Velvet Bunny Lovey Free Crochet Pattern

Crochet Velvet Bunny Lovey Free Pattern

Crochet Velvet Bunny Lovey Pattern by Crochet For You

While making my first bunny amigurumi pattern I got a new idea to make a bunny lovey.

So here is a cute bunny lovey for little ones to snuggle with. This bunny lovey so soft with velvet yarn and gives extra coziness. This lovey would make a wonderful spring/Easter gift.  

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Velvet Bunny Amigurumi Free Crochet Pattern

Are you a bunny lover?

Velvet bunny amigurumi perfect for gift giving to the bunny lover in your life. He is so soft and squishy!

Velvet Bunny Amigurumi

Skill Level: easy

Finished size: The blanket measures 13” x 13”.

Materials

  • Velvet yarn (approx: 250 yards). (Scroll down & read the yarn suggestions) 
  • Light worsted weight, white color yarn. approx: 100 yards)
  • Small amount of Sport or DK weight yarn in pink color
  • US H-8, 5mm crochet hook
  • Tapestry needle for weaving ends.
  • For eyes, I used 2 shank buttons in black color that have a loop at the back.
  • Fiberfill
  • Stitch markers
  • Optional 4 pompoms to attach.

The velvet yarn I used for this pattern.
This yarn I ordered from eBay, also available on Amazonis not from a popular brand. I used khaki color.

Yarn suggestion
When I checked the gauge, there was a little different between my gauge swatch and Vel-Luxe yarn on the Lion Brand website.

My gauge swatch (4” x 4”) with H-8, 5mm crochet hook was 16 sc x 15 rows. I think Lion Brand Vel-Luxe yarn is perfect for this project than Bernat Velvet yarn.    

The Gauge of the velvet yarn: 16 sc x 15 rows = (4” x 4”) with H-8, 5mm crochet hook.

Abbreviations

  • ch – chain
  • sl st – slip stitch
  • sc – single crochet
  • dc – double crochet
  • st – stitch
  • ch-() sp – chain-(number of chain) space
  • sk – skip
  • beg – beginning
  • * to ; – work instructions within brackets as many times as directed
  • [] – work instructions within brackets as many times as directed
  • sc inc – 2 sc in one st
  • sc dec – crochet 2 sc together (Insert the hook and draw up a loop in each of 2 stitches, yarn over, pull back through all 3 loops on hook at once)
Velvet Bunny Lovey

Velvet Bunny Lovey Pattern

Notes:
Head and arms

  • Do not join after each round.
  • Always attach the stitch markers on first st in each round.
Head

With velvet yarn and H-8, 5mm crochet hook, make an adjustable/magic ring.

Round 1: 6 sc into the adjustable ring. (6 sts)

Round 2: 2 sc inc around. (12 sts)

Round 3: sc in each st around. (12 sts)

Round 4: [sc inc, 1 sc] 6 times. (18 sts)

Round 5: [sc inc, sc in each of next 2 sts] 6 times. (24 sts)

Round 6: [sc inc, sc in each of next 3 sts] 6 times. (30 sts)

Round 7: [sc inc, sc in each of next 4 sts] 6 times. (36 sts)

Round 8: sc in each st around. (36 sts)

Round 9: repeat round 8. (36 sts)

Round 10: [sc inc, sc in each of next 5 sts] 6 times. (42 sts)

Round 11: sc in each st around. (42 sts)

Round 12 to 14: repeat round 8. (42 sts) Embroider nose with pink yarn and attach eyes between 7 and 8 rounds.

When attaching eyes to the head, I used shank buttons in black color that have a loop at the back. Because, instead of making round head, I need to get the real rabbit face.

So here what I did. Using a long piece of black color yarn and tapestry needle, I knot a tie on the loop of the first button, insert the needle from right side to the wrong side between 7 and 8 rounds where I want to attach the first eye. At this point, you can add fiberfill into the nose part. Then insert the needle from the wrong side to the right side between 7 and 8 rounds on other side of the front face where I want to attach next eye. (see image 2 below)

Attaching eyes - Velvet Bunny Lovey

Insert the needle through the loop of the button and insert again through the same spot where you get the needle out (see images 1 & 2 below). Pull the yarn little bit tight to get the rabbit face detail. You can adjust the shape of the rabbit face while adjusting eyes and adding fiberfill. I added more fiberfill between eyes and nose to make forehead. When you get the shape of the forehead, tie a knot and add more fiberfill (see images 3 & 4 below).

