8 steps to a Free long eared Bunny Crochet Pattern
Wondered how to crochet a rabbit pattern? Here is a free easy crochet bunny pattern below, broken up into individual sections to make it easier to follow along. Whether you are looking for a long water bunny crochet pattern or a floppy bunny crochet pattern, I have included them here.
We will be going through how to crochet the head, body, limbs, snout, ears, face and tail together with their assembly.
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How do you crochet a simple rabbit?
To crochet a simple rabbit, there are quite a few parts involved. For a start as a basic amigurumi crocheter, you might want to crochet each part first and then bring it all together at the end.
These part include crocheting the bunny head, the body, the ears, the snout, the nose, the face and the tail.
How do you crochet a bunny for beginners?
This is one of the very first ways I started crocheting rabbits. For more intermediate or advanced crocheters, there are other ways to crochet the head, body, ears and limbs continuously without any sewing. But here for a start, let's try to easiest way first.
First off, this article will have questions along the way that are answered, some are in the form of patterns. So you would first need to understand some of the basic terminology below:
Terminology
Ch = chain
Sl st = slip stitch
St = stitch (refers to number of stitches in one round)
2sc1 = single crochet increase (meaning 2 single crochet in same stitch)
Sc2tog1 = single crochet decrease (referring to invisible decrease)
Bobble stitch = 4 double crochet bobble (4dc bob)
Yarn over, insert hook in indicated st, yarn over, pull up loop, yarn over, draw through 2 loops, (yarn over, insert hook in same st, yarn over, pull through 2 loops) 3 times, yarn over, pull through 5 loops on hook
Materials and Tools
2.5mm Clover crochet hook
Orion Top Deluxe Yarn, Crown Yarn (or any equivalent acrylic yarn) - light grey, white, black, light pink
Darning needle
Stitch markers
Filling – use leftover yarn or polyester fibrefill
Scissors
4mm glass eyes or safety eyes
Recycled white cloth
See how they look like and my selection for my amigurumis just below.
Also check out my full list of commonly used crochet tools and accessories here.
Now that you have gathered your supplies and had a look at the basic terminology to reading the following pattern, let us first get started on crocheting the bunny's head!
Yarn
Orion Top Deluxe Yarn, Crown Yarn (or any equivalent acrylic yarn) - light grey, white, black, light pink
Crochet hook
2.5-3.0mm Clover crochet hook
Stuffing
Use leftover yarn or polyester fibrefill
Safety Eyes
4mm glass eyes or safety eyes
Stitch Markers
Plastic stitch markers or metal stitch markers
How to crochet a bunny head?
Start off crocheting a bunny head with light grey yarn in a round.
Round 1: Magic ring sc6 – 6st
Round 2: 2sc6 – 12st
Round 3: Sc12 – 12st
Round 4: (Sc1, 2sc1) x 6 – 18st
Round 5: (Sc2, 2sc1) x 6 – 24st
Round 6: (Sc3, 2sc1) – 30st
Round 7: (Sc3, sc2tog1) x 6 – 24st
Round 8: (Sc2, sc2tog1) x 6 – 18st
Round 9: (Sc1, sc2tog1) x 6 – 12st
Round 10: Sc2tog6 – 6st
How do I join rabbit amigurumi head to body?
Here to make things simple, there is no sewing of head to the body. Instead we are working continuously from Round 10 in the rabbit's head onto Round 11 below in the body, still using grey yarn.
So the general idea is to finish up the head above with narrower and narrower rounds (right down to 6 stitches in the round) to form the neck and then start increasing again in Round 11 (10 stitches in the round) below to form the body.
How to crochet a bunny body?
We are working with light grey yarn and continuing from Round 10 in the head above, down into Round 11 in the body below. Here we are making a cylindrical body shape.
Round 11: Sc2, 2sc4 – 10st
Round 12: 2sc10 – 20st
Round 13: Sc10, 4dc bob (arm), sc7, 4dc bob (arm), sc1 – 20st
After completing the first 10 single crochet stitches in Round 13, then switch to white yarn from light grey yarn.
