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Pattern bunny Eli by @the_littlelala

Copyright 2021:

The pattern of bunny Eli is designed and written by @the_littlelala. The pattern is
for personal use only. The pattern and parts of it may not be published online,
reproduced, shared, or translated in other languages or resold. You can sell your
finished baby in a limited number. If u share your photos of bunny Eli, please give
credit to me #the_littlelala or @the_littlelala.

If you have any questions, please contact me:

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e- mail: aedina07@gmail.com

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Material:
Abbreviations: - Cotton yarn, 105 m/50 g or 115
yrd/1.76 oz, color: natural or ecru - for
sc – single crochet
the body
ch – chain stitch - Cotton yarn 105m/50g - for the
slippers, hat, and diaper - color white
slst – slip stitch or old pink.
- A bit of dark brown, white or old pink
inc – increase
cotton yarn 667m/100g – for the eyes
dec – decrease and nose.
- Crochet hook size 2.5 mm
FLO – front loop only - Crochet hook size 2.25 mm - for ears
on the slippers
BLO– back loop only
- Fiberfill
M – marker/pin - Scissors
- Sewing needle
Rd - round - 2 little wood buttons
- Pins in different colors

- Crochet tight as you can.

- Invisible decreases are very IMPORTENT.
- Work in a continuous spiral, unless otherwise is written.
- The finished doll is about 24 and 26 cm.
- Crochet tight as you can.
- You have 2 choices: crochet hat with ears up and crochet hat with ears
down.
- Search on YouTube: How to make a perfect pompom.

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Arms: make 2, in your body color

R1. 5 sc in magic ring

R2. inc into each stitch = 10 sc

R3. – R18. 10 sc (16 rd)

Fill the hand with fiberfill up to round 9.

Do not fill the rest of the arm.

R19. (dec, 3 sc) x 2 = 8 sc

Finish your work with 1 slst and weave the

yarn in the end.

Legs/slippers: make 2 – pic 1. 1.

Start with your slippers color!

R1. 6 sc in magic ring

R2. inc into each stitch = 12 sc – put stitch marker

Here!

R3. (1 sc, 1 inc) x 6 = 18 sc

R4. (2 sc, 1 inc) x 6 = 24 sc

R5. – R7. 24 sc (3 rd)

R8. 7sc, dec, 6 sc, dec, 7 sc = 22 sc

R9. 7 sc, 4 x (dec), 7 sc = 18 sc

R10. 7 sc, 2 x (dec), 7 sc = 16 sc

Change to body color! Hold slippers yarn on

the outside – pic 2.

R11. 16 sc BLO – with body color yarn!

Back to the slippers: take slippers yarn and finish your last round with 15 slst – pic 3. Cut a bit
longer thread. Go with hook from the inside of the foot through the first slst and pick up the
yarn to inside – pic 4 and make 1 slst – pic 5. Tie together with the body color yarn.

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2. 3.

4. 5.

Fill the foot firmly with fiberfill!

R12. 5 sc, dec, 2 sc, dec, 5 sc = 14 sc

R13. 14 sc

R14. 4 sc, dec, 2 sc, dec, 4 sc = 12 sc

Fill more with fiberfill to this point. Do not fill the rest of the leg.

R15. – R21. 12 sc (7 rd)

R22. 6 x (dec) = 6 sc. Finish your work with 1 slst and leave a tail for sewing.

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Ears/slippers: in your slippers color, make 4, crochet hook size 2.25 mm – pic 6.
R1. 5 sc in magic ring

R2. inc into each stitch = 10 sc

R3. – R5. 10 sc (3 rd)

R6. (dec, 3 sc) x 2 = 8 sc

Finish your work with 1 slst, leave a long tail for sewing. Fold the opening of the ear in the
middle and sew it with 2 stitches – pic 7.

6. 7.

Slippers face: find the center of the foot and place pins on both sides!
Ears (white pins) = place pins between round 9 and 10, leaving a space of 2 stitches
between them. Sew the ears.

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Eyes and nose:

Nose (red pins): place pins between round 5 and 6, leaving a space of 2 stitches between
them.

Eyes (white pins): place pins between round 6 and 7, 1 stitch from nose pins and leaving a
space of 2 stitches between them.

Embroider from the bottom of the foot: Embroider the nose wih pink cotton yarn and th eyes
with dark brown cotton yarn.

See pictures:

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Cut both pink and dark brown yarn, tie together and hide in the foot.

Body: in your body color

R1. 6 sc in magic ring

R2. inc into each stitch = 12 sc – put stitch marker here!

