The Easter preparations

Hello,
Easter is coming slowly and I have promised to crochet a lot of bunnies for library charity auction – I’ll write about that in another post.
There is a spring break for kids in schools and nurseries in this part of the Europe now. (Why do the kids always get sick or having holidays when you have too many projects to finish?). The weather is rather poor as well, so I decided the best way to keep little Angel busy is by doing some early home Easter bunny making. She sees me crocheting and making all sorts of things all the time and loves to help me. I came up with a project for her little hands, while I’m busy crocheting my gray bunny.

White Pom-Pom Bunny tutorial

Cca 16cm / 6,5” long

Materials: 

I used 50 g of very thick fluffy acrylic yarn, but any yarn would be just fine, as long as it suites your purposes

Cardboard rings, tapestry needle, stickers for eyes, decoration pom-pom for tail, bit of glue, a little bit of white and pink felt for ears.

You need to make two pom-poms. One for the head (mine one is cca 7cm /2,8”), one for the body (cca 10cm /4”).

This is where it comes in handy to have little helper.

Note: 

I have at home some pom-pom makers, feel free to make them this way if you like, but I decided to use cardboard, and an old fashion method to make the pom-poms – the way my grandma taught me.

Assembly:

Tie together by the loose strings from the pom-poms. Cut out of felt the white ear and the inner pink ear, glue them together and then glue whole ear to the strings on the head of your bunny. Glue on the eyes and pom-pom tail. You can add the ribbon if you like.

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Grey Bunny pattern

Cca 17cm/6,8” with a tail

I used 50g of grey acrylic yarn, but any yarn would be just fine, as long as it suites your purposes

E/3,5mm hook, tapestry needle, stuffing, beads for eyes, ribbon and two decoration pom-poms (bigger for tail, smaller for nose)

Note: It is worked in circular crochet method, beginning at center of the ball. Slip stitch join at end of each round. Don’t turn, but continue in same direction. Use marker. Leave longer tails.

Terms/Abbreviations: I used US terminology 

chain                  ch 

single crochet      sc

double crochet     dc

slip stitch            slst 

stitch                  st

repeat                 *…*

together              tog.

You need to form two, sort of, unfinished balls. One, almost complete, ball for the head, one for the body.

Head: (cca 19cm / 7, 5”)

Row 1: Magic ring, 8 sc into the ring or ch 2, 8 sc in 2nd ch from hook (8sts)

Row 2: 2sc in each sc (16 sts)

Row 3: sc in each sc (16 sts)

Row 4: *sc in next st, 2sc in next st* (24 sts)

Row 5: *sc in next 2 st, 2sc in next st* (32 sts)

Row 6: *sc in next 3 st, 2sc in next st* (40 sts)

Rows 7 - 14: sc in each sc (40 sts)

Row 15: *sc in next 3 st, 2sctog. in next st* (32 sts)

Row 16: *sc in next 2 st, 2sctog. in next st* (24 sts)

Row 17: sc in each sc (24 sts)

Now you are finished with the head. You can stuff the ball, leave longer tail.

Body: (cca 26cm / 10, 5”) 

Row 1: Magic ring, 8 sc into the ring or ch 2, 8 sc in 2nd ch from hook (8sts)

Row 2: 2sc in each sc (16 sts)

Row 3: sc in each sc (16 sts)

Row 4: *sc in next st, 2sc in next st* (24 sts)

Row 5: *sc in next 2 st, 2sc in next st* (32 sts)

Row 6: *sc in next 3 st, 2sc in next st* (40 sts)

Row 7: *sc in next 4 st, 2sc in next st* (48 sts)

Row 8: *sc in next 5 st, 2sc in next st* (56 sts)

Rows 9 - 20: sc in each sc (56 sts)

Row 21: *sc in next 5 st, 2sctog. in next st* (48 sts)

Row 22: *sc in next 4 st, 2sctog. in next st* (40 sts)

Row 23: *sc in next 3 st, 2sctog. in next st* (32 sts)

Row 24: *sc in next 2 st, 2sctog. in next st* (24 sts)

Now you are finished with the body. You can stuff the ball, leave longer tail.

Ears: (make 2)

Row 1: Magic ring, 6 sc into the ring or ch 2, 6 sc in 2nd ch from hook (6sts)

Row 2: 2sc in each sc (12 sts)

Rows 3 - 7: sc in each sc (12 sts)

Row 8: 2sctog. in next st, sc in next 5 st, 2sctog. in next st, sc in next 5 st (10 sts)

Rows 9 - 13: sc in each sc (10 sts)

You are finished with the ears, leave longer tail. Do not stuff the ears just flatten them.

Assembly:

Sew the stuffed head and body together, where the biggest opening is. Staff it more before closing them all up together, if needed. Sew the ears and eyes, pom-pom nose (smaller pom-pom); don’t forget little tail (bigger pom-pom). Add the ribbon of your choice.

There they are - one for Angel, one for Mummy.

Have a nice week

Clara