Sweet Nothings Crochet

Wednesday, 25 June 2025

RABBIT CURTAIN TIE-BACKS

This is a really cute little project for a small crochet rabbit with extremely long arms that works as a curtain tie-back. It will work as a cute toy for a baby too - where you can wrap the rabbit arms around the baby's arms or stroller and keep baby engaged for hours (hopefully 👶). I hope you'll enjoy this experience with me.

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Materials used : Today I’ve used ~ 70 gms soft some Oswal acrylic yarn with a 3 mm crochet hook ; embroidery needle ; fabric glue to seal ends ; crochet stitch markers

For Indians : You can use our Vardhaman acrylic yarn or Laura knitting cotton.

You could use Anchor , Red rose , 4-ply knitting cotton , or unbranded knitting cotton or White Rose or bamboo knitting cotton , Milk cotton ; Silk yarns ; Baby soft acrylic yarn , Ganga Spectrum as well

General yarn info : The yarn used today is not specific to this pattern.

You can use any yarn with a suitable hook to make this project to any size. Using chunky yarn just means that the project zooms ahead that much faster. So if you want a thicker yarn, just use a few strands together.

International yarns : Among the international yarns I have used in this thickness, I’d suggest Lily Sugar n' Cream cotton yarn, Caron Simply Soft , Bernat Softee chunky.

but I think you could also use Aunt Lydia Cotton 10, Aunt Lydia Bamboo-Viscose 10, DMC Petra, Sullivans knitting cotton (Australia), Milford Soft, Hilaza Rustica Eclat , Alize cotton yarn and Alize bamboo yarn

Difficulty level : Intermediate.

Stitches used : using U.S terminology

Starting slip knot : https://youtu.be/lJcqsVcs8cw

Starting slip knot 1 or the Sloppy Slip knot : https://youtu.be/YfC7KmGpifs

Crab Stitch or Reverse Single Crochet stitch : https://youtu.be/cG3crwyHPnk

Half Double Crochet : Hdc : yo, insert hk into st ; yo (3 lps on hk) ;

yo, draw through all 3 lps. One hdc made.

Check out the video at https://youtu.be/sDiELJdB2Dg

Chainless start for Half Double Crochet : I dislike the ch-2 start, and this is what I do to start my row of hdc. Check out the video at https://youtu.be/lWXpl1KdbZ8

Abbreviations used : using U.S terminology

sc : single crochet hdc : Half Double crochet

ch : chain ch-sp : chain space

sp : space rep : Repeat

hk : hook lp (s) : loop(s)

yo : yarn over sl-st : slip stitch

dc : Double crochet

Don't they look cute - and can be cute kid toys

Instructions using U.S terminology

Please note that I start all my rounds with a ch 1 turning chain for ease.

Please check the top of this blog for video tutorials of all the stitches used in today’s pattern.

Please note that I take a lot of trouble to give loads of tips through my pattern sheet, so please read through the full sheet before you pick up your hook n yarn.

This is not my pattern but my original notes as I work on my own project

For today's cute little creation, I found this link and this link

I also found a written pattern here

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What did I do differently?

I did not want to tie the arms up - so I added a press button (you could add a bit of velcro) at the end of the arms.. so i did not make my arms that long. As mentioned before I thought this would be cute against a baby's stroller too, so I did not want an extra long pair of arms. But you do you.. and enjoy the creativity and uniqueness of your project

May I suggest that if you are making this for use around a baby, you stuff it using a stocking-net ball. For this ball I stuff a bit of poly-fill stuffing into a stocking net (the one you wear or the one you get to make stocking-net flowers) and then sew up the ends of the stocking. This ensures that all the poly-fill is safely locked inside the stocking and just in case the baby puts any part of the toy in their mouth, the filling does not come out. This also makes it safer to wash.

stocking-net ball for stuffing amigurumi

Just for your convenience, here are videos for all the stitches that you need for today's creation.

Magic circle : https://youtu.be/ISC39yOqWro

Single Crochet : Sc : yo, insert hk into st ; yo (2 lps on hk); yo, draw through both lps. One sc made. Check out the video at https://youtu.be/ghACqBpA-3k

First stitch for Single Crochet : This is how I like to start my row of sc. Check out the video at https://youtu.be/6pVYRfsf4_M

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