work in st st beginning and ending with p row
7. k13, k2tog, k1, skpo, k13 (29 sts)
8. p across
9. k12, k2tog, k1, skpo, k12 (27 sts)
10. p across
11. k7, cast off next 13 sts, k to end (14 sts)
12. p across
13. inc 1 at each end of row (16 sts)
14-20 work in st st begin and end with p row
21. {k1, skpo, k3, k2tog} twice (12 sts)
22. p across
23. {k1, skpo, k1, k2tog} twice (8 sts)
Cast off *{p2tog to end casting off as u go}
Sew instep, sole, back of leg and top seam, leave an opening to stuff, then close after stuffing.

Arms: (make 2)
cast on 6 sts
1. k1, inc1 in each following st to end (11 sts)
2. p across
3. k1, {inc 1, k2, inc 1, k1} twice (15 sts)
4-14. work in st st begin and end with a p row
15. k1, skpo, k9, k2tog, k1 (13 sts)
16-24. work in st st begin and end with p row
25. k1, {skpo, k1, k2togmk1} twice (9sts)
26. p across
cast off *k1, {k2tog} to end casting off as you go. Sew arm seam leaving an opening to stuff and then close.

To make up:
Sew head in position. It is a good idea to experiment with the ears before you sew them on. Attach arms and legs in the desired places.

The instructions for the clothing will come a little bit later =) but for now enjoy making some awesome bears and bunnies!

2.1k VIEWS!!!!!

Yup, that's right folks... We have finally hit the 2,000 view mark! I couldn't be happier!

So in honor of this special event, I've decided to do a blog on origami butterflies.

I'm making a whole bunch of little ones, so I took some step by step shots using my awesome new phone, who's camera is 100 times better than my old one, so get ready for some extra crisp views!

Step one: you start out with a square of paper. (The ones in the picture were made by folding an A4 sheet of paper in half and making a large triangle first, then the scrap of paper left over is what I have used to make the triangles used in this blog.) You can make 2 triangles from each scrap of paper. Now I say triangles but you really end up with a square that is folded in half diagonally.

 Step two: take the top corner and fold it down lining the edges of the paper up. You should be able to make two if these triangle shapes from the scrap of paper, but it will depend on how many you personally wish to make, and what size paper you are using.

Step three: while the shape is still folded in half diagonally cut off the excess paper from the bottom of the scrap, make sure all the edges line up and there is no excess paper on any of the sides, or your butterfly may end up with some overlap in its wings.

Step four: now that you have the square piece of paper, you need to make the pre-folds. Fold the piece diagonally both ways so there will be an X shape of folds. Once you have done this fold the paper in half so you will have a straight line going through the middle of the X folds.

 Step five: collapse the folds in on themselves. You will end up with another triangle shape with two flaps on the inside, which you will be able to see from the open end of the triangle.

Step six: now its time to start forming the butterfly, we will start with the bottom wings. Turn the open end of the triangle away from you.

Step seven: take on of the corners from the open end and fold it down to meet the top point of the triangle. Make sure not to grab both corners, or the butterfly's top wings will have creases in them.

Step eight: do the same to the other corner. You should end up with something similar to the picture on the left, with what looks like a small square in the middle of a triangle. These two folded down flaps will be the butterfly's bottom wings!

Step nine: flip the whole thing over, so now the two corners you folded down are on the bottom and the plain triangle shape is facing the top.

Step ten: take the pointy end of the triangle and fold it upwards towards the open end. Make sure and fold it so the point is higher than the open edge. Doing this will pull up the other edges as well but this is ok, we want this to happen.

Step eleven: after you have folded the point to the top you need to flatten the shape. The bottom edges will have pulled up so you need to pull them back down and flatten them, it will make a small overlap of paper on the flap you pulled up in the previous step and look similar to the picture on the left. We're almost done!

Step twelve: once again flip the whole thing over, It should be starting to look like a butterfly now, and you should have a small triangle peeking out over the open edge of the top wings.

Step thirteen: fold this small triangle back over the open edge of the wings. this will keep the whole thing closed together without having to use staples or glue.

Step fourteen: fold the whole shape in half, along the line between the bottom wing flaps. Make sure the small triangle doesn't come unfolded during this because the butterfly will sort of fall apart.

Step fifteen: pinch the top where the triangle was folded over, with your fingers, and flatten. This will give you a butterfly body ans well as pull the wings away from each other slightly giving the whole thing a more butterfly feel.

Flip the whole thing over and you should have something that looks similar to the little butterfly pictured above!

Now you can decorate it however you like, add some antenna, draw on some spots.... make some different shapes and sizes and colors.... the possibilities are endless!

Next blog:

Instructions on how to make this adorable little bunny using a pattern that I found for free on pinterest!