Arms (at 11th and 19th position): 4dc bobble stitch, top and bottom half all white
After finishing off the second bobble stitch in Round 13, switch back to light grey yarn to end off with the last single crochet stitch of the round.
Round 14: Sc20 – 20st
Round 15: Repeat Round 14 – 20st
Round 16: Sc12, 4dc bob (leg), sc5, 4dc bob (leg), sc1 – 20st
After completing the first 12 single crochet stitches in Round 16, then switch to black yarn from light grey yarn.
Legs (at 13th and 19th position): 4dc bobble stitch, top half white, bottom half (alternating black and white)
After finishing off the second bobble stitch in Round 16, switch back to light grey yarn to end off with the last single crochet stitch of the round.
See below for how to change the colours in the bobble stitch:
(Bobble stitch for legs = top half white, bottom alternating black and white
When changing colours from the 12th light grey single crochet in Round 16 to black, will need to pull through black yarn through 2 light grey loops on hook, like you would normally do when changing colour.
You will then have 1 black loop on hook
Yarn over white, insert hook, yarn over white again, draw white yarn through –> you will have 2 white loops and 1 black loop on hook
Then draw white yarn through 2 white loops on hook –> you will have 1 white and 1 black loop on hook
Repeat process: yo white, insert hook, yo white and draw white yarn through –> you will have 3 white loops and 1 black loop on hook
Then draw black yarn through 2 white loops on hook –> you will have 1 black, 1 white and 1 black loop on hook
Repeat again: yo white, insert hook, yo white and draw white yarn through –> you will have 2 white, 1 black, 1 white, 1 black
Then draw white yarn through 2 white loops on hook –> you will have 1 white, 1 black, 1 white, 1 black
Repeat last time: yo white, insert hook, yo white and draw white yarn through –> you will have 3 white loops, 1 black, 1 white, 1 black
Then draw black yarn through 2 white loops on hook –> you will have 5 mixed loops (1 black, 1 white, 1 black, 1 white, 1 black) on hook
Then pull through light grey yarn through all 5 mixed loops on hook and sc1 in next main stitch.)
Fasten and end off with Round 16. Add stuffing to the body.
Use a new set of light grey yarn to make Round 17 as a separate piece, then join up the circle with Round 16 above, using whipstitch.
Round 17: Magic ring sc10 then 2sc10, to use whip stitch to sew up Round 17 to Round 16 in the main amigurumi body above – 20st
To find out more about ending, fastening off and weaving in ends, check out this blog post on '6 important things to know about Bobble Stitch Crochet'.
How to crochet a bunny belly?
Use a new set of white yarn and crochet a small oval below, to attach onto the main amigurumi body above.
Round 1: Ch4, sc2, 3sc1, go around chain, sc1, 2sc1 – 8st
Round 2: Sc3, 2sc1, sc3, 2sc1 – 10st
Finish off leaving a tail for sewing to middle of the body above. I will talk more about the assembly right at the end. Alternatively, you could sew pieces down along the way, which might make assembly work easier.
To extend the belly from the middle of the body down to the base of the amigurumi, to be closed up later on with the tail, start with new white yarn again to make this small rectangular piece:
Extension of belly downwards
Row 1: Ch3, turn
Row 2: Sc2, ch1 and turn – 2st
Row 3-10: Repeat row 2 – 2st
Row 11: Sc2 and end off – 2st
To be attached between both bobble legs around base of main body using whip stitch. It should join up the belly above and the tail behind. See more under assembly work below.
How to crochet long rabbit ears?
To crochet long rabbit ears, simply crochet the flat shape of a pointed oval. Then repeat it for the other ear. Make one pair of larger ones and one pair of smaller ones like what I have done below here.
Outer Ears
Use light grey yarn to crochet 2 sets of outer ears. Then move onto the inner ears below.
