Bunny in Shorts

Free Bunny in Shorts crochet tutorial by Natalia @nat__knits.

With this pattern, you can crochet a bunny in shorts and a striped sweater. For this amigurumi project, any acrylic, cotton, or blended yarn in different colors will work.

Finished toy size is about 23 cm.

Materials and Tools

• Any yarn for crocheting
• Crochet hook
• Safety eyes
• Yarn or thread for embroidering the nose and eyebrows
• Synthetic poly filling
• Needle for sewing parts together
• Scissors

Abbreviations

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

Crochet Bunny in Shorts Amigurumi Pattern

Head

1: 6 sc in MR
2: 6 inc (12)
3: (sc, inc) x 6 (18)
4: (2 sc, inc) x 6 (24)
5: (3 sc, inc) x 6 (30)
6: (2 sc, inc) x 10 (40)
7-10: 40 sc
11: (4 sc, inc) x 8 (48)
12-16: 48 sc
17: (6 sc, dec) x 6 (42)
18: (5 sc, dec) x 6 (36)
19: (4 sc, dec) x 6 (30)
20: (sc, dec) x 10 (20)
21: (2 sc, dec) x 5 (15)

Leave a tail for sewing. Place the eyes between rounds 12 and 13 with 8 sc between them. Embroider the nose and eyebrows.

Ears (2 pieces)

1: 5 sc in MR
2: 5 inc (10)
3: (4 sc, inc) x 2 (12)
4: (sc, inc) x 6 (18)
5-6: 18 sc
7: (5 sc, inc) x 3 (21)
8-9: 21 sc
10: (6 sc, dec) x 3 (24)
11-12: 24 sc
13: (6 sc, dec) x 3 (21)
14: (5 sc, dec) x 3 (18)
15: 18 sc
16: (4 sc, dec) x 3 (15)
17: 15 sc
18: (3 sc, dec) x 3 (12) - fold the piece in half and crochet 6 sc through both edges

Leave a tail for sewing.

Arms (2 pieces)

In white:

1: 6 sc in MR
2: 6 inc (12)
3-4: 12 sc
5: (4 sc, dec) x 2 (10)
6: (3 sc, dec) x 2 (8)
Switch to main color
7-10: 8 sc
Then alternate the two sweater colors every round
11: 8 sc
12: in BLO 8 sc
13-15: 8 sc - fold the piece in half and crochet 4 sc through both edges

Leave a tail for sewing.

Legs (2 pieces)

In white:

1: 6 sc in MR
2: 6 inc (12)
3: (sc, inc) x 6 (18)
4: 18 sc
5: 6 sc, 3 dec, 6 sc (15)
6: 5 sc, 3 dec, 4 sc (12)

In main color:

7-9: 12 sc

In shorts color:

10: 12 sc
11: in BLO (3 sc, inc) x 3 (15)

Then return to round 11 and crochet around the front loops - 15 dc

On the first leg, cut the yarn; on the second leg, crochet about 5 additional sc and continue with the body

Body

Chain 2 from the second leg and join the first leg:

1: (15 sc, 2 sc in ch) x 2 (34)
2: 15 sc, 2 inc, 17 sc (36)
3-7: 36 sc
8: (10 sc, dec) x 3 (33)
9: 33 sc
Then alternate the two sweater colors every round:
10: (9 sc, dec) x 3 (30)
11: 30 sc
12: (8 sc, dec) x 3 (27)
13: 27 sc
14: (7 sc, dec) x 3 (24)
15-16: 24 sc
17: (2 sc, dec) x 6 (18)
Switch to main color:
18: in BLO (4 sc, dec) x 3 (15)

Toy Assembly

Sew all parts together, and your bunny is ready!