Flopsy the Peppermint Bunny
So I am excited about this bunny! I got the idea, again, from pinterest. I just looked at the picture and made up my own variation, so here is the pattern!
This bunny will be 13" tall from head to bottom of foot.
***If you notice a mistake please let me know so I can correct it. I like everyone to be able to learn how to make things. So my patterns are free, DO NOT SELL MY PATTERNS!!!
YOU WILL NEED
3.5MM Crochet Hook
Caron Simply Soft Yarn in Light Green (I started this bunny mostly just to learn how to do it, so I didn't start with a new skein. It might be wise to get 2 skeins, but you might only need one.)
Pink and Black Thread
Two buttons for eyes
Sewing Needle
Yarn Needle
Spot marker (I just used a piece of yarn that was a contrasting color)
Legend
sc- single crochet
dec- decrease
inc- increase
ch-chain
If you have never made amigurumi before, it is a little different than normal crocheting. You don't slip stitch, or chain to make increases. You basically just spiral. I would suggest researching amigurumi quickly before starting.
You will want to use your marker in the first stitch of each round so you can see where your next row starts. My pattern is done in only single crochets.
Here is a link that shows you a lot of great tips for amigurumi
HEAD
To make the head I did follow a pattern for making a sphere. She did the math to make it a "perfect sphere" so I like to use her pattern for this.
She has a lot of different sized spheres. Here is a link to her page. On her page it only goes up to 30 rows, but she has a link to larger spheres that she wrote up.
30 Row Sphere Row
1) Ch 2. 6 Sc in second Ch from hook. (6)
Row 2) inc in each stitch around. (12)
Row 3) (1, inc) repeat () around (18)
Row 4) 1, inc, 2, inc, 3, inc, 2, inc, 3, inc, 2 (23)
Row 5) 1, inc, 3, inc, 3, inc, 3, inc, 3, inc, 3, inc, 1 (29)
Row 6) 4, inc, 5, inc, 5, inc, 5, inc, 5, inc (34)
Row 7) 4, inc, 5, inc, 6, inc, 6, inc, 6, inc , 2 (39)
Row 8) 6, inc, 8, inc, 9, inc, 9, inc, 3 (43)
Row 9) 3, inc, 9, inc, 10, inc, 10, inc, 7 (47)
Row 10) 6, inc, 14, inc, 15, inc, 9 (50)
Row 11) 9, inc, 15, inc, 16, inc, 7 (53)
Row 12) 5, inc, 16, inc, 17, inc, 12 (56)
Row 13) 12, inc, 27, inc, 15 (58)
Row 14) 17, inc, 40 (59)
Row 15-17) even (59)
Row 18) 40, dec, 17 (58)
Row 19) 15, dec, 27, dec, 12 (56)
Row 20) 12, dec, 17, dec, 16, dec, 5 (53)
Row 21) 7, dec, 16, dec, 15, dec, 9 (50)
Row 22) 9, dec, 15, dec, 14, dec, 6 (47)
Row 23) 7, dec, 10, dec, 10, dec, 9, dec, 3 (43)
Row 24) 3, dec, 9, dec, 9, dec, 8, dec, 6 (39)
Row 25) 2, dec, 6, dec, 6, dec, 6, dec, 5, dec, 4 (34)
Row 26) dec, 5, dec, 5, dec, 5, dec, 5, dec, 4 (29)
***(I like to stuff the head somewhere around here. It just needs to be a wide enough opening to fit your stuffing, and small enough that the stuffing won't fall out when you finish your circle)
Row 27) 1, dec, 3, dec, 3, dec, 3, dec, 3, dec, 3, dec, 1 (23)
Row 28) 2, dec, 3, dec, 2, dec, 3, dec, 2, dec, 1 (18)
Row 29) (dec, 1) repeat () around (12)
Row 30) 4 scdec. Fasten off. Weave loose end through each stitch in the opening. Pull tightly to close.
Take your black thread and sew the outline of the nose and the line of the mouth. Then make the nose with the pink thread. Sew the buttons on. Here is a link on how to do an amigurimi face properly.
Body
For the body i used the 26 row sphere, but I made alterations to it so that it became more the shape of a body.