Attaching eyes - Velvet Bunny Lovey

Round 15: ch 1[sc dec, sc in each of next 5 sts] 6 times, sl st to the first st. (36 sts)

Round 16: [sc dec, sc in each of next 4 sts] 6 times. (30 sts)

Round 17: sc in each st around. (30 sts)

Round 18: [sc dec, sc in each of next 3 sts] 6 times. (24 sts)

Round 19: [sc dec, sc in each of next 2 sts] 6 times. (18 sts)

Round 20: [sc dec, sc in next st] 6 times. (12 sts)

Round 21: start from the first st, sc dec around. (6 sts) Add fiberfill. Fasten off and cut the yarn leaving about 8″ long yarn tail. Close the head using a tapestry needle and yarn tail. (weave through the stitches around the last round and pull tightly to close, Tie a knot)

Ears (make 2)

With velvet yarn, make an adjustable/magic ring.

Round 1: ch 1, 3 sc into the ring, sl st to the first st. (3 sts)

Round 2: sc inc around. (6 sts)

Round 3: sc inc around. (12 sts)

Round 4: sc in each st around. (12 sts)

Round 5: [sc inc, sc in next st] 6 times. (18 sts)

Round 6 to 14: sc in each st around. (18 sts)

Round 15: [sc dec, sc in next st] 6 times. (12 sts)

Round 16: sc in each st around. (12 sts)

Round 17: [sc dec, sc in next st] 4 times. (8 sts)

Round 18 to 20: sc in each st around. (8 sts) Fasten off and cut the yarn leaving about 8″ long yarn tail. 
Fold the ear edge in half and sew between rounds 12 to 14. (see the photos below)

Attaching ears - Velvet Bunny Lovey

Arms (make 2)

With velvet yarn, make an adjustable/magic ring.

Round 1: 6 sc into the ring. (6 sts)

Round 2: sc inc around. (12 sts)

Round 3: sc in each st around. (12 sts)

Round 4 to 11: repeat round 3.

Round 12: [sc dec] 1 time, 1 sc in each st around.  (11 sts)

Round 13 to 16: sc in each st around, sl st to the first st. (11 sts) Fasten off and cut the yarn leaving about 8″ long yarn tail. Add fiberfill. 

Blanket

Round 1: ch 4 with velvet yarn, 2 dc in 4th ch from the hook, ch 3, [3 dc, ch 3] 3 times into the same ch, sl st to the top of the beg ch 3.

Round 2: sl st until ch-3 sp, ch 3 (count as st), 2 dc into the same space, ch 3, 3 dc into the same space again, *ch 1, (3 dc, ch 3, 3 dc) in next ch-3 sp; repeat * to around, sl st to the top of the beg ch 3.

Round 3: sl st until ch-3 sp, ch 3 (count as st), 2 dc, ch 3, 3 dc into the same space, *ch 1, 3 dc in next ch-1 sp, ch 1, (3 dc, ch 3, 3 dc) in next ch-3 sp; repeat * to around, after crocheting last ch 1, sl st to the top of the beg ch 3.

Round 4: join white color yarn at ch-3 sp, ch 3 (count as st), 2 dc, ch 3, 3 dc into the same space, *ch 1, 3 dc in each of next 2 ch-1 sp, ch 1, (3 dc, ch 3, 3 dc) in next ch-3 sp; repeat * to around; after crocheting last ch 1, sl st to the top of the beg ch 3.

Round 5: join velvet yarn at ch-3 sp, ch 3 (count as st), 2 dc, ch 3, 3 dc into the same space, *ch 1, (3 dc, ch 1) in each of next ch-1 sp(s) until next ch-3 sp, ch 1, (3 dc, ch 3, 3 dc) into the next ch-3 sp; repeat * to around; after crocheting last ch 1, sl st to the top of the beg ch 3.

Round 6: repeat round 5 with velvet yarn.

Round 7: repeat round 5 with white color yarn.

Round 8 & 9: repeat round 5 with velvet yarn.

Round 10: repeat round 5 with white color yarn.

Round 11 & 12: repeat round 5 velvet yarn. Add pom poms each corner of the blanket. (add a knot through the ch-3 space in each corner)

Assembly

With a long piece of yarn, sew arms to the blanket in round 2.
Sew the head to the blanket.
Sew whip stitch around the round 1 and round 2 from the wrong side of the blanket.

Crochet Velvet Bunny Lovey Free Pattern

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3 Comments

  • Merry

    What is the difference between the two yarns? I have been trying to make a Afghan out of the velvet following the pattern and I will say I will never use this yarn again. I have never had a yarn that stretches so much and I can drop stitches easily in my life. Haven’t addressed this yet with Bernat but will in the future. If the other yarn is gonna be like this one then count me out