R3. (sc, inc) x 6 = 18 sc

R4. sc, inc, (2 sc, inc) x 5, sc = 24 sc

R5. (3 sc, inc) x 6 = 30 sc

R6. 2 sc, inc, (4 sc, inc) x 5, 2 sc = 36 sc

R7. 36 sc

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R8. (5 sc, inc) x 6 = 42 sc

R9. – R11. 42 sc (3 rd)

R12. 9 sc, dec, 19 sc, dec, 10 sc = 40 sc

R13. 40 sc

R14. (8 sc, dec) x 4 = 36 sc

R15. – R16. 36 sc (2 rd)

R17. (4 sc, dec) x 6 = 30 sc

R18. – R19. 30 sc (2 rd)

R20. (3 sc, dec) x 6 = 24 sc

R21. – R22. 24 sc

R23. (2 sc, dec) x 6 = 18 sc,

R24. 18 sc

Fill the body firmly with fiberfill!

Crochet the arms with the body:

R25. 3 sc, 4 sc through the first arm and the body – pic 1, 2 and 3, 6 sc (front), 4 sc through the
second arm and the body – pic 4, 1 sc.

1. 2.

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3. 4.

DO NOT CUT THE YARN: stuff the neck with fiberfill and continue crocheting the head.

Head:
R1. 18 x (inc) FLO = 36 sc – crochet increases in front loop only! – pic 5.

R2. (5 sc, inc) x 6 = 42 sc 5.

R3. 3 sc, inc, (6 sc, inc) x 5, 3 sc = 48 sc

Back to the neck and crochet the inside of the neck: this is to close the body and to
get a stronger neck that can hold the head and prevent it from bending.

Start with new yarn with 1 ch in your round 1, the back loop round on the inside of the neck –
pic 6.

R1. 18 sc – pic 7.

R2. 9 x (dec) = 9 sc – pic 8.

Sew the opening, cut, and weave the yarn in your work – pic 9 and 10.

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6. 7.

8. 9.

10. done

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Back to the head: continue crocheting the head!

R4. – R15. 48 sc (12 rd)

R16. (6 sc, dec) x 6 = 42 sc

R17. (5 sc, dec) x 6 = 36 sc

R18. (4 sc, dec) x 6 = 30 sc

R19. (3 sc, dec) x 6 = 24 sc

Fill the head firmly with fiberfill. IMPORTANT: fill very well in the lower cheek area!

R20. (2 sc, dec) x 6 = 18 sc

R21. (sc, dec) x 6 = 12 sc

R22. 6 x (dec), Fill more and finish the work with 1 slst, leave a long tail for sewing

Face: Find the center of the face! Place pins on both sides of the face!
Nose (red pin): place pin between round 4 and 5 and place pins between round 6 and 7,
leaving a space of 2 stitches between them. Embroider the nose 3 times horizontally and 1
time vertically with old pink or white color.

Eyes: with dark brown color

- (Black pins): place pins between round 8 and 9, 3 stitches from the red pins.
- (Yellow pins): place pins between round 8 and 9, 5 stitches from the black pins.
- (Blue pins): place pins between round 7 and 8, 5 stitches from the black pins.
- (White pins): place pins between round 7 and 8, 3 stitches from the black pins.

In through the opening to the black pin, then from the black pin to the blue pin, out through
the opening. In through the opening to the yellow pin, then from the yellow pin to the white
pin and out through the opening. Do the same on the other side of the face.

See pictures:

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Hide the yarn in the head and sew the opening on the top of the head.

Sew the legs on both sides of the body in the same line as the arms, between round 10 and
11 – pic 2. Make sure that the tips of the toes point inwards – pic 1. Sew the legs again only
inside of the legs, approx. between round 7 and 8 – pic 3 and 4.

1. 2.

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3. 4.

Hat with ears in your additional color – you have 2 choices, a hat with ears up(white
color) and a hat with ears down(old pink color).

Ears: the same for both version

R1. 6 sc in magic ring

R2. inc into each stitch = 12 sc

R3. (1 sc, inc) x 6 = 18 sc

R4. – R12. 18 sc (9 rd)

Finish your work with 1 slst and leave a tail for

sewing.

Fold the ears as on the pic A and sew the two inner sides with 3 stitches, take the yarn to the
outside – pic B and crochet the two outsides with 4 slst – pic C and D. Leave a tail for sewing.

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A. B.

C. D.

Crochet the hat: the same for both version

Crochet in rows, BLO only:

Row1. Ch 6 and start in the 2nd from the hook – pic 1, 5 sc, ch 1, turn,

Row2. 5 sc BLO, ch 1, turn – pic 2.

Repeat Row2. 40 more times ( the best is to take meassure around your head - pic 2.)

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1. 2.

Fold together – pic 3 and close with 5 slst – pic 4, ch 1

3. 4.

Crochet in continuous spiral

R1. Make 3 sc between each rib (two between each rib and one on each rib) – pic 5, to last
rib. Than make 2 sc between last rib and beginning of round 1 = I have 62 sc, maybe you
have more or less, this is not so important.

5.

