There are so many things to love about Easter: dip-dyed eggs, the first blooms of the year, chocolate filled baskets. And really, Easter candy is the best seasonal candy of the year as far as I’m concerned. But for me, the overwhelming bunny imagery is my favorite part of this spring holiday.
I had a pet bunny as a child named Fuzzy. What can I say? Toddlers are not always great at naming things. But Fuzzy was a great bunny. She hopped around the house, snuggled, and got along great with our dog, Fluffy (do you see a trend in pet naming here?). As a young adult, I had a mini lop bunny named Emma and even managed to litter-box train her.
Bunny Got Back socks (pattern link) are my homage to Easter and to my dear departed pet bunnies. They are knit toe-up and it’s easy to customize foot length. I kept them anklet length in order to add useless but adorable pom-poms to the back, but you could easily keep on knitting for taller socks.
I thank Rachel Brockman for her superb foot modeling skills, and Heather Hill for her masterful flavor text at the beginning of the pattern:
I! Like! Warm! Toes and I cannot lie!
You other knitters can’t deny!
When you go toe up with a little short cuff
And a cottontail full of fluff…
BUNNY GOT BACK!
This pair is knit in one of our newer yarns, sport weight Bella Cash. It works wonderfully for socks. Bella Cash is a blend of washable fine merino, cashmere (mmmm), and nylon for strength and elasticity. We’ve been mostly using this yarn in kid projects, but I see sweaters in my future and definitely more socks using this scrumptious blend.
I hope you enjoy this gift for spring. Happy Easter!
Bunny Got Back – Help needed
I really enjoy the socks – colors, yarn and the design. What I do not get is the heel. It has been a while since I knit socks, but I do not get the math.
There are 66 st after the gusset has been done. I got that.
HEEL – Row 1 (RS) reads K24, sl m, k 27, W&T
24 st are devoted to the top of the foot, 42 for the heel.
But k24, sl m, k27 = 51 (1 set back for the W&T) What happened to 41 +1? Even if I knit this across the entirety of stitches (66) the math does not work.
What am I not understanding?
Any clarification you can give will be appreciated.
Thanks,
Jane
Let me try and explain this first Heel row in more detail to you.
Row 1 (RS): K24 (top of foot stitches), k27, W&T.
After working this row 1, and after the k24 top of foot stitches, by knitting 27, this will put you 6 stitches past the halfway point of the sole stitches. On the following row, purling 12 will take you to the halfway point of the heel, and then 6 stitches beyond that. These two rows set up what will be a symmetric decrease situation on those heel stitches.
In this section, you are not working full rounds. You are working short rows to shape the heel. Does this help clear things up?