Mandala? Doily?

Ah, the best laid plans of men and mice!  I was going to complete my ‘Olympia’ bunny for my grandniece Kendal this week.  But this happened!

I managed to do the body of the bunny (by the way my first toy ever!) And while I was doing the pink and white dress realized that it and the ecru colour of the rabbit didn't match.

The pattern was in white, I had no white so off to the wool shop (any excuse!).  So I got started on a new bunny.  You can’t see in the photo that the pink and white dress has glitter, just right for a princess. 

I decided that the ecru rabbit would be great for Kendal’s brother, dress him in a baggy top and shorts.  So while in the shop I kept an eye out for suitable wool.  In the discount basket they had just the job – variegated 4 ply.

Ah, it tantalized me all day, and next for some reason I was crocheting mandalas.  Where did that come from!  Could it be from the Simply Crochet Magazine I had just brought with a Mandala tantalizing me (we get the magazine about 2 months behind here in NZ). Or was it the lovely mandala Chrissie had last week, or the tutorial by Lizzie here…. Whatever the reason the bunny has been abandoned and I am playing with the variegated wool.

 I have been so inspired by this wool that I went to the wool shop today and brought all she had of it - 14 balls.  I am thinking a shawl? Perhaps a baby’s blanket – there is a new arrival soon in my extended family.

I think I was inspired by my garden.  This miniature rose has had a new least of life this autumn.

One question, to me these are doilies, so what makes a mandala –is it when you add the different colours yourselves and not the lazy way I did relying on luck making the changes for you?  Whatever, I do know that I will be doing more of these!  I am trying to stop my hands going to my stash and picking out colours, well at least till I finished the kids bunnies!  So hopefully I will show the bunnies next week.

Today I am linking to Yarn Along link up.  Why not head over there and see what other lovely yarny stuff is being created.