Free Crochet Bunny Pattern!
Cute Bunny Rabbit Crochet Pattern!
I have the cutest free crochet bunny pattern to share with you today! This little bunny rabbit was inspired by a very important design request from my daughter. She wanted a special stuffed animal to keep in her backpack for school. Something soft to hold when she’s missing home… and obviously something cute enough to show off to her friends too! She’s a girly girl and her favorite color is pink, so I came up with a floppy-eared bunny wearing a pink t-shirt.
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Crocheting Your Bunny
This bunny is crocheted from the top down, starting with the head and body as one piece. Then you’ll crochet the ears, tail, arms, and legs separately and sew them on. I’ve included lots of photos and notes for each step to make things as simple as possible!
I used Berroco Comfort worsted weight yarn in “Barley” and “Pretty Pink” for the bunny in these photos. I love this yarn for crocheting stuffed animals because of how soft and durable it is. Feel free to use whichever worsted weight yarn that you like for your bunny, but if you want to try out Berroco Comfort, I highly recommend it!
The finished bunny measures about 9 inches tall with the legs stretched out, or around 6 inches sitting. So, it is the perfect size for little hands, Easter baskets, or just hanging out on your desk looking adorable.
To give your bunny its squishy, huggable shape, you’ll need some polyester fiberfill (also known as Poly-Fil), which you can find at any craft store (I’ve also seen it on amazon). Just a small handful will do for this project. Enough to fill the body and limbs so your bunny holds its shape without looking like it hit leg day too hard. You can also use yarn scraps in a pinch, but polyfil gives the softest, most even finish.
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Free Crochet Bunny Pattern
What you will need:
Here is what you will need to crochet your 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.
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Finished Bunny Size:
The finished bunny rabbit will measure approximately 9 inches tall with legs extended (6 inches sitting).
Crochet Bunny Pattern Abbreviations:
SC: Single Crochet.
ST: Stitch.
SC2Tog: Single Crochet Two Together.
Notes Before you Start This Free Crochet Bunny Pattern:
- I worked my single crochets in the back loop to make it easier to count my rows and because I like the way it looks.
- Work your rounds in spirals and 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.
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Free Crochet Bunny Pattern:
Begin by Crocheting the Bunny’s Head and Body:
Crochet the Head as Follows:
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 Eyes and Embroider Nose
Attach the eyes between rounds 10 and 11. Space them 11 stitches apart (see photo below for guide). Then, embroider on the nose at the midpoint between the eyes with the centre of the nose going over round 11. Finally, after you’ve added the nose and eyes, stuff the head with the poly-fil and continue on to the next round where we start to work the body.
Crochet 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). Then fasten off and pull yarn into the body of the bunny using crochet hook (to hide it).
Crochet the Bunny’s Floppy 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 because you want them to be loose and floppy. Then attach the ears evenly spaced 4 rows down from the top of the head.
Crochet the Bunny’s 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 then stuff the tail with poly-fil. Then attach tail to the back of the bunny’s body (6 rounds up from bottom of body).
Crochet the Bunny’s 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 and then attach legs evenly spaced 3 rows up from bottom of body.
Crochet the Bunny’s Arms:
The final step in this free crochet bunny pattern is to crochet the bunny’s 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.
Finally, lightly stuff the arms and attach them to the sides of the body at row 21 with 8 stitches between the arms. You now have an adorable little bunny rabbit that you crocheted all by yourself!
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Absolutely adorable! Thank you so much for sharing!!!
I love this rabbit. It turned out sooo cute. Thank you for sharing the pattern.
Making one for my little niece who will be born early July. ..so happy , thanks for sharing !
Absolutely love this little bunny! Started making it this weekend, but I presumed it was a US pattern so I converted to UK dc instead of US sc. I’m onto round 14 of the head and it’s looking very long and coney ?… Can you please confirm what crochet terminology your patterns are written in? Thanks!
