My First Bunny

Free crochet tutorial for My First Bunny by Olesya Shestakova @Vivi_toys.

With this pattern, you can crochet a beginner-friendly bunny. A crocheted bunny in overalls. For this amigurumi, any cotton or cotton blend yarn and a matching crochet hook will work. We will crochet the bunny with pants and a little sweater. The toy's face is finished with embroidery and bead eyes. You can decorate the overalls with a button.

Materials and Tools

• YarnArt Jeans yarn or similar
• 2-2.5 mm crochet hook
• Toy eyes 2-4 mm
• Toy stuffing
• Button
• Needle for sewing pieces together
• Scissors

Abbreviations

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

Beginner Crochet Pattern: Amigurumi Bunny

Arms (2 pieces)

1. 6 sc
2. (1 inc, 1 sc) x 3 (9)
3-12. 9 sc (if you want sleeves, change yarn color at round 5)
13. Fold in half and crochet 4 sc through both layers

Next, the legs, body, and head are crocheted as one piece. Sew the upper arms to round 23 of the body.

Legs (2 pieces)

1. 6 sc
2. 6 inc (12)
3-8. 12 sc, 6 rounds
9. 6 sc on one leg, 2 ch, 12 sc on the second leg, 1 sc in the first stitch of this piece, 2 sc along the ch, 1 sc into the side of the 6th sc on the second leg, 6 sc (30)
10. 6 sc, 2 sc along the ch, 22 sc (30)
11. (4 sc, 1 inc) x 6 (36)
12-16. 36 sc, in round 15 change yarn color if you want to make a little sweater
17. 2 sc, 1 dec, 10 sc, 1 dec, 4 sc, 1 dec, 10 sc, 1 dec, 2 sc (32)
18-19. 32 sc
20. 2 sc, 1 dec, 8 sc, 1 dec, 4 sc, 1 dec, 8 sc, 1 dec, 2 sc (28)
21-22. 28 sc
23. 3 sc, 1 dec, 6 sc, 1 dec, 4 sc, 1 dec, 6 sc, 1 dec, 1 sc (24)
24. (2 sc, 1 dec) x 6 (18)
25. (1 sc, 1 dec) x 6 (12)

Change yarn back to the main color.

26. Crochet the head: 12 inc (24)
27. (3 sc, 1 inc) x 6 (30)
28. (4 sc, 1 inc) x 6 (36)
29. (5 sc, 1 inc) x 6 (42)
30-37. 8 rounds, 42 sc
38. (5 sc, 1 inc) x 6 (36)
39. (4 sc, 1 inc) x 6 (30)
40. (3 sc, 1 inc) x 6 (24)
41. (2 sc, 1 inc) x 6 (18)
42. (1 sc, 1 inc) x 6 (12)
43. 6 dec

Close all stitches so there is no hole at the top of the head.

Ears (2 pieces)

The author forgot to include ear instructions :(

You can pick similar ears from any other bunny here.

Tail

1. 6 sc in MR
2. 6 inc (12)
3. 6 dec, fasten off and cut yarn, sew on the tail

Sew the arms to the body and attach the ears.

Pants

Work from bottom to top. Chain 16, join to the first stitch to form a circle, and crochet in a spiral: 4 rounds of 16 sc, then cut yarn and fasten off.

Crochet the second piece.

On the second piece, after round 4, continue with round 5 and join both pieces the same way as you joined the legs.

5. 8 sc, 2 ch, 8 sc on the second piece, 1 inc, 7 sc, 1 sc in the first stitch of this same piece, 2 sc along the ch, 1 sc in the side part of the stitch on the second leg, 7 sc, 1 inc (39)
6. (4 sc, 1 inc) x 7, 3 sc, 1 inc (47)
7-10. 4 rounds, 47 sc
11. 9 sc, 3 loose ch, skip 3 sc on the pants, crochet to the end of the round. This creates an opening for the tail
12. 47 sc, including 3 sc where we made the chain stitches
13. 1 dec, 16 sc, 1 dec, 3 sc, 1 dec, 16 sc, 1 dec, 3 sc (43)
14. (4 sc, 1 dec) x 7, 1 sc (36). If the pants are too short, you can crochet 2 more rounds of 36 sc.
15. 1 ch, turn your work; now crochet the upper part of the overalls in turning rows. 1 dec, 13 sc, 1 dec
16. 1 ch, 1 dec, 11 sc, 1 dec
17. 1 ch, 1 dec, 9 sc, 1 dec
18. 1 ch, 1 dec, 7 sc, 1 dec
19. 1 ch, 1 dec, 5 sc, 1 dec
20. 7 sc

Continue without cutting the yarn: make 20 ch, 1 ch, turn, crochet 1 sc, 3 ch, skip 3 ch on the chain (this makes a buttonhole), then crochet 17 sc.

Sweater

"3 dc in 1" means crochet 3 dc into 1 stitch.

1. Chain 20, 2 turning ch, crochet 3 dc, 3 dc in 1, 3 dc, 3 dc in 1, 4 dc, 3 dc in 1, 3 dc, 3 dc in 1, 3 dc (28), 2 ch
2. 4 dc, 3 dc in 1, 4 dc, 3 dc in 1, 8 dc, 3 dc in 1, 4 dc, 3 dc in 1, 4 dc (36), 2 ch
3. 7 dc, 3 ch, skip 5 dc (this makes an armhole), 12 dc, 3 ch, skip 5 dc, 7 dc (32)
4. 6 dc, 1 inc, 1 dc, 1 inc, 12 dc, 1 inc, 1 dc, 1 inc, 6 dc (36)
5. 36 sc, do not cut the yarn; make a placket and continue along the side edge. And make buttonholes

3 ch, sc between rounds 1 and 2, 3 ch, sc in a dc of round 3.
3 ch, sc between rounds 4 and 5. 3 ch in the top stitch

Then edge the neckline.

Crochet 3 ch, sc into the second edge stitch. Then again 3 ch, sc into the third edge stitch (there were 20 stitches total), you will get a ruffle. Work until the left front edge. For each outer dc, crochet 2 sc, 10 in total. Fasten off, cut, and hide the yarn. Sew on buttons.