little bi-visibility-day bunny

Since it will shortly be bi visibility day (23rd september), I've decided to make something to celebrate, and to highlight that bisexuality is something that exists whether you like it or not. This bunny is a reinvention of my little rabbit pattern (found here), and thus this bunny will fit into any of the clothes made for my little animals collection (a full list can be found here)

Difficulty:

Easy - medium

You will need:

• dk yarn in dark blue, purple, and pink
• 4ply yarn in very dark blue
• A scrap of black 4ply yarn
• Cream sewing cotton
• A scrap of white sewing cotton (or you can use the cream cotton if its light enough)
• A 2.5mm crochet hook (use unless otherwise specified)
• A 2mm crochet hook
• A darning needle
• Toy stuffing
• A regular sewing needle

Note:

• 'fasten off neatly' refers to a special way of fastening off which is neater and makes it easier to see where you should be crocheting on the next round (also known as invisible fastening off). This involves pulling up your yarn through your stitch, threading the yarn underneath the second stitch from where you pulled your yarn up, then threading your yarn back through the top of this stitch and down through the back of the work. This false stitch is then referred to in my pattern as the 'new' stitch, There is a very helpful site that explains it clearly found here. Just make sure when you do this that you thread your needle through the SECOND stitch after the last stitch you made, otherwise you will end up with an extra stitch which may mean that all of the following rounds are out of line with each other.

For the head and body (starting from the base):
With dark blue dk yarn make a magic loop with 6sc
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. ch1, turn (24sc)

Rounds 4 - 7: (4 rounds) sc in each st
Fasten off neatly
Attach purple yarn to one of these sts
Rounds 8 - 9: (2 rounds) sc in each st

Round 10: sc in the first 2 sts, sc2tog, rep to end (18sc)
Round 11: sc in the first st, sc2tog, rep to end (12sc)

Round 12: sc in the first st, sc2tog, rep to end (8sc)
Fasten off neatly
Attach pink yarn to one of these sts
Round 13: 2sc in each st (16sc)
Round 14: sc in each st
Round 15: sc in the first 3 sts, 2sc in the next st, rep to end (20sc)
Round 16: sc in each st
Round 17: sc in the first 4 sts, 2sc in the next st, rep to end (24sc)
Rounds 18 - 19: (2 rounds) sc in each st

Round 20: sc in the first 2 sts, sc2tog, rep to end (18sc)
Round 21: sc in the first st, sc2tog, rep to end (12sc)
Stuff the body firmly
Round 22: sc2tog to end (6sc)
Fasten off

For the arms (make 2):
With purple make a magic loop with 6sc
Round 1: sc in the first st, 2sc in the next st, rep to end (9sc)
Rounds 2 - 3: (2 rounds) sc in each st (9sc)
Round 4: sc in the first st, sc2tog, rep to end (6sc)
Rounds 5 - 9: (5 rounds) sc in each st (6sc)
Fasten off
Gently stuff the hand sections of the arms, then sew them to the body

For the legs (make 2):
With dark blue dk yarn make a magic loop with 6sc
Round 1: 2sc in each st (12sc)

Round 2: sc in the first 3 sts, 2cs in the next st, rep to end (15sc)
Rounds 3- 4: (2 rounds) sc in each st (15sc)
Round 5: sc2tog 3 times, sc in the last 9 sts (12sc)
Round 6: sc in the first 2 sts, sc2tog, rep to end (9sc)
Rounds 7 - 10: (4 rounds) sc in each st (9sc)

Fasten off
Stuff firmly and sew tot eh underside of the body

For the tail:
With dark blue dk yarn make a magic loop with 6sc
Round 1: sc in the first st, 2sc in the next st, rep to end (9sc)
Round 2: sc in each st (9sc)
Fasten off
Stuff and sew this to the back of the body

For the muzzle:

With pink make a magic loop with 6sc
Round 1: 2sc in each st (12sc)

