Tiny Rabbit

Jay and I have been going on walks a lot more lately. The warmer weather and the sunshine is enough to draw these two home bodies out of hibernation. Despite the construction and traffic, I still feel the freshness of the season and the excitement that in just one more week Little Sister Sue will be arriving. These things combined – oh, and Easter too – inspired me to make this adorable tiny rabbit:

But before, when I had just finished sewing the head and body together Jay walked in the room and saw the bunny. Usually when he sees a project I’ve finished he’ll say, “That’s so cute,” or, “That’s so awesome,” and then proceed to do a few karate moves with it before giving it back. But because the needle was still attached to the rabbit, he finished his action scene with this:

Of course now I can’t picture the bunny as a cute spring creature, instead he is now a warrior bunny! (Good thing I’ve got extra needles…)

Protecting my yarn stash. “You shall not pass!”

Pattern is below or you can purchase the PDF version in my shop.

Materials:
-Worsted yarn – I’m using Bernat – Clay and Bernat – Natural
-Size 3.00mm and 3.50mm hooks
-Fibrefill for stuffing
-Safety eyes, 6mm
-Black embroidery thread and needle
-Tapestry needle for joining parts
-(Optional) Extra tapestry needle

Notes: Unless otherwise stated, this pattern is worked in continuous rounds using stitch markers to locate the beginning/end of a round. Work in somewhat tight stitches. All colour changes start in the stitch of the previous round.

Stitch Guide
Ch – chain
Sc – single crochet
Inc – increase
Dec – decrease

Head
Using 3.50mm hook and Clay
Round 1: start 3 sc in magic ring.
Or
Ch 2 and 3 sc in second ch from hook.
Round 2: inc in each st (6 sts)
Round 3: inc in each st (12 sts)
Round 4: sc in each st (12 sts)
Round 5: [sc in next 2 sts, inc in next st] repeat 4 times (16 sts)
Attach safety eyes and begin to stuff with fibrefill
Round 6: [sc in next 2 sts, dec] repeat 4 times (12 sts)
Round 7: sc in eac st (12 sts)
Round 8: dec 6 times (6 sts)
Continue to dec and stuff. Fasten off and weave in ends.

Ears – Make 2
Using 3.50mm hook and Clay
Round 1: start 4 sc in magic ring.
Or
Ch 2 and 4 sc in second ch from hook.
Round 2: [sc in next st, inc] repeat two times (6 sts)
Round 3: [sc in next st, inc] repeat three times (9 sts)
Round 4: [sc in next st, dec] repeat three times (6 sts)
Round 5: sc in each st (6 sts)
Round 6: [sc in next st, dec] repeat three times ( 4 sts)
Fasten off and leave tail for sewing.

Legs/Body
Using 3.00mm hook and Clay, starting with legs
Round 1: start 4 sc in magic ring.
Or
Ch 2 and 4 sc in second ch from hook.
Round 2: inc in each st (8 sts)
Round 3: sc in each st (8 sts)
Fasten off. Make second leg but DO NOT fasten off. Pull loop of current leg into next stitch of fastened off leg.
Round 4: Continue to sc in next st of current leg and in each sc around (8 sts). Continue onto second leg (8 sts) (16 sts total)
Switch to 3.50mm hook
Rounds 5-11: sc in each st (16 sts)
Begin stuffing with fibrefill
Round 12: sc in next st, dec, [sc in next 2 sts, dec] repeat three times, sc in last st (12 sts)
Round 13: dec 6 times (6 sts)
Continue to dec and stuff. Fasten off and leave tail for sewing.

Arms – Make 2
Using 3.00mm hook and Clay
Round 1: start 4 sc in magic ring.
Or
Ch 2 and 4 sc in second ch from hook.
Rounds 2-4: sc in each st (4 sts)
Fasten off and leave tail for sewing.

Tail
Using 3.00mm hook and Natural
Start 4 sc in magic ring.
Or
Ch 2 and 4 sc in second ch from hook.
Fasten off and leave tail for sewing. With needle, make a few stitches to bring the opening together like a purse drawstring. Sew to body.

Optional: If you have an extra tapestry needle, sew it to a hand for instant Warrior Bunny!