Bunny Businka

A free crochet tutorial for Bunny Businka by @vvitiuk.hm.

With this pattern, you can crochet a bunny. Any cotton blend yarn works well for this amigurumi project: YarnArt Jeans, Alize Cotton Gold, Gazzal Baby Cotton, and others. All toy parts are crocheted in a spiral. The arms and legs are sewn on.

Materials and tools

• YarnArt Jeans yarn: 01 white, 49 light gray, 23 coral
• Iris thread: black and pink (for embroidering the face)
• 2 mm crochet hook
• 10 mm safety eyes
• Toy stuffing
• Pins
• Needle for sewing parts
• Scissors

Abbreviations

• MR - magic ring
• ch - chain stitch
• sc - single crochet
• dc - double crochet
• inc - increase
• dec - decrease
• (...) x n - repeat n times

Crochet amigurumi Bunny Businka pattern

Head-body

Round 1: 6 sc in MR (6)
Round 2: 6 inc (12)
Round 3: (1 sc, 1 inc) x 6 (18)
Round 4: (2 sc, 1 inc) x 6 (24)
Round 5: (3 sc, 1 inc) x 6 (30)
Round 6: (4 sc, 1 inc) x 6 (36)
Round 7: (5 sc, 1 inc) x 6 (42)
Rounds 8-10: 48 sc (3 rounds)
Round 11: (6 sc, 1 inc) x 6 (48)

In round 12, join white yarn color 01. Gray (g), white (w)

Round 12: 15 sc (g), 6 sc (w), 6 sc (g), 6 sc (w), 15 sc (g) (48)
Round 13: 14 sc (g), 9 sc (w), 2 sc (g), 9 sc (w), 14 sc (g) (48)
Round 14: 13 sc (g), 22 sc (w), 13 sc (g) (48)
Round 15: 12 sc (g), 4 inc (w), 16 sc (w), 4 inc (w), 12 sc (g) (56)
Rounds 16-18: 12 sc (g), 32 sc (w), 12 sc (g) (56)
Round 19: 12 sc (g), 4 dec (w), 16 sc (w), 4 dec (w), 12 sc (g) (48)
Round 20: 6 sc (g), 1 dec (g), 5 sc (g), 1 sc (w), 1 dec (w), (6 sc, 1 dec) x 2 (w), 3 sc (w), 3 sc (g), 1 dec (g), (6 sc, 1 dec) (g) (42)
Round 21: (5 sc, 1 dec) x 2 (g), (5 sc, 1 dec) x 2 (w), 1 sc (w), 4 sc (g), 1 dec (g), 5 sc (g), 1 dec (g) (36)

Fasten off and cut the white yarn tail. Continue crocheting with gray yarn.

Round 22: (4 sc, 1 dec) x 6 (30)
Round 23: (3 sc, 1 dec) x 6 (24)
Round 24: (2 sc, 1 dec) x 6 (18)
Round 25: 18 sc (18)
Round 26: (2 sc, 1 inc) x 6 (24)
Round 27: 24 sc (24)
Round 28: (3 sc, 1 inc) x 6 (30)
Round 29: (4 sc, 1 inc) x 6 (36)
Round 30: 36 sc (36)
Round 31: (5 sc, 1 inc) x 6 (42)
Rounds 32-34: 42 sc (42) (3 rounds)

Crochet shift stitches so the marker is exactly in the middle of the back; for me this is 4 sc. This is our new beginning of the round.

Round 35: 11 sc, (2 sc, 1 inc) x 6, 13 sc (48)
Rounds 36-40: 48 sc (48) (5 rounds)
Round 41: (6 sc, 1 dec) x 6 (42)
Round 42: (5 sc, 1 dec) x 6 (36)
Round 43: (4 sc, 1 dec) x 6 (30)
Round 44: (3 sc, 1 dec) x 6 (24)
Round 45: (2 sc, 1 dec) x 6 (18)
Round 46: (1 sc, 1 dec) x 6 (12)
Round 47: 6 dec (6)

Cut yarn, close the opening, and secure the end. Make eye indentations. Embroider eyelashes and eyebrows with black Iris thread. Embroider the nose in coral.

