Smaller Stuffed Rabbit Crochet Pattern

I wanted to make a bunny like my Peter Rabbit but on a smaller scale. Here's the pattern I came up with.

100 yards (50 grams) Aran weight yarn - Brown

Maybe 20 yards Aran weight yarn - Blue

Size G 4.00mm crochet hook

Pink & black yarn/thread for embroidering the face

Stuffing

Body: In brown
1 - In magic circle, sc 6
2 - Inc around - 12 st
3 - (Inc, sc)*6 - 18 st
4 - (Inc, 2 sc)*6 - 24 st
5 - (Inc, 3 sc)*6 - 30 st
6 - (Inc, 4 sc)*6 - 36 st
7-9 - Sc around

10 - (Dec, 4 sc)*6 - 30 st

11-12 - Sc around
13 - (Dec, 3 sc)*6 - 24 st

14 - Sc around

15 - (Dec, 2 sc)*6 - 18 st

16-17 - Sc around

Stuff

18 - (Dec, sc)*6 - 12 st
Finish off. (You don't need to entirely close the top - it will make the neck too long. But feel free to close it one more round if you like.)

Head: In brown
4 sc in magic circle
1 - (3 sc in 1 st, 1 sc in next st)*2 - 8 st
2 - 1 sc, 2 Inc, 2 sc, 2 Inc, 1 sc - 12 st
3 - sc around
4 - (2 sc, Inc)*4 - 16 st
5 - (3 sc, Inc)*4 - 20 st
6 - (4 sc, Inc)*4 - 24 st
7 - 2 inc, then sc around - 26 st
8 - 2 inc, then sc around - 28 st
9-11 sc around
12 - (5 sc, Dec)*4 - 24 st
13 - (4 sc, Dec)*4 - 20 st
14 - (3 sc, Dec)*4 - 16 st
Begin stuffing
15 - (2 sc, Dec)*4 - 12 st
16 - (sc, Dec)*4 - 8 st
Finish stuffing
17 - Dec until closed.
Finish off, sewing tail in.


Ear: Make 2 in brown
6 sc in magic circle
1 - (sc, Inc)*3 - 9 st
2 - sc around
3 - (2 sc, Inc)*3 - 12 st
4 - sc around
5 - (3 sc, Inc)*3 - 15 st
6-10 - sc around
11 - (3 sc, Dec)*3 - 12 st

12 - sc around
13 - (2 sc, Dec)*3 - 9 st
Finish off, leaving a long tail.

Foot: Make 2 in brown
6 sc in magic circle
1 - (Sc, inc)*3 - 9 st
2 - (2 sc, inc)*3 - 12 st
3-4 - sc around
5 - (2 sc, dec)*3 - 9 st
6 - sc around

Finish off, leaving a tail. Stuff then sew the end closed and sew onto the body.


Arm: Make 2 in brown
4 sc in magic circle
1 - Inc*4 - 8 st
2-4 - sc around
5 - (2 sc, dec)*2 - 6 st
6-7 - sc around
Stuff
8 - Dec around

Finish off and sew onto the body.

Assemble the rabbit then add the tail by making a pompom and sewing it on. Embroider the face.

Dress - In blue. The dress is made starting at the front neckline, then going back and adding the back neckline and sleeves. After it's finished, turn it inside out - that way the ruffles at the bottom will stand out better. The only thing I would try to adjust next time is the back neckline. Somehow I ended up making the back more closed in than the front. It doesn't look bad, but I think it could be adjusted by a stitch or two.

1 - Ch 13
2 - Turn, in back of chain, beginning in 3rd loop (counts as 1st dc), dc, hdc, sc, sc inc, 2 sc, sc inc, sc, hdc, 2 dc - 14 st
3 - Ch 1, turn, sc across - 14 st
4 - Don't turn. Ch 16 and join with a sc to the other end of the dress (now you will be working in rounds. Make sure you can pull the dress over the ears and into place at this point.) - 30 st
5 - (4 sc, inc)*6 - 36 st

(By this point, the dress may seem way too big. Don't worry. When you add the back/sleeves the back neckline will become smaller.)
6 - (5 sc, inc)*6 - 42 st
7 - (6 sc, inc)*6, ch 2 - 48 st
8-10 - dc around - 48 st
11 - Sl st, tc around

Finish off.

Sleeves:

Go back up to the top of the dress and work in the back in what would be round 4.
1 - Skip 3 loops (this should be directly under the arm) then join and sc, sc, dec, sc, dec, sc, sc. There should still be 3 loops not used on the other side too.
2 - Ch 1, turn, sc, ch 5, connect to front by sc in the next 2 st, ch 1, turn, sc in both sc & down chain (7 sc), sc 5 (across back), ch 5, sc 2, ch 1, turn, sc in both sc & down chain (7 sc). Finish off.

You could be creative and make longer sleeves.