Spring is probably my favorite season because of all the cherry blossoms trees that bloom during that season. I absolutely love the light pink color that comes out of most cherry blossom trees, so to pay homage to the pretty trees, I decided to create "Sakura The Bunny".
Because "sakura" in Japanese means cherry blossom, I thought it would be the perfect name for this adorable, pink bunny! If you'd like to make this cutie, keep on scrolling! OR you could use the premium, PDF file of this pattern here instead!
Materials
Worsted weight (size 4) 100% acrylic yarn in colors: light pink, white, yellow
DK, Light weight (size 3) 100% acrylic yarn in color dark pink
2.75 mm hook
5 mm safety eyes
Black embroidery thread
Scissors
Yarn and sewing needles
Pink felt fabric
Fabric glue
Stuffing
Stitch marker (I use paperclips!)
Sewing pins
Copyright
Please do not copy or redistribute this pattern as your own. The character Sakura the bunny belongs to only me, @stitchingwithsab.
You may sell finished items made using this pattern! Just please give me credit to help support me and my art ♡
Terms
SC = single crochet
CH = chain
INC = increase
INC 3* = sc 3 in one st
DEC = decrease
DC = double crochet
SLST = slip stitch
ST = stitch
RND(S) = round(s)
FLO = front loops only
BLO = back loops only
MR = magic ring
*We’ll be working in spiral rounds. DO NOT slip stitch and chain 1 after every round.
Head
Start with light pink yarn
1) sc 6 in MR (6)
2) inc x 6 (12)
3) (sc, inc) x 6 (18)
4) (sc 2, inc) x 6 (24)
5) (sc 3, inc) x 6 (30)
6) (sc 4, inc) x 6 (36)
7) (sc 5, inc) x 6 (42)
8) (sc 6, inc) x 6 (48)
9) (sc 7, inc) x 6 (54)
10) (sc 8, inc) x 6 (60)
11) (sc 9, inc) x 6 (66) 12) (sc 10, inc) x 6 (72)
13) (sc 11, inc) x 6 (78)
14-27) sc 78 (78)
28) (sc 11, dec) x 6 (72)
29) (sc 10, dec) x 6 (66)
30) (sc 9, dec) x 6 (60)
31) (sc 8, dec) x 6 (54)
32) (sc 7, dec) x 6 (48)
33) (sc 6, dec) x 6 (42)
Start stuffing head
34) (sc 5, dec) x 6 (36)
35) (sc 4, dec) x 6 (30)
36) (sc 3, dec) x 6 (24)
Finish stuffing head
37) (sc 2, dec) x 6 (18)
38) (sc, dec) x 6 (12)
39) dec x 6 (6)
FO, sew remaining hole closed
Feet (Make 2)
Start with light pink yarn
1) sc 6 in MR (6)
2) (sc 2, inc) x 2 (8)
3) (sc 3, inc) x 3 (10)
FO, cut yarn tail off first leg.
Repeat rnds 1-3 for second leg.
Don’t cut yarn off second leg, we’re gonna continue onto the body.
Continue from second leg onto body:
Body
4) ch 6, join first leg by (sc 4, inc, sc 4, inc), on chain: (sc 2, inc, sc 2, inc), on second leg: (sc 4, inc, sc 4, inc) , on chain: (sc 2, inc, sc 2, inc) (40)
5) (sc 7, inc) x 5 (45)
6-8) sc 45 (45)
Change to yellow yarn
9) BLO: sc 45 (45)
10-15) sc 45 (45)
16) (sc 7, dec) x 5 (40)
17-18) sc 40 (40)
Stuff body
FO, cut long yarn tail to sew body onto head.
Peter Pan Collar
Start with white yarn
1) ch 39, starting from 2nd ch from hook, dec, dc 4, sc 26, dc 4, dec. sl st in the same st (36)
FO, cut long yarn tail to sew collar onto body.
Ears (Make 2)
Start with light pink yarn
1) sc 6 in MR (6)
2) inc x 6 (12)
3) (sc, inc) x 6 (18)
4) (sc 5, inc) x 3 (21)
5-14) sc 21 (21)
15) (sc 5, dec) x 3 (18)
Don’t stuff ears
Flatten ears in half.
FO, cut long yarn tail to sew ears onto head.
Arms (Make 2)
Start with light pink yarn
1) sc 6 in MR (6)
2) (sc , inc) x 3 (9)
3) sc 9 (9)
Change to yellow yarn
4) FLO: sc 9 (9)
5) sc 9 (9)
6) sc 2, hdc 5, sc 2 (9)
Stuff arms
FO, cut long yarn tail to sew arms onto body.
Muzzle
Start with white yarn
1) ch 9, starting from 2nd ch from hook, sc 7, inc 3*, turn work, sc 6, inc 3* (19)
2) sc 7, inc, inc 3*, inc, sc 6, inc, inc 3*, inc (27)
3) sc 27 (27)
Don’t stuff muzzle
FO, cut long yarn tail to sew muzzle onto face.
Use black embroidery thread to embroider on a nose on the muzzle.
Tail
Start with white yarn
1) sc 6 in MR (6)
2) inc x 6 (12)
3) (sc 3, inc) x 3 (15)
4) (sc 3, dec) x 3 (12)
5) (sc, dec) x 4 (8)
Stuff tail
FO, cut long yarn tail to sew tail onto body.
Flowers (Make 2)
Start with dark pink yarn
1) sc 5 in MR (5)
2) sl st in first st, (ch 2, dc in same st, ch 2, sl st in next st) x 5
FO, cut long yarn tail to sew flowers onto head.
Assembly
1) Sew body onto head.
2) Sew arms onto body.
3) Sew collar around neck.
4) Sew ears between rnds 2 and 10 of head.
5) Sew muzzle between rnds 21 and 28 of head.
6) Insert safety eyes between rnds 21 and 22 of head with 10 sts apart.
7) Cut two small ovals out of pink felt fabric to and glue them onto the face as blush.
8) Sew flowers onto one ear.
9) Sew tail behind body.
Your Sakura Bunny is now done!
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