I finished Griff’s bunny with time to spare, and I even managed to knit him something to wear so he doesn’t have to be stark nekkid! (The bunny, that is. Not Griff. Griff has clothes.)

Introducing…Mister Bunny! (I figured it would be presumptuous to name him myself, and bunnies all have the same last name, right?). I highly recommend this and other great knitting patterns by Barbara Prime, aka Fuzzy Mitten.

I knitted him from Brown Sheep Lamb’s Pride; the coat is another story. I really, really wanted to use some of my handspun for the coat, but I have a limited selection of handspun that isn’t in bigger skeins that I want to use for socks or a shawl or something. I dug up a partially used ball of a green 3-ply and decided to use that. Even though the yarn was way too heavy (DK/worsted instead of sport) and even though it knitted up pretty stiff at one needle size larger than recommended in the pattern, the result was not too bad. It came out much larger than it should have (no shock), so I shortened the sleeves and tacked down the collar to make lapels. I added a button and a button loop, and it turned out pretty well despite the totally unsuitable yarn choice.

He sits!

He stands!

He poses next to a flower!

One of the things I’ve never understood about stuffed animals is why no one ever puts pants on the poor things. So when Mister Bunny started feeling frisky and wanted to flash the camera, what was I supposed to do to protect the innocent eyes of onlookers? Here’s my um, “modest” proposal.

And here’s what Mister Bunny thought of my solution.