Crochet Bunny Lovey with a Teal Pajama Body
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This crochet bunny lovey pajama body design has a soft fabric torso instead of a square blanket. Two short trouser legs join into a wider hdc body, while a stuffed head, paws and tail provide the bunny details. Use the 2.5 mm hook for dense amigurumi parts, then switch to 3 mm for the flowing body fabric. The reference source rates the project as medium difficulty.
Materials, Gauge and Size
Gray and teal Himalaya Deluxe Bamboo, approximately 250 m / 100 g; 2.5 and 3 mm hooks; filling; black and teal embroidery floss (source DMC 310 and 597); needle, pins, scissors and marker. The source does not give a total yarn consumption, finished measurement or numerical gauge. Keep the gray pieces dense enough to contain filling and measure the teal body as you work. Do not substitute a promised age size for those missing measurements.
Stitches and Pattern Notes
US crochet terms: ch = chain; sc = single crochet; hdc = half double crochet; dc = double crochet; tr = treble crochet; sl st = slip stitch; st = stitch; sp = space; BLO = back loop only; inc = 2 stitches in one stitch. Sc2tog, hdc2tog and dc2tog combine two neighboring stitches into one. A number before a stitch tells you how many consecutive stitches to work. Parentheses followed by a repeat number describe one complete group repeated that many times.
Step 1: Crochet and Fill the Head
Use gray and the smaller hook in a continuous spiral. The table gives the same six-increase growth as the source; stagger increases and decreases between rounds if desired to soften the outline. Fill before the final decreases, close through the last six front loops and leave a 20 cm sewing tail.
| Row / round | Instructions | Count / note |
|---|---|---|
| 1–2 | 6 sc in magic ring; inc around on next round. | 6, 12 |
| 3–10 | Add six evenly spaced increases per round. Work (n sc, inc) six times, with n increasing from 1 through 8. | 18, 24, 30, 36, 42, 48, 54, 60 |
| 11–20 | 60 sc for ten rounds. | 60 |
| 21–26 | Decrease six times each round: (8 sc, dec), then 7, 6, 5, 4 and 3 sc between decreases. | 54, 48, 42, 36, 30, 24 |
| 27–29 | (2 sc, dec) six times; (sc, dec) six times; six decreases. | 18, 12, 6 |
Step 2: Make Two Unstuffed Ears
| Row / round | Instructions | Count / note |
|---|---|---|
| 1–3 | 6 sc in a ring; inc around for 12; one even round. | 6, 12, 12 |
| 4–8 | (Sc, inc) six times; one even round; (2 sc, inc) six times; one even round; (3 sc, inc) six times. | 18, 18, 24, 24, 30 |
| 9–18 | Sc around for ten rounds. | 30 |
| 19–23 | (3 sc, dec) six times; even; (2 sc, dec) six times; even; (sc, dec) six times. | 24, 24, 18, 18, 12 |
| 24 | Flatten and sc through both layers across the opening. | 6 |
Fold each closed base once more and stitch its two halves together with three sewing stitches. Leave 20 cm for attachment. The ears remain empty so they can fold and fall to either side.
Step 3: Shape the Forelegs and Hind Legs
Forelegs, make two: Rounds 1–4 grow from 6 to 12, 18 and 24 sc using six evenly spaced increases. Round 5 stays at 24; Round 6 grows to 30; Round 7 stays at 30; Round 8 grows to 36. Rounds 9–10: 36 sc. Round 11: (4 sc, dec) six times = 30. Rounds 12–14: 30 sc. Round 15: (3 sc, dec) six times = 24. Rounds 16–18: 24 sc. Round 19: (2 sc, dec) six times = 18. Rounds 20–22: 18 sc. Stuff, flatten and sew across nine pairs of stitches; leave 20 cm tails.
