Hopping forward with a Ragdoll Bunny

I can't believe it's been so long since I last posted.

The short and skinny of my last year…my mom passed away Feb 28 2016,  and I cut my achilles tendon the same day, surgery Feb 29, yup it was a leap year, packed up my moms house. OK, my sister did 95% of it -  I was on crutches and drugged up.

We helped my stepdad move out of the condo at the end of March and then I packed up my house and moved in to my mom/stepdads old condo in May. He didn't want to live there anymore and it was too big for him.

We found him a 1 bedroom condo in the same building - right across the hall from me. It was perfect for him! He got the lease for June 15th. He ended up going in to the hospital for tests and was there for 2 weeks - diagnosed with terminal cancer. Very sad news, but he was happy to come home to his new place. He unpacked some of his stuff and then was back in the hospital at the beginning of July. He passed away July 9th.

I spent 24/7 in the hospital with him. I am grateful that I got to spend that time with him. He couldn't talk for most of it and was heavily drugged for pain, but he knew I was there.

I spent the rest of July getting his affairs in order and packing up his place.

I spend a month in Toronto for work and then continued with the busyness until vacation time in December. Phew!

It has been a LONG year!

If you made it this far in to the post, well, I have got back in to crocheting some more and trying to catch up on projects from the last year.  My goal is to get those done! And of course, new ones :)

I saw this cute pattern on Ravelry for a Bunny Ragdoll and I had to try it.  I didn't have the yarn size recommended, so just used some Bernat worsted and a 3.75 mm hook. She turned out so much cuter than I expected!

I always see these cute patterns and all the great ways that people make it their own and always feel like the stuff I make doesn't measure up, well, this time around I'm pretty impressed with my practice doll. If I do say so myself.

She was pretty easy to make and a great way to see if I want to do amigurumi. I really enjoyed making her but I'm not sure I want to get in to things with too many details, but I think a group of rabbits is in order, as well as maybe a cat, kangaroo, dog, and sheep :)