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R2. Skip the ch you have at the beginning of the first round and make 1 sc in next sc – pic 6,
than make (ch 1, skip 1 sc, 1 sc in next sc) x 21 or countinue to the end of the round.

R3. Ch 1, 1 sc between sc – pic 7, continue this pattern until you have 12 rounds or so many
times that fits your head – pic 8 and 9. Finish your work with 1 slst and leave a tail for sewing.

6. 7.

8. 9.

Pick up all stitches with sewing needle – pic 15 and tighten together, sew a few times on the
inside of the hat – pic 16.

Make a pompom and sew it on the top of the hat. The pompom should be approx. 5 cm in
diameter.

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10. 11.

12.

Hat with ears up:

Put the hat on the head and sew the ears between round 3 and 4 and leaving a space of 2
stitches between them – pic 13 and 14. IMPORTANT: sew the ears with the hat on the front,
on back and on both sides.

13. 14.

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Crochet earflaps:
Put the hat on the head and put pins on both sides in the same line as the nose – pic 15. Take
the hat off.

Crochet in rows: from the pin to the back – pic 16.

Row1. Start with new yarn with 1 ch – pic 17 and make 1 sc in the same stitch, 5 sc, ch 1, turn
= 6 sc

Row2. 6 sc, ch 1, turn, = 6 sc

Row3. sc, dec, dec, sc, ch 1, turn = 4 sc

Row4. sc,dec, sc, ch 1, turn = 3 sc

Row5. 3 sc, finish your work with 1 slst and leave a tail for sewing.

Do the same on the oter side.

15. 16.

17.

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Make 2 pompom approx. 3 cm in diameter and sew on the ends of earflaps – pic 18.

18.

Hat with ears down:

Put the hat on the head and mark with pins where you are going to sew on the ears – pic A.

Sew the ears symmetrically on both sides of the hat. The distance between the ears should
be 6 ribs on the back of the hat – pic B.

Start sewing the ears between rib and the first round – pic C (red marks). Sew the ears with
the hat from all sides – black marks on pic D and E.

A. B.

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C. D.

E.

Crochet a tail for pompom:

Before u start to make chain stitch leave a tail for sewing, ch 36, finish your work with 1 slst
and leave a tail for sewing – pic 1.

Using sewing needle pull the tail through the back side, start at the ear – red mark on pic 2.

Make 2 pompoms approx. 3 cm in diameter and sew on the ends of the tail.

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1. 2.

X x

Diaper: crochet in rows:

Row1. ch 13, start in the 2nd from the hook, 12 sc, ch 1, turn = 12 sc

The first 3 sc and the last 3 sc crochet in back loop only:

Row2. 3 sc BLO, inc sc, 4 sc, inc sc, 3 sc BLO, ch 1, turn = 14 sc

Row3. 3 sc BLO, 8 sc, 3 sc BLO, ch 1, turn = 14 sc

Row4. 3 sc BLO, inc sc, 6 sc, inc sc, 3 sc BLO, ch 1, turn = 16 sc

Row5. 3 sc BLO, 10 sc, 3 sc BLO, ch 1, turn = 16 sc

Row6. 3 sc BLO, inc sc, 8 sc, inc sc, 3 sc BLO, ch 1, turn = 18 sc

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Row7. 3 sc BLO, 12 sc, 3 sc BLO, ch 1, turn = 18 sc

Row8. 3 sc BLO, inc sc, 10 sc, inc sc, 3 sc BLO, ch 1, turn = 20 sc

Row9. 3 sc BLO, 14 sc, 3 sc BLO, ch 1, turn = 20 sc

Row10. 3 sc BLO, inc sc, 12 sc, inc sc, 3 sc BLO, ch 1, turn = 22 sc

Row11. 3 sc BLO, 16 sc, 3 sc BLO, ch 1, turn = 22 sc

Row12. 3 sc BLO, inc sc, 14 sc, inc sc, 3 sc BLO, ch 1, turn = 24 sc

Row13. 24 sc, finish your work with 1 slst and weave the 1.

thread in your work.

You have finished the first half part – pic 1.

Take new yarn and start with the second half: go with hook through the first ch, pick up yarn
and make 1 ch, make 1 sc in the same stitches, 11 sc, ch 1, turn = 12 sc – pic 2.

Repeate Row2. – Row11.

Row12. 3 sc BLO, inc sc, 14 sc, inc sc, 3 sc BLO, ch 6, turn = 24 sc – pic 3.

Row13. 24 sc, ch 6, finish the work in the same stitch – pic 4 and weave the thread in your
work.

2. 3.

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4. 5.

Sew buttons between row 11 and 12, 6 stitches from both sides – pic 5.

Make a pompom and sew it on the middle of the back 2 rows down from the top – see pic.

When you take a diaper on your boy the diaper should be higher on the back and lower on
the belly.

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Thank u so much for buying my pattern. I hope you have had fun making the little bunny Eli.

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