Carrot Rattle

A free Carrot Rattle crochet tutorial by Victoria Timofeeva @blue_bunny_toys.
With this pattern, you can crochet a rattle shaped like a bunny-carrot. For this amigurumi project, you can use any cotton blend yarn, such as YarnArt Jeans, Gazzal Baby Cotton, Alize Cotton Gold, and others. You can also use 100% cotton.
Finished toy size: about 12 cm.
Materials and tools
- YarnArt Jeans yarn (orange, white, and green)
- 2.5 mm crochet hook
- Embroidery floss for embroidering the eyes and nose
- Toy stuffing
- Rattle insert
- Needle for sewing pieces together
- Scissors
Abbreviations
- MR - magic ring
- ch - chain stitch
- sc - single crochet
- hdc - half double crochet
- inc - increase
- dec - decrease
- (...) x n - repeat n times
Carrot Rattle amigurumi crochet pattern
Carrot (body)
1. 6 sc in MR
2. 6 inc (12)
3. 12 inc (24)
4-6. 24 sc (3 rounds)
7. (3 sc, inc) x 6 (60)
9. 2 sc, inc, (4 sc, inc) x 5, 2 sc (36)
10. 36 sc
11. (5 sc, inc) x 6 (42)
12-13. 42 sc
14. 3 sc, inc, (6 sc, inc) x 5, 3 sc (48)
15-19. 48 sc (5 rounds)
20. (7 sc, inc) x 6 (54)
21-23. 54 sc (3 rounds)
24. (7 sc, dec) x 6 (48)
25. (4 sc, dec) x 8 (40)
26. (3 sc, inc) x 8 (32)
27. (2 sc, dec) x 8 (24)
28. (1 sc, dec) x 8 (16)
29. 8 dec (8)
30. 4 dec
Pull the opening closed, secure the yarn tail, and hide it. I place a little stuffing in the base of the body, insert the rattle, and then stuff firmly as I continue crocheting.
Ears (make 2)
1. 6 sc in MR
2. 6 inc (12)
3. (1 sc, inc) x 6 (18)
4-6. 18 sc (3 rounds)
7. (dec, 7 sc) x 2 (16)
8. 16 sc
9. (dec, 6 sc) x 2 (14)
10. 14 sc
11. (dec, 5 sc) x 2 (12)
12. 12 sc
Leave a yarn tail for sewing on the ear.
Muzzle
1. 6 sc in MR
2. 6 inc (12)
3. (1 sc, inc) x 6 (18)
4. 1 sc, inc, (2 sc, inc) x 5, 1 sc (24)
5. (3 sc, inc) x 6 (30)
6. 30 sc
Leave a long yarn tail for sewing on the muzzle.
Arms (make 2)
1. 8 sc in MR
2-6. 8 sc
7. Fold in half and crochet 4 sc through both layers
I do not stuff the arms.
Legs (make 2)
1. 6 sc in MR
2. (1 sc, inc) x (9)
3-5. 9 sc (3 rounds)
6. (1 sc, dec) x 3 (6)
7. 6 sc
Pull the opening closed and leave a yarn tail for sewing. I do not stuff the legs.
Curls
I crochet the curls as follows: make a chain, then starting from the third chain from the hook, crochet 2 hdc in each chain.
For two pieces, I chain 30. For one piece, I chain 20 (this one will hang forward like bangs).
