U900's Rabbit U

My inspirations come from a wide range of sources.  This particular one came to me as a request from a former colleague.  She is a talented painter and scrapbook enthusiast, but this time she asked if I could make something with/for a ukulele.   So without giving it much thought I told her "sure" and that evening looked into ukulele knitted and crocheted stuff.  I found a pattern to make:

This felted ukulele case looked interesting.  I forwarded the image to my colleague, but this wasn't quite what she had in mind.  She asked me if I knew anything about U900 and then forwarded a link.  (You do have to watch this video.)  As you can see there are two crocheted characters in the video:  Rabbit U and Bear 900.  The video is shot using stop-action and I have no idea how they managed to get both characters moving to the beat of the music, but I digress.

My colleague wanted me to make each of these little cuties.   I love a good challenge and this would be one.  There are no directions so I had to turn to my amigurumi pattern books and found, "Amigurumi Two! by Paula Rimoli.  In it was a pattern to help me with Bear 900 and I found a free pattern online to help me with Rabbit U.

So here is what I've gotten done so far; the head of Rabbit U.



The head of my Rabbit U

 I will be posting both characters as they develop, aka I get them done.  Stay tuned I'll also share the fun I had with all the U900 videos.  Check them all out, they are beyond adorable.