Hind legs, make two: Rounds 1–5 grow 6, 12, 18, 24, 30; Round 6 stays at 30; Round 7 grows to 36 and Rounds 8–10 stay at 36. Round 11: 14 sc, dec, sc, dec, sc, dec, 14 sc = 33. Round 12: 33 sc. Round 13: 12 sc, dec, sc, dec, sc, dec, 13 sc = 30. Round 14: 30 sc. Round 15: (3 sc, dec) six times = 24. Rounds 16–18: 24 sc. Round 19: (2 sc, dec) six times = 18. Rounds 20–22: 18 sc. Fill and leave the final opening available to join to its trouser leg.
Step 4: Start the Teal Trouser Legs
Use teal and the 2.5 mm hook. Body rounds are joined, beginning with an uncounted ch 1 and ending with sl st to the first working stitch. For each trouser leg, make 6 sc in a ring, then 12 sc and 18 sc over Rounds 1–3. Place a stuffed hind leg against the trouser opening. Round 4: work two sc in each of the eighteen positions while catching the matching hind-leg edge so the paw is enclosed at the base: 36 sc.
Switch to 3 mm. Rounds 5–7: 36 hdc each. Cut the first leg’s yarn but keep the second attached. With the first tail, tack the first and last stitches of its Round 7 to positions 18 and 19 of the second leg. These tacks hold the crotch meeting points; do not crochet the two leg openings shut.
Step 5: Join and Grow the Body
Round 8 travels once around the outside of both trouser legs: on the second leg work 17 hdc and one at its meeting point; move to the first leg and work one hdc at the meeting point plus 35 around it; return to the second leg for one at the other meeting point and 17 hdc to finish. Total 72 hdc. Use markers at the two crossings so a tack is not mistaken for an extra stitch.
| Row / round | Instructions | Count / note |
|---|---|---|
| 9–27 | 72 hdc, joining each round. Leave the body unstuffed. | 72 |
| 28 | (6 hdc, hdc2tog) nine times. | 63 |
| 29 | Hdc around. | 63 |
| 30 | (5 hdc, hdc2tog) nine times. | 54 |
| 31 | Hdc around. | 54 |
| 32 | (4 hdc, hdc2tog) nine times. | 45 |
| 33 | Hdc around. | 45 |
| 34 | (3 hdc, hdc2tog) nine times. | 36 |
| 35 | (2 hdc, hdc2tog) nine times. | 27 |
| 36 | (Hdc, hdc2tog) nine times. | 18 |
| 37 | Hdc2tog nine times; close with a needle. | 9 |
Step 6: Tail, Face and Assembly
Tail: make 6 sc in a gray ring, increase by six per round to 12, 18, 24 and 30. Rounds 6–9: 30 sc. Round 10: (3 sc, dec) six times = 24. Fill, then (2 sc, dec) six times = 18, (sc, dec) six times = 12 and six decreases = 6. Close and leave 20 cm. Sew the tail to the back of the lower body.
Join head Round 27 to body Round 36 with eighteen secure sewing connections, circling the join again. Sew the nine-stitch foreleg bases at the sides one row below the head. Attach the ears near head Round 4, leaving nine sc between them across the face. Embroider a teal triangular nose between head Rounds 16 and 17, about three stitches wide and two rows tall, with a short vertical mouth below. Add sleepy black eyes. Hide and secure all tails inside the appropriate pieces.
Frequently Asked Questions
Is the teal body stuffed? No. Its loose hdc fabric acts as the lovey; only the head, paws and tail are filled.
Why are two hook sizes used? The smaller hook produces firm gray pieces and the larger one gives the body more drape.
How are the legs joined? Two small crotch tacks hold the meeting points, then a 72-hdc round follows the outside of both leg openings.
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Pattern and Photo Credits
Adapted from the supplied Bunny_Lovey.pdf. Pattern and photographs: supplied Bunny_Lovey PDF; designer is not named in the extracted text. Source photographs show the reference samples; captions identify any detail crops. This written adaptation has been reviewed against the supplied pattern pages but has not been physically crocheted or maker-tested. Yarn substitutions and tension can change the result.
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