A baby rabbit in cabbage blanket

Materials:
- Yarn, (acrylic, wool or cotton) of your choice.
- Colours: grey, green and a little bit of orange
I used cotton yarn, 425 m/100 g. The height of the bunny is 5 cm + 2 cm ears. Depending on the thickness of yarn a finished toy size may differ
- Crochet hooks in two sizes. I used No.1.5 and No. 2.0
- Hollow fibre for stuffing
- A sewing needle
- A long needle for sculpting, strong thread for sculpting
- Black colour embroidery yarn/thread
- Suitable means for tinting (pink). I used a watercolor pencil (optional)
- Satin ribbon for decoration

Abbreviations:
ch – chain

sl st – slip stitch

sc – single crochet

hdc – half double crochet

dc - double crochet

inc – increase (2 sc in 1 st)

2 inc, 3 inc – 2, 3 increases in sequence

dec – decrease (single crochet two stitches together)

2 dec, 3 dec – 2, 3 decrease in sequence

(...) x N times – repeat instructions in brackets N times

Before starting crocheting, prepare a length of yarn for paws, about 1 meter long, put it aside.

Ear (make 2)

Work 9 ch

1) Mark the 1st ch from hook, starting from 2nd ch from hook: 7 sc, 4 sc in the last stitch, continue along the other side of chain: 2 sc, 3 hdc, 2 sc (18)

2) start from the loop with a marker on: 3 sc, continue: 2 sc, 3 hdc, 2 sc

Fold the ear in half, work 1 sl st in spot A by hooking through both edges.

Fasten off, cut off.

Head – Body
1) 6 sc in a Magic Ring

2) 6 inc (12)

3) (1 sc, inc)х 6 times (18)

4) 2 sc, inc, 1 sc, attach the ear (the fold is directed backwards, see the pictures for guidance), work the loops of the ear and head together: 1 sc, work into the loops of the head: 1 sc, inc, 4 sc, inc, 1 sc,

attach the ear (the fold is directed forward, see the pictures for guidance), work the loops of the ear and head together: 1 sc, work into the loops of the head: 1 sc, inc, 2 sc (22)

5-7) 22 sc

Work 1 sc, transfer your place marker here.

8) 5 sc, 3 sc in 1 loop, 4 inc, 3 sc in 1 loop, 4 inc, 3 sc in 1 loop, 6 sc (36)

9-10) 36 sc

11) 14 sc, (3 sc crochet together)х 3 times, 13 sc (30)

12) 3 sc, dec, 2 sc, 3 dec, 5 sc, 3 dec, 2 sc, dec, 2 sc (22)

13) (3 sc, dec)х 4 times, 2 sc (18)

Add hollow fibre.

14) (1 sc, dec)х 6 times (12)

Work 1 sc, transfer your place marker here.

15) 12 sc

16) 2 sc, 2 inc, 4 sc, 2 inc, 2 sc (16)

17) 4 sc, inc, 7 sc, inc, 3 sc (18)

Work 1 sc, transfer your place marker here.

In the next rnd, crochet the arms with yarn in 2 additions. To do this, at the specific moment you need to attach a prepared piece of yarn. For crocheting paws, take a larger hook

18) 4 sc, next, crochet a arm in 2 threads: 1 sl st, 6 ch, starting from 2nd ch from hook: 2 hdc in 1 loop, 4 sl st,

along the loops of the body in 1 thread: 7 sc, next, crochet a second arm in 2 threads: 1 sl st, 6 ch, from 2nd ch from hook: 2 hdc in 1 loop, 4 sl st,

along the loops of the body in 1 thread: 5 sc (18)

19) 5 sc, take the arm out, 8 sc, take the arm out, 5 sc (18)

20) 7 sc, 4 inc, 7 sc (22)

21) 19 sc, inc, 1 sc, inc (24)

22) inc, 1 sc, inc, 21 sc (26)

Puff stitch. To crochet a puff stitch, you half-close four double crochets worked in the same stitch and then join them together to finish the stitch.

