Free Crochet Pattern for Rabbit Amigurumi

This sweet colorful amigurumi will brighten up a loved one´s day! It will become an inseparable friend! A great gift. You can make it in any desired colours.

SUPPLIES

cotton yarn (e.g. Schachenmayr Catania 125m/50g) in four colors: beige, brown, green and purple, crochet hook 3 mm and 2,5 mm, Polyester fiberfill stuffing, 2 black beads, 2 buttons, scissors, yarn needle.

SKILL LEVEL

Intermediate

SIZE

The ready amigurumi is approx. 30 cm. You can make the pattern larger (or smaller) by changing the yarn weight and/or hook size or by adding rounds

SKILLS YOU NEED

chain, single crochet, double crochet, half double crochet, slip stitch, increase, decrease

ABBREVIATIONS

Ch =chain

St = stitch

Sc =single crochet

Sl st = slip stitch

dec = decrease stitch (two single crochets together)

inc = increase stitch (two single crochets into one stitch)

Dc = double crochet

hdc = half double crochet

Rnd = Round

TIPPS

• Do not join rounds, work in a continuous spiral.
• Use a stitch marker or a piece of yarn to mark the end or the beginning of a round
• All stitches are worked into both loops, unless stated otherwise in the pattern.
• You can use any type of yarn as long as you have a corresponding crochet hook size (check yarn label for recommendations)
• Numbers at the end of each round in parentheses ( ) = total number of stitches for that round or row.
• Please note that I use US crochet terms. 
• Amigurumi can be made in any desired colours.

SHIFT STITCH

Sometimes during a work of the spiral amigurumi, you need to keep the work symmetrically. As work tends to twist to the right you need to adjust position of the marker periodically (beginning of the round).

Shift stitch is an extra stitch you work at the end of a round to make your work look symmetrical. If you notice that marker moves right, you need to work one extra stitch in the end of the round and move marker for one stitch (now 2nd st of the round becomes 1st). this is shift stitch.

The shift stitch is not included in the round description. To check if it’s time to work shift stitch fold your work in half and check if marker still goes straight or use a yarn that marks a straight line.

You may think this is a increase, but it isn’t. This way you don’t increase or decrease the amount of stitches. The stitches count remains the same.

Front Post Double Crochet:

Yarn over, insert your hook between the posts of the first and second stitch of the row below, and then from back to front again between the posts of the second and third stitches

Yarn over and draw the yarn around the post of the stitch. You now have 3 loops on the hook

Yarn over and draw the yarn through the 2 loops on the hook, twice. 

One front post double crochet (FP dc) is complete.

Seamsless way of changing color when working in the round

Pick up the new color at the end of the round: inset your hook into the stitch, yarn over the new color and pull through the stitch and the loop on your hook to complete the stitch.

INSTRUCTIONS

PART 1

BODY and HEAD

Use any color yarn you wish, begin with a magic ring.

Rnd 1: 6 sc into Magic Ring.

Rnd 2: inc 6 times (12 stitches)

Rnd 3: *sc in next st, inc* (18 sts)

Rnd 4: *sc in each of next 2 sts, inc* (24 sts)

Rnd 5: *sc in each of next 3 sts, inc* (30 sts)

Rnd 6: *sc in each of next 4 sts, inc* (36 sts)

Rnd 7: *sc in each of next 5 sts, inc* (42 sts)

Rnd 8: *sc in each of next 6 sts, inc* (48 sts)

Rnd 9-11: sc in each of next 48 sts

Rnd 12: *dec, sc in each of next 6 sts* (42 sts)

Rnd 13-15: sc in each of next 42 sts

Rnd 16: *dec, sc in each of next 5 sts* (36 sts)

Rnd 17-19: sc in each of next 36 sts

Rnd 20: *dec, sc in each of next 4 sts* (30 sts)

Rnd 21-22: sc in each of next 30 sts

Rnd 23: *dec, sc in each of next 3 sts* (24 sts)

Rnd 24-27: sc in each of next 24 sts

Stuff firmly.

Rnd 28: *sc in each of next 3 sts, inc* (30 sts)

Rnd 29: sc in each of next 30 sts

Rnd 30: *sc in each of next 4 sts, inc* (36 sts)

Rnd 31-33: sc in each of next 36 sts

Rnd 34: *sc in each of next 5 sts, inc* (42 sts)

Rnd 35-36: sc in each of next 42 sts

Rnd 37: *sc in each of next 6 sts, inc* (48 sts)

Rnd 38-50: sc in each of next 48 sts

Rnd 51: *dec, sc in each of next 6 sts* (42 sts)

Rndn 52-53: sc in each of next 42 sts

Rnd 54: *dec, sc in each of next 5 sts* (36 sts)

Rndn 55-56: sc in each of next 36 sts

Rnd 57: *dec, sc in each of next 4 sts* (30 sts)

Rnd 58: *dec, sc in each of next 3 sts* (24 sts)

Stuff firmly.

