Please note that this is Part Three of the Buttons the Bunny Crochet Along. This is a free crochet along pattern. For Part Two we will be crocheting Buttons’ body/torso and arms.
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- Part One which gives instructions to make the Ears, Head and Embroiding the Face.
- Part Two which gives instructions to make the Torso and Arms.
- The next Live Wednesdays will be at 7PM EST on January 29th in The Loopy Lamb Crochet Community Facebook Group.
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Giveaway
Clover USA has generously sponsored a giveaway for participants of the crochet along. A Clover Squad box of Clover goodies is up for grabs. Don’t forget to share your pictures of the crochet along using #theloopylambcal on both Facebook or Instagram and tag myself (@theloopylamb) and Clover USA (@cloverusa on IG and @cloverneedlecraft on FB). I can’t wait to see all your bunnies! To see the contest rules, check out the original post.
Disclaimer:
Feel free to sell the item created by this pattern but please provide pattern credit back to me when posting online, and please provide a link to my Etsy Shop: www.etsy.com/ca/shop/theloopylamb. Please do not resell, distribute, duplicate, or share this pattern in any printed or digital form, or claim this pattern as your own original design. Please do not use my photos when selling your finished items. Utilizing or purchasing this pattern does not grant permission for mass production.
Skill Level:
- Intermediate
Supplies:
- 3.5mm hook
- 4.0mm hook
- 62 yds/56m (1.2 oz/33g) Bernat Premium in Café au Lait
- 11 yds /10 meters (0.2 oz/6g) Bernat Premium in White
- 22 yds/20 m (0.5oz/12g) Bernat Premium in Burgundy
- 2 – 15” long pieces of yarn in two different colours for eye indentation
- 2 – 10mm Safety eyes
- Pink Embroidery Thread
- Tapestry Needle
- Stitch Marker
- Scissors
- Polyester Stuffing
- Optional: Craft pipe cleaner
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Abbreviations:
- CH – Chain
- ST – Stitch
- MC – Magic Circle
- SL ST – Slip Stitch
- SC – Single Crochet
- SCINC – Single Crochet Increase
- SCDEC – Single Crochet Decrease
- HDC – Half Double Crochet
- FLO – Front Loops Only
- FO – Finish Off
Finished Size:
- Approximately 12 inches tall from tips of ears to bottoms of legs
Gauge:
- Bunny: 9.5 sts across x 9 rows = 2” square
- Sweater: 7 sts across x 5.5 rows = 2” square
NOTES:
- All parts of the bunny are worked in continuous rounds. Do not join at the end of the row, unless indicated. A stitch marker is used to keep track of the beginning of the round.
- For a cleaner SCDEC, do your SCDEC under the front loops only of the stitch rather than under both loops. This is often referred to as an invisible decrease. Check out my invisible decrease tutorial.
- The CH 2 at the beginning of every row in the sweater and in the CH spaces do not count as a stitches.
- The sweater is worked in a raglan, top-down method. The piece is worked flat to create the neckline, armholes are created and then the body of the sweater. Yarn is rejoined at the armholes to create the sleeves.
You can purchase an inexpensive ad-free PDF version of this pattern with all three parts together in one convenient file in my Ravelry and Etsy shops.
Buttons the Bunny Pattern:
Legs (Make 2)
Row 1: Using Café au Lait and a 3.5mm hook, make a MC and SC 6 into the MC (6)
Row 2: (SCINC) x 6 (12)
Row 3: (SC 2, SCINC) x 4 (16)
Rows 4 – 20: SC around (16) – start stuffing, adding more stuffing with each added round.
Row 21: (SC2, SCDEC) x 4 (12)
FO leaving a long tail. Whip stitch the leg hole closed and sew onto the bottom of the body on either side of the center.
Tail
Row 1: Using White yarn and a 3.5mm hook, make a MC and SC 6 into the MC (6)
Row 2: (SCINC) x 6 (12)
Row 3: (SC 1, SCINC) x 6 (18)
Row 4: SC1, SCINC, (SC 2, SCINC) x 5, SC 1 (24)
Row 5: (SC 3, SCINC) x 6 (30)
Rows 6 – 9: SC around (30) – start stuffing, adding more stuffing with each added round.
Row 10: (SC 3, SCDEC) x 6 (24)
Row 11: SC1, SCDEC, (SC 2, SCDEC) x 5, SC 1 (18)
Row 12: (SC 1, SCDEC) x 6 (12)
Row 13: SCDEC x 6 (6)
FO leaving a long tail and sew onto the bum of the bunny. Place the tail in a place where the tail will assist the bunny in sitting upright. I like to sew my tail on after the sweater has been completed and put on Buttons so I can ensure that my placement doesn’t interfere with the sweater in anyway.
Sweater
Using 4.0mm hook and Burgundy, CH 21
Row 1: HDC in the 3rd CH from the hook (counts as first HDC). HDC, (HDC, CH 2, HDC) in the next CH, HDC 3, (HDC, CH 2, HDC) in the next CH, HDC 5, (HDC, CH 2, HDC) in the next CH, HDC 3, (HDC, CH 2, HDC), HDC 2. (23 HDCs and 4 CH spaces)
Row 2: CH 2, Turn. HDC 3, (HDC 2, CH 2, HDC2) in the next CH, HDC 5, (HDC 2, CH 2, HDC 2) in the next CH, HDC 7, (HDC 2, CH 2, HDC 2) in the next CH, HDC 5, (HDC 2, CH 2, HDC 2) in the next CH, HDC 3. (39 HDCs and 4 CH spaces)
Row 3: CH 2 and turn. HDC 5, (HDC 2, CH 2, HDC2) in the next CH, HDC 9, (HDC 2, CH 2, HDC2) in the next CH space, HDC 11 (HDC 2, CH 2, HDC 2) in the next CH space, HDC 9 (HDC 2, CH 2, HDC 2) in the next CH space, HDC 5 (55 HDC, 4 CH spaces)
Row 4: CH 2 and turn. HDC 7, HDC 1 in CH space. SKIP 13 HDC and HDC in the next CH space. HDC 15, HDC 1 in the CH SP. SKIP 13, HDC in the next CH space. HDC 7. (33)
Rows 5 – 8: CH 2 and turn. HDC across. FO. (33)
With the right side facing you, attach the yarn with a SL ST to any stitch on the bottom row of the back of the sweater. CH 1 and SC in the same stitch. SC around the edge of the sweater (not the sleeves), putting a single SC in each stitch/end of each row and 3 SCs in each corner. Join your last st to your first stitch with a sl st. FO and weave in ends.
Sleeves
Row 1: Turn the sweater inside out so the wrong side of the sweater is facing you. Attach your yarn to the stitch closest to the underarm. CH 2 and HDC in the same stitch. HDC 16. Join your first stitch to your last stitch with a sl st. (16)
Rows 2 – 3: CH 2 and turn. HDC around. Join to first stitch with a sl st. (16)
Row 4: CH 1 and turn. SC around. Join to first stitch with a sl st. (16).
FO and weave in ends.
Repeat Rows 1 to 4 on second sleeve.
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Disclaimer:
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