Hi Noodle,
Yes, I used US SC. Here is a link to how to do a US single crochet: https://www.anniescatalog.com/crochet/content.html?content_id=68.
thanks so much for sharing! please, i have a problem…can you help me? I want to make it bigger as 14 inches. Can it be possible? And if can, how can I do it? With larger hook and bigger yarn? Please answer me and help me! -emma
Hi Emma, I’m sorry I do not know the answer to your question as I have not tried to make this bunny larger. In my experience if you go up in hook size and use a chunkier yarn then the overall size will increase without having to change the pattern.
Hi Emma, I hope you get this reply. To make your bunny larger try using a larger yarn weight. What is suggested is a worsted weight which is a size 4. Since you want to add 5 inches you could try a size 6 which is very bulky and will make it quite a bit larger. Make sure you keep your hook at least one size smaller than what is suggested for the yarn so your crochet is tightly done. Hope this helps.
hi! thanks so much for sharing! finnaly i found beautiful bunny pattern for free. but i have a problem. i want to do this bunny in 14 inch size. Can it be possible? And if, then how? with larger hook and bigger yarn in which size? please help me. -EMMA
Hello, Im new to crochet. Can you please tell me what * means?
The * is an indicator of what needs to be repeated. Look at the beginning of the line that contains the instructions to “repeat from *” . You will see a * at the beginning of the line. Example: *SC2Tog, SC in next stitch. Repeat from * to end of round.
It means you repeat from the * to the period until you get to the end of the round. It simply saves having to write the same piece of instruction over and over until the end of the round.
Hi, thank you for the sweet pattern. I am almost done with my first bunny and it turned out really cute. Please check your pattern for the arm, round 3. Is there something wonky there, or am I understanding it wrong? I moved the 2 sc stitches to the 10th stitch so I guess it will work out, just wanted to check with you.
Thank you for sharing this pattern! It’s adorable! I have a huge yarn stash and was wondering if another yarn could be substituted. Thanks, again!
Yes, as long as it is similar in thickness and doesn’t pill easily.
Is round 3 of the arms correct? Says it should be 14 stitches but the math doesn’t add up….
Hi Ellie, Yes it is correct. At the end of row two you should have 12 stitches. You want to increase two more during round 3 to get to 14 stitches. I did the increases by doing one at the beginning of the round and one at the middle of the round. Hope that helps!
Thank you for sharing this pattern…..i’am a beginner and so helpfull with this pattern…..thank you so much…. 🙂
I just finished this for a daughter of one of my good friends…her first baby. So cute.
Such a beautiful little bunny!
I’ve just finished making my son a dinosaur for his first birthday on Thursday, so I completely share your desire to make a special handmade toy.
I love the colour of your little bunny too.
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HI Frances, subscribing means that you will get email updates when new patterns or posts are added. There is nothing that you need to log into after subscribing.
Thank you for sharing ?
This is a very nice design and I like the style of using BLO. Please clarify round 3 of the arm. How does your math work out to 14 stitches when there are only 12 stitches in the previous round? “SC twice in next stitch, SC in next 11 stitches, SC twice in next stitch, SC to end of round (14 St).”
Thank you for catching this mistake! I meant to say next 5 stitches (increase by two stitches can really be done anywhere you prefer). I will update the pattern.
Can finished products be sold using this pattern?
Yes, you may sell the finished product as long as you use your own pictures 🙂
I love this rabbit, made her on the day hurricane Irma came marching through Georgia, so her name is “Irma”
Thank You for sharing
09/13/17
Love it! I’m glad it provided a good distraction!
How very cute! I really like this pattern, my granddaughter would love it. Thanks for sharing!
Love the bunny!!! Thanks for the pattern!
I did it with the g hook and worsted yarn. Then I did it with an f hook and a 3 ply yarn. Love the different looks!
You’re most welcome Sharon!
Hi, is there a difference starting the increases and decreases first? I’m a beginner and this is the first pattern I’ve come across where the pattern shows to start with a increase/decrease on the round.
Thanks
Hi Aleshia, you can place the increases and decreases wherever you like (as long as you are consistent).
Hi there! How easy is this to make. I have never crocheted before and wanted to try to make this. Is it beginner friendly?
Hi Gina, I would recommend that you’ve made at least one project before with crochet before attempting this pattern. It’s pretty easy, but you may feel overwhelmed if you are a complete beginner.