Sunday, 10 April 2016

Mini bunny with shorts and t-shirt




This pattern is quite similar to my spiderman bunny pattern but quite a bit smaller, and I've also designed and made a new costume for it. 


Difficulty:


Medium


Materials:


  • A 1.5mm crochet hook 
  • Cotton thread weight yarn in white for the bunny plus whatever other colours you want the clothes to be. The exact brand I used can be bought here
  • 0.5mm thick wire
  • masking tape (optional)
  • A darning needle for sewing up
  • A small button
  • A small amount of black embroidery thread or cotton thread weignt yarn in black
  • A regular sewing needle (If you find it easier to do the eyes and nose using this)
  • Toy stuffing



The pattern for the bunny can be found here, but don't attach the ears, arms and tail just yet, as they will need to go in a specific position in order to fit. Instead of using pipe cleaners inside the ears I used wire:
Measure out a length of wire a little longer than the outside edge of the ear

Fold over the extra lengths so that the ends are not sharp

If you plan to give this to a child or baby, you may want to put a little masking tape over the ends to make extra sure that it isn't sharp.




For the cap:
Make a magic loop with 6 sc (6sc)
Round 1: 2sc in each st (12sc)
Round 2: sc in first st, 2sc in the next st, rep to end. ch1, turn (18sc)
Row 3: sc in the first 2 sts, 2sc in the next st, rep twice. ch1, turn (12sc)
Row 4: sc in the first 3 sts, 2sc in the next st, rep twice. ch1, turn (15sc)
Row 5: sc in the first 4 sts, 2sc in the next st, rep twice. ch1, turn (18sc)
Row 6: sc in the first 5 sts, 2sc in the next st, rep twice. ch1, turn (21sts)
Row 7: sc in the first 13 sts, 2sc in the next st, sc in the next 7 sts. ch1, turn (22sc)
Rows 8-10: (3 rounds) sc in each st around. ch1, turn (22sc)
Fasten off

Rejoin yarn to round 2




Row 3: sc in the first 2 sts, 2sc in the next st, rep twice. ch1, turn (12sc)
Row 4: sc in the first 3 sts, 2sc in the next st, rep twice. ch1, turn (15sc)
Row 5: sc in the first 4 sts, 2sc in the next st, rep twice. ch1, turn (18sc)
Row 6: sc in the first 5 sts, 2sc in the next st, rep twice. ch1, turn (21sc)
Row 7: 2sc in the first st, sc in the next 13 sts, 2sc in the next st, sc to end. ch1, turn (23sc)
Row 8: sc in the first 7 sts, slip the next 9 sts, sc in the last 7 sts. ch1, turn(23sts)
Row 9: sc into the first 6 sts, slip the next 11 sts, sc into the last 6 sts. ch1, turn (23sts)
Row 10: sc into the first 5 sts, slip the next 13 sts, sc into the last 5 sts. ss into the first st in the next section. ch1, turn (23sts)
Round 11: sc into the first 4 sts of the section you worked, slip the next 15 sts, sc into the next 4 sts of this section and then continue on to sc into all 22 sts in the next section. ss into the 1st st of this round. (45sts)
Fasten off


For the brim:

Make a magic loop with 5 sts. Don't join but ch1 and turn
Row 1: 2sc in each st around. ch1, turn (10 sc)
Row 2: sc in the first st, 2sc in the next st, rep to end. ch1, turn (15sc)
Round 3: sc in the first 2 sts, 2sc in the next st, rep to end. ch1, turn (20sc)
Round 4: sc in the first 3 sts, 2sc in the next st, rep to end. ch1, turn (25sc)
Round 5: sc in the first 24 sts, 2sc in the next st, rep to end. (30sc)
Fasten off

Sew the brim onto the front of the hat (or the back if you want your bunny to wear their hat back to front)


Place the hat on the head of your bunny and sew the ears ontot he head in the holes in the cap. It's easier if you pin them on 
first then remove the hat and sew them on, as this reduces the chance of sewing the ears onto the cap by mistake.

