Boo Bunny

Free Boo Bunny crochet tutorial by Marianna Malygina @mariannaimatvey.

With this pattern, you can crochet a large plush bunny with long ears. For this amigurumi project, you will need Wolans Bunny Baby plush yarn (or similar). On the muzzle, you need to make eye sculpting. A velvet plastic nose and safety eyes work great. Embroider the eyebrows with smooth thread.

Materials and Tools

• Wolans Bunny Baby yarn 100-02 (2 skeins)
• Cotton blend yarn for sculpting and for decorating the eyes and eyebrows
• 3.5 mm crochet hook (main) and 6 mm (for the ears)
• 12 mm safety eyes
• 17x12 mm safety nose
• Toy stuffing
• Stitch markers
• Pins
• Glue
• Needle for sewing pieces
• Scissors

Abbreviations

• MR - magic ring
• ch - chain stitch
• sl st - slip stitch
• sc - single crochet
• hdc - half double crochet
• inc - increase
• dec - decrease
• (...) x n - repeat n times

Boo Bunny Amigurumi Crochet Pattern

Legs (2 pieces)

1. 8 ch, work 1 inc in the second stitch from hook, then 5 sc, 3 sc in the last stitch, 4 sc along the opposite side, place marker (16)
2. (1 inc, 1 sc) x 3, 1 sc, (1 inc, 1 sc) x 3, 3 sc (22)
3. (1 sc, 1 inc) x 4, 3 sc, (1 sc, 1 inc) x 4, 3 sc (30)
5. 30 sc for 2 rounds (30)
6. 1 sc, 5 dec, 3 sc, 1 dec, 10 sc, 1 dec, 2 sc (23)
7. 1 sc, 3 dec, 16 sc (20)
8. 1 sc, 2 dec, 15 sc (18)
Stuff the legs gradually.
9-15. 18 sc for 7 rounds (18)

Work 4 sc, fold the piece in half and crochet 1 dec, 5 sc, 1 dec (7) (decreases at the sides). Fasten off, cut yarn, and hide the tail inside the leg. Crochet the second leg the same way.

Arms (2 pieces)

1. 6 sc in MR (6)
2. 6 inc (12)
3. (1 sc, 1 inc) x 6 (18)
4. 18 sc (18)
5. 2 sc, 3 dec, 10 sc (15)
6. 3 sc, 1 dec, 10 sc (14)
7-12. 14 sc for 6 rounds (14)

Stuff the arms gradually. Work 5 sc, fold the piece in half and crochet 1 dec, 3 sc, 1 dec (5) (decreases at the sides). Fasten off, cut yarn, and hide the tail in the arm. Crochet the second arm the same way.

Tail

1. 6 sc in MR (6)
2. 6 inc (12)
3. 6 dec (6)

sl st, cut yarn, stuffing is optional.

Body

1. 6 sc in MR (6)
2. 6 inc (12)
3. (1 sc, 1 inc) x 6 (18)
4. (2 sc, 1 inc) x 6 (24)
5. (3 sc, 1 inc) x 6 (30)
6. (4 sc, 1 inc) x 6 (36)
7. (5 sc, 1 inc) x 6 (42)
8. 42 sc (42)

The marker runs along the back; sew on the legs. I do not like when the legs are attached to the body in only one round (they look messy and wobble too much), so I join the legs into two belly rounds with the body. In the first round, I crochet through the last round of each leg along the inner side; in the second round, I crochet through the round where the legs are folded and joined in half.

9. 3 sc, 7 sc with the leg (last leg round on the inner side), 14 sc, 7 sc with the leg (last leg round on the inner side), 11 sc (42)
10. 3 sc, 7 sc with the leg (round joined in half), 14 sc, 7 sc with the leg (round joined in half), 11 sc (42)
11-13. 42 sc for 3 rounds (42)
Work 1 sc and move the marker. Stuff the body gradually.
14. 3 sc, 7 sc (above the leg), 1 sc, (1 dec, 1 sc) x 4 (these decreases shape the belly), 1 sc, 7 sc (above the leg), 11 sc (38)
15. 6 sc, 1 dec, 14 sc, 1 dec, 14 sc (36)
16. (4 sc, 1 dec) x 6 (30)
17. (3 sc, 1 dec) x 6 (24)
18-20. 24 sc for 3 rounds (24)
21. 3 sc, 5 sc with the arm, 7 sc, 5 sc with the arm, 4 sc (24)

Stuff the body. Work a sl st, cut the yarn, and fasten off.