Ears (make 2)

Do not stuff the ears. Start the first ear with white yarn.

Round 1: 6 sc in MR (6)
Round 2: (1 sc, 1 inc) x 3 (9)
Round 3: (2 sc, 1 inc) x 3 (12)
Round 4: (3 sc, 1 inc) x 3 (15)
Rounds 5-6: 15 sc (15) (2 rounds)
Round 7: (4 sc, 1 inc) x 3 (18)
Change yarn to gray
Round 8: (5 sc, 1 inc) x 3 (21)
Round 9: (6 sc, 1 inc) x 3 (24)
Rounds 10-14: 24 sc (5 rounds)
Round 15: (2 sc, 1 dec) x 6 (18)
Round 16: 18 sc (18)
Round 17: (1 sc, 1 dec) x 6 (12)

Fold both edges together and crochet 6 sc through both loops. Fold the ear into a teardrop shape and sew with 3 sc. Cut yarn, leaving a long tail for sewing. Crochet the second ear the same way, but in gray yarn only.

Tail

Round 1: 6 sc in MR (6)
Round 2: (1 sc, 1 inc) x 3 (9)
Round 3: 9 sc (9)
Stuff lightly
Round 4: (1 sc, 1 dec) x 3 (6)

Cut yarn, leaving a long tail for sewing.

Arms (make 2)

Stuff as you go.

Round 1: 6 sc in MR (6)
Round 2: (1 sc, 1 inc) x 3 (9)
Round 3: (2 sc, 1 inc) x 3 (12)
Round 4: 11 sc, 1 "bobble" made of 3 dc
Round 5: 12 sc (12)
Round 6: (2 sc, 1 dec) x 3 (9)
Rounds 7-13: 9 sc (7 rounds)
Round 14: (1 sc, 1 dec) x 3 (6)

Close the opening, secure and cut the yarn. Hide the ends inside.

Legs (make 2)

Stuff as you go. Start with white yarn.

Round 1: ch 4, starting in the 2nd chain from hook: 2 sc, 3 sc in one stitch, 1 sc, 1 inc (8)
Round 2: 1 inc, 1 sc, 3 inc, 1 sc, 2 inc (14)
Round 3: 1 sc, 1 inc, 2 sc, (1 inc, 1 sc) x 3, (1 sc, 1 inc) x 2 (20)
Rounds 4-5: 20 sc (20) (2 rounds)
Round 6: 4 sc, (1 sc, 1 dec) x 3, 7 sc (17)
Round 7: 3 sc, 3 dec, 8 sc (14)
Round 8: 3 sc, 2 dec, 7 sc (12)
Rounds 9-11: 12 sc (3 rounds)

Bring the white yarn to the front side and continue with gray yarn.

Round 12: 12 sc in back loop only (12)
Rounds 13-14: 12 sc (12) (2 rounds)
Round 15: (1 sc, 1 inc) x 6 (18)
Rounds 16-18: 18 sc (18) (3 rounds)
Round 19: (1 sc, 1 dec) x 6 (12)
Round 20: 6 dec (6)

Close the opening, secure and cut the yarn. Hide the ends inside.

Go back to round 11 of the legs and make an edging with the white yarn tail we left: ch 2 and crochet 12 dc, hold the hook as in the photo. Make a slip stitch and hide the tail. You can fold the cuff over or leave it as is.

Toy assembly

• Sew the ears on at the level of rounds 5-6.
• Attach the arms and legs using thread jointing. Attach the arms between rounds 29-30. Attach the legs between rounds 40-41.
• Sew on the tail so the bunny can lean on it in a sitting position. For me, this is around rounds 39-41.
• Embroider the belly button at the level of rounds 37-38. Width is 2 sc. Embroider it with 3-4 gray stitches.