You probably didn’t even know that you needed a crochet pattern for a bunny wearing a carrot costume, did you? But now you do. Let’s goooo.
The Details
- All pieces, except for the leaves and a portion of the carrot and legs, are worked in continuous rounds from the bottom up.
- The leaves are worked in the round around a starting chain.
- All pieces are constructed first and then assembled at the end.
- The finished measurements are approximately 19cm/7.5″ from top to bottom.
- The Lion Brand Wool Ease Aire yarn is listed as a super bulky (weight 6) yarn, however, in my opinion, the yarn has a much smaller presence than a true super bulky. I used a 4mm hook with this yarn. If you are using a substitute yarn, you may need to adjust your hook size accordingly (for example, if you are using a yarn that is more like a true super bulky, you may need to size up).
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Materials:
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- 4mm hook for main (I use THESE hooks!);
- Lion Brand Wool Ease Aire (Super Bulky, Weight 6) in Cotton Candy (pink) and Spicy (orange) (approx 30g of each) for bunny and carrot;
- Loops and Threads Color Craft in Sage (Worsted, Weight 4)(small amount) or any other worsted weight yarn for leaves;
- Black crochet thread, size 5, for mouth;
- 8mm safety eyes;
- Stitch markers;
- Stuffing;
- Tapestry needle.
Terms and Stitches:
Ch – Chain
Slst – Slip stitch
MR – Magic Ring
Sc – Single Crochet
Hdc – Half double crochet
Dc – Double crochet
Inc – Increase. Work a regular sc increase
Dec – Decrease. Work a regular sc decrease
Pattern
Head (make 1):
Rnd 1: In pink, work 6 sc into a MR (6 sts)
Rnd 2: Inc in each st around (12 sts)
Rnd 3: *Sc in first st, inc in next st, repeat from * five more times (18 sts)
Rnd 4: *Sc 2, inc in next st, repeat from * five more times (24 sts)
Rnds 5-9: Sc in each st (24 sts)
Rnd 10: *Sc 2, dec, repeat from * five more times (18 sts)
Rnd 11: *Sc 1, dec, repeat from * five more times (12 sts)
Insert 8mm safety eyes into the head between rows 6 and 7 with approximately 5 stitches between them.
Stuff.
Rnd 12: Dec around (6 sts)
Tie off, leaving a long tail for closing. Weave yarn end through each stitch and pull to close. Using black crochet thread, stitch a nose between the eyes (between rows 6 and 7) across one stitch (stitch around several times to make it as big as needed). Stitch a small vertical line underneath the nose. Weave ends. Set aside.
Carrot (make 1):
Rnd 1: In orange, work 6 sc into a MR (6 sts)
Rnd 2: *Sc 2, inc, repeat from * once more (8 sts)
Rnd 3: *Sc 3, inc, repeat from * once more (10 sts)
Rnd 4: *Sc 4, inc, repeat from * once more (12 sts)
Rnd 5: *Sc 5, inc, repeat from * once more (14 sts)
Rnd 6: *Sc 6, inc, repeat from * once more (16 sts)
Rnd 7: *Sc 7, inc, repeat from * once more (18 sts)
Rnd 8: *Sc 5, inc, repeat from * twice more (21 sts)
Rnd 9: *Sc 6, inc, repeat from * twice more (24 sts)
Rnd 10: *Sc 7, inc, repeat from * twice more (27 sts)
Rows 11 to 16 are worked in flat rows. After row 16 you will join and continue to work in the round.
Rows 11-15: Sc 15 (15 sts), ch 1, turn.
Row 16: Sc 15, ch 12, join to the first st of the row (15 sts), ch 1, turn.
Rnd 17: Sc in each ch, sc 15 (27 sts)
Rnd 18: *Sc 8, inc, repeat from * twice more (30 sts)
Rnd 19: Dec around (15 sts)
Rnd 20: Sc, dec 7 times (8 sts)
Rnd 21: Dec around (4 sts)
Tie off, leaving a long tail for closing. Using a tapestry needle, weave yarn end through each stitch and pull to close. Stuff top and bottom of carrot lightly.
