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Designer: Elena Metlina

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Dear crocheters!!!
Thank you for choosing my pattern!
This pattern contains detailed description of making the toy – «Spring
Bunny». Besides, it also includes the description of how to make clothes
– a T-shirt and shorts, – and accessories such as string bag, little carrots
and one big carrot. All the clothes can be put off. The toy has the wire
skeleton inside but you can make the Bunny without it.
The pattern is the author’s design. It is destined for private use only.
Resale, copying, translating into other languages, sharing in the Internet
without author’s permission are prohibited!
When publishing the finished toy, please tag me as the pattern designer
@elena_metlina_68 and hashtag #метлина_игрушки
The level of complexity is average. The pattern does not include the
crochet lessons, thus it is not suitable for beginners. I used the US
terminology in the pattern.
I hope that you will not have any difficulties while crocheting. I have tried
to describe all the steps of making the toy in details, and I think that you
will succeed! If you have any questions, don’t be shy to write to me, and I
will gladly help you.
My Instagram-account @elena_metlina_68, my e-mail
k_e_a_68@mail.ru

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Tools and materials necessary for making

the Bunny:

1. Yarn:
Alize Cotton Gold Tweed (100gr/361yds)– 67 beige (main color)
Alize Cotton Gold (100gr/361yds)– 55 white (T-shirt and decoration)
Gazzal Jeans (50gr/185yds)– 1128 light-green (shorts)
YarnArt Jeans (50gr/174yds)– 11 lime-green (T-shirt)
YarnArt Jeans (50gr/174yds)– 71 dark beige (string-bag)
YarnArt Jeans (50gr/174yds)– 39 light-orange (carrot)
YarnArt Jeans (50gr/174yds)– 69 green (carrot tops)
You can use equivalent yarn with the same width and color
2. The hook of appropriate size – I use Clover B (2mm)
3. Eyes dia=8mm
4. Two felt circles dia=10mm
5. Wire 2.0mm wide for the skeleton
6. Stuffing material
7. Scissors
8. Needle for sewing details to each other
9. Little beads – carrot’s eyes

If you use these materials, the toy will be 25cm tall including ears. I
crochet with stitches of mixed type.

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Abbreviations (the US terminology):

MR – Magic Ring
CH – chain
SC – single crochet
SL ST – slip stitch
HDC – half double crochet
DC – double crochet
ClS – cluster stitch (3dc into 1 loop joined at the top)
INC – increase, make 2 stitches from one
DEC – decrease, 2 stitches crochet together
(…)*Х – repeat the set in brackets X times
(…) – the whole amount of stitches in the row
SS – shift stitch: make some additional stitches to align the
marker thread.

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Arms:
Make two similar details.
1. 6sc into MR
2. 6inc(12)
3. (2sc, 1inc)*4 (16)
4-5. 16sc (2 rounds)
6. 5sc, 1cls, 10sc (16)
7. (2sc, 1dec)*4 (12)
8-25. 12sc (18 rounds)
Fasten off and cut the thread. Hide the tail.

Prepare the skeleton. Take the wire 40cm long, fold in half and twist
as shown in the photo. Put the wire into the arm and fill in with stuffing
material.

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Legs:
Make two similar details. Prepare the skeleton. Take the wire
50cm long, fold in half and twist.
1. 6ch, fron the 2nd loop from the hook: 1inc, 3sc, 3sc into 1 loop,
4sc (12)
2. 2inc, 3sc, 3inc, 3sc, 1inc(18)
3. (1sc, 1inc)*2, 3sc, (1sc, 1inc)*3, 4sc, 1inc(24)
4-7. 24sc (4 rounds)
8. (4sc, 1dec)*4 (20)
9-11. 20sc (3 rounds)
12. (3sc, 1dec)*4 (16)
13-14. 16sc (2 rounds) + 3sc (shift stitches), the working thread must
be strictly on the side of the leg. Then go on to crochet back-and-forth
and make 1 ch at the end of every row:
15-18. 1ch, turn: 8sc (4 rows) + 4sc, make1 ch, fold the heel in half and
crochet on the seamy side 4 sl st through both sides, 1 turning ch. Turn
the heel outside in. Mark the starting point of the round; it must be in
the back of the leg.
Video-tutorial:
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1sruCOsc7HdykQUe_Kr5fSLIynFT9vwS8/view?usp=sharing