26 Row Sphere
Row 1) Ch 2. 6 Sc in second Ch from hook. (6)
Row 2) inc in each stitch around. (12)
Row 3) (1, inc) repeat () around (18) Row 4) 1, inc, 2, inc, 3, inc, 2, inc, 3, inc, 2 (23)
Row 5) 2, inc, 3, inc, 4, inc, 3, inc, 4, inc, 2 (28)
Row 6) 1, inc, 4, inc, 5, inc, 4, inc, 5, inc, 4 (33)
Row 7) 3, inc, 5, inc, 6, inc, 5, inc, 6, inc, 3 (38)
Row 8) 8, inc, 9, inc, 8, inc, 9, inc (42)
Row 9) 6, inc, 13, inc, 13, inc, 7 (45)
Row 10) 9, inc, 14, inc, 14, inc, 5 (48)
Row 11) 15, inc, 23, inc, 8 (50) Row 12) 24, inc, 25 (51)
Row 13) Even (51)
Row 14) inc, 50 (52)
Row 15) even (52) Row 15) 50, dec (51)
Row 16) Even (51) Row 17) 25, dec, 24 (50)
Row 18) Even (50)
Row 19) 8, dec, 23, dec, 15 (48)
Row 20) Even (48) Row 21) 5, dec, 14, dec, 14, dec, 9 (45)
Row 22) Even (45) Row 23) 7, dec, 13, dec, 13, dec, 6 (42)
Row 24)Even (42)
Row 25) dec, 9, dec, 8, dec, 9, dec, 8 (38)
Row 26) 3, dec, 6, dec, 5, dec, 6, dec, 5, dec, 3 (33)
Row 27) 4, dec, 5, dec, 4, dec, 5, dec, 4, dec, 1 (28) Row 28) 2, dec, 4, dec, 3, dec, 4, dec, 3, dec, 2 (23)
Row 29-32) Even (23)
***Now you will stuff the body. You can either attach the body to the head right now, or you can wait and attach everything at one time. Im impatient and wanted to see what it looked like, so I attached parts as I went.
Ears
**Make two
Row 1) make a magic ring, sc 6- (6)
Row 2) inc 6x (6sc)- 12
Row 3) Inc, 1, inc, 1, inc, 1, inc, 1, inc, 1, inc, 1- (18)
Row 4) Inc, 2, inc, 2, inc, 2, inc, 2, inc, 2, inc, 2- (24)
Row 5) Inc, 3, inc, 3, inc, 3, inc, 3, inc, 3, inc, 3- (30)
Row 6) Inc, 4, inc, 4, inc, 4, inc, 4, inc, 4, inc, 4- (36)
Row 7) Inc, 5, inc, 5, inc, 5, inc, 5, inc, 5, inc, 4- (42)
Row 8-10) even (42)
Row 11) dec, 10, dec, 10, dec, 10, dec, 4- (38)
Row 12) dec, 9, dec, 9, dec, 9, dec, 3- (34)
Row 13) dec, 8, dec, 8, dec, 8, dec, 2- (30)
Row 14) dec, 7, dec, 7, dec, 7, dec, 1- (26)
Row 15) even (26)
Row 16) dec, 6, dec, 6, dec, 6, dec- (22)
Row 17) even (22)
Row 18) dec, 5, dec, 5, dec, 6- (19)
Row 19) even (19)
Row 20) dec, 4, dec, 4, dec, 4, dec-(16)
Row 21-26) even (16)
Feet/Legs
**Make two
Row 1) chain 15
Row 2) turn and sc 13, 5sc in last chain, continue to other side and sc 13- (31)
Row 3) 13,5increases,13- (36)
Row 4) 13,10increases,13- (46)
Row 5-6) Even- (46)
Row 7) Back loop only - (46)
Row 8) 13,dec,1,dec,1,dec,1,dec,1,dec,1,dec,1,dec, 13- (39)
Row 9) 13,dec,1,dec,1,dec,1,dec,1,dec,12-(34)
Row 10) 14,dec,1,dec,1,dec,12- (31)
Row 11) 13,dec in next 4,10- (27)
Row 12) 11,dec in next 4,8- (23)
Row 13) 9,dec in next 3,8- (20)
Row 14) 9,dec in next 3,5-(17)
Row 15-32) even ( You can just do this until you have the length you want
Hands/Arms
Row 1) Make a magic circle and sc 6- (6)
Row 2) Make Inc in all 6- (12)
Row 3) (Inc,1)repeat () around- (18)
Row 4) (Inc,2)repeat () around- (24)
Row 5) (Inc,3)repeat () around-(30)
Row 6) Back stitches only- (30)
Row 7-8) Even- (30)
Row 9) 5,dec,5,dec,5,dec,5,dec,2- (26)
Row 10) 4,dec,4,dec,4,dec,4,dec,2- (22)
Row 11) Even- (22)
Row 12) 3,dec,3,dec,3,dec,3,dec,2- (18)
Row 13-14) Even- (18)
Row 15) 6,dec,6,dec,2- (16)
Row 16) Even- (16)
Row 17) 5,dec,5,dec,2- (14)
Row 18-24) Even or until the length you want (14)
When you have all of your pieces made you will attach them. You can use the yarn needle to attach your pieces together. I chose to just use my crochet hook to do this.