Filling in the carrot:
Work around the opening of the hole in continuous rounds as follows:
Rnd 1: Insert hook into the first unworked st of row 10, sc 12 along the “bottom” of the hole, sc 3 along the side of the hole, sc 12 along the top of the hole (i.e. in the chains), sc 3 along the other side (30 sts)
Rnd 2: *Sc 3, dec, repeat from * five more times (24 sts)
Rnds 3-7: Sc in each st (24 sts)
Rnd 8: *Sc 2, dec, repeat from * five more times (18 sts)
Rnd 9: *Sc 1, dec, repeat from * five more times (12 sts)
Top up carrot stuffing now, if needed but do not stuff the hole area; this will be pushed into the carrot to create a concave shape.
Rnd 10: Dec around (6 sts)
Tie off, leaving a long tail for closing. Using a tapestry needle, weave yarn end through each stitch and pull to close. Set aside.
Ears (make 2):
Rnd 1: In pink, work 6 sc into a MR (6 sts)
Rnd 2: Sc in each st (6 sts)
Rnd 3: *Sc 2, inc, repeat from * once more (8 sts)
Rnd 4: Sc in each st (8 sts)
Rnd 5: *Sc 2, dec, repeat from * once more (6 sts)
Rnds 6-7: Sc in each st (6 sts)
Tie off, leaving a long tail to stitch onto the body later. Set aside.
Arms (make 2):
Rnd 1: In pink, work 6 sc into a MR (6 sts)
Rnd 2-6: Sc in each st (6 sts)
Tie off, leaving a long tail for stitching onto the body later. Set aside.
Legs (make 2):
Rnd 1: In pink, work 6 sc into a MR (6 sts)
Rnd 2: Sc in each st (6 sts)
Rnd 3: Sc in each st (6 sts), ch 1, turn.
Rows 4 to 5 are worked in flat rows.
Row 4: Sc 5 (5 sts), ch 1, turn.
Row 5: Sc 5 (5 sts)
Fold the ends of row 5 together and slst along the edge to join. Tie off. Weave ends. Insert hook into any st of the opening to continue leg as follows (photos are from a different pattern but uses the same technique):
Rnd 1: Sc 6 evenly around opening (6 sts)
Rnd 2: Inc in each st (12 sts)
Rnd 3: *Sc 1, inc, repeat from * five more times (18 sts)
Rnds 4-5: Sc in each st (18 sts)
Rnd 6: *Sc, dec, repeat from * five more times (12 sts)
Stuff leg.
Rnd 7: Dec around (6 sts)
Tie off. Top up stuffing. Weave yarn end through each st and pull to close.
Tail (make 1):
Rnd 1: In pink, work 6 sc into a MR (6 sts)
Rnd 2: *Sc 2, inc, repeat from * once more (8 sts)
Rnd 3: *Sc 2, dec, repeat from * once more (6 sts)
Tie off, leaving a long tail for stitching onto the body later. Stuff.
Leaves (make 3):
Rnd 1: In green, ch 7, starting in 2nd ch from hook, sc, hdc, dc 2, hdc, (4 sc) in last ch, continue on opposite side of chain, hdc, dc 2, hdc, sc, slst to beginning st.
Tie off. Weave ends.
Move on to assembly below!
Assembly:
- Insert the head into the concave area of the carrot. The head should fit snugly inside.
- Using pins, position the ears onto the top of the head, then remove the head from the carrot and stitch the ears in place. Re-insert the head into the carrot. Alternatively, you can stitch the ears on top of the carrot for a slightly different look!
- Stitch the arms to each side of the carrot at row 11. Stitch the hands down as well, if desired (rather than sticking out to the sides).
- Stitch the legs to each side of the bottom of the carrot at around rows 6/7.
- Stitch the tail to the back.
- Position the leaves so that there are two in the back and one in the front centre. Stitch the leaves to the top of the carrot.
- You’re done!
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