One of my little nieces asked me to make a white bunny for her. I started with the head and added blue eyes as a nice touch. When she visited and saw what I thought was a bunny, she exclaimed, ‘Wow, you’re making Cinnamoroll, even better!’ She was right, it did look like it! So, I continued and made the little body with the cute, long rolled-up tail. My favorite part was applying pink blush on the cheeks, which added an extra touch of cuteness.

I hope you enjoy making this beautiful character as much as I did.

Technical Notes

• This is a low-sew pattern! The legs and arms are worked as separate pieces then crocheted onto the body as it is worked up.
• No last-minute attaching! It’s best to sew on pieces as you make them.
• Stuff the body and head firmly. Stuff the ears and tail lightly to keep them proportionate.
• While I am using makeup blush, feel free to play around with embroidering your own blush!
  • If you want to use powder blush, try testing it on a separate piece of the same yarn to see how it looks.

Materials

• Less than 1 skein white yarn Lion Brand (but you may use any other brand)
• 3.5 mm crochet hook
• 11 mm safety eyes (light blue)
• Light blue embroidery thread (try to match the color of the eyes!) 
• Fiberfill stuffing 
• Stitch markers
• Yarn needle
• Sewing pins 
• Pink powder blush with a brush

Abbreviations

• MR: magic ring
• ch: chain
• sc: single crochet
• dec: decrease
• inc: increase (work two single crochets in one stitch)
• hdc: half double crochet
• x sc: work x number of single crochets
• sl st: slip stitch
• (x sts): total number of stitches for the round
• (…) x: work all steps within parentheses x number of times

The Pattern

Head

• Round 1: 6 sc into MR (6 sts)
• Round 2: (inc) x6 (12 sts)
• Round 3: (sc, inc) x6 (18 sts)
• Round 4: (inc, 2 sc) x6 (24 sts)
• Round 5: (3 sc, inc) x6 (30 sts)
• Round 6: (5 sc, inc) x5 (35 sts)
• Round 7: 3 sc, inc, (6 sc, inc) x4, 3sc (40 sts)
• Round 8: (7 sc, inc) x5 (45 sts)

• Round 9: 4sc, inc, (8sc, inc) x 4, 4sc (50 sts)
• Round 10: (9 sc, inc) x5 (55 sts)
• Round 11: 5 sc, inc, (10 sc, inc) x4, 5 sc (60 sts)
• Round 12: (11 sc, inc) x5 (65 sts)

• Round 13: 65 sc around
• Round 14: 6 sc, inc, (12 sc, inc) x4, 6 sc (70 sts)
• Round 15: 70 sc around
• Round 16: 17 sc, inc, 34 sc, inc, 17 sc (72 sts)
• Round 17 – 21 (5 rnds): 72 sc around
• Insert the eyes between rounds 17 and 18, approximately 10 or 12 sts apart.

• Round 22: (7 sc, dec) x8 (64 sts)
• Round 23: 3 sc, dec, (6 sc, dec) x7, 3 sc (56 sts)
• Round 24: (5 sc, inc) x8 (48 sts)
• Round 25: 2 sc, dec, (4 sc, dec) x7, 2 sc (40 sts) 
• Round 26: (2 sc, dec) x10 (30 sts)
• Round 27: BLO: (3 sc, dec) x6 (24 sts)
• Round 28: (dec, 2 sc) x6 (18 sts)
• Stuff the head.

• Round 29: (sc, dec) x6 (12 sts)
• Round 30: (dec) x6 (6 sts)
• Slip stitch in next st to close, then use the yarn needle to finish off.

Mouth

• Embroider the mouth slightly lower and centered between the eyes, using pins to help guide the placement.

Arms (make 2)

• Round 1: 5 sc into MR (5 sts)
• Round 2: (inc) x5 (10 sts)
• Round 3: 10 sc around
• Round 4: (3 sc, dec) x2 (8 sts)
• Round 5: 8 sc around
• Sl stitch in next st. Do not stuff. Fasten off with short tail.