Rnd 59: *dec, sc in each of next 2 sts* (18 sts)

Rnd 60: *dec, sc in next st* (12 sts)

Rnd 61: *dec*, repeat from* to* 6 times

Cast off. Weave in all ends

ARM (2x)

Rnd 1: 6 sc in a magic circle.

Rnd 2: inc 6 times (12 sts)

Rnd 3: *sc in next st, inc* (18 sts)

Rnd 4-7: sc in each of next 18 sts

Stuff slightly.

Rnd 8: *dec, sc in each of next 4 sts* (15 sts)

Rnd 9: sc in each of next 15 sts

Rnd 10: *dec, sc in each of next 3 sts* (12 stitches)

Rnd 11-24: sc in each of next 12 sts

Rnd 25: *dec*, repeat from* to* 6 times

Cast off leaving a long tail for sewing.

Work the second arm the same way.

LEG (2x)

Rnd 1: 6 sc in a magic circle.

Rnd 2: inc 6 times (12 sts)

Rnd 3: *sc in next st, inc* (18 sts)

Rnd 4-9: sc in each of next 18 sts

Stuff slightly.

Rnd 10: *dec, sc in each of next 4 sts* (15 sts)

Rnd 11-40: sc in each of next 15 sts

Rnd 41: *dec, sc in each of next 3 sts* (12 stitches)

Rnd 42: sc in each of next 12 sts

Rnd 43: *dec*, repeat from* to* 6 times

Cast off leaving a long tail for sewing.

Work the second leg the same way.

EAR (2x)

Rnd 1: 6 sc in a magic circle.

Rnd 2: inc 6 times (12 stitches)

Rnd 3: *sc in next st, inc* (18 sts)

Rnd 4: sc in each of next 18 sts

Rnd 5: *sc in each of next 2 sts, inc* (24 sts)

Rnd 6: sc in each of next 24 sts

Rnd 7: *sc in each of next 3 sts, inc* (30 sts)

Rnd 8-12: sc in each of next 30 sts

Rnd 13: *sc in each of next 13 sts, dec*, repeat from* to* twice (28 stitches)

Rnd 14-15: sc in each of next 28 sts

Rnd 16: *sc in each of next 12 sts, dec*, repeat from* to* twice (26 stitches)

Rnd 17-18: sc in each of next 26 sts

Rnd 19: *sc in each of next 11 sts, dec*, repeat from* to* twice (24 stitches)

Rnd 20-21: sc in each of next 24 sts

Rnd 22: *sc in each of next 10 sts, dec*, repeat from* to* twice (22 stitches)

Rnd 23-24: sc in each of next 22 sts

Rnd 25: *sc in each of next 9 sts, dec*, repeat from* to* twice (20 stitches)

Rnd 26-27: sc in each of next 20 sts

Rnd 28: *sc in each of next 8 sts, dec*, repeat from* to* twice (18 stitches)

Rnd 29-30: sc in each of next 18 sts

Rnd 31: *sc in each of next 7 sts, dec*, repeat from* to* twice (16 stitches)

Rnd 32-33: sc in each of next 16 sts

Rnd 34: *sc in each of next 6 sts, dec*, repeat from* to* twice (14 stitches)

Rnd 35-38: sc in each of next 14 sts

Cast off leaving a long tail for sewing.

Work the second ear the same way.

Ich empfehle ich die Ohren zu dämpfen, entweder mit dem Bügeleisen (nicht Bügeln nur Dampfen) oder über dem kochendem Wasser. Dann werden die Ohren schön weich.

ASSEMBLY

After all the element of your rabbit were crocheted, it´s time to sew them together. Use a blunt sweing needle.

Position legs and sew them to the body.

Sew arms to the body.

Position ears between 8 and 9 round of the head and sew them to the head of the rabbit. Be sure to step back and take a look to make sure they are even.

Mark where you want the eyes to be placed with pins and sew them with the distance of 2-3 stitches to the head of the rabbit.

Begin with the outline of the upside down triangle. Insert the needle through the top of the head and pull it through leaving a little bit of a tail. Then insert the needle 1-2 rows under the eyes and pull it through where you want your rabbit’s nose to be. Fill in the triangle, and finish the uneven lines. At the end pull the needle out the same hole it originally went into, so that both yarn tails are coming out of the same hole. Tie a knot with both yarn tails, as close to the surface of the head as possible. Hide the yarn tails inside the head.

Add a line to the nose using black color yarn.Proceed to the smile if desired. You can also embroider eyebrows and add eyelashes.

Happy crocheting! Feel free to contact me with any questions. Thank you for stopping by and have a lovely day!

The pattern for the doll´s clothes you can find hier