Chinese New Year Rabbit

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Happy Chinese New Year to all of you who celebrate! 2023 is the year of the Water Rabbit and we leave the year of the Tiger behind. Hopefully this year we will be more abundant in blessings and happiness.

Last year I made Little Tiger amigurumi, you can read the crochet pattern in this link. This year I made Chinese New Year Rabbit amigurumi. They are so cute! I made this Chinese New Year Rabbit crochet pattern based on my Little Bunny crochet pattern. These patterns became part of the Chinese zodiac amigurumi that I made.

chinese new year bunnies crochet pattern

Actually it’s easy to make this Chinese New Year Rabbit amigurumi. From the basic Little Bunny pattern it’s just a matter of changing the colors and adding some details. However, in this post I write down the crochet pattern specifically for each rabbit boy and rabbit girl to make it easier for beginners to follow.

You can read this rabbit crochet pattern FREE in this post. The PDF crochet pattern is also available to purchase on my Blog Shop, Etsy, Ravelry, and Ko-fi Shop.

You can also read other animal crochet patterns I’ve made HERE. I’ll always be adding new animal crochet pattern, so stay tuned!

I hope you like the pattern. Have fun!

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Notes

Chinese New Year Rabbit amigurumi is about 10 cm (4 inches) tall.
I used small ply Balinese cotton yarn (sport yarn, #2 Fine) and Tulip hook no. 2 (2 mm).
The similar yarn you can use is Schachenmayr Catania (100% cotton; 50 g (1.8 oz); 125 m (137yds)).
Its size may vary according to the materials you used.
Feel free to use your favorite colors combination to make cute bunnies!

Materials

Sport yarns:
– white, red, yellow, pink
(I used less than a 125m/50g ball of each color when making this project)
2.25 mm crochet hook
6 mm safety eyes
Polyester fill
Tapestry needle
Marker
Scissors

Adhesive

Abbreviations (US Terms)

MR = magic ring
ch = chain
sc = single crochet
inc = sc increase (2 sc in next stitch)
dec = sc decrease (join next 2 sts into 1)
sl st = slip stitch
BLO = back loop only
FLO = front loop only

Legs (make 2)

Use white
Round 1: MR, 5 sc (5)
Round 2: *inc* 5 times (10)
Round 3: sc in each stitch (10)
Cut the yarn, work the second leg.
Don’t cut the yarn at the second leg.
Continue to work the body.

Body for boy

Round 4: 2 ch, sc in each stitch of 1st leg, sc in 2 ch, sc in each stitch on 2nd leg, sc in 2 ch (24)

little bunny legs
little bunnylegs
little bunny legs

Round 5: *7 sc, inc* 3 times (27)
Change to yellow
Round 6: sc in each stitch (27)
Change to red
Round 7: sc in each stitch (27)
Round 8: *7 sc, dec* 3 times (24)
Round 9: sc in each stitch (24)
Round 10: *6 sc, dec* 3 times (21)
Round 11: sc in each stitch (21)
Fill as you go
Round 12: *5 sc, dec* 3 times (18)
Change to yellow
Round 13: *4 sc, dec* 3 times (15)
Round 14: *3 sc, dec* 3 times (12)
Fasten off.
Use yellow to embroider the body.

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Body for girl

Round 4: 2 ch, sc in each stitch of 1st leg, sc in 2 ch, sc in each stitch on 2nd leg, sc in 2 ch (24) (picture 1-3)
Round 5: *7 sc, inc* 3 times (27)
Change to red
Round 6: sc in each stitch (27)
Round 7: BLO sc in each stitch (27)
Round 8: *7 sc, dec* 3 times (24)
Round 9: sc in each stitch (24)
Round 10: *6 sc, dec* 3 times (21)
Round 11: sc in each stitch (21)
Fill as you go
Round 12: *5 sc, dec* 3 times (18)
Change to yellow
Round 13: *4 sc, dec* 3 times (15)
Round 14: *3 sc, dec* 3 times (12)
Fasten off.


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Skirt

Use red
Round 1
: FLO in Round 6 of the body,
sc in each stitch (27)

chinese new year rabbit crochet pattern
chinese new year rabbit crochet pattern

Round 2: sc in each stitch (27)
Change to yellow
Round 3: sc in each stitch (27)
Fasten off.
Use yellow to embroider the body.

Head

Use white
Round 1: MR, 6 sc (6)
Round 2: *inc* 6 times (12)
Round 3: *1 sc, inc* 6 times (18)
Round 4: *1 sc, inc, 1 sc* 6 times (24)
Round 5: *3 sc, inc* 6 times (30)
Round 6: *2 sc, inc* 10 times (40)
Round 7-10: sc in each stitch – 4 rounds (40)
Round 11: *dec, 2 sc* 10 times (30)
Attach eyes between Round 8 and 9, 8 sc apart
Round 12: *dec, 3 sc* 6 times (24)
Round 13: *1 sc, dec, 1 sc* 6 times (18)
Round 14: *dec, 1 sc* 6 times (12)
Fill the head firmly. Leave a long end for sewing.
Use pink to embroider the nose.

amigurumi little bunny head
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Arms (make 2)

Use white
Round 1: MR, 6 sc (6)
Round 2: *2 sc, inc* 2 times (8)
Change to yellow
Round 3: sc in each stitch (8)
ChangeΒ  to red
Round 4: sc in each stitch (8)
Round 5: *2 sc, dec* 2 times (6)
Round 6: sc in each stitch (6)
sl st, turn, 2 sc, sl st
No need to fill arms.
Leave a long end for sewing.

arms rabbit crochet pattern

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Ears (make 2)

Use white
Round 1: MR, 6 sc (6)
Round 2: *inc* 6 times (12)
Round 3-5: sc in each stitch – 3 rounds (12)
Round 6: *dec, 4 sc* 2 times (10)
Round 7: sc in each stitch (10)
Round 8: *dec, 3 sc* 2 times (8)
Round 9: sc in each stitch (8)
Flatten the ears, do not fill.
Leave a long end for sewing.

amigurumi little bunny arms

Tail

Use white
Round 1: MR, 6 sc (6)
Round 2: *2 sc, inc* 2 times (8)
Leave a long end for sewing.

Ribbon

Use red
Make 5 ch, skip 2 ch, in next ch [2 hdc, 1 sc], sl st in next ch, in last ch [1 sc, 3 hdc, 1 sc], sl st next stitch, in next stitch [1 sc, 1 hdc], sl st in 1st hdc (12) Leave a long end. (picture 18)
Slip the yarn behind the ribbon to the center. Wrap the yarn in the middle of the ribbon few times. Fasten off and weave in ends.

ribbon rabbit crochet pattern
ribbon rabbit crochet pattern
ribbon rabbit crochet pattern
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Assembling

  1. Sew ears to the head over Round 3-4.
head rabbit crochet pattern
  1. Sew tail to the back of the body over Round 6-7. Fill a bit before close the hole.
  2. Sew arms to the body on Round 13.
body rabbit crochet pattern
  1. Sew head to the body. Fill again the head and the body before close the hole.
amigurumi rabbit crochet pattern
amigurumi chinese new year rabbit crochet pattern
  1. Glue the ribbon on the base of the bunny girl’s ear.
amigurumi chinese new year rabbit crochet pattern

Finished! \(^o^)/


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