This Friday is bring your stuffed animal to school day at my daughter’s school and I wanted to make something really special for her to bring. As it happens, I just finished taking a course on Amigurumi monsters. Amigurumi is the Japanese art of crocheting little stuffed animals. It was awesome, but I didn’t think my daughter would appreciate a monster. So I designed a stuffed bunny for her since she loves bunnies, and now I’m sharing the pattern with you!
I designed this pattern to be easy and straightforward with a lot of photos to help you follow along. Let me know what you think of the pattern in the comments below. I’d love to hear from you and see your creations on Instagram. You can find me at @leelee_knits.
Enjoy!
❤️Alnaar
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Bunny – Free Crochet Bunny Pattern
What you will need:
Here is what you will need to make this little bunny:
- Berroco Comfort Worsted Weight Yarn in two colours. I used:
- Color A: Barley (approx. 120 yards).
- Color B: Pretty Pink (approx. 50 yards) .
- Size G (4.0 mm) Crochet Hook.
- Safety Eyes or buttons (if you are making this for a very small child it is safest to embroider on the eyes).
- Scissors.
- Stitch Marker or scrap piece of yarn.
- Poly-Fil for stuffing the bunny.
- Yarn or tapestry needle to sew the pieces together.
Finished Size:
Approximately 9 inches tall with legs extended (6 inches sitting).
Abbreviations:
SC: Single Crochet.
ST: Stitch.
SC2Tog: Single Crochet Two Together.
Notes Before you Start:
- I worked my single crochets in the back loop to make it easier to count my rows and I personally just like the way it looks.
- Work your rounds in spirals, do not join at the beginning of each round. You will need to use a stitch marker to mark your rounds.
- Each round has the total number of stitches for the round in brackets. If you are unsure its always a good idea to count your stitches.
Pattern:
Head and Body:
With colour A, make a magic circle or adjustable ring
Round 1: Make 6 SC in magic circle (6 St).
Round 2: SC twice in each stitch (12 St).
Round 3: *SC twice in next stitch, SC in next stitch. Repeat from * until end of round (18 St).
Round 4: *SC twice in next stitch, SC in next 2 stitches. Repeat from * until end of round (24 St).
Round 5: *SC twice in next stitch, SC in next 3 stitches. Repeat from * until end of round (30 St).
Round 6: *SC twice in next stitch, SC in next 4 stitches. Repeat from * until end of round (36 St).
Round 7: *SC twice in next stitch, SC in next 5 stitches. Repeat from * until end of round (42 St).
Rounds 8-10: SC in each stitch (42 St).
Round 11: SC twice in next stitch, SC in next 20 stitches, SC twice in next stitch, SC to end of round (44 St).
Round 12-13: SC in each stitch (44 St).
Round 14: SC2Tog, SC in next 20 stitches, SC2Tog, SC until end of round (42 St).
Round 15: *SC2Tog, SC in next 5 stitches. Repeat from * to end of round (36 St).
Round 16: *SC2Tog, SC in next 4 stitches. Repeat from * to end of round (30 St).
Round 17: *SC2Tog, SC in next 3 stitches. Repeat from * to end of round (24 St).
Round 18: *SC2Tog, SC in next 2 stitches. Repeat from * to end of round (18 St).
Round 19: *SC2Tog, SC in next stitch. Repeat from * to end of round (12 St).
Attach the eyes between rounds 10 and 11. Space them 11 stitches apart (see photo below for guide). Ebroider on the nose at the midpoint between the eyes with the centre of the nose going over round 11. Stuff the head with the poly-fil and continue on to the next round where we start to work the body.
Round 20: *SC twice in next stitch, SC in next stitch. Repeat from * until end of round (18 St).
Switch to Color B:
Round 21: *SC twice in next stitch, SC in next 2 stitches. Repeat from * until end of round (24 St).
Round 22: *SC twice in next stitch, SC in next 3 stitches. Repeat from * until end of round (30 St)
Round 23: *SC twice in next stitch, SC in next 4 stitches. Repeat from * until end of round (36 St)
Round 24-29: SC in each stitch (36 St).
Switch to Color A:
Round 30: SC in each stitch (36 st).
Round 31: *SC2Tog, SC in next 4 stitches. Repeat from * to end of round (30 St).
Round 32: *SC2Tog, SC in next 3 stitches. Repeat from * to end of round (24 St).
Round 33: *SC2Tog, SC in next 2 stitches. Repeat from * to end of round (18 St).
Round 34: *SC2Tog, SC in next stitch. Repeat from * to end of round (12 St).
Stuff the body with poly-fil.
Round 35: *SC2Tog. Repeat from * to end of round (6 St).
Round 36: SC next stitch and 4th stitch together, leaving remaining stitches unworked (1 St). Fasten off and pull yarn into the body of the bunny using crochet hook (to hide it).
Ears:
With color A, make a magic circle or adjustable ring
Round 1: Make 6 SC in magic circle (6 St).
Round 2: SC twice in each stitch (12 St).
Round 3: *SC twice in next stitch, SC in next stitch. Repeat from * until end of round (18 St).
Round 4: *SC twice in next stitch, SC in next 2 stitches. Repeat from * until end of round (24 St).
Round 5-11: SC in each stitch (24 St).
Round 12: SC2Tog, SC in next 11 stitches, SC2Tog, SC to end of round (22 St).
Round 13-14: SC in each stitch (22 St).
Round 15: SC2Tog, SC in next 10 stitches, SC2Tog, SC to end of round (20 St).
Round 16-17: SC in each stitch (20 St).
Round 18: SC2Tog, SC in next 9 stitches, SC2Tog, SC to end of round (18 St).
Round 19-21: SC in each stitch (18 St).
Fasten off. Do not stuff the ears. Attach the ears evenly spaced 4 rows down from the top of the head.
Tail:
With color A, make a magic circle or adjustable ring
Round 1: Make 6 SC in magic circle (6 St).
Round 2: SC twice in each stitch (12 St).
Round 3: *SC twice in next stitch, SC in next stitch. Repeat from * until end of round (18 St).
Round 4: SC in each stitch (18 St).
Round 5: *SC2Tog, SC in next stitch. Repeat from * to end of round (12 St).
Round 6: *SC2Tog. Repeat from * to end of round (6 St).
Fasten off and stuff the tail with poly-fil. Attach tail to the back of the bunny’s body (6 rounds up from bottom of body).
Legs:
With color B, make a magic circle or adjustable ring
Round 1: Make 6 SC in magic circle (6 St).
Round 2: SC twice in each stitch (12 St).
Round 3: *SC twice in next stitch, SC in next stitch. Repeat from * until end of round (18 St).
Switch to Color A
Round 4-6: SC in each stitch (18 St).
Round 7: *SC2Tog, SC in next stitch. Repeat from * to end of round (12 St).
Stuff the foot with poly-fil.
Rounds 8-12:SC in each stitch (12 St).
Fasten off. Attach legs evenly spaced 3 rows up from bottom of body.
Arms:
With color A, make a magic circle or adjustable ring
Round 1: Make 6 SC in magic circle (6 St).
Round 2: SC twice in each stitch (12 St).
Round 3: SC twice in next stitch, SC in next 5 stitches, SC twice in next stitch, SC to end of round (14 St).
Rounds 4-10: SC in each stitch (14 St).
Switch to Color B:
Rounds11-13: SC in each stitch (14 St).
Fasten off. Lightly stuff the arms and attach to the sides of the body at row 21 with 8 stitches between the arms.
