Hare on the Run

Another day, another hare. This is hare number three from Jenny McWhinney's Queen Anne's Lace set of accessories. This might be my favourite of all the hares in the set. I also expected that it might be a bit tricky to stitch in places especially around the back leg.

I started with the ears:

This hare is on the front of a pinwheel. Here is Jenny's original:

Queen Anne's Lace Pinwheel by Jenny McWhinney

I didn't take many pictures after stitching the ears. I was so focused on stitch direction that very little else penetrated my brain. I might have been too focused!

I was right about the back leg. It was problematic. It's close, but the direction is off. The flow of the fur isn't right. It doesn't look too bad in all photos, but it's very glaring in some.

It's interesting trying to do tight stitch direction on very small elements such as these hares. I'm not sure I can fix it because there's already a lot of thread around the knee on the back leg. To really correct it would require removing the stitching and that would be a nightmare. The stitching is too interconnected to remove a single area. I'd probably have to completely start over. However, if I step away from the hare for a while I might not dislike it so much. We shall see.

I like how the head turned out. I wish the pinks showed up better in the photos. They are in the ears, on the nose, and on the bottoms of the feet. They're a lovely touch alongside the browns.

Next came the flowers:

Then the tail (to be trimmed later):

Finally, here's the back of the pinwheel. It was pre-stamped with the year '2020'. Jenny is very optimistic! I attempted to make my initials match the other writing. I'm considering adding a few more flowers because I don't like the spacing between my initials and the year. I need some sort of device to link the initials with the year.

This hare is going away for a rest. Hopefully, I'll like it better when I visit it later or perhaps I'll figure out some tweaks to fix things.