Rabbit, shorthand pattern
This short handed pattern assumes your hook and yarn are complimentary (3mm yarn with 2.75mm hook, 5mm yarn with 4.5mm hook, and so on);
And (unless there are special instructions) will note only the total number of stitches in each row.
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-Rows will be separated by commas.
-All Parts Are Worked In The Round.
-The assumption is that you'll be increasing each row evenly (usually by 6 or by 3) for the whole project.
-When you see (___ x2) or (___x6) that means that's the total number of rows with that amount of stitches in it. For instance a row sequence that says 36x4 means that there are 4 total rows of 36.
-For more complicated patterns, rows that have specific instructions will be noted in brackets before the stitch count.
(Example: [(sc, inc)x6, sc18]36 –here, 36 is our stitch count and the brackets are the instructions for that one specific row.
If it said [(sc,inc)x6, sc18]36x6 then you would only use the special instructions for the first row, and sc in each st for the remainder of the row sequence.
-half rows are noted as (for instance) half8, half24, half15, etc. A half row is made by chaining half the stitch count of the row, skipping the same number of stitches as you chained, and then sc in each st to the rest of the row. Rows with an odd number of stitches should round down to the smallest “half” of its stitch count (so half of 15 would be 7, or half of 9 would be 4).
Example: half12 would translate to [ch6, sk6, sc6]. –Do Not Work In The Chains of your half rows.-- DO NOT WORK IN THE CHAINS OF YOUR HALF ROWS–
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Head:
ch5, [(sc3, inc)x2]10, [(sc4, inc)x2]12, [incx6, sc 6]18, [decx6, incx6]18, [(inc,sc)x6,sc6]24, [(inc,sc2)x6, sc6]30, [(inc, sc3)x6, sc6]36, [(sc4, inc)x6, sc6]42, 48x9, 42, 36, 30, 24, 18, 12, 6 cl
Body:
6 12 18 24 36x7, [sc 15 (sc2, dec)x6]30, [(sc, inc)x6, (sc, dec)x6]30x5 24x2 18x2 slst long tail
Haunches:
6, 12, 18, 24x2, 18, sl st long tail
Feet:
Ch5→ 10, 12x3, 9x3, 6x2, 2across
Arms:
Ch5→ 10x4 half10 9 half9 9x4 8x3 6 2across
Ears:
6 9 12 15 18 21 24x15 21x2 18x9 9across together, fold and sew as desired, leaving long tail to sew
Tail (In white):
6 12 18x3 12, sl st long tail