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With Easter not too far away, now is the perfect time to start crocheting some Easter bunnies. These would make great little gifts and they’re quick and easy to complete so you can make plenty. They’ll also look great in a variety of colours but here I’ve used Stylecraft Special DK (Mushroom 1832) with a little bit of white for the tail – you can see this in the photo below – and black for the nose.

There will be another rabbit related pattern uploaded in the coming weeks – hopefully in time for Easter. So you can have some matching items if you make this one now. Don’t forget to check the site regularly for the new pattern or you can subscribe to the newsletter at the bottom of the page to receive emails when new patterns are published.

So grab some yarn and a hook (3.5mm) and scroll down to get started!

Materials

Main colour: Stylecraft Special DK – Mushroom 1832

Tail colour: Stylecraft Special DK – white 1001

Nose colour: Stylecraft Special DK – Black 1002

Eyes: The Craft Factory Toy Eyes Solid Black – 9mm (you may use yarn to sew on eyes if you prefer)

Stuffing

Hook

3.5mm (E USA)

Abbreviations

US Terms

sc – single crochet

dc – double crochet

trc – treble crochet

ch – chain

dec – single crochet 2 together

inc – 2 single crochet in one stitch

st/s – stitch/es

Body

Round 1: Using main colour yarn 6 sc into a magic ring. (6)

Round 2: 6 inc (12)

Round 3: *1 sc, inc* Repeat to end of round (18)

Round 4: *2 sc, inc* Repeat to end of round (24)

Round 5: *3 sc, inc* Repeat to end of round (30)

Round 6: *4 sc, inc* Repeat to end of round (36)

Sc for the next 5 rounds

Round 7: *4 sc, dec* Repeat to end of round (30)

Round 8: *3 sc, dec* Repeat to end of round (24)

Stuff body

Round 9: *2 sc, dec* Repeat to end of round (18)

Round 10: *1 sc, dec* Repeat to end of round (12)

Add more stuffing

Round 11: dec to end of round

Fasten off and sew the hole closed

Head

Round 1: In main colour yarn 6 sc into magic ring

Round 2: 6 inc (12)

Round 3: *1 sc, inc* Repeat to end of round (18)

Round 4: sc to end of round.

Round 5:*2 sc, inc* Repeat to end of round (24)

Round 6: *3 sc, inc* Repeat to end of round (30)

Round 7: *4 sc, inc* twice, 10 sc, *4sc, inc* twice (34)

Round 8: 5 sc, inc, 27 sc, inc (36)

Round 9: 6 sc, inc, 28 sc, inc (38)

Round 10: 7 sc, inc, 29 sc, inc (40)

Round 11 – 13: sc to end of round

Round 14: *8 sc, dec* Repeat to end of round (36)

Round 15: *7 sc, dec* Repeat to end of round (32)

Round 16: *6 sc, dec* Repeat to end of round (28)

Round 17: *5 sc, dec* Repeat to end of round (24)

Round 18: *4 sc, dec* Repeat to end of round (20)

Round 19: *3 sc, dec* Repeat to end of round (16)

Stuff the head

Round 20: *2 sc, dec* Repeat to end of round (10)

Round 21: *1 sc, dec* Repeat to end of round (6)

Round 22: dec to end of round

Fasten off and sew the hole closed

Legs

Round 1: In main colour yarn 6 sc in magic ring

Round 2: 6 inc (12)

Round 3: 5 sc, inc, 5 sc, inc (14)

Round 4: 6 sc, inc, 6 sc, inc (16)

Round 5: 6 sc, dec, 6 sc, dec (14)

Round 6: 5 sc, dec, 5 sc, dec (12)

Sc for next 13 rounds

Stuff the paw but leave the legs flat then sc across the top of the leg to close

Ears

Round 1: In main colour yarn 6 sc in magic circle

Round 2: 6 inc (12)

Round 3: *5 sc, inc* repeat (10)

Sc for the next 5 rounds

Round 4: *5 sc, dec* repeat to end of round (10)

Round 5: sc to end of round (10)

Round 6: *4 sc, dec* repeat to end of round (8)

Sc for the next 10 rounds

Fold flat and sc across the top to close

Tail

Round 1: In white 6 sc in magic ring (6)

Round 2: 6 inc (12)

Round 3: sc to end of round (12)

Round 4: 6 dec (6)

Fasten off, stuff tail and sew hole shut.

Use a yarn needle to sew all the parts together. I would recommend starting by adding the ears and eyes to the head and then using a strand of black yarn to make a nose in a ‘Y’ shape. Then sew the legs, head and tail onto the body (the picture below may help show you where the pieces should go).