Hippity Hop Hop - Happy Easter

It's not too late!  Sign up as a FOLLOWER, for a chance to win the little white back-zip baby sweater from the previous post.  The drawing will be held on April 30, 2011.

A friend recently gave me a picture of the cutest little bunny hats.  I had never seen a hat where the ears were knit right onto the hat.  Adding the ears this way helps them stick straight up, instead of being floppy, like other bunny hats I'd seen, where the ears were attached, after the hat was completed.

The picture didn't list any information, so I cannot give credit to the designer, nor could I purchase a knitting pattern.  Thank you to whomever (?) came up with this great idea, and the darling colors. I decided to figure it out myself.  I knit mine in the exact colors pictured, because I thought they were so cute, for both boys and girls, and I thought they would be a cute Easter gift for my grandchildren.

Above are my four grandchildren (left to right) Ezek (Zeek), Emery, Nola and Easton.  Nola is an only child (so far) and the rest are siblings.  We took these pictures, when we all went to Idaho for Nola's first birthday party.

Nola and Zeek are only 3 months apart in age, and you can tell from Zeek's wet shirt that he is cutting teeth.  They both look just like their Dads.  Zeek's Dad is a 6'4" cyclist/basketball player, and Nola's Dad is a 5'11" Meteorologist/Weather News Anchor.  I guess this is the difference in their sizes.  But they are great friends, as well as cousins.

The hats were knit in Lions Brand -Vanna's Choice yarns, on size US 8 needles.

Nola and Zeek had a great time playing on Nola's new birthday slide. 

Happy Easter everyone!