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Bunny in a gift box

Saturday, November 26, 2022

Materials:

- Yarn of your choice. Cotton, acrylic, angora 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 200m / 50gr "Baby" yarn. The height of the bunny is 7 cm + 3 cm ears

- A crochet hook, I have 1,25 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 white, black and pink

- Satin ribbon for gift box

 

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

Legs (make 2)

1. 6 sc in a Magic Ring

2. inc, 5 sc = 7

3. inc, 6 sc = 8

Fasten and cut off thread of 1st leg, do not cut thread of 2nd leg.

Connect legs, crochet the body.

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Stuff as you go

4. 2 ch, along the right leg: 6 sc, 2 inc, along the chain: 2 sc, along the left leg: 2 inc, 6 sc = 24

5. Along the other side of the chain: 2 sc, 22 sc = 24

6. 1 sc, inc, 22 sc = 25

7-9. 25 sc

Fill the legs.

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10. (dec, 3 sc) х 5 times = 20

11. 20 sc

12. (dec, 2 sc) х 5 times = 15

13. (1 sc, dec) х 5 times = 10

Add hollow fibre.

14. 6 sc, place a round marker here, it is new beginning of the round, in the middle of the neck, behind.

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Head.

15. 10 inc = 20

16. (1 sc, inc) х 10 times = 30

17. 6 sc, (1 sc, inc) х 3 times, 6 sc, (inc, 1 sc) х 3 times, 6 sc = 36

18. 7 sc, (inc, 2 sc) х 3 times, 4 sc, (2 sc, inc) х 3 times, 7 sc = 42

19-20. 42 sc,

Make 1 sc, transfer the marker.

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21. 42 sc - mark the 17th, 18th, 25th, 26th stitches.

22. 8 sc, (dec, 1 sc) х 3 times, 8 sc, (1 sc, dec) х 3 times, 8 sc = 36

23. 6 sc, (dec, 1 sc) х 3 times, 6 sc, (1 sc, dec) х 3 times, 6 sc = 30

24. 30 sc

25. (dec, 3 sc) х 6 times = 24

26. 24 sc

Add hollow fibre.

27. (dec, 2 sc) х 6 times = 18

28. (1 sc, dec) х 6 times = 12

29. (dec) х 6 times = 6

Add hollow fibre. Cut the thread, pull off the loops, hide the tip.

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Ears, internal part (make 2)

Crochet with pink yarn.

1. work 12 ch, starting from 2nd ch from hook: 10 sc, 3 sc in the last stitch, continue along the other side of chain: 7 sc, 3 sl st = 23

Fasten off, cut off.

 Ears, outer part (make 2)
Crochet with main color yarn.

1. work 12 ch, starting from 2nd ch from hook: 10 sc, 3 sc in the last stitch, continue along the other side of chain: 7 sc, 3 sl st, 1 ch, turn = 23

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Join ears for each pair together and work sc around the edge:

2. 5 sc, 5 hdc, (2 hdc in 1 loop)х 3 times, 4 hdc, 5 sc, 1 sl st = 26

Cut off yarn, leave a tail for further operation

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Arms (make 2)

1. 6 sc in a Magic Ring

2-5. 6 sc

6. dec, 3 sc, 1 sl st = 5

Cut off yarn, leave a tail for further operation. Add some hollow fiber (optional).

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Tail

1. 6 sc in a Magic Ring

2. 6 sc

3. 1 sc, dec, 3 sc, 1 sl st

Cut off yarn, leave a tail for further operation. Add some hollow fiber.

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Scarf

Work 50 ch, from the third loop from the hook, crochet 1 dc into each loop. Fasten off, cut off.

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Gift box

1. 8 sc in a Magic Ring

2. (3 sc in 1 loop, 1 sc)х 4 times = 16

3. 1 sc, (3 sc in 1 loop, 3 sc)*3,  3 sc in 1 loop, 2 sc = 24

4. 2 sc, (3 sc in 1 loop, 5 sc)*3, 3 sc in 1 loop, 3 sc = 32

5. 3 sc, (3 sc in 1 loop, 7 sc)* 3, 3 sc in 1 loop, 3 sc, 1 sl st = 40

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6. Into the back loops only 40 sc

7-15. 40 sc

16. 38 sc, 2 sl st

Fasten off, cut off.

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Pin the ribbons to the gift box with pins, as in the photo. Glue on.

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Assembly and Decoration

Find the points for sculpting as follows.

Spot 0 is in the centre of the neck from behind

Spots 1 & 2, 3 & 4 are in Rnd 21. See the photo for guidance.

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To sculpt the eyes: take some strong sewing thread and fasten it below in point 0, take the needle out in point 1. Insert the needle in point 2 and back in point 0. Sculpt the second eye. Points 0 - 3 - 4 - 0.

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Fasten the thread.   Glue the eyes into the eye sockets.

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Embroider eyelids and eyebrows. Embroider nose and smile.

Sew on the ears. Sew on the tail.

Attach and sew on the arms. 

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Tint the cheeks with pink dry soft pastels or watercolor pencil.

Tie a scarf.

Sew the loop (optional).

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