Free Crochet Pattern for Bear and Bunny

Free Crochet Pattern for Bear and Bunny by Julia Maltseva (@mimishki.igrushki)

With this pattern, you can crochet a bear and bunny in hats using the amigurumi technique. You can use any semi-cotton yarn and a suitable crochet hook. You can make a pompom for the hat yourself or use a ready-made one.

The finished toys are approximately 16 cm tall.


Materials and Tools

  • Yarn: YarnArt Jeans or Alize Cotton Gold
  • Hook: 2 mm
  • Eyes: Safety eyes for toys
  • Stuffing: Fiberfill
  • Stitch Markers
  • Needle: For sewing parts together
  • Scissors

Abbreviations

  • MR – Magic Ring
  • sc – Single Crochet
  • dc – Double Crochet
  • inc – Increase (2 sc in 1 st)
  • dec – Decrease (sc2tog)
  • (…) x n times – Repeat instructions in parentheses n times

Pattern Instructions: Bear and Bunny

Head

  1. Round 1: 6 sc in MR (6)
  2. Round 2: inc x 6 (12)
  3. Round 3: (1 sc, inc) x 6 (18)
  4. Round 4: 1 sc, inc, (2 sc, inc) x 5, 1 sc (24)
  5. Round 5: (3 sc, inc) x 6 (30)
  6. Round 6: 2 sc, inc, (4 sc, inc) x 5, 2 sc (36)
  7. Round 7: (5 sc, inc) x 6 (42)
  8. Round 8: 3 sc, inc, (6 sc, inc) x 5, 3 sc (48)
  9. Round 9: (7 sc, inc) x 6 (54)
  10. Round 10: 4 sc, inc, (8 sc, inc) x 5, 4 sc (60)
  11. Round 11: (9 sc, inc) x 6 (66)
    12–19. Rounds: (66)

Insert eyes between Rounds 16 and 17, 5 visible stitches apart.

  1. Round 20: (9 sc, dec) x 6 (60)
  2. Round 21: (60)
  3. Round 22: 4 sc, dec, (8 sc, dec) x 5, 4 sc (54)
  4. Round 23: (7 sc, dec) x 6 (48)
  5. Round 24: 3 sc, dec, (6 sc, dec) x 5, 3 sc (42)
  6. Round 25: (5 sc, dec) x 6 (36)

Begin stuffing the head.

  1. Round 26: 2 sc, dec, (4 sc, dec) x 5, 2 sc (30)
  2. Round 27: (3 sc, dec) x 6 (24)
  3. Round 28: (2 sc, dec) x 6 (18)
  4. Round 29: (1 sc, dec) x 6 (12)
  5. Round 30: dec x 6 (6)

Fasten off and close the hole.