Bunny rabbit washcloth

With Easter around the corner, this seemed an apt time to release the bunny rabbit cable…. in washcloth form. Why? Because I am still on a kick of washcloths and hot water bottle covers…..

The Bunny Cable section is written first before the washcloth, incase you just want the bunny. It is worked over 13 stitches.

Thank you to Elaine over on Ravelry for pointing out issues in this version of the bunny… I will rework him over Easter methinks. However I have incorporated her changes in this post. (Thank you elaineponcegaudin on Ravelry)

I have written cable instructions – however, they are not according to regular terms…. When I am reunited with my knitting reference books I will fix these up… until then (or Easter) they will remain as written below). 

Abbreviations

C4F – Place 2 stitches onto a cable needle, hold the needle behind your work, knit 2, knit 2 from the cable needle. This moves the cable to the right.

C4B – Place 2 stitches onto a cable needle, hold the needle in front of your work, knit 2, knit 2 from the cable needle. This moves the cable to the left.

C3F – Place 1 stitch onto a cable needle, hold the needle behind your work, knit 2, purl 1 from the cable needle. This moves the cable to the right.

C3B – Place 1 stitch onto a cable needle, hold the needle in front of your work, purl 1, knit 2 from the cable needle. This moves the cable to the left.

C2F – Place 1 stitch onto a cable needle, hold the needle behind your work, knit 1, knit 1 from the cable needle. This moves a stitch to the right.

C2B – Place 1 stitch onto a cable needle, hold the needle in front of your work, knit 1, knit 1 from the cable needle. This moves a stitch to the left.

C5B – Place 2 stitches on the cable needle, hold in front of your work, knit 3, knit 2 from the cable needle

C1B – place 1 stitch on the cable needle and hold to the back of your work. Knit 2. Purl one from the cable needle.

C1F – place 2 stitches on the cable needle and hold to the front of your work. Purl 1. Purl one from the cable needle.

C5F – Place 2 stitches on the cable needle and hold in front of your work, purl 1, and knit 2 from the regular needle, knit 2 from the cable needle.

Cable section:

1: (right side) Purl 2, C4F, knit 1, C4B, purl 2

2: (wrong side) knit 2, purl 9, knit 2

3: purl 2, knit 4, (all the next bit is in the next stitch) knit into the stitch, yarn over, and knit the stitch again (creating 3 stitches) turn work, purl 3, turn work, knit 3, turn work, purl 3, turn work, slip 2 as if to knit them together, knit one, pass slipped stitches over (you are now back to the one stitch you started with, but with a bunny tail), knit 4, purl 2

4: knit 2, purl 9, knit 2

5: Purl 2, C4B, knit 1, C4F, purl 2

6: knit 2, purl 9, knit 2

7: purl 2, knit 9, purl 2

8: knit 2, purl 9, knit 2

9: Purl 2, C4B, knit 1, C4F, purl 2

10: knit 2, purl 9, knit 2

11: purl 2, C3B, knit 3, C3F, purl 2

12: knit 3, purl 7, knit 3

13: purl 3, C3B, knit 1, C3F, purl 3

14: knit 4, purl 5, knit 4

15: purl 4, C5F, knit 4

16: knit 4, purl 2, knit 1, purl 2, knit 4

17: purl 4, knit 2, purl 1, knit 2, purl 4

18: knit 4, purl 2, knit 1, purl 2, knit 4

19: purl 3, C1B, purl 1, C1F, purl 3

20: knit 3, purl 2, knit 3, purl 2, knit 3

21: purl 3, slip 1 onto the cable needle and hold at the back, knit 1, purl 1 from the cable needle, purl 3, slip 1 onto the cable needle and hold at the front of your work, purl 1, knit 1 from the cable needle, purl 3

Washcloth pattern

Cast on 40 stitches in cotton on 4mm knitting needles

Moss stitch border:

1: Knit 1, purl 1 – repeat over whole row.

2: Knit 1, purl 1 – repeat over whole row.

3: Purl 1, knit 1 – repeat over whole row.

4: Purl 1, knit 1 – repeat over whole row.

5: Knit 1, purl 1 – repeat over whole row.

6: Knit 1, purl 1 – repeat over whole row.

 

Main section:

Continue the moss stitch border over the 5 stitches at the beginning and end of each row.

7: P1, k1, p1, k1, p1 (Insert bunny panel over the next 13 stitches) purl to the last 5, p1, k1, p1, k1, p1

8: P1, k1, p1, k1, p1 knit to the last 18 stitches (Insert bunny panel over the next 13 stitches) p1, k1, p1, k1, p1

9: k1, p1, k1, p1, k1 (Insert bunny panel over the next 13 stitches) purl to the last 5, k1, p1, k1, p1, k1

10: k1, p1, k1, p1, k1, knit to the last 18 stitches (Insert bunny panel over the next 13 stitches), k1, p1, k1, p1, k1

 

Repeat rows 7-10 until you have completed the bunny panel

Then it will be 5 stitches of moss stitch border, knit to the last 5 stitches, moss stitch the last 5

There are now 16 rows of “blank space”

Continue the moss stitch border on the 5 stitches at the ends of each row, and alternate rows of knit and purl on the wrong and right sides respectively.

Finishing top border:

1: Knit 1, purl 1 – repeat over whole row.

2: Knit 1, purl 1 – repeat over whole row.

3: Purl 1, knit 1 – repeat over whole row.

4: Purl 1, knit 1 – repeat over whole row.

5: Knit 1, purl 1 – repeat over whole row.

6: Knit 1, purl 1 – repeat over whole row.

Cast off. Darn in yarn tails, or alternatively, crochet them into a chain and create a loop to hang your washcloth.