23) Puff stitch – it's a tail, 25 sc (26)

Work 1 sc, transfer your place marker here.

In the next rnd, crochet the paws with yarn in 2 additions. To do this, at the specific moment you need to attach a prepared piece of yarn. For crocheting paws, take a larger hook.

24) (dec, 1 sc)х 2 times, 1 sc, crochet a paw in 2 threads: 1 sl st, 5 ch, starting from 2nd ch from hook: 2 hdc in 1 loop, 3 sl st,

along the loops of the body in 1 thread: 2 sc, dec, 2 sc, dec, 2 sc,

crochet the second paw in 2 threads: 1 sl st, 5 ch, starting from 2nd ch from hook: 2 hdc in 1 loop, 3 sl st,

along the loops of the body in 1 thread: (1 sc, dec)х 2 times, 1 sc (20)

25) (dec, 1 sc)х 2 times, take paw out, (dec, 1 sc)х 3 times, take paw out, dec, 1 sc, dec (13)

Add hollow fibre.

26) 5 dec

Pull off the loops. Cut the thread, hide the end.

Assembly and Decoration

Find the points for sculpting. See the photo for guidance.

To sculpt the eyes: take some strong sewing thread and fasten it below in point 6, take the needle out in point 2. Insert the needle in point 1 and back in point 5. Sculpt the second eye. Points 5-3-4-6.

Embroider a black line on the muzzle as shown.

Embroider the eyes with stitches. Embroider eyelashes and eyebrows.

Cut the nose out of felt and glue it on.

Tint the cheeks, heels, inside the ears with pink dry soft pastels. I used a watercolor pencil.

Pacifier - carrot

Orange yarn

8 hdc in a Magic Ring, join into a ring with a 1 sl st. Bind off, cut off any excess yarn.

A pacifier ring

Green yarn

1) 5 ch, join into a ring with a 1 sl st

2) 8 sc into the ring

Fasten off, cut off. 

Sew the green part to the orange one. All tips are withdraw on the wrong side.

Cabbage leaf, part 1

Work 9 ch

1) starting from 2nd ch from hook: 7 sc, 4 sc in the last stitch, continue along the other side of chain: 7 sc, 1 ch, turn (18)

2) 7 sc, 4 inc, 7 sc, 1 ch, turn (22)

3) 6 sc, (2 hdc in 1 loop, 1 hdc)х 5 times, 2 hdc in 1 loop, 5 sc, 1 ch, turn (28)

4) 6 sc, (2 hdc in 1 loop, 2 hdc)х 5 times, 2 hdc in 1 loop, 6 sc, 1 ch, turn (34)

5) 5 sc, (2 hdc in 1 loop, 3 hdc)х 5 times, 2 hdc in 1 loop, 2 hdc, 2 hdc in 1 loop, 5 sc, 1 ch, turn (41)

6) 4 sc, (2 hdc in 1 loop, 3 hdc)х 8 times, 2 hdc in 1 loop, 4 sc, 2 ch, turn (50)

7) 7 hdc, (2 hdc in 1 loop, 3 hdc)х 9 times, 7 hdc, 2 ch, turn (59)

8) 9 hdc, (2 hdc in 1 loop, 4 hdc)х 9 times, 5 hdc, 2 ch, turn (68)

9) 11 hdc, (2 hdc in 1 loop, 4 hdc)х 10 times, 7 hdc, 2 ch, turn (78)

10) 78 hdc, do not turn! Crochet from A to B: 24 sc

Fasten off, cut off.

Cabbage leaf, part 2

1) 6 sc in a Magic Ring

2) 6 inc (12)

3) (1 sc, inc)х 6 times (18)

4) (1 sc, inc, 1 sc)х 6 times (24)

Join both parts together.  Work 24 sc hooking through both parts (see the pictures for guidance). Cut off yarn, leave a long tail for sewing.

Sew the sides to a height of about 2-3 cm to make an envelope (see the pictures for guidance).

Dress the bunny into the cabbage diapers. Decorate with a bow. The bunny is completed!