Round 1: Ch9
Round 2: Sc2, hdc1, dc2, hdc1, sc2, go around chain
Round 3: Sc2, hdc1, dc2, hdc1, sc2
Finish off and leave a tail for attachment to the head.
To see a step by step tutorial of how to crochet pointed ovals and many other types of oval, check out this blog post, '8 extraordinary ways on How to Crochet an Oval Pattern'.
Inner Ears
Use light pink yarn to crochet 2 sets of inner ears.
Round 1: Ch7
Round 2: Sl st 2, hdc2, sl st 2, go around chain
Round 3: Sl st 2, hdc2, sl st 2
Finish off and leave a tail for attachment to the head.
How to crochet bunny ears that stand up?
Place the light pink inner ears in front of the light grey outer ears and sew them down together. Here you would be using mattress stitch technique to sew down 2 flat crochet pieces together on top of each other.
After you have completed the 2 sets of combined ears, it is time to attach it down onto the top of the head, along the 2nd to the 3rd round. You could sew pieces together along the way or assemble them all together right at the end.
With one set of the ear and its trailing yarn strands (light grey at the back and light pink at the front), sew down this flat piece onto the 3D amigurumi bunny head. For flat piece attachment to 3D pieces, I would usually use whip stitch technique.
To see how to sew flat pieces together using mattress or whip stitch, and sewing flat pieces to 3D amigurumi, check out this detailed post on '12 creative ways on How to Join Crochet Pieces Together'.
How to crochet floppy rabbit ears?
Using the same pattern above to make both sets of ears but this time change it up a bit before attachment to the head. To keep one ear upright and the other floppy, fold the floppy one downwards and sew it together at the bend on one side of the ear. So you should have an upright ear on the left and a floppy ear on the right.
Attach the ears at the corresponding locations on the head (2nd-3rd round), with the light pink parts facing forward and the light grey parts facing backwards. The floppy ear is on the right side, while the upright on the left. See an example below.
How do you crochet a snout?
There are actually many ways to crochet a snout but for the purposes of this example, let us try this here because it was one of the earliest and easiest way I started off with.
Muzzle
Use white yarn to crochet a flat trapezium like shape as the muzzle that will be later sewn onto the face.
Row 1: Ch3, turn
Row 2: Sc2, ch1 and turn – 2st
Row 3: 2sc2, turn – 4st
Row 4: 2sc1, sc2, 2sc1, turn – 6st
Row 5: 2sc1, sc4, 2sc1 – 8st
Finish off leaving a tail for sewing to head. After this I will talk about crocheting the nose and then some general tips on crocheting snouts.
How do you crochet a bunny nose?
Use light grey yarn to crochet a small nose bridge, which is to be placed on top of the white muzzle or snout above.
Nose bridge
Ch3, sl st 1, dc1
Should get a small light grey triangle from this short pattern.
Place light grey nose bridge on top of the middle of the muzzle and sew it down using whip stitching.
Use light pink yarn to embroider nose just right at the bottom of the nose bridge. This can be done by using a darning needle with light pink yarn threaded through and then sew down vertically and horizontally across 2 stitches to form a small pink ball as the nose.
How do you crochet a snout amigurumi?
For this pattern example in this post, I crocheted a flat piece and sewed it onto a 3D amigurumi head as the muzzle. You could also crochet a short fat cylinder with an open end and sew it onto the head as another example of a snout in an amigurumi.
For me because I prefer no sew patterns, I've taken to seamless crocheting to make the amigurumi head and then continue to crochet downwards in a wider fashion asymmetrically on one side to create the snout and then narrow off again to make the neck.
Now let us move onto the rest of the rabbit face.
How to crochet a rabbit face?
For this short section, in order to crochet the rabbit face, I will be first crocheting the cheeks on either side and then move onto crocheting some eyebrows as well.
Cheeks
Make 2 sets of cheeks using white yarn. They are essentially a pair of open ended short and fat cylinders.