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Crochet along the edge:

19. 4sc on the heel, 8sc on the foot, 4sc on the heel (16)

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20. (4sc, 1dec)*2, 4sc (14)

21-22. 3sc, 8sl st, 3sc (14) (2 rounds)
23-24. 14sc (2 rounds)
Put the wire into the foot and stuff it, continue crocheting:

25. (6sc, 1inc)*2 (16)

26. 16sc
27. (7sc, 1inc)*2 (18)
28. 18sc
29. (8sc, 1inc)*2 (20)
30. 20sc
31. (4sc, 1inc)*4 (24)
32-35. 24sc (4 rounds)
On the left leg fasten off and cut the thread. Hide the tail.
Do not cut the thread on the right leg, go on to crochet the body.

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Body:
Crochet the body from the legs. Stuff as you go.

36. 6sc along the right leg, make 3ch and attach the left leg, 24sc
along the left leg, 3sc along the 3 ch, 24sc along the right leg, 3sc
along the other side of the 3 ch. Mark the starting point of the
round, it is on the back of the body. (54)

37. 12sc, 1inc, 11sc, 3inc, 11sc, 1inc, 12sc, 3inc(62)

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Twist the wires ends that form legs’ skeleton together.

38-39. 62sc (2 rounds)
40. 12sc, 1dec, 29sc, 1dec, 17sc (60)
41-44. 60sc (4 rounds)
45. 13sc, 1dec, 27sc, 1dec, 16sc (58)
46-48. 58sc (3 rounds)
49. 6sc, 1dec, (12sc, 1dec)*3, 8sc (54)
50-51. 54sc (2 rounds)
52. (7sc, 1dec)*6 (48)
53-54. 48sc (2 rounds)
55. 16sc, 1dec, 12sc, 1dec, 16sc (46)
56. 17sc, 1dec, 8sc, 1dec, 17sc (44)
57-58. 44sc (2 rounds)
59. 20sc, 2dec, 20sc (42)
60-61. 42sc (2 rounds)
62. (5sc, 1dec)*6 (36)
63-64. 36sc (2 rounds)

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65. 7sc, 6sc with the arm, 12sc along the body, 6sc with the other
arm, 5sc (36)
66. 7sc, 6sc along the rest loops of the arm, 12sc along the body, 6sc
along the rest loops of the other arm, 5sc (36)

Join the arms wires and the body skeleton by twisting all the wires
together.

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67. (4sc, 1dec)*6 (30)

68. 30sc
69. (3sc, 1dec)*6 (24)
70. (2sc, 1dec)*6 (18)
71-74. 18sc (4 rounds)

Wrap the wire ends with the adhesive tape.

Head:
Continue crocheting from the body. Stuff as you go.

75. 18inc(36) front loops only

76. (5sc, 1inc)*6 (42)
77. (6sc, 1inc)*6 (48)
78. (7sc, 1inc)*6 (54)
79. (8sc, 1inc)*6 (60)
80. (9sc, 1inc)*6 (66)
81-85. 66sc (5 rounds)
86. (9sc, 1dec)*6 (60)
87-88. 60sc (2 rounds)

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89. (8sc, 1dec)*6 (54)

90-91. 54sc (2 rounds)
92. (7sc, 1dec)*6 (48)
93. 48sc
94. (6sc, 1dec)*6 (42)
95. 42sc
96. (5sc, 1dec)*6 (36)
97. (4sc, 1dec)*6 (30)
98. (3sc, 1dec)*6 (24)
99. (2sc, 1dec)*6 (18)
100. (1sc, 1dec)*6 (12)
101. 6dec
Fasten off and cut the thread. Hide the tail.

