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Happy Year of the Felted Rabbit

February 3, 2011 By radmegan 14 Comments

Happy Chinese New Year and welcome the Year of the Rabbit! In honor of this cute and cuddly animal, I felted up a lop-eared bunny to celebrate, and snuggle up with. 
To make this sweet little bun, I started forming white wool roving into two balls, and gently worked brown threads into the white base for a mottled look. I pulled a tuft of all-white wool out of the larger ball and reserved it as the cotton tail. 
I then connected the smaller ball to the larger (creating a head and body) by working the needle up from the larger ball, into the smaller. I referenced several photos of rabbits while working on the body shape and positioning. I added two small ball of wool to create his front legs. This helped keep him upright as well!
I made the ears by matting together the fibers into beaver-tail shapes, and as I attached them, I cupped them slightly, so that they would have more dimension. 
I added some pink fibers to the rabbit’s nose and black eyes, then did some finishing work to define his back legs. 
Once I was done shaping my “Year of the Rabbit” rabbit, I took him outside to smell the flowers!
Then brought him in, to model for me in front of a festive red and yellow backdrop.
I hope this year brings you all health, happiness and carrots. Happy Chinese New Year!

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Filed Under: Holiday, Needle Felting Tagged With: bunny, Chinese, felting, Holiday, Needle Felting, New Year, rabbit


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Comments

  1. okac says

    February 3, 2011 at 8:43 pm

    very cute!

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  2. Catherine says

    February 4, 2011 at 7:32 am

    This is sooooo adorable! My favorite of all the [incredibly cute] felt animals you’ve done so far. :)

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  3. radmegan says

    February 4, 2011 at 9:43 am

    Thanks okac!

    Thanks Catherine! Have you ever tried needle-felting? I know you would be amazing at it!!

    :)

    xo

    Reply
  4. Jes-ka says

    February 5, 2011 at 8:23 am

    AH!! ADORABLE!!

    Reply
  5. Anonymous says

    February 5, 2011 at 10:23 pm

    Hi!

    This is lovely! Do you make these for sale?

    I’d buy one…

    PS: Greetings from Ukraine.

    Reply
  6. radmegan says

    February 8, 2011 at 10:14 am

    Thank you Jes-ka!!!

    Thank you Anonymous! This bunny is already spoken for… but I am planning on making more soon. I’ll post an announcement on my blog when my store update is ready. Thank you for asking. And hello Ukraine by the way!!! :)

    xoxo
    radmegan

    Reply
  7. Patricia Lynne says

    February 8, 2011 at 4:39 pm

    That is the cutest thing I have EVER seen!

    Reply
  8. radmegan says

    February 9, 2011 at 10:51 am

    Thank you sooooo much!!! :)

    Reply
  9. Staci says

    February 10, 2011 at 9:18 pm

    Oh, my, goodness! So cute! I just bought the supplies so I can learn to needle felt, but haven’t taken the plunge yet. Thanks for the inspiration!

    Reply
  10. Trekky says

    February 12, 2011 at 3:25 pm

    This is sooooo cute! Thanks for your step by step pictures… one day I might just have a go! :)

    Reply
  11. Anonymous says

    February 12, 2011 at 9:21 pm

    This makes me go SQUEE! Can’t wait to see your store in action!

    Reply
  12. radmegan says

    February 15, 2011 at 1:02 pm

    Staci you are welcome!! Let me know when you start felting! I’d love to see what you come up with!

    Trekky- thanks for the comment! Please do give it a go! :)

    Anonymous – I love SQUEEE! Thank you!! I’ll post about it when my store has another felted bunny available :)

    xxoo
    radmegan

    Reply
  13. lisbonlioness says

    March 3, 2011 at 3:48 pm

    Oh my… this little fella is so precious! Thank you so much for sharing the how- to. I will try out my brand- new needle- felting equipment tomorrow and hope to be able to give something as beautiful as little thumper here a try soon!

    Reply
  14. radmegan says

    March 7, 2011 at 9:47 am

    Thank you Lisbonlioness :) I’d love to see your felting progress. Please keep me posted :)

    Reply

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