Finishing the Rabbit
When we last saw Mr Rabbit, he was barely begun, just the ears with some interesting stitch choices.
Much of the stitching thereafter has been in varying random Cretan Stitch. I’m finding it quite useful for layering and intertwining the stitches around one another, each modifying the tone of the other. The gauze is also surprisingly useful, allowing the stitches to show through, modified once again by the colour of the fabric.
I’ve learnt from some of the first few animals and decided to put the eye in at an earlier stage. It’s not easy to get eyes entirely right, and if they are wrong it can look dreadful. As well as being harder to put in and harder to take out, the later it happens.
As I carried on, I put more layers of colour in, and then had the bright idea of doing the bunny’s tail in velvet stitch.
Of course I did.
I can tell you that pile stitch on gauze in single strands of stranded cotton is extremely fiddly and frustrating to do!
It works, though!
Too right it works! you’re having fun with these, and I am enjoying watching them appear.
It does – beautifully!
Oh that’s a splendid rabbit! I am amazed how well the Cretan stitch has worked on the gauze. And well done for persevering with the pile stitch. The result is worth all the effort.
What a cute charm point that tail is! It’s begging to be touched!
It certainly does – and he is lovely.
He’s looking very lovely.
One cute rabbit!
That’s a very cute little rabbit! Perfect stitches for the fluffy tail too.
It works very well I’d say, perfect for a bunny tail!
Love the stitching of this little one.