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Ears:
Make two similar details. Do not stuff.
1. 6sc into MR
2. 6inc(12)
3. (1sc , 1inc)*6 (18)
4. (2sc, 1inc)*6 (24)
5-7. 24sc (3 rounds)
8. (6sc, 1dec)*3 (21)
9-10. 21sc (2 rounds)
11. (5sc, 1dec)*3 (18)
12-14. 18sc (3 rounds)
15. (4sc, 1dec)*3 (15)
16-21. 15sc (6 rounds)
22. (3sc, 1dec)*3 (12)
23. 12sc
Fasten off and cut the thread. Make the ear skeleton: cut the wire
14cm long, bend as shown in the photo and insert into the ears.

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Face making:
I used pink thread to mark the central line of the face in order to place
all the details symmetrically. Put the pins between the 90th and 91st
rounds with 10 stitches between them to mark the eyes position. The nose
must be strictly in the center between the 86th and 88th rounds – the yellow
pins in the photo. The red pins mark the half of the smile; its central point
is between the 81st and 82nd rounds. You can make it different from mine;
for example, it can be asymmetrical like in the drawing.

Prepare the eyes. I use button-eyes. Cut the circles of felt and apply
them to the back of the eyes so that the whites are seen around the side
like shown in the picture.

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Sew the eyes in the marked points; pull the thread a bit sculpting the
eye-socket. I also make the mouth sculpting: insert the needle into the
central point of the smile, put out near the eye. Then insert the needle
into the head again 1 stitch aside; put out near the mouth central point.
Pull the thread and make a knot. Repeat for the second eye. Make the
eyelids with black thread and the eyebrows with brown thread.

Use light-brown yarn to make the nose and the line to the mouth.

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Then make the smile and whiskers.

Pin the ears to the head. I placed them 2 rounds to the right and to
the left from the center. Sew the ears to the head.

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You can paint some blushes with dry pastel.

Make the stitches between toes with brown thread.

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Clothes:
Crochet the clothes more loosely than the body or use the bigger hook.
T-shirt
Use two colors of yarn for the T-shirt. I use white and lime-green. Start
in white color. Crochet back-and-forth and make 1 turning ch at the end of
every row.
1. 26ch, from the 2nd loop from the hook: 3sc, 3sc into 1 loop, (5sc, 3sc
into 1 loop)*3, 3sc (34)+ 1ch (turning ch) (34)
2. 4sc, 3sc into 1 loop, (7sc, 3sc into 1 loop)*3, 4sc (42)

Change color to lime-green:

3. 5sc, 3sc into 1 loop, (9sc, 3sc into 1 loop)*3, 5sc (50)
4. 6sc, 3sc into 1 loop, (11sc, 3sc into 1 loop)*3, 6sc (58)
Change color to white:
5. 7sc, 3sc into 1 loop, (13sc, 3sc into 1 loop)*3, 7sc (66)
6. 8sc, 3sc into 1 loop, (15sc, 3sc into 1 loop)*3, 8sc (74)

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Change color to lime-green:

7. 9sc, 3sc into 1 loop, (17sc, 3sc into 1 loop)*3, 9sc (82)
8. 10sc, 3sc into 1 loop, (19sc, 3sc into 1 loop)*3, 10sc (90)
Change color to white:
9. 12sc, skip 21 stitches, 22sc, skip 21 stitches, 12sc (46)

10. (11sc, 1inc)*3, 10sc (49)

Change color to lime-green:
11. 49sc
12. (12sc, 1inc)*3, 10sc (52)
Change color to white:
13. 52sc
14. (13sc, 1inc)3, 10sc (55)
Change color to lime-green:
15. 55sc
16. 6sc, 1inc, 12sc, 1inc, 14sc, 1inc, 12sc, 1inc, 6sc (59)
Change color to white:
17-18. 59sc (2 rows)
Change color to lime-green:
19. 59sc

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Do not cut the thread; crochet with sc with lime-green color along one
side of the T-shirt; crochet sc with white color along the other side – make
buttonholes here: (5ch, skip 2 rows, 5sc)*2, 5ch, skip 2 rows, 3sc.
Sew the buttons to the T-shirt.