For the shirt:
fsc 43
Round 1: sc in the first st of the row, sc to end (43sc)
Roounds 2-4: (3 rows)sc in each st around. ch1, turn (43sc)
Row 5: sc2tog, sc in the next 5 sts, rep 4 times, sc2tog, sc in the next 5 sts, sc2tog. ch1, turn (36sc)
Rows 6-9: (4 rows)sc in each st. ch1, turn (36sc)
Row 10: sc in the first 4 sts, sc2tog, rep to end. ch1, turn (30sc)
Rows 11 - 12: (2 rows) sc in each st. ch1, turn (30sc)
Rows 13 - 15: (3 rows) sc in the first 4 sts, slip the next 6 sts, sc into the next 10 sts, slip the next 6 sts, sc into the next 4 sts. ch1, turn (30sts)
Row 16: sc in the first 3 sts, ch 8, sk 8 sts, sc into the next 8 sts, ch 8, sk 8 sts, sc into the last 3 sts (30sts)
Fasten off

For the sleeves (make 2):

fsc 18
Rounds 1 - 2: (2 rows) sc in each st (at the start of round 1 sc into the first st of the row, so that you form a tube) (18sc)
Row 3: sc into the first 9 sts, turn (9sc)
Row 4: ss into the first st, sc into the next 7 sts, turn (8sts)
Round 5: ss into the first st,sc 18 around the edge of the sleeve, ss into the first sc of this round.
Fasten off

Sew the sleeves too the armholes in the shirt.
Sew the button onto the back of the shirt and add a small loop of red yarn to the back so that you can fasten it





For the shorts:
fsc 40
Row 1: sc into the first st of the row, sc into the next 9 sts, slip the next 5 sts, sc into the last 25 sts. ch1, turn (40sts)
Row 2: sc into the first 25 sts. ch1, turn (25sc)
Rows 3 - 5: (3 rows)sc into the next 35 sts. ch1, turn (35sc)
Row 6: (This is really just half of the 'row' but I've decided to stop it here so that it all lines up again) sc into the first 10 sts.
Round 7: sc into the first 25 sts, ch 3, sc into the next 10 sts (38 sts)
Rounds 8 - 12: (5 rounds) sc in each st around. (38sc)
Round 13: sc in the first 7 sts, ch8, ss into the 18th st from the base of the chain, sc into the same st and the next 12 sts (27sts)
Rounds 14 - 18: (5 rounds) sc around each of the sts you crocheted into on the last round (27sc)
Fasten off

Round 13: Re-join the yarn to the stitch you made in this last section before the ch8 (on round 13), and sc 19 around the edge to the other side, ending in the stitch where you made a ss and sc after the ch8. Ch8 and ss into the first st of the round. (27sts)
Rounds 14 - 18: (5 rounds) sc into each if the sts you crocheted on the last round. (27sc)
Fasten off

Sew up the hole in the space between each leg.


For the converse shoes:
The insparation for these was taken from a pattern for some baby converse booties, which are amazing, and the pattern can be found here

With white make a magic loop with 6 sc
Round 1: 2sc in each st (12sc)
Round 2: sc in the first st, 2sc in the next st, rep to end (18sc)
Round 3: sc in the first 2 sts, 2sc in the next st, rep to end (24sc)
Round 4: sc in the first 3 sts, 2sc in the next st, rep to end (30sc)
Rounds 5 - 6: (2 rounds) sc in each st (30sc)
Row 7: sc in the back loops of the first 4 sts, turn (4sc)
Row 8: sk the first st, 2sc in the next 3 sts, sc into the front loop only of the next 2 sts, turn (8sc)
Row 9: sk the first st, then sc into the first st, 2sc into the next st, rep 3 times, sc into the back loop of the next st.  
Fasten off

Row 10: Join the yarn of the colour of the converse to the beginning of row 9, sc into the next 8 sts. ch1, turn (9sc)
Rows 11 - 12: (2 rows) sc in each st. ch1, turn (9sc)
Row 14: sc2tog, sc in the next 5 sts, sc2tog. ch1, turn (7sc)
Fasten off

Row 10: Rejoin the yarn with a ss into the second spoke from the left at the bottom of the white section. ss into the next st. sc2tog, sc in the next 2 sts, to the last 2 sts, sc2tog, ss into the first 2 spokes of the white section (17sts)
Rows 11 - 14: (3 rows) sc in each st. ch1, turn (17sc)
Row 15: sc2tog, sc to last 2 sts, sc2tog (15sc)
Row 16: sc in each st, ch1, turn (15sc)
Row 17: sc2tog, sc to last 2 sts, sc2tog (13sc)
Fasten off

Cut a length of white yarn and use it to lace up the shoes through the holes in the crochet.

For the star (make 2):
With white yarn make a magic loop with 6sc
Join with a ss and fasten off. Using 2 strands of black embroidery thread embroider a star onto it, and then sew this hole thing onto one side of the shoe. When you make the other one sew ot onto the opposite side of the other shoe. 





I hope you enjoyed this pattern, you are welcome to sell finished products but please don't repost this pattern or claim it or any of the pictures as your own. Thank you! Don't forget that you can post anything you make on my facebook page, sunnyanddippycatcrochet


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