Little bunny

Materials:
- Yarn of your choice. Cotton, acrylic, angora, mohair will do. You can choose smooth or fluffy yarn.
- The yarn colour is at your discretion. The consumption of yarn is small
My bunny is crocheted from 135m / 50gr "Baby" yarn. The height of the bunny is 17 cm
- A crochet hook, I have 2,0 mm crochet hook 
- Hollow fibre for stuffing
- A sewing needle, matching sewing threads
- A long needle for sculpting, strong thread for sculpting
- 1 pair of ready-made eyes
- Transparent glue
- For embroidery: a few threads of black, brown
- Suitable means for tinting (pink). I used a watercolor pencil (optional)
- 1 piece of doll join(18mm)  - optional. You may choose to make the head solid sewn to the neck. 

Abbreviations:
ch – chain
sl st – slip stitch
sc – single crochet
hdc – half double crochet
dc - double crochet
inc – increase (2 sc in 1 st)
dec – decrease (single crochet two stitches together)
(...) x N times – repeat instructions in brackets N times

Body
1) 6 sc in a Magic Ring
2) 6 inc (12) 
3) (1sc, inc)х 6 times (18)
4) (1 sc, inc, 1sc)х 6 times (24)
5) (3 sc, inc)х 6 times (30)
6) 30 sc
7) (2 sc, inc, 2 sc)х 6 times (36)

8) 36 sc
9) 27 sc, (dec, 1 sc)х 3 times (33)
10) (1 sc, dec)х 3 times, 24 sc (30)
11) 27 sc, dec, 1 sc (29)
12) 1 sc, dec, 26 sc (28)
13) 7 sc, (dec, 1 sc)х 5 times, 6 sc (23)
14) 23 sc
15) 8 sc, dec, 3 sc, dec, 8 sc (21)
16) (dec, 5 sc)х 3 times (18)
17) 18 sc

Add some hollow fibre. Insert the first part of the joint- a disk with a screw.
18) (1sc, dec)х 6 times (12)
19) 6 dec (6)
Cut off yarn. Tighten the loops well around the joint screw.

 

  Head
1) 12 sc in a Magic Ring – do not tighten the loops, there should be a hole through which the joint screw passes.

2) (1 sc, inc)х 6 times (18)
3) 18 inc (36)
4) (2 sc, inc)х 12 times (48)
5-8) 48 sc
Put the head on the neck, insert the joint screw into the hole in the head. Press the plug tightly from above until it stops. To make it easier to snap into place hold it in hot water or heat it with a hairdryer. 

9) 4 sc, dec, 10 sc, dec, 2 sc, dec, put a marker for the eye, 4 sc, put a marker for the eye, dec, 2 sc, dec, 10 sc, dec, 4 sc (42)
10) 16 sc, dec, 6 sc, dec, 16 sc (40)
11) 27 sc, dec, 6 sc, dec, 3 sc (38)
12) 3 sc, dec, 6 sc, dec, 25 sc (36) 
13) 36 sc
14) (2 sc, dec, 2 sc)х 6 times (30) 
15) 30 sc
16) (dec, 3 sc)х 6times (24)
17) (1 sc, dec, 1 sc)х 6 times (18) 
18) (1 sc, dec)х 6 times (12) 
Add some hollow fibre.
19) 6 dec (6)
Cut off yarn. Do not close off the loops of the last round just yet, you will do it later!

Legs (make 2)
1)  work 5 ch, starting from 2nd ch from hook: 3 sc, 3 sc in the last stitch, continue along the other side of chain: 2 sc, inc (10)

2)  inc, 2 sc, 3 inc, 2 sc, 2 inc (16)
3)  1 sc, inc, 2 sc, (1 sc, inc)х 3 times, 2 sc, (1 sc, inc)х 2 times (22)
4-5) 22 sc

6) 6 sc, 5 dec, 6 sc (17)
7) 4 sc, 4 dec, 5 sc (13)
Add some hollow fibre.
8)  5 sc, dec, 6 sc (12)
9)  12 sc
10) (dec, 2 sc)х 3 times (9)
11) (dec, 1 sc)х 3 times (6) 
12) 3 dec
Pull off the loops. Cut the thread, hide the end.

Arms (make 2)
1) 6 sc in a Magic Ring      
2) (inc, 1 sc)х 3 times (9)
3) 9 sc      
4)  crocheting a finger: work 2 ch, from 2nd ch from hook: 1sc, work into the loops of the arm: 9 sc (9)

    
5) 1 sc, dec, 3 sc, dec, 1 sc (7)
6)  2 sc, dec, 3 sc (6)
7-8) 6 sc      
9)  dec, 4 sc (5)
10) 5 sc
Do not add the hollow fiber! 
Pull off the loops. Cut the thread, hide the end.

Ear (make 2)
15 ch, starting from 2nd ch from hook: 5 sc, 4 hdc, 4 dc, in the last stitch: 5 sc, continue along the other side of chain: 4 dc, 4 hdc, 5 sc (31) 
Fasten off, cut off.

Fringe
7 ch, starting from 2nd ch from hook: 6 sl st, (8 ch, starting from 2nd ch from hook: 7 sl st)х 3 times, 7 ch, starting from 2nd ch from hook: 6 sl st, and 1 sl st into spot А.
Fasten off, cut off.

Tail
1) 6 sc in a Magic Ring
2) (inc, 1 sc)х 3 times (9)
3-4) 9 sc
5) (dec, 1 sc)х 3 times (6)
Add some hollow fibre.
Pull off the loops. Cut the thread, hide the end.

Attach and sew on the arms and legs. 

 
Sew on the ears. Sew on the tail.

Find the spots for sculpting as follows.
Spot A is on the top of the head.
Spots 2 & 3 are in Rnd 9. Count one stitch outwards from each of these spots and mark spots 1 & 4. See the photo for guidance.
Spot 0 is in the centre of the neck between rounds 3 & 4.

Prepare a long needle for sculpting and a strong thread, make a knot. 
Insert the needle in the opening in the head (spot A), hide the knot in the hollow fibre, take the needle out in spot 0 on the neck. Make a very tiny stitch to fasten the thread. Make a short stitch, insert the needle into spot 0 and take it out in spot 1. Again, insert the needle into spot 2 and take it out in spot 0. Tighten the thread, help with the fingers to keep it in place. Make a short stitch and a knot. Repeat the tightening once more.

Repeat sculpting for the left eye socket. Spots #0-3-4-0. 
Hide the end.
Form the bridge of the nose in the same way between spots A-B; C-D.

Embroider a nose with brown yarn. 

 
Glue the eyes. Embroider eyelids and eyebrows.

 
Attach fringe and sew on. 
Tint the cheeks, heels, inside the ears with pink dry soft pastels. I used a watercolor pencil.

 
Decorate with a bow. The bunny is completed!