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Shorts
Use green yarn for the shorts. Start with making two similar details
– the trouser-legs.
1. 30ch and make 1 sl st into the first loop to make a circle;
2-4. 30sc (3 rounds)
5. 30sc front loop only
6-7. 30sc (2 rounds)
8. (9sc, 1inc)*3 (33)
9. 33sc

Make turn-ups. Cut the thread of the left trouser-leg. Do not cut the
thread of the right trouser-leg; attach the left one and go on:
10. 33sc along the left detail, 33sc along the right detail (66)

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11-13. 66sc (3 rounds)

14. 15sc, 1dec, 31sc, 1dec, 16sc (64)
15-16. 64sc (2 rounds)
17. 15sc, 1dec, 30sc, 1dec, 15sc (62)

18-22. 62sc (5 rounds)

23. 6sc, 43ch from the 8th loop from the hook 36dc, skip 1 stitch, 15sc,
2hsc, 2dc, 2hsc, 5sc, 2hsc, 2dc, 2hsc, 15sc, 43ch from the 8th loop from the
hook 36dc, skip 1 stitch, 6sc
Fasten off and cut the thread.

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Sew the buttons in the front side of the shorts.

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String bag
Make the string bag with the coffee-color yarn.
1. 6sc into MR, 1 sl st into the 1st loop
2. (5ch, 1sc) – you get 6 arches of ch
3. Make 2ch and crochet 1sc into the 1st ch arch, and then make
(5ch, 1sc)*2 into every arch – you will get 12 arches of ch

4-8. Make 2ch and crochet 1sc into the 1st ch arch , and then make
(5ch, 1sc) – into every arch (12 arches) (make 5 rounds into the
arches)

9. Crochet sc along the edge – 3sc into every ch arch (36)

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Now make handles:

10. 25ch – skip 8sc, 10sc, 25ch – skip 8sc, 10sc
11. 25sc along the chain, 9sc, 25sc along the other chain, 9sc
Fasten off and cut the thread.

Video-tutorial about how to start making the string bag:

https://drive.google.com/file/d/1p1Oa8U5IY3EGmYNodE7YLdZVT1pF8Kkr/vie
w?usp=sharing

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Little carrot
Start in orange color:
1. 6sc into MR
2. 6sc
3. (1sc, 1inc)*3 (9)
4. 9sc
5. (2sc, 1inc)*3 (12)
6-7. 12sc (2 rounds)
8. (3sc, 1inc)*3 (15)
9-10. 15sc (2 rounds)
11. (1sc, 1dec)*5 (10)
12. 5dec
Cut the orange thread and add the green one. Go on to crochet the
carrot tops:
(9ch – from the 2nd loop from the hook 8sc along the chain, 1sc)*5

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Big carrot
Crochet with orange yarn:
1. 6sc into MR
2. (1sc, 1inc)*3 (9)
3. 9sc
4. (2sc, 1inc)*3 (12)
5. 12sc
6. (3sc, 1inc)*3 (15)
7. 15sc
8. (4sc, 1inc)*3 (18)
9. 18sc
10. (5sc, 1inc)*3 (21)
11. 21sc
12. (6sc, 1inc)*3 (24)
13-24. 24sc (10 rounds)
25. (2sc, 1dec)*6 (18)
26. (1sc, 1dec)*6 (12)
27. 6dec

Fasten off and cut the thread, hide the tail.

Carrot tops: use the green yarn

13ch, from the 2nd loop from the hook 12sc
Turn the detail and make (26ch – from the 2nd loop from the hook 25sc,
1sc)*12

Video-tutorial about how to make carrot tops curly:

https://drive.google.com/file/d/1gv4bMvE07vNjnlQNEzPjPfh0W9Os9ufE/view?usp
=sharing

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You get 12 carrot tops leaves on one line. Sew it to the carrot in spiral,
start from the center.

Make some short stitches on the carrot with brown yarn. Sew little
black beads – the eyes, make the mouth with black yarn.

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Your Bunny is ready!

I hope that you enjoyed the process of making it.
Elena Metlina @elena_metlina_68

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