Here’s a cute Sleeping Bunny Doll crochet pattern from Lily Crochet Design Book 63, Fair, Bazaar and Gift Crocheting dated 1952. Maybe someone out there was given this homemade crocheted bunny for a gift when they were a child.
This little bunny requires a vintage yarn called NYLKARA. It came in two ounce skeins from the Lily Mills Company. A good substitute would be a sock yarn with nylon.
It’s made up of 50% Nylon and 50% Vicara. I had no idea what Vicara was so I did a little research.
I found this one page article, Vicara A New Textile Fiber by John H. Karrh from a 1950 digest that explains what it is. The last sentence states: A great future can be forecast for corn’s glamorous by-product: Vicara.
To the right is a newspaper article that explains even more about the fiber from The Spokesman Review Jan 14 1953.
And last take a look at this ad in a 1952 LIFE magazine about the new fiber. It offers some great photos of the clothing style in America in the 1950’s:
Now you will enjoy the glorious comfort….soft, rich beauty…and carefree wear of VICARA the new luxury fiber.
Here’s the pattern. I also scanned it as a PDF file you’ll find below. It requires two pearl buttons, but if you’re giving it to a small child, I’d suggest finding a safer substitute for those or just leave them off entirely:
Sleeping Bunny Doll Crochet Pattern PDF
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