My Furry Bunny in Red Heart Fur & Super Saver Economy Solids - LW5615 - Downloadable PDF

My Furry Bunny – LW5615 Crochet Pattern by Michele Wilcox for Red Heart

This free downloadable crochet pattern by designer Michele Wilcox, published by Red Heart, guides crafters through creating an adorable stuffed bunny toy that stands approximately 11 inches (28 cm) tall, not including the ears. Rated as a beginner-level project, it is an ideal introduction to crocheting amigurumi-style stuffed animals, making it a wonderful choice for new crocheters looking to build foundational skills while producing a charming, gift-worthy finished piece.

What Is Being Made

The finished project is a soft, plush stuffed bunny toy worked in multiple separate pieces that are then sewn together. The bunny features a Body, Head, Outer Ears (made 2), Inner Ears (made 2), Legs, Tail, and Foot Pads, along with facial details. The combination of two very different yarn textures — a fluffy fur-style yarn for the main body and a smooth worsted yarn for the detail pieces — gives the bunny a realistic, tactile quality that makes it especially appealing as a children's toy or decorative accessory.

Materials Used

Yarns

• RED HEART® Fur™ in 9100 Polar (Color A) — 3 balls required; this is the primary yarn used for the Body, Head, Outer Ears, Legs, and Tail
• RED HEART® Super Saver™ in 706 Perfect Pink (Color B), 311 White (Color C), and 341 Light Grey (Color D) — 1 skein each; only small quantities of B, C, and D are needed for the Inner Ears, Face, Foot Pads, and finishing seams

Hooks and Notions

• Susan Bates® Crochet Hook size 16mm [US Q] — used with the Fur yarn for all main body pieces
• Susan Bates® Crochet Hook size 4mm [US G-6] — used with Super Saver yarn for detail and accent pieces
• Polyester fiberfill for stuffing
• Removable stitch marker (optional)
• Yarn needle for seaming and finishing

Techniques and Construction Method

The bunny is constructed using a flat and in-the-round crochet approach, with individual pieces worked separately and then assembled. This modular construction method is common in stuffed toy making and allows the crocheter to focus on one section at a time before joining everything at the finishing stage. The pattern makes strategic use of two different hook sizes to accommodate the two yarn weights, which is an important technique note for beginners to understand: the larger hook pairs with the super chunky Fur yarn, while the smaller hook is reserved for the finer Super Saver yarn details.

Seaming is done with a crochet yarn needle and Super Saver yarn, meaning all pieces — Body, Head, Ears, Legs, Tail, and Foot Pads — are sewn together rather than joined live. Stuffing with polyester fiberfill is incorporated during the finishing process as pieces are sewn closed.

Stitches Used

• Single crochet (sc) — the primary stitch used throughout the majority of the pattern for body shaping and ear construction
• sc2tog (single crochet 2 stitches together) — a decrease stitch defined in the pattern as a special stitch; worked by inserting the hook into the next stitch and pulling up a loop twice, then yarning over and drawing through all 3 loops on the hook; used for shaping
• 2 sc in next st — a single crochet increase used to expand piece width during shaping rows
• Half double crochet (hdc) — used in the construction of the Inner Ear pieces
• Chain (ch) — used as a foundation for all pieces