Panda Oji-chan believes that he comes from a planet far, far away.
He is a boy of few words, but many questions.
If a sheep eats bushes...does it eat flowers too?
P/S Panda Oji-chan is fashioned after the Little Prince, the beloved character from the 1943 classic by Antoine de Saint-Exupery. The book, known to be the most read and most translated publication in the French language, is a favourite of Meimoirs’. It tells of a “shipwrecked” pilot who unexpectedly meets a strange young boy in the desert. He calls him the Little Prince, and learn of his obsessions with a pet sheep, an arrogant rose and the dull yet colourful personalities whom he has crossed paths with during his intergalactic travels.
Read more about the thought-provoking allegory here.
Sayo and Nara-chan have always dreamt of seeing more of the world.
This year, they’ll finally get a chance to do so.
Nara-chan’s fantabulous macaron-baking skills have won them two free tickets to Perth, and just in time too for Easter.
...Perth?
Why the sad faces then, you may ask?
Well, the bunnies are in fact afraid of kangaroos.
P/S: Make your own Sayo and Nara-chan! Here’s a free pattern for the Easter Macaron Bunnies:
Materials
1) 2.50 mm hook to be used with white yarn
2) 2.00 mm hook to be used with pink yarn
3) 8 ply yarn (white)
4) Standard yarn (pink)
5) 3) Polyester fiberfill
6) Darning needle
7) Sewing needle
8) Brown/black embroidery floss or sewing thread
9) Black brads 4mm
10) Silver/white brads 6mm (optional)
11) Small white pom pom
12) Decorative button (you may replace the macaron with other food or floral-type buttons)
13) Fuzzy winter socks/gloves
Head
With white yarn:
Round 1: 7 sc in magic circle (7)
Round 2: 2 sc in each sc around (14)
Round 3: *2 sc, sc in next sc*, repeat 7 times (21)
Round 4: *2sc, sc in next 2 sc*, repeat 7 times (28)
Round 5: *2 sc, sc in next 3 sc*, repeat 7 times (35)
Round 6: *2 sc, sc in next 4 sc*, repeat 7 times (42)
Round 7: *2 sc, sc in next 5 sc*, repeat 7 times (49)
Round 8 – 13: Sc in each sc around
Round 14: *Inv dec, sc in next 5 sc*, repeat 7 times (42)
Place eyes (with black brads) just below the 12th row. Leave about 7 sts in between the eyes.
With brown/black embroidery floss sew on the nose.
Sew on the eyelids with brown/black sewing thread.
With the same thread, sew a small line beneath the nose.
Round 15: * Inv dec, sc in next 4 sc*, repeat 7 times (35)
Round 16: * Inv dec, sc in next 3 sc*, repeat 7 times (28)
Round 17: * Inv dec, sc in next 2 sc*, repeat 7 times (21)
Begin stuffing the head.
Round 18: * Inv dec, sc in next sc*, repeat 7 times (14)
Round 19: Inv dec all around (7)
Finish off by making a slip stich in the next stitch.
Cut yarn and weave in ends.
Body
With white yarn:
Round 1: 7 sc in magic circle
Round 2: 2 sc in each sc around (14)
Round 3: *2 sc, sc in next sc*, repeat 7 times (21)
Round 4: *2 sc, sc in next 2 sc*, repeat 7 times (28)
Round 5 – 9: Sc in each sc around
Round 10: *Inv dec, sc in next 2 sc*, repeat 7 times (21)
Finish off by making a slip stich in the next stitch.
Leave a yarn length of about 3 inches. Cut yarn.
Add on a cute belly button effect by sewing on a small ‘x’ with brown/black embroidery floss.
Legs
With pink yarn:
Round 1: 5 sc in magic circle (5)
Round 2: 2 sc in each sc around (10)
Change to white yarn.
Round 3 – 5: Sc in each sc around (10)
Round 6: *Inv dec in next st*, repeat 2 times
Finish off by making a slip stich in the next stitch.
Leave a yarn length of about 2 inches. Cut yarn.
Make two of these.
Arms
Round 1: 7 sc in magic circle (7)
Round 2 – 5: Sc in each sc around (7)
Use silver/white brads to add mobility to the arms (optional).
Finish off by making a slip stich in the next stitch.
Leave a yarn length of about 2 inches. Cut yarn.
Weave in ends (If you prefer not to use the brads, leave the yarn as is to sew onto the body later).
Make two of these.
Ears
Round 1: 7 sc in magic circle (7)
Round 2: 2 sc in each sc around (14)
Round 3 – 6: Sc in each sc around (14)
Finish off by making a slip stich in the next stitch.
Leave a yarn length of about 2 inches. Cut yarn.
Make two of these.
Assembly
1) Place the arms (with brads) onto the body.
2) Stuff the body and pin it in place onto the head.
3) Sew them together.
4) Sew on the legs.
5) Sew on the ears.
6) For the tail, sew a small white pom pom onto the back of the body.
7) Sew a decorative button onto one of the arms.
8) Cut a small ‘scarf’ from some fuzzy winter socks/gloves.
9) Tie the scarf around the neck of the bunny.
10) Add a dab of blush onto the bunny’s cheeks and you’ll have…Sayo-chan!
And since Sayo-chan has a penchant for acting odd without his other half, please make sure you repeat the entire process above to give life to Nara-chan.
As this is an original amiguruMEI pattern, kindly do not claim it as your own. You may place a link to this pattern from your site, but please do not repost it onto your page. Remember to share a picture of your own decadent versions of Sayo and Nara-chan with amiguruMEI!
The ukulele is a miniature contraption that goes plunketty-plunk. Made popular in Hawaii, the craze for the toy-like instrument died down when the guitar rock-and-roll phenomenon arrived. In recent years however, more and more people have been giving up on the guitar in favour of the ukulele because it’s apparently a breeze to master! In Britain, certain primary schools are actually replacing the recorder with the ‘uke’, introducing it as the first instrument that children learn to play.
As a tribute to tomorrow’s event, let’s kick off with a video from YouTube on the Japanese ukulele duo, U900 – in their MTVs, they often appear as a bunny and bear amigurumi.
Wish we knew what they’re singing, but the clip is super kawaii all the same!
Having been born in the year of the piggy, Meimoirs has this special affinity with all things oink-like. She grew up singing along to a nursery rhyme that goes something like this:
To market, to market to buy a fat pig; home again, home again, jiggety jig.
Adele and her son Adieu are French teacup pigs with bunnies for pets. It’s bright and early, and the two already have their day planned out – to the market it is.
Three hours later... Adieu: Mom, are we there yet?
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