Free Peppered Bunny Crochet Hot Pad Pattern
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This little cutie is more than just practical—it’s a cozy companion for your teapot, a cheerful accent for springtime tables, and a sweet gift for fellow cooking lovers. With a gentle smile and just the right amount of whimsy, our bunny hot pad is designed to bring joy with every stitch.
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Peppered Bunny Crochet Hot Pad
FINISHED SIZE: approximately 11“x 8”
MATERIALS:
#4 Cotton Yarn
For the body (MC), I used white with gray speckles, but plain white for the arms and legs (C2). Whatever color you choose for your body, I recommend using a shade lighter for the arms and legs so that they will stand out a little better.
I recommend using the same brand of yarn for the arms, legs, carrot and body. Different brands of #4 yarn are different sizes. Big Twist cotton #4 is slightly smaller than Peaches and Creme and Sugar ‘n Cream.
For the Gray Bunny, I used
Gray (MC) for both the body and legs. You will need one 4 oz ball for the MC and
just a little bit of scrap yarn: Pink, Orange, Green, Black and White.
Arms & Legs - C2 (whatever color you choose. I used white for the speckled bunny)
3.25 mm, 3.75 mm, and 5.0 mm hooks
Tapestry needle
SPECIAL STITCHES:
Invisible Join: drop the loop off of your hook, insert hook from back to front of indicated st, pick up loop again and pull through to the back, adjusting the stitch so that it lays flat.
Scdec (single crochet decrease): Insert hook in next st, pull up a loop, insert hook in next st, pull up a loop, pull through all three loops on hook.
Tr (Treble): yo twice, insert hook in st, yo pull up a loop, (yo pull through 2 loops) 3x
ABBREVIATIONS:
Ch - Chain
Sl St - Slip Stitch
Sc - Single Crochet
Hdc - Half Double Crochet
Dc - Double Crochet
Tr - Treble (triple) Crochet
Inc - Increase
Scdec - Single Crochet Decrease
St(s) - Stitch(es)
Sk - Skip
RS - Right Side
WS - Wrong Side
BODY: use MC and 3.75 mm hook (make 2)
Row 1: Ch 16, turn, sk 1st ch, sc in next 15 chains. (15 sts)
Row 2: Ch 1, 2 sc in 1st st, sc in next 3 sts, 2 sc in next st, sc in next 4 sts, 2 sc in next st, sc in next 4 sts, 2 sc in last st, turn. (19 sts)
Row 3: Ch 1, 2 sc in first st, sc in each st across with 2 sc in last st,turn. (21 sts)
Rows 4-6: Repeat Row 3. (ending with 27 sts)
Rows 7-12: Ch 1, sc in each st across, turn. (27 sts)
Rows 13-14: Ch 1, scdec in first 2 sts, sc in each st across, scdec in last 2 sts, turn. (ending with 23 sts)
Row 15: Ch 1, sc in each st across, turn. (23 sts)
Row 16: Ch 1, scdec in first 2 sts, sc in each st across, scdec in last 2 sts, turn. (21 sts)
Row 17: Repeat Row 15. (21 sts)
Rows 18-20: Repeat Row 16. (ending with 15 sts)
Row 21: Repeat Row 15. (15 sts)
Rows 22-24: Repeat Row 3. (ending with 21 sts)
Row 25: Repeat Row 15. (21 sts)
Rows 26-29: Repeat Row 16. (ending with 13 sts)
Row 30: Repeat Row 15. (13 sts)
Row 31: Repeat Row 3. (15 sts)
Row 32-33: Repeat Row 16. (11 sts)
Row 34: Ch 1, scdec in first 2 sts, sc in next 2, hdc in next 3, sc in next 2, scdec in last 2 sts. Do not turn and do not fasten off. (9 sts)
Row 35 use 5.0 mm hook (sc around the body): (RS) Working around outer edge, ch1, sc in each st and end of rows evenly around using 2 or 3 sts around curves to create a rounded body and so that the body lays mostly flat. Invisible join to first st. Fasten off the first body, but do not fasten off on the second body. Set both bodies aside for now.
NOSE: use pink yarn and 3.25 mm hook
Row 1: Start with a slip knot on hook, ch 2, turn, sk first ch, sc in last ch, turn.
Row 2: (WS) Ch 1, (dc, sl st, dc) in st, join in same st. Fasten off leaving tail long enough to sew to body.
Attach all pieces to the RS of only one of the body pieces.
ATTACH NOSE TO BODY:
Center and sew nose RS up over rows 25 and 26 of the body. Tie ends in a knot on the back side of the body. Cut ends to about 1 ½”.
EYES:
Using black, satin stitch eyes over rows 29 and 30, 1 ½ inches apart. Do not cut yarn. Use this same piece of yarn to embroider the mouth lines using picture as a guide.
MOUTH:
Continue with the same piece of black yarn you used for the eyes, using straight stitch, embroider mouth lines over rows 22-24 according to photo. Tie ends together on back side and trim to about 1 ½ inches.
FIRST ARM: use white (C2) and size 3.75 mm hook
Row 1: Ch 7, turn, sk 1st ch, sc in the remaining 6 chains, turn.
Row 2: Ch 2, 2 dc in first st, 1 dc in next st, sc in next 3 sts, 3 sc in last st, continue working around, 1 sc in each (6) of the remaining free loops of the beginning ch. Do not turn.
Row 3: Continue working around the arm. Ch 1, work 4 sc evenly across the ends of the rows, 3 sc in the first st on the next side (you may have already used this stitch when working the 4 sc across the ends of the rows), sc in next 7 sts, 3 sc in next, sc in last 6 sts, join to 1st st. Fasten off leaving tail long enough to sew to Body.
(see the following photos)
SECOND ARM: use white (C2) and size 3.75 mm hook
Row 1: Ch 7, turn, sk 1st ch, sc in the remaining 6 chains, turn.
Row 2: Ch 2, 2 dc in first st, 1 dc in next st, sc in next 3 sts, 3 sc in last st, continue working around, 1 sc in each (6) of the remaining free loops of the beginning ch, turn.
Row 3: Ch 1, sc in next 7 sts, 3 sc in next st, sc in next 7, 5 sc evenly across the ends of the rows, join to first st. Fasten off leaving tail long enough to sew to Bunny.
FOOT: use white (C2) and 3.75 mm hook (make 2)
Row 1: Ch