Little Rabbit Pattern

May 9

Here’s how to crochet this little rabbit!

little, brown crochet rabbit with pink ear accents and bobbles for feet held by hand against green bush background - free crochet pattern

Originally, I designed this rabbit as one of the little garden critters in my flower pot garden set.

The idea was a flower pot that opens up to hold five little garden-themed animals inside. I made some bugs, a hedgehog, a bird, but when I thought about gardens, the animal I thought of the most were the little white-tailed rabbits I used to see all the time in my grandma’s garden.

So even though I’ve already made three other bunny patterns, it was time for another one!

At first, I wanted to match this rabbit to the shape of the little bat and cat in my cauldron plushie set. But it took up so much space inside of the pot that in order to make enough room for the other plushies, I redesigned it into a rounder, more condensed version.

Since I had already made the first rabbit, though, I thought I might as well still share it as a free pattern in case you like this design!

***p.s. Check out the garden flower pot set with the second rabbit design! You can find the 6-in-1 pattern*** ***here***!

So here’s how to crochet this rabbit:

Let’s get into the pattern!

Find the free pattern below or you can find the downloadable PDF version of this pattern on my Patreon.

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Skills and Abbreviations (In U.S. terms)

MR= Magic Ring (Magic Circle)

SC= Single Crochet

SL ST= Slip Stitch

INC= Increase

DEC= Decrease

3-DcBo= 3 double crochet bobble (a bobble made by crocheting 3 partial double crochets together in one stitch)

4-DcBo= 4 double crochet bobble (a bobble made by crocheting 4 partial double crochets together in one stitch)

FLO= Front Loop Only

FO= Fasten off

R= Round/Row

Change Color

Recommended Materials:

(Based on what I used to make the rabbit in the sample photos)

Super Bulky Weight Yarn (#6) in Brown and Pink
Worsted Weight Yarn (#4) in Pink for the detailing
Two 12 mm Safety Eyes

5 mm Crochet Hook
Stuffing
Scissors
Yarn Needle
Pins & Stitch Markers (Optional)

Base:

The head and body are crocheted as one continuous piece to form the “base.”

Using Brown

R1: 6 SC in a MR (6)

R2: [INC] x 6 (12)

R3: [SC, INC] x 6 (18)

R4-6: 18 SC (18) 3 Rounds

R7: [DEC] x 9 (9)

Note: If your bunny is really small, you may want to attach the eyes now when it’s easier to reach inside of the plushie (instructions are located after R11). However, depending on where you place the eyes, you may need to adjust the placement of the bobbles in R10 and 11 to line up with the eyes.

R8: In FLO, [2 SC, INC] x 3 (12)

R9: [SC, INC] x 6 (18)

R10: 17 SC, Change color to White and make a 4-DcBo (18) Note: If you already placed the eyes, make sure that this bobble is positioned on the back of the bunny and adjust its placement if needed.

Change color to Brown

R11: 2 SC, 3-DcBo, 3 SC, 3-DcBo, 3 SC, 3-DcBo, 3 SC, 3-DcBo, 3 SC (18)

Attach the eyes between R4 and 5 around 3 stitches apart.

Add stuffing and continue stuffing as you go.

R12: [DEC] x 9 (9)

FO leaving a tail for sewing. Finish stuffing.

back view of a small crochet, brown rabbit with a white tail — The back view of the bunny!

Nose:

Using Pink in #4 Worsted Weight Yarn, embroider a nose onto R5 of the head by sewing a horizontal line between R4 and 5. Exit one round beneath the center of the horizontal line. Then loop the yarn around the horizontal line and pull it halfway down to form a “y” shape.

Ears: (Make 2)

Using Brown

R1: 4 SC in a MR (4)

R2: [INC] x 4 (8)

R3-4: 8 SC (8) 2 Rounds

R5: [2 SC, DEC] x 2 (6)

R6: Fold the stitches in half. Working through the stitches on both sides, make 3 SC (3)

FO leaving a long tail for sewing.

Using Light Pink, embroider pink accents along the middle of the ear by looping the yarn twice around R3 through R5.

Fold the ear in half and sew across the bottom stitches.