Kawaii Bunny

Free crochet tutorial for the Kawaii Bunny by Olga Usoltseva @olya.usolya.

With this pattern, you can crochet a bunny with a carrot. Any plush yarn or cotton yarn will work for this amigurumi project: YarnArt Dolce, Himalaya Dolphin Baby, Kamteks Velour, YarnArt Jeans PLUS, Alize Cotton Gold PLUS, Gazzal Baby Cotton XL, and others. Yarn usage is less than one skein of the main color.

The finished toy size is about 16 cm with plush yarn and about 12 cm with cotton yarn.

Materials and Tools

• Plush yarn in three shades (for the body, feet, tail, paw pads, and blush)
• Cotton yarn in blue, white, and black (for the eyes)
• Cotton yarn in orange and green (for the carrot)
• 2.5 mm and 4 mm crochet hooks
• 6 mm safety eyes
• Toy stuffing
• Stitch markers
• Satin ribbon
• Needle
• Scissors

Abbreviations

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

Amigurumi Kawaii Bunny Crochet Pattern

Head

1. 6 sc in MR (6)
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. (4 sc, inc) x 6 (36)
7. (5 sc, inc) x 6 (42)
8. (6 sc, inc) x 6 (48)
9. (7 sc, inc) x 6 (54)
10. (8 sc, inc) x 6 (60)
11-14. 4 rounds of 60 sc
15. (4 sc, inc) x 12 (72)
16-18. 3 rounds of 72 sc
19. (4 sc, dec) x 12 (60)
20. (3 sc, dec) x 12 (48)
21. (2 sc, dec) x 12 (36)
22. (1 sc, dec) x 12 (24)
23. (2 sc, dec) x 6 (18)
24. (4 sc, dec) x 3 (15)

Stuff the head correctly: keep the widened shape of the head, stuff the cheeks well outward to the sides, and avoid stretching out the neck line. Do not cut the yarn. Continue crocheting the body.

Body

25. (4 sc, inc) x 3 (18)
26. 18 sc
27. (5 sc, inc) x 3 (21)
28. 21 sc
29. (6 sc, inc) x 3 (24)
30. 24 sc
31. (7 sc, inc) x 3 (27)
32. 27 sc
33. (8 sc, inc) x 3 (30) Start stuffing the body, paying special attention to the neck area and the beginning of the body
34. 15 dec (15)
35. 7 dec (8)

Finish stuffing the body so the area where the stitches are closed is flat. Pull the opening closed, fasten off, and hide the yarn tail.

Eyes

Use a 2-2.5 mm hook and cotton blend yarn. Start crocheting with black yarn:

1. 6 sc in MR
2. 6 inc (12)
3. (sc, inc) x 6 (18)
Next, check the eye diameter: it should cover about 5 rounds in height. If it is still too small, continue further
4. (2 sc, inc) x 6 (24)
Change to blue yarn
5. 6 sc, sl st in the next stitch

• Finish crocheting and leave long black and blue yarn tails for sewing.
• If the eye is still too small, after round 4 make one more round with increases: (3 sc, inc) x 6 (30)
• Embroider highlights on the eyes with white yarn, secure the yarn on the wrong side, and trim the ends.
• Mark the center of the head for convenience.
• Sew the eyes between rounds 11 and 17, 5 sc away from the outer edges of the eyes. Sew the black side with the black yarn tail and the blue side with the blue one.

• Embroider the eyebrows and eyelashes.
• Embroider the nose as shown in the photo. You can use either plush yarn or cotton yarn.
• Embroider the mouth.

Blush (Make 2)

0. Chain 6
1. Starting from the second chain from the hook: 4 sc, 3 sc in the last stitch of the row, 3 sc along the other side of the chain, inc (12)

Join with a sl st to the previous round. If you are using plush yarn, hide the yarn end on the wrong side or inside the head while sewing. If you are using cotton yarn, leave a long tail for sewing. Sew on with matching thread.

Ears (Make 2)

1. 6 sc in MR
2. (sc, inc) x 3 (9)
3. (2 sc, inc) x 3 (12)
4. 12 sc
5. (2 sc, dec) x 3 (9)
6-8. 3 rounds of 9 sc
9. (sc, dec) x 3 (6)
10. 6 sc
11. Fold in half and crochet 3 sl st through both layers

Ear Shadows (Make 2)

0. Chain 7
1. Starting from the second chain from the hook: 5 sc, 3 sc in the last stitch of the row, 4 sc along the other side of the chain, inc (12)

Join with a sl st to the previous round. Sew the pieces to the ears with matching thread. Sew the ears to the top of the head.

Upper Paws (Make 2)

1. 3 sc in MR
2. 3 inc (6)
3-6. 4 rounds of 6 sc
Stuff
7. 3 dec (3)

Pull the opening closed and hide the yarn tail. Embroider two stripes on the paws with black yarn.

Lower Paws (Make 2)

Start crocheting with white yarn.

1. 6 sc in MR
2. 6 inc (12)
Change to pink yarn
3. 12 sc in the back loops only
4. 3 sc, 3 dec, 3 sc (9)
5. sc, 3 dec, 2 sc (6)
6. 6 sc
7. 3 dec (3)

Pull the opening closed and hide the yarn tail. Embroider paw pads on the feet with yarn.

Sew on the upper and lower paws with yarn so they can move, using the button-joint method. I did not use buttons because the legs and arms are small and do not need them. On the outer side of the paws, I simply left a one-stitch gap between bringing the needle with the yarn out and returning it into the body, so the outer edge of the fabric was caught.

You can also simply sew the paws to the body without using a thread joint.

Tail

1. 6 sc in MR
2. 6 inc (12)
3. 12 sc
4. 6 dec

Finish crocheting. Stuff lightly. Sit the bunny down and sew on the tail so it works as a support.

Carrot

Use a 1.5-2.5 mm hook and cotton blend yarn.

1. 6 sc in MR
2. (sc, inc) x 3 (9)
3. (2 sc, inc) x 3 (12)
4. (3 sc, inc) x 3 (15)
5. (4 sc, inc) x 3 (18)
6-11. 6 rounds of 18 sc
12. (sc, dec) x 6 (12)
13. 6 dec (6)

Pull the opening closed and hide the yarn tail.

Carrot Greens

0. 7 ch
1. Starting from the 2nd chain from the hook: 6 sc
2. 7 ch
3. Starting from the 2nd chain from the hook: 6 sc
sl st in the very first stitch of round 0 (where the knot is)
4. 7 ch
5. Starting from the 2nd chain from the hook: 6 sc

sl st in the very first stitch of round 0 (where the knot is)

Sew the greens to the carrot. Embroider small dashes with black yarn.