Legs & Body

Starting with the first leg,

• Round 1: 5 sc into MR (5 sts)
• Round 2: (inc) x5 (10 sts)
• Round 3: 2 sc, inc, 4 sc, inc, 2 sc (12 sts)
• Sl stitch to next stitch. Fasten off with short tail.

Beginning second leg,

• Round 1: 5 sc into MR (5 sts)
• Round 2: (inc) x5 (10 sts)
• Round 3: 2 sc, inc, 4 sc, inc, 2 sc (12 sts)
• Round 4: Ch 5, join to the 1st leg, 12 sc around first leg, 5 sc over the ch, 12 sc around second leg, 5 sc over other side of chs (34 sts)
• Round 5: (inc, 3 sc) x3, 5 sc, (inc, 3 sc) x3, 5 sc (40 sts)
• Round 6: 15 sc, (hdc inc, hdc) x2, hdc inc, 11 sc, (inc, 2 sc) x3 (46 sts)
• Round 7: (inc, 2 sc) x2, 40 sc (48 sts)

• Round 8 – 9 (2 rnds): 48 sc around
• Round 10: (dec, 6 sc) x6 (42 sts)
• Round 11 – 12 (2 rnds): 42 sc around
• Round 13: (3 sc, dec) x3, 6 sc, (3 sc, dec) x3, 6 sc (36 sts)
• Round 14 – 15 (2 rnds): 36 sc around
• Round 16: 2 sc, dec, (4 sc, dec) x5, 2 sc (30 sts)
• Round 17: In this round, you will crochet the arms onto the body:
  • 5 sc on body
  • Take the first arm, pinch it in half, and crochet 4 sc across both arm and body.
  • 9 sc on body
  • Take the second arm, pinch it in half, and crochet 4 sc across both arm and body. (30 sts)
• Stuff the legs and body. Fasten off.

• Using the head’s BLO round as a guide, sew head onto body.

Ears (make 2)

• Round 1: 6 sc into MR (6 sts)
• Round 2: (inc) x6 (12 sts)
• Round 3: (sc, inc) x6 (18 sts)
• Round 4: (5 sc, inc) x3 (21 sts)
• Round 5: 21 sc around
• Round 6: (6 sc, inc) x3 (24 sts)
• Round 7 – 9 (3 rnds): 24 sc around
• Round 10: (10 sc, dec) x2 (22 sts)
• Round 11 – 13 (3 rnds): 22 sc around

• Round 14: (9 sc, dec) x2 (20 sts)
• Round 15 – 17 (3 rnds): 20 sc around
• Round 18: (8 sc, dec) x2 (18 sts)
• Round 19 – 21 (3 rnds): 18 sc around
• Round 22: (4 sc, dec) x3 (15 sts)
• Round 23 – 25 (3 rnds): 15 sc around
• Round 26: (3 sc, dec) x3 (12 sts)
• Begin lightly stuffing the ear. Not too much! We want to keep it fairly flat.
• Round 27 – 30 (3 rnds): 12 sc around
• Round 31: (dec) x6 (6 stst)

• Sl st and fasten off, leaving long tail to sew ears to head.
• Sew ears on the 4th round of the head, making sure they are symmetrical when viewed from the front.

Tail

• Round 1: 6 sc into MR (6 sts)
• Round 2: (sc, inc) x3 (9 sts)
• Round 3 – 30 (28 rnds): 9 sc around
• Sl st, fasten off, leaving long tail for sewing. Stuff lightly.
• Roll the tail as if forming a cinnamon roll, then secure it with pins. Once you are satisfied with the shape, start securing it with tiny, invisible stitches.
• After the tail is firmly rolled, sew it to the body.

• Last but not least, we apply a bit of pink blush on the cheeks below the eyes.

Enjoy your own Cinnamoroll!