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This year, our Easter will be full of bunnies !!!! In fact, I have just completed a crocheted garland, not too big, with some colourful bunnies ... If you are a fan of the Easter Bunny (who is not?) I invite you to follow my directions and to collect all you need to crochet these sweet creatures : a hook (4mm) some yarn (I've been using a selection of filati cervinia caprice) a pair of scissors some buttons to use as eyes a pom pom maker (optional) : 2cm diameter yarn needle a needle that passes through the buttons holes toy stuffing I decided to use the white yarn as the main colour for the  bunnies muzzles and please remember that I follow the US crochet terminology! ;oD LET'S START !!! Grab your hook and make a slip knot on it, using the white yarn. Chain 4 and push the hook in the first chain made, to form a ring. FIRST ROUND : chain 2 and crochet 12 double crochets into the ring. Slip stitch in top of first DC (=double crochet) to close the round ...

It all started with this little guy, made a couple of years go ... He has similar friends, who populated my blog in various periods ( a  fox and a  matryoshka , just to name a couple), but today I'll talk about this choco bunny only! After I made it, I had the idea to develop it differently, but it was put in a box, instead, and I forgot about its existence until .... Two weeks I was cleaning my "studio" (that is the dining area, where I actually work everyday) and in a box I found that choco bunny : I didn't have any excuse to put it back in where I found it and then pretend I didn't see it, so .... I kept it on my "working" table in front of me for some days and eventually I decided what to do with it! First try was to crochet a big granny circle, just following this free pattern ... My idea was really simple : from a coaster (first choco bunny) to a placemat (my new experiment) good for the table of Easter m...