My brown bunny (Free pattern)

Pattern by Cheryx

A tiny knitted bunny for keychain / keyring. It takes an hour to complete. It's a knitting pattern easy for the beginner.

In this pattern, I will show you how to make a knitted brown bunny that you can use as a decoration, a gift, or a toy for yourself or your loved ones.

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NEEDLES

A pair of 2.25mm straight knitting needles

MATERIALS

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Toy ﬁlling (less than 10g)

Tapestry needle

Sewing pins

2 pencils (I used them to make pom-pom. You can use anything which has the same size)

YARN

Wishful bird baby of Ruyi Bird (the same as scheepjes stone washed yarn): Brown (04)

Jeans Yarn Art (or any yarn you want to use to embroider the eyes and cheeks): Black, Red

SIZE

Finished size: The height is 8cm (included ears), the length is 3.5cm

ABBREVIATIONS

K: Knit

P: Purl

KFB: (Increase) Knit front and back of stitch

K2tog: (Decrease) Knit two stitches together

SSK: (Decrease) Slip a stitch (as if to knit it) to the right-hand needle, slip a second stitch in the same way, slip both stitches together back to the left-hand needle and knit together through the back loops.

st(s): Stich(es)

Stocking Stich (St st): Knit all stitches on right side rows, purl all stitches on wrong side rows.

(...sts): The number in round brackets at the end of the instruction indicates the number of stitches after working the row.

[...] : Repeat the sequence between the square brackets by the number indicated.

Related to:

List of Common Knitting Abbreviations

KNITTING PATTERN

HEAD AND BODY (Make 1)

Cast on 8 stitches in brown, leaving a long tail for sewing.

Row 1: KFB x8 (16 sts)

Row 2: P16 (16 sts)

Row 3: KFB x16 (32 sts)

Row 4: P32 (32 sts)

Row 5 – Row 16: St st (32 sts)

Row 17: K1, SSK, K7, SSK, K8, K2tog, K7, K2tog, K1 (28 sts)

Row 18: P28 (28 sts)

Row 19: K1, SSK, K6, SSK, K6, K2tog, K6, K2tog, K1 (24 sts)

Row 20: P24 (24 sts)

Row 21: K1, SSK, K5, SSK, K4, K2tog, K5, K2tog, K1 (20 sts)

Row 22: P20 (20 sts)

Row 23: K1, SSK, K3, SSK, K4, K2tog, K3, K2tog, K1 (16 sts)

Row 24: P16 (16 sts)

Row 25: K1, SSK, K2, SSK, K2, K2tog, K2, K2tog, K1 (12 sts)

Row 26: P12 (12 sts)

Row 27: K1, SSK, K1, SSK, K2tog, K1, K2tog, K1 (8 sts)

Leaving a long tail for sewing, then cut off the yarn.

Thread this tail through remaining stitches and pull up tightly.

EARS (Make 2)

Cast on 3 stitches in brown, leaving a long tail for sewing.

Row 1: K3 (3 sts)

Row 2: P3 (3 sts)

Row 3: K1, KFB, K1 (4 sts)

Row 4: P4 (4 sts)

Row 5 – Row 10: St st (4 sts)

Row 11: K1, K2tog, K1 (3 sts)

Row 12: P3 (3 sts)

Row 13: K1, K2tog (2 sts)

Leaving a long tail for sewing, then cut off the yarn.

Thread this tail through remaining stitches and pull up tightly.

ARMS AND LEGS (Make 4 - 2 for arms and 2 for legs)

Cast on 4 stitches in brown, leaving a long tail for sewing.

Row 1: K4 (4 sts)

Row 2: P4 (4 sts)

Row 3: K4 (4 sts)

Row 4: P4 (4 sts)

Leaving a long tail for sewing, then cut off the yarn.

Thread this tail through remaining stitches and pull up tightly.

SEWING & MAKING UP

SEW THE HEAD AND BODY

Using the cast off tail which through remaining stitches and start sewing the side edges together, using the Mattress Stitch to sew (Sewing form G to H) (Fig. 1).

Adding stuffing as you sew and continue sewing the seams right up to the cast -on edge.

Then we’ll thread the tapestry needle with this long tail through the loops of the cast-on stitches and pull up tightly, tie off all the tails together and poke them inside body to hide. (Fig. 2- Fig. 7).

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Fig. 7

EMBROIDER THE EYES AND NOSE

Thread a tapestry needle with the black yarn to embroider the eyes and nose (Fig. 8).

Fig. 8

ATTACH THE EARS TO THE HEAD

We’ll transfer the cast-off tail form E to F (Fig. 9- Fig. 14).

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Fig. 14

We’ll adjust the ears with the help of sewing pins on the head (Fig. 15). Then using the long tail of the ear to attach, we will sew alternately through a stitch of head and a stitch of the ear.

Once it is attached, we’ll tie off all the tails together and poke them inside body to hide.

Do the same way with the other ear.

Fig. 15

SEWING THE ARMS AND LEGS

We’ll fold the arms, legs and using Whip Stitch to sew the side edges together. Don’t add stuffing (Fig. 16 - Fig. 17).

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ATTACT THE ARMS AND LEGS TO THE BODY.

We’ll adjust the arms and legs with sewing pins to the body.

Using the tapestry needle with the long tail to sew the arms and legs to the body.

Once it is attached, tie off all tails together and poke them inside body to hide (Fig. 18).

Fig. 18

MAKE THE POM-POM

We’ll wind brown yarn around 2 pencils approx 20 times and cut off the yarns. (Fig. 19 - Fig. 20).

Using a piece of brown yarn to tie tightly in centre (Fig. 21). Then we’ll remove it from 2 pencils, tie tightly again (Fig. 22 - Fig. 23) and cut through each side of loops (Fig. 24).

Trimming to a smooth round shape (Fig. 25) and sewing pom-pom to the body.