Round 1: Ch4, sc2, 3sc1, go around chain, sc1, 2sc1 – 8st
Round 2: Sc3, 2sc1, sc3, 2sc1 – 10st
Round 3: Sc10 – 10st
Round 4: Repeat Round 3 – 10st
Finish off leaving a tail for sewing to head on both sides of face. I will mention more details under assembly later on.
How to embroider a rabbit face?
Apart from what I mentioned earlier about using light pink yarn to embroider small round nose, here I will be talk about crocheting a pair of light grey eye brows for attachment to the face.
Eyebrows
Make 2 sets of eye brows using light grey yarn.
Ch3
So you should have 2 sets of chains to be sewn onto the face just below ears and above the muzzle, as the eyebrows.
As for the eyes, cut out 2 small ovals from an old piece of white recycled cloth. The glass eyes are to be attached on top of them and the eyebrows sewn above them.
How to crochet a bunny tail?
For the last body part to crochet, use white yarn to crochet the tail and then light grey yarn to crochet the top side of the tail.
Tail
Start off with white yarn for the tail.
Round 1: Magic ring sc4 - 4st
Round 2: (Sc1, 2sc1) x 2 – 6st
Round 3: (Sc2, 2sc1) x 2 – 8st
Round 4: Sc8 – 8st
Round 5: Repeat round 4 – 8st
Round 6: Sc2tog4 – 4st
Finish off leaving a tail for sewing to body. Then proceed onto crocheting a small flat piece in light grey, to be attached later on, to the top of the white tail.
Topside of tail
Use light grey yarn to crochet in rows for the top side of the tail.
Row 1: Ch4
Row 2: Sc3, ch1 and turn – 3st
Row 3: Repeat Row 2 - 3st
Row 4: Sc3, turn – 3st
Row 5: Repeat Row 4 - 3st
Row 6: Sc2, turn – 2st
Row 7: Sc1 and end off – 1st
Attach this light grey patch above the white tail. So from the top, the tail should look grey while from the bottom, it should look white.
Sew down whole tail to posterior midline of back of the amigurumi body at the bottom. See more about assembly of all the parts in the next section.
How to sew the crochet rabbit parts together?
Here comes the final section where all the different parts come together.
Assembly
Ears
Attach the 2 joint ears on either side of head, at the 2nd round of the amigurumi head.
Muzzle
Attach the muzzle over the bottom half of the head in the middle.
Sew down the light grey nose bridge over the top-edge of the muzzle in the midline, such that the base of triangle is at the top and tip of triangle is above the 1st row of white muzzle.
Nose
Use light pink yarn to sew down over the junction of nose bridge and muzzle (light grey/ white junction). Go over 3 times to form vertical stitches as the nose.
Cheeks
Attach the white cheeks to either side of the muzzle, over the lower half of the face. Add stuffing inside to puff it outwards.
Eyes
Place the 2 white oval cloth patches just above the muzzle and on either side of the nose bridge.
Attach the glass eyes at bottom of the white eye patches.
Add the chain of 3 as the light grey eyebrows above both eye patches.
Belly
Place the white belly in the middle of body and sew down, in between the bobble arms.
Then attach the ‘extension of belly downwards’ piece in between both bobble legs, around the base of the main body.
Tail
Attach joint tail piece to the back of main body piece, at bottom and in the midline.
To learn all about different ways to join crochet pieces together, remember to check out this comprehensive article on '12 creative ways on How to Join Crochet Pieces Together'.
Conclusion of crocheting a rabbit amigurumi
Apart from laying out a free rabbit pattern, I talked separately about some basics to get started, how to crochet a rabbit head, a rabbit body, the rabbit ears, the rabbit snout and face detailing and ended off with the tail and assembly work. So what did you think - was this layout useful? Let me know in the comments below.
To check out this full Chubby Bunny pattern as a free downloadable PDF, grab it right below here!
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