The Sitter-Still

Eira the Arctic Hare (my new pattern) is now available on Etsy! I've been wanting to make her for such a long time, but I've only just figured out how to do it. The design is quite stylised, but the silhouette gives her the windswept look I was going for. She could also be a Snowshoe Hare, as they're quite similar.

I've become a little fascinated by hares, actually. They have a mad grace, and lots of different moods. There is a poem translated by Seamus Heaney giving all the traditional names of the hare, which is full of many apparent contraditions. For example they can be both 'frisky-legs' and the 'sitter-still'. Eira is certainly the latter, sitting huddled against the cold.