Crochet Bunny in a Basket Free Pattern

This crochet bunny in a basket free pattern is a fun and creative crochet project, perfect for Easter or spring! The small 14 cm (5.5 inches) bunny sits inside a cute basket with a long handle, making it easy to carry like a purse or tote bag. The pattern is simple and beginner-friendly, with step-by-step photos to guide you. It works up quickly and can be a great handmade gift or a charming addition to your crochet collection.

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Easter and Spring Crochet Idea

Spring and Easter bring the best time to make cute and seasonal crochet projects. Handmade toys and accessories add a personal touch to gifts and decorations. This crochet bunny in a basket is a great choice for Easter, it can be tucked into a child’s Easter basket, used as a small bag for the little ones to carry their Easter treasures, or displayed as a decoration. It’s a fun and creative way to bring crochet into the season while making something unique and special.

Crochet Bunny in a Basket amigurumi free pattern

Materials:

• 6mm crochet hooks,
• For this bunny, I used the brand Hobbii Baby Snuggle. White for the bunny and brown for the basket.
• Brown and Pink sports-weight yarn to embroider the face,
• Sewing needle,
• Stuffing material hypoallergenic polyester,
• Scissors

Finished Size

The finished amigurumi bunny measures approximately 5,5″ (14 cm) tall, while the basket measures 7cm / 2.6 inches in height and 7.5 cm / 3 inches in circumference. However, the final size may vary depending on your stitch tension and the materials used.

Gauge

Gauge is not crucial for this pattern, so feel free to use a hook size that matches your chosen yarn. I always recommend using a slightly smaller hook to keep the stitches tight and prevent the stuffing from showing through. If needed, adjust your hook size for a neater finish.

However, if you’d like to know the gauge for my chosen yarn and materials, here it is:
With super bulky weight yarn and a 6mm crochet hook, the gauge for 4 rounds (increasing to 24 stitches) measures approximately 2.5″ (5 cm).

Terms and abbreviations (US terms):

Slip stitch (sl): insert the hook into the stitch and pull up a loop, now, pull it through the loop on your needle.

Single crochet (sc): insert the hook into the stitch, and pull up a loop yarn over the needle, you will have two loops on the hook, yarn over the needle, and pull it through the two loops.

Half double Crochet (hdc): yarn over the needle, insert the hook into the stitch, pull up a loop, yarn over the needle, and pull inside all loops on the needle.

Increase (inc): make two single crochet inside the same stitch.

Decrease (dec): Insert the hook into the front loop only of the next two stitches, yarn under, and pull through, you will have two loops on the hook. Yarn under and pull through both loops on the hook.

Spike Stitch Single Crochet (Ssc): Insert your hook into the next stitch, 1 round below the current round. Pull up a loop to the same height as your current round. Yarn over and pull through both loops on hook to complete (just like a regular single crochet).

Crochet Bunny Pattern Instructions

Head

With the color of your choice, start,

1 rnd  6sc in a magic ring

2 rnd  6inc Total 12sts

3 rnd  (1sc, 1inc) repeat 6 times Total 18sts

4 rnd  (2sc, 1inc) repeat 6 times Total 24sts

5-7 rnd  24sc

8 rnd  12dec Total 12sts

Body

• For round 9, you will work all stitches on the Front Loop only. From round 10 on, go back to working normally.

9 rnd  FL(3sc, 1BO, 4sc, 1BO, 3sc)

10 rnd  (1sc, 1inc) repeat 6 times Total 18sts

11 rnd  18sc

12 rnd  (1FLBO, 5sc) repeat 3 times

13 rnd  (1sc, 1dec) repeat 6 times Total 12sts

• Cut the yarn, fasten it off and hide the remaining tail inside the toy.

Ears

With white yarn chain 5. Skip the first chain and start,

1 rnd    2sc, 1hdc, 5hdc in the last chain, turning the detail and continuing working on the other side, 1hdc, 2sc.

• Cut the yarn and fasten it off. Leave a small tail for sewing later.
• Make another one following the same instructions.

Assembly

1. Sew the ears on round 2 of the head.
2. With brown sports weight yarn, embroider the eyes on round 6, leaving 3 stitches between them.
3. Using the same yarn, embroider the eyebrows one round above each eye and one stitch to the side.
4. With pink sports weight yarn, embroider a small nose one round below the eyes.

Crochet Easter Basket Pattern Instructions

With the color of your choice, start,

1 rnd  8sc in a magic ring

2 rnd  8inc Total 16sts

3 rnd  (1sc, 1inc) repeat 8 times Total 24sts

4 rnd  1BLsc, 1BLinc, 22blsc Total 25sts

5 rnd  (1blsc, 1Ssc) repeat 12 times, 1blsl

6 rnd  (1Ss, 1blscc) repeat 12 times, 1Ss

• Repeat rounds 5 and 6 until round 10.

11 rnd  (1blsc, 1Ssc) repeat 12 times, 1blsl

12 rnd  25sl

• Chain 40 and join it to the opposite side of the basket.
• Work 40 hdc along the chain until you return to the starting point.
• Cut the yarn and fasten it off.

Congratulations!!!

Your Crochet Bunny in a Basket amigurumi is ready!

I hope you enjoy this pattern, and if you have any questions or comments in general, leave them in the comment box below.

See you next time!

Love,

Ana

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