Plush Little Ones: Bear and Bunny

Free crochet tutorial for Plush Little Ones by Yulia Rossamakhina @uliyaross.

With this pattern, you can crochet plush little ones: a bear and a bunny. You can use any plush yarn for these toys: Himalaya Dolphin Fine, Himalaya Dolphin Baby, Himalaya Velvet, and others.

The finished toy measures about 20 cm.

Materials and tools

• Plush yarn (1 skein per toy)
• YarnArt Jeans yarn for embroidering the nose
• 3.5-4 mm crochet hook
• Safety eyes
• Toy stuffing
• Needle for sewing pieces together
• Scissors

Abbreviations

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

Plush bear and bunny amigurumi crochet pattern

Head

Stuff as you go:

Rnd 1. 6 sc in MR (6)
Rnd 2. 6 inc (12)
Rnd 3. 12 inc (24)
Rnd 4. (3 sc, inc) x 6 (30)
Rnd 5. (4 sc, inc) x 6 (36)
Rnd 6. (5 sc, inc) x 6 (42)
Rnd 7-13. 7 rounds of 42 sc
Rnd 14. (5 sc, dec) x 6 (36)
Rnd 15. (4 sc, dec) x 6 (30)
Rnd 16. (1 sc, dec) x 10 (20)
Rnd 17. 20 sc

Cut the yarn and fasten off.

Arms (2 pieces)

Stuff the base of the arm:

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

Work 2 sc, adjusting for your gauge. Work 4 sc together. Cut the yarn, leaving a long tail for sewing.

Bunny legs (2 pieces)

Stuff the lower part of the leg as you go. Start with a chain of 6 ch in an accent color. Begin crocheting in the 2nd chain from the hook:

Rnd 1. inc, 3 sc, 3 sc in one stitch, 4 sc (12)
Rnd 2. (inc) x 2, sc, inc, sc, (inc) x 3, (sc, inc) x 2 (20)
change to the main yarn color
Rnd 3. 20 sc in BLO
Rnd 4-5. 20 sc (2 rounds)
Rnd 6. 6 sc, (dec) x 6, 2 sc (14)
Rnd 7. 5 sc, (dec) x 4, 1 sc (10)
Rnd 8-10. 10 sc (3 rounds)
Rnd 11. work 2-3 sc, adjusting for your gauge, then work 5 sc together

Cut the yarn and fasten off.

Bear legs (2 pieces)

Stuff the leg firmly.

Rnd 8-9. 10 sc (2 rounds)

Cut the yarn and fasten off.

Body

Stuff as you go. Start with a chain of 8 ch. Begin crocheting in the 2nd chain from the hook:

Rnd 1. inc, 2 sc, inc, 2 sc, 3 sc in one stitch, 2 sc, inc, 3 sc (18)
Rnd 2. (inc) x 2, 6 sc, (inc) x 3, 6 sc, inc (24)
Rnd 3. (inc, 3 sc) x 6 (30)
Rnd 4-10. 30 sc (7 rounds)
Rnd 11. (4 sc, dec) x 5 (25)
Rnd 12. 25 sc
Rnd 13. (3 sc, dec) x 5 (20)
Rnd 14. 20 sc

Cut the yarn and fasten off.

Tail

Rnd 1. 6 sc in MR (6)
Rnd 2. 6 inc (12)
Rnd 3. (2 sc, inc) x 4 (16)
Rnd 4. 16 sc
Rnd 5. (dec) x 8 (8)

Stuff. Cut the yarn, leaving a long tail for sewing.

Bunny ears (2 pieces)

Use a 4 mm crochet hook and crochet loosely, without tightening the stitches. The ears are about 21 cm long.

Rnd 1. 6 sc in MR (6)
Rnd 2. 6 inc (12)
Rnd 3. 12 sc
Rnd 4. (1 sc, inc) x 6 (18)
Rnd 5-28. 18 sc (24 rounds)
Rnd 29. (1 sc, dec) x 6 (12)
Rnd 30. 12 sc
Rnd 31. (2 sc, dec) x 3 (9)

Work 4 sc together, cut the yarn, and fasten off.

Bear ears (2 pieces)

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

Work 6 sc through both loops, cut the yarn, and fasten off.

Assembling and finishing the toy

Sew the head to the body, adding stuffing to the neck as you go. Sew the arms between rounds 13 and 14 of the body, about 4-5 sc apart.

Sew on the ears. For the bunny, sew the ears between rounds 4 and 5 of the head, about 8-9 sc apart. For the bear, count down 3 rounds from the top of the head and sew on the ears.

Sew on the eyes between rounds 10 and 11, 9 sc apart. You can embroider the whites of the eyes with white plush or cotton yarn. Embroider the nose between rounds 12 and 13.

Sew on the legs. For the bear, which is a sitting toy, start attaching the legs between rounds 4 and 6, about 11 sc apart. Adjust for your gauge and personal preference; you can sew the legs 2-3 sc closer together if you like. For the bunny, sew the legs between rounds 4 and 5, about 10-11 sc apart, or attach them with buttons in the same round.

Sew the tail on between rounds 3 and 5.