Good Little Bunnies

I have a very close friend, and I have made countless things for her. Maybe even more than I've made for Mr M... (Oops!) Anyway, she is obsessed with rabbits at the moment, and when we were out, she saw this cross stitch kit and she pretty much swooned... And she asked me very nicely if I would make it for her. So of course I said yes!

The kit is from Hobbycraft, and comes with everything you need to make it. Although the hoop they gave you was a horrible plastic one, so I used my own wooden one, which allowed me to tension the fabric properly and squarely in the hoop. Which is important, as some people will know, you always start a cross stitch pattern in the middle, and if you line it up with the middle of your fabric you have a perfectly central piece of work.

I was doing the project in my spare time, so it did take me a little while. But luckily Emma is quite patient when it comes to me making her things. Which was good, because I have a "too many WIPs" problem... I can't help it, casting on makes me happy!

Anyway, I raced through the bunnies to start off with, I only had one minor mistake, where I added one too many stitches to part of one of the bunnies, but I carried the pattern on up and only had to add a couple more stitches to keep the shape of the rabbit... It's just slightly portly...

Once the bunnies were done it was then onto the writing and the back stitching. I don't like back stitching. It is the dreaded bit at the end of the project for me. Although when I get to it, usually its done rather quick and I always seem to think it's worse than it really is...

But in the end I was very pleased with the outcome. The bunnies were even, and I'd managed to keep the white fabric clean... mostly... Being an engineer, I do mostly come home a little bit grubby, and although I scrub my hands at the end of the day and then have a shower when I get home, I still somehow still manage to be grubby! But the main part of the piece was clean, but there were a few grubby marks outside the hoop area. I told Emma that she needs to frame with a round piece of card. She's also an engineer, she understands.

All in all it turned out well, and I'm very happy with it. I can't wait to see it framed and hung up somewhere!