Ears (2 pieces)

Crochet the ears in hdc with a 6.0 mm hook; do not stuff.

1. 6 hdc in MR (6)
2. 6 hdc (12)
3. (1 hdc, 1 hdc inc) x 6 (18)
4. (2 hdc, 1 hdc inc) x 6 (24)
5. (3 hdc, 1 hdc inc) x 6 (30)
6. 6 hdc, 1 hdc dec, 13 hdc, 1 hdc dec, 7 hdc (28)
7. 6 hdc, 1 hdc dec, 12 hdc, 1 hdc dec, 6 hdc (26)
8. 5 hdc, 1 hdc dec, 11 hdc, 1 hdc dec, 6 hdc (24)
9. 5 hdc, 1 hdc dec, 10 hdc, 1 hdc dec, 6 hdc (22)
10. (3 hdc, 1 hdc dec) x 4 (18)
Work 2 hdc so the marker is centered on one side of the ear.
12. 1 hdc dec, 16 hdc (17)
13. 8 hdc, 1 hdc dec, 7 hdc (16)
14. 1 hdc dec, 14 hdc (15)
Work 2 hdc so the marker is centered on one side of the ear.
15. 7 hdc, 1 hdc dec, 6 hdc (14)
16. 3 hdc, 1 hdc dec, 5 hdc, 1 hdc dec, 2 hdc (12)
17. 12 hdc (12)
18. 3 hdc, 1 hdc dec, 4 hdc, 1 hdc dec (10)

Then fold the ear in half. With a 3.5 mm hook, work 5 hdc through both sides, fasten off, cut yarn, and secure. Crochet the second ear the same way.

Head

1. 6 sc in MR (6)
2. 6 inc (12)
3. (1 sc, 1 inc) x 6 (18)
4. (2 sc, 1 inc) x 6 (24)
5. (3 sc, 1 inc) x 6 (30)
6. (4 sc, 1 inc) x 6 (36)
7. (5 sc, 1 inc) x 6 (42)
8-10. 42 sc for 3 rounds (42)
11. 10 sc, 1 dec, 2 sc, 1 dec, 2 sc, 1 dec, 22 sc (39)
12. 9 sc, 1 dec, 2 sc, 1 dec, 2 sc, 1 dec, 20 sc (36)
The 2 underlined sc should be directly above the 2 sc below.
13. 36 sc (36)
14. (4 sc, 1 dec) x 6 (30)
15. (3 sc, 1 dec) x 6 (24)

Insert the eyes between rounds 11 and 12, above the first and last decrease of rounds 11 and 12, with about 6 sc between them. Stuff the head.

16. (2 sc, 1 dec) x 6 (18)
17. (1 sc, 1 dec) x 6 (12)
18. 6 dec (6)

Finish stuffing the head. Continue decreasing to close, cut yarn, fasten off, and hide the tail in the head.

Shape the Head

Pull in the eye area using white cotton-blend YarnArt Jeans thread. Take the head and insert the threaded needle into the spot at the first round of the head, bring it out at "2", pass the thread to "3", and bring it out at "1". Tighten and tie a knot. Then do the sequence "1" "4" "5" "1". Tighten. Tie a knot. Next sequence: "1" "6" "7" "1". Tighten. Tie a knot. And the fourth sequence: "1" "8" "9" "1". Tighten. Tie a knot. With the same thread, make the whites of the eyes; with black thread, embroider the lashes (a regular short line, you can add one lash on the side) and the eyebrows. I tighten gently. Sometimes I secure the thread with Kristall glue so the whites and lashes do not shift over the eye. Break off the safety nose screw if it has one, then glue the nose in place.

Assemble the Body

Sew the head to the body with sewing thread in two rounds so the head does not wobble. It is better to stitch several times so the head does not tilt, because the ears are heavy. Sew on the tail. Sew on the ears with sewing thread above the eyebrows, about 4 to 5 rounds higher.

Your crocheted bunny is ready! Please credit the author on social media: @mariannaimatvey or @buns_toys_from_marianna.