Long Legged Crocheted Bunny

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I feel like I have been in a bit of a crochet funk lately. I think with the weather warming up and spring just around the corner I haven't wanted to make any more wintery projects like hats and scarves, even though those are things I typically enjoy making. Not that there aren't plenty of non-winter things you can crochet, it is just a matter of making that shift in my mind. 

One of my go-to, any time of year, crochet projects is amigurumi and a bunny has been on my list of things I want to make for a while now, so I figured with Easter coming soon now was as good a time as any. 

I wanted to try a little bit different style than I normally make so I went with this long legged bunny. The legs, body, and head are all worked in one piece and the arms and ears are sewn on. 

As I was making the bunny I had ideas for a couple other animals I wanted to make with the same style of body and just a few small changes, so look for more animals coming soon. 

The finished bunny (from bottom of legs to top of head, not counting ears) is 13 inches.

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How to Crochet a Long-Legged Bunny

You will need:

• medium weight yarn in desired color (I used Loops and Threads Impeccable in Petunia and Soft Rose)
• 2 8mm safety eyes
• 13 mm safety nose
• fiberfill
• yarn needle
• scissors

Instructions:

Legs

(make 2)

stuff the legs as you go

Round 1: in mr, ch 1, 6 sc  (6 sc)

Round 2: 2 sc in each st (12 sc)

Round 3-25: 1 sc in each st (12 sc)

Finish off after first leg and set aside.

Do not finish off or cut yarn after second leg, you will continue the body from this point

Body/Head

continue working from where you left off on the second leg, stuff the body as you go

Round 1: ch 3, sc in each st on the first leg (this joins the 2 legs together), sc in the 3 ch stitches, sc in the 12 sc of the second leg, sc in the other loops of the 3 sc (30 sc)

Round 2-12: 1 sc in each st (30 sc)

Round 13: [sc2tog, sc in next 3 st] repeat around (24 sc)

Round 14: 1 sc in each st (24 sc)

Round 15: [sc2tog, sc in next 2 st] repeat around (18 sc)

Round 16: 1 sc in each st (18 sc)

Round 17: [sc2tog, sc in next st] repeat around (12 sc)

Round 18: 2 sc in each stitch (24 sc)

Round 19: [2 sc in first st, 1 sc in next 3 st] repeat around  (30 sc)

Round 20: [2 sc in first st, 1 sc in next 4 st] repeat around (36 sc)

Round 21: [2 sc in first st, 1 sc in next 5 st] repeat around (42 sc)

Round 22-28: sc in each st (42 sc)

Round 29: [sc2tog, sc in next 5 st] repeat around (36 sc)

Place safety eyes between rows 26 and 27, about 6 stitches apart, place safety nose 2 rows below the eyes centered in between them

Continue stuffing the head as you finish 

Round 30: [sc2tog, sc in next 4 st] repeat around (30 sc)

Round 31: [sc2tog, sc in next 3 st] repeat around (24 sc)

Round 32: [sc2tog, sc in next 2 st] repeat around (18 sc)

Round 33: [sc2tog, sc in next st] repeat around (12 sc)

Round 34: sc2tog around (6 sc)

Finish off, cut yarn, and weave around to close stitches

Arms 

(make 2)

Round 1: in mr, ch 1, 6 sc  (6 sc)

Round 2: [2 sc in first st, sc in next 2] repeat around (8 sc)

Round 3-12: 1 sc in each st (8 sc)

Sew arms to side of body at the neck

Ears

Round 1: in mr, ch 1, 6 sc (6 sc)

Round 2: [2 sc in first st, 1 sc in next] repeat around (9 sc)

Round 3: [2 sc in first st, 1 sc in next 2] repeat around (12 sc)

Round 4: [2 sc in first st, 1 sc in next 3] repeat around (15 sc)

Round 5-9: sc in each st  (15 sc)

Round 10: [sc2tog, sc in next 3] repeat around (12 sc)

Round 11-16: sc in each st (12 sc)

Finish off leaving long tail for sewing, flatten the ear, pinch the bottom in half and sew to the top of the head.