Round 2: sc in each st (12sc)

Fasten off
Stuff and sew this to the head

For the ears (make 2):

With pink make a magic loop with 6sc

Round 1: 2sc in each st (12sc)

Round 2: sc in the first 3 sts, 2sc in the next st, rep to end (15sc)

Round 3: sc in each st (15sc)

Round 4: sc in the first 5 sts, sc2tog, sc in the next 6 sts, sc2tog (13sc)

Round 5: sc in each st

`Round 6: sc in the first 4 sts, sc2tog, sc in the next 5 sts, sc2tog (11sc)

Round 7: sc in each st

Round 8: sc in the first 3 sts, sc2tog, sc in the next 4 sts, sc2tog (9sc)

Round 9: sc in each st

Round 10: sc in the first 2 sts, sc2tog, sc in the next 3 sts, sc2tog (7sc)

Round 11: sc in each st

Fasten off
Sew these to the top of the head


For the facial detail:
Using black 4ply yarn embroider the eyes, nose, and mnouth onto the bunny. Add highlights to the eyes using white sewing cotton.


For the dungarees:
For the trouser legs (make 2):
With dark blue 4ply yarn ch20
Round 1: sc in the first chain st you made, then sc in every following chain st to end to make a loop (20sc)
Rounds 2 - 5: (4 rounds) sc in each of these 20 sts
Fasten off neatly

Rejoin yarn to one of these trouser legs
Round 6: sc in this st and the next 15sts, then sc 16 around the top edge of the other trouser leg (32sc)
Rounds 7 - 9: (3 rounds) sc in each of these 32sts
Round 10: Sc13, ch11, skip3, sc16 (40sts)
Round 11: Sc11, sc3tog, sc9, sc3tog, sc14 (36sc)
Round 12: Sc10, sc3tog, sc7, sc3tog, sc13 (32sc)
Fasten off neatly

Rejoin yarn to 6th st before the 'new' st you made when fastening off
Row 13: sc in this st and the next 10sts. ch1, turn (11sc)
Rows 14 - 17: (4 rows) sc in each of these 11 sts. ch1, turn
Row 18: sc in each of these 11 sts
Fasten off


Rejoin yarn to round 12 to the 6th st from this last section you made

Row 13: sc in this st and the next 9 sts. ch1, turn (10sc)
Row 14: Sc2tog, sc6, sc2tog. ch1, turn (8sc)
Row 15: Sc2tog, sc4, sc2tog. ch1, turn (6sc)
Row 16: sc in each of these 6sts. ch1, turn
Rows 17 - 25: (9 rows) sc in the first 2sts. ch1, turn (2sc)
Row 26: sc in these 2sts
Fasten off

Rejoin yarn  to other side of row 16
Row 17: Sc in each of the last 2sts of this row. ch1, turn
Rows 18 - 25: (8 rows) sc in each of these 2 sts. ch1, turn
Row 26: sc in each of these 2sts
Fasten off

For the pocket:
With dark blue 4ply yarn ch6
Row 1: sc in the 2nd chain st from hook, sc in each of the next 4 chain sts to end. ch1, turn (5sc)
Rows 2 - 3: (2 rows) sc in each of these 5sts. ch1, turn
Row 4: sc in each of these 5sts
Fasten off

Sew this to the front of the dungarees. Sew the straps of the dungarees to the top of the front flap.

Using cream thread and a regular sewing needle, backstitch around the bottom hems of the trouser legs and around the edge of the pocket. Backstitch also around the edge of the flaps both at the front and the back, and around the shoulder straps, as shown below.

I hope you have enjoyed this pattern. If you have any suggestions for future patterns you would like me to make, or any questions about this or any of my other patterns, please feel free to contact me, either by leaving a comment below, or via my Instagram or Ravelry pages. I'm not going to have a great deal of time over the next few weeks as I'll be starting uni, but I'll try to get round to answering your questions as soon as possible.