Yuki the Snow Bunny Free Crochet Pattern

Yuki the Snow Bunny is my newest animal-themed free crochet pattern!

Read on to learn more about my design process and inspiration, or scroll to the end to get the free pattern. If you’re in a hurry and need to take this pattern offline, grab the beautifully formatted, ad-free, PDF pattern from Etsy here.

The latest in an evolution of bunnies

Bunnies are some of my favorite projects to make ever, as evidenced by my huge portfolio of them!

The first pattern I ever designed was a bunny (yes you can find it on the blog but I wouldn’t 100% recommend it….) and I’ve made a bunch more since.

My idea for this pattern was for a simple and sweet minimalist bunny pattern with an adorable tiny heart to go along with her.

I think Yuki turned out so great, and she uses the same body plan as my Bunana and Strawbeary patterns, so you can make all of them as a set!

Bunana
Bunbun!
Flopsy the Bunny

Tips for making this pattern!

This amigurumi includes many sewing steps for small pieces. I’ve created an entire guide here on how to sew amigurumi parts together, and highly recommend referring to it throughout.

The legs of this bunny include a technique that asks you to crochet around a foundation chain. This is a technique that I love, since it results in a slightly oval shape, but can be tricky for first timers. I have an in depth photo tutorial here that walks you through the whole process!

The heart that this bunny is holding is by far the hardest part, and for those of you who are visual learners, I actually have an entire video tutorial just for that segment:

Hopefully with these tips this pattern will feel less daunting!

The Pattern

  • If you want to take this pattern offline, grab the beautifully formatted, ad-free, PDF pattern from Etsy here!

Description

This mini bunny pattern is simply so sweet. The tiny heart makes her a perfect gift for Valentine’s Day or any other holiday. There are a few new techniques — but don’t worry, I’ve got you covered with linked tutorials all the way!

Yarn

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  • Hobbii Amigo (sport)
    • (<1 skein) White (light brown)
    • (<1 skein) Delicate Rose (pink)

Notions

  • Size D 3.25mm Clover Amour hook
  • 4.0mm safety eyes
  • brown embroidery thread
  • fiberfill stuffing
  • tapestry needle
  • stitch markers

Abbreviations

  • BLO: back loop only
  • ch: chain
  • CC: contrast color
  • dec: decrease
  • hdc: half double crochet
  • inc: increase (work two single crochets in one stitch)
  • MC: main color
  • MR: magic ring
  • rnd: round
  • RS: right side
  • sc: single crochet
  • sk: skip
  • x sc: work x number of single crochets
  • sl st: slip stitch
  • st(s): stitch(es)
  • WS: wrong side
  • (x sts): total number of stitches for the round
  • (…) x: work all steps within parentheses x number of times

Technical Notes

  1. Crochet in continuous spiral rounds, unless specified otherwise. Use a stitch marker or piece of yarn to keep track of the last stitch in each round.
  1. When filling with polyester stuffing, pull apart each large chunk into many smaller chunks. This ensures an even distribution of firmness within the amigurumi. See my post here for how to stuff amigurumi!
  2. To avoid large holes in the crochet fabric, increase tension until the holes cannot be seen, or choose a crochet hook a size down.
  3. Stuff the head and the body firmly at the openings so that the neck is stable upon completion.
  4. Use sewing pins to secure parts of the amigurumi before you sew them. Click here for a photo tutorial on how to sew amigurumi.

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Color Coding

In this pattern, the MC is white and CC1 is pink.

Final Size

5″ x 2″

HEAD (in MC)

  • Round 1: 6 sc in MR (6 sts)
  • Round 2: inc x6 (12 sts)
  • Round 3: (sc, inc) x6 (18 sts)
  • Round 4: (2 sc, inc) x6 (24 sts)
  • Round 5: (3 sc, inc) x6 (30 sts)
  • Round 6: (4 sc, inc) x6 (36 sts)
  • Round 7: (5 sc, inc) x6 (42 sts)
  • Round 8-9 (2 rnds): sc around (42 sts) Round 10: (6 sc, inc) x6 (48 sts)
  • Round 11-12 (2 rnds): sc around (48 sts) Round 13: (7 sc, inc) x6 (54 sts)
  • Round 14: (7 sc, dec) x6 (48 sts)
  • Insert 4.0mm safety eyes between rounds 12 and 13 (counting from top), 12 sts apart (fig. 1).
  • Round 15: (6 sc, dec) x6 (42 sts)
  • Round 16: (5 sc, dec) x6 (36 sts)
  • Round 17: (4 sc, dec) x6 (30 sts)
  • Round 18: (3 sc, dec) x6 (24 sts)
  • Round 19: (2 sc, dec) x6 (18 sts)
  • Stuff.
  • Round 20: (sc, dec) x6 (12 sts)
  • Round 21: dec x6 (6 sts)
  • Finish off and weave in end (fig. 1).
Fig. 1: Finished head.
Embroidery reference.

Embroider the face: Using 3 threads of black embroidery floss, embroider an “x” directly between the two eyes. Using 6 threads of pink embroidery floss, embroider two small lines extending from the middle of the bottom of the eyes to just behind them (fig. 1).

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BODY (in MC)

  • Round 1: 6 sc in MR (6 sts)
  • Round 2: inc x6 (12 sts)
  • Round 3: (sc, inc) x6 (18 sts)
  • Round 4: (2 sc, inc) x6 (24 sts)
  • Round 5: (3 sc, inc) x6 (30 sts)
  • Round 6-10 (5 rnds): sc around (30 sts) Round 11: (3 sc, dec) x6 (24 sts) Round 12: sc around (24 sts)
  • Round 13: (2 sc, dec) x6 (18 sts)
  • Stuff. Invisible finish off (video tutorial here), leaving a tail for sewing, and sew to the head (fig. 5).
Fig. 2: Finished body.

LEG (in MC, make two)

  • Begin: Chain 4. Beginning in the 2nd chain from hook, work 6 single crochets around the foundation chain (tutorial here). (6 sts)
  • Round 1: inc x6 (12 sts)
  • Round 2-4 (3 rnds): sc around (12 sts)
  • Stuff lightly.
  • Round 5: (sc, dec) x4 (8 sts)
  • Make another identically. Finish off, leaving a tail for sewing, and sew between rounds 5-8 of the body (counting from the bottom), 5 stitches apart (fig. 5).
Fig. 3: Finished legs.

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ARM (in MC, make two)

  • Round 1: 6 sc in MR (6 sts)
  • Round 2: inc x6 (12 sts)
  • Round 3-4 (2 rnds): sc around (12 sts)
  • Stuff lightly.
  • Round 5: (2 sc, dec) x3 (9 sts)
  • Round 6-7 (2 rnds): sc around (9 sts)
  • Insert hook through both loops of both sides and sc 4 across to close the opening (fig. 4). (4 sts)
  • Make another identically. Do not stuff or stuff very lightly. Finish off, and sew sideways from rnds 1-4 of the body (counting from the top of the body) (fig. 5).
Fig. 4: Finished arms.

EARS (in MC, make two)

  • Round 1: 6 sc in MR (6 sts)
  • Round 2: (2 sc, inc) x2 (8 sts)
  • Round 3: (3 sc, inc) x2 (10 sts)
  • Round 4-9 (6 rnds): sc around (10 sts)
  • Round 10: (3 sc, dec) x2 (8 sts)
  • Finish off, leaving a tail. Fold the ear lengthwise and sew across the base (fig. 6) several times. Sew to the top of the head, between rnds 2-3 (fig. 7). Make another identically.
Fig. 6: Fold ear in half and sew lengthwise.
Fig. 7: Sewing ears to the head.

TOP HALVES OF HEART (in CC1, make two)

  • Round 1: 6 sc in MR (6 sts)
  • Round 2: (sc, inc) x3 (9 sts)
  • Round 3: sc around (9 sts)
  • Finish off, and make another identically but do not finish off.

Connect the halves (video here): Place them together with the opening facing up (fig. 8). Using one of the tails, seam together two stitches from each half (video here), as shown at the red line. After seaming them together, sc around all the other stitches, skipping the ones that you seamed together. (14 sts)

Fig. 8: Connect the two halves of the heart by seaming together two stitches from each half together. Then, crochet all around both halves.

Continue to bottom half.

BOTTOM HALF OF HEART (in CC1)

  • Round 5: (5 sc, dec) x2 (12 sts)
  • Round 6: (4 sc, dec) x2 (10 sts)
  • Round 7: (3 sc, dec) x2 (8 sts)
  • Round 8: dec x4 (4 sts)
  • Finish off and bury the tail in the back so that the bottom of the heart is seamless (fig. 9). Using the tail, sew it to the body of the bunny between the arms.
Fig. 9: Finished heart.

Yuki the Snow Bunny is all done! I hope you enjoyed crocheting her and found the pattern helpful. I would love to see your finished amigurumi, so share a picture on Instagram with me by using the #littleworldofwhimsy and tagging me @littleworldofwhimsy.

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