Roly-Poly Bunny Amigurumi

 

 

Spring is definitely here, folks! Thank. Goodness. I’ve never cared much for winter.. in fact I can safely say that I hate it. Every year I’m the sour puss during winter because it’s just so dang cold. That being said, I greet spring every year with a GIANT welcome sign and bid winter a not-so-fond adieu. I wanted to come up with an amigurumi to celebrate spring. My brain immediately spat out “bunny, but make ’em chunky.” And thus, Roly-Poly Bunny was born!

I know we’ve all been trapped inside both keeping ourselves and others safe this year, but my hope is that this little amigurumi bunny pattern will cheer you up!

I’ve included photos at the bottom of this post to help you assemble your Roly-Poly bunny. Enjoy!

 

Materials

  • Worsted Weight Yarn – I used Lion Brand Re-Tweed in Elmwood and Loops and Threads Impeccable in True Gray for each of the bunnies shown.
  • Size F (3.75mm) crochet hook
  • Craft Felt: Pink for foot pads/ears, white for eyes.
  • 9 mm safety eyes (2)
  • Craft cord or crochet thread in black
  • Poly-beads
  • Poly-fil
  • Pom-poms – either pre-made such as these from Michael’s or made with a pom-pom maker, such as the Clover pom-pom maker.
  • Yarn needle
  • Embroidery needle
  • Hot glue gun/glue sticks, craft glue, or needle and thread – whichever method you prefer to attach felt pieces.
  • Scissors

 

 

Abbreviations Used

sc (single crochet)

inc (increase): Make 2 single crochet stitches into same stitch.

dec (decrease): Insert hook under front loop only of next two stitches, yarn over, draw through through first two loops on hook, yarn over, draw through remaining two loops to finish.

st: stitch

sl st (slip stitch)

blo (back loop only): Rather than insert your hook into both loops to work a stitch, insert your hook under the back loop only and work the indicated stitches. Need help? Watch THIS VIDEO to help you with back loop only single crochet!

 

Notes

Gauge is not terribly important here as long as you are producing a nice, tight fabric so that the polifil/beads won’t pop through your stitches.

Finished bunny measures approximately 4.5 to 5 inches tall.

This pattern is written using US terminology.

Pattern is made in continuous rounds rather than joined.

Please note that I crochet left-handed and my photo guides may reflect this. If you crochet right-handed (with your hook in your right hand), all the stitches are the same and will look the same, you will simply be working in the opposite direction as I am.

Please do not copy or sell my pattern in any way. You are welcome to sell finished objects made using my pattern. I only ask for you to credit me so that other makers can find my patterns as well.

 

Pattern

Head/Body

Rnd 1: Make 6 sc into magic ring.

Rnd 2: Inc in each st. (12)

Rnd 3: [Sc 1, inc in next st] 6 times. (18)

Rnd 4: [Sc 2, inc in next st] 6 times. (24)

Rnd 5: [Sc 3, inc in next st] 6 times. (30)

Rnd 6: [Sc 4, inc in next st] 6 times. (36)

Rnd 7: [Sc 5, inc in next st] 6 times. (42)

Rnd 8: [Sc 6, inc in next st] 6 times. (48)

Rnd 9: [Sc 7, inc in next st] 6 times. (54)

Rnd 10: In BLO, sc all. (54)

Rnds 11-12: In both loops, sc all. (54)

Rnd 13: [Sc 7, dec] 6 times. (48)

Rnds 14-15: Sc all. (48)

Rnd 16: [Sc 6, dec] 6 times. (42)

Rnds 17-18: Sc all (42)

Rnd 19: [Sc 5, dec] 6 times. (36)

Rnd 20: Sc all. (36)

Rnd 21: [Sc 4, dec] 6 times. (30)

Rnd 22: Sc all. (30)

Here is where you’ll place the eyes and create the face. See bottom of page for photo tutorial, “Making the Face”.

Rnd 23: [Sc 3, dec] 6 times. (24)

At this point, begin stuffing bunny. First pour in some poly-beads, approximately 1/4″ deep, then stuff the rest of the body with poly fil.

Rnd 24: Sc all. (24)

Rnd 25: [Sc 2, dec] 6 times. (18)

Rnd 26: (sc 1, dec) 6 times (12)

Rnd 27: dec all around (6)

Thread yarn needle and pass through remaining stitches, pull tight to close. Fasten off and weave in ends.

 

Feet (Make 2)

Rnd 1: Make 6 sc into magic ring (6)

Rnds 2-3: Sc all. (6)

Rnd 4: [Sc 2, inc in next st] 2 times. (8)

Rnd 5: [Sc 3, inc in next st] 2 times. (10)

Rnd 6: [Sc 4, inc in next st] 3 times. (12)

Rnds 7-9: Sc all. (12)

Rnd 10: [Sc 4, dec] 2 times. (10)

Rnd 11: [Sc 3, dec] 2 times. (8)

Row 12: [Sc 2, dec] 2 times. (6)

Thread yarn needle and pass through remaining stitches, pull tight to close. Fasten off and leave tail for attachment.

 

Ears (Make 2)

Rnd 1: Make 6 sc into magic ring.

Rnd 2: Inc in each st. (12)

Rnds 3-4: Sc all. (12)

Rnd 5: [Sc 1, dec] 4 times. (8)

Rnds 6-8: Sc all. (8)

Make a sl st into next st and fasten off, leaving a tail for attachment.

 

Front Legs (Make 2)

Rnd 1: Make 6 sc in magic ring.

Rnd 2: Inc in each st. (12)

Rnd 3: Sc all. (12)

Rnd 4: Sc 3, dec 3 times, sc 3. (9)

Rnd 5: Sc 2, dec 3 times, sc 1. (6)

Rnd 6: Sc all. (6)

Make a sl st into next st and fasten off, leaving a tail for attachment.

 

Assembly

Cut felt pieces for feet and ears, and either glue or sew on. See “Felt” Section. Sew ears on, I sewed mine starting Row 22 and ended at row 25. For the feet, the skinnier ends are the bottoms of the feet and should face downwards, the wider ends are the tops of the feet. Sew feet on front of body at an angle. Start sewing feet from the bottom, and leave the tops of the feet free. See “Feet” Section below. Sew front legs on sides of body, at approx. row 15. Create pom-pom in pom-pom maker or use pre-made pom, sew or glue on.

 

Photo Guide – Making the Face

Place 9mm safety eyes in Row 19, leaving 5 or 6 stitches in between. Don’t place the washers on the backs of the eyes yet! You’re placing the eyes as a guide for the rest of the face for now (left). Next, thread yarn needle with nose color. Starting from the back, poke your needle through where you’d like to start your bunny’s nose. I went to the middle stitch between my two eyes and down one row (right).

 

Now, pass through other side, making nose one stitch wide (left). Repeat this once or twice more to give the nose a fuller appearance. Knot your ends on the back of your work (right).

 

Now on to the bunny mouth. Thread your embroidery needle with your black craft cord. Working from back to front, insert your needle directly below the middle of the nose (left). Pull through and insert your needle two stitches down to make a straight line with your craft cord (right).

 

From here, your needle should be in the back of the work. Insert it through to the front about 2 stitches to the left of where your initial straight line ends (left). Now insert needle back through the bottom of the first straight line (right).

 

You should now have a backwards “L” shape (left). Now you’re going to curve the line you just made. I like to use the back of my needle to do this. Wiggle it just a little bit to loosen the thread and pull down to curve it (right).

 

Now you need to anchor this smile into place, so push your needle through just above the curved thread (left). Now pass your needle under the curved thread, as close to where you just passed through on the top so that it’s a tiny, barely noticeable stitch. Now pull the thread through to anchor that cute smile! (right).

 

Your needle should be on the back of your work now, so pass it through the bottom center of the first straight line you made (left). Pull your thread through and repeat this same process for the other half of the bunny’s smile (right). Now knot your work in the back and cut ends.

 

 

Eyes

For the eyes, I like to start with larger pieces than I need. You’re eventually going to trim the felt to hug the safety eyes. Cut two ovals (left). Now, you’re going to make a small snip so you can insert the safety eyes. Bend the top of the felt just a little bit (right).

 

Being very careful, snip a small cut in the middle of the bend (left). You’re aiming for a small hole in the upper middle part of the eye, making sure there is clearance above your cut (right).

 

Insert safety eyes through the cut you made in felt.

 

Now, start trimming the eyes. Begin by trimming felt to the same width as the safety eyes. If felt hangs over the top or the sides of the eyes, trim it so the felt lies flush with the eyes (left). Now you can slowly start cutting down the bottoms until you get the size you like (right).

 

 

When you are happy with how the eyes look, place them back on your bunny and place the washers on the backs of the eyes.

 

 

Felt

 

  • Roly Poly Bunny Amigurumi
For the ears, cut ovals (left), and place on ears as shown in photo (right). Sew or glue felt in place.

 

 

For the bunny feet, cut felt pieces and place as shown above; you’re making two hearts and six small circles. Sew or glue in place in the above configuration.

 

 

Feet

 

  • Roly Poly Bunny Amigurumi
For the feet, thread your yarn needle with the tail you left over. Pass through top of foot and come out approximately a third of the way through the back, as shown. We will start sewing from this point down the body, to leave the tops of the bunny feet a little floppy (left). Place on bunny as shown in picture. The skinnier part of the foot should be at the bottom of the bunny’s body (right).

 

Bunny Tails

 

 

Using either the pom-pom you made with your pom-pom maker (I used Clover’s pom-pom makers) – or the smaller pom-poms such as above from Michael’s, either sew or hot glue your bunny tail to your bunny. I added mine around rows 11-12 of the bunny body.

 

I hope you love this roly-poly bunny pattern. Please let me know what you think!

 

In love with this Roly-Poly Bunny pattern? Check out my Roly-Poly Winter Gnome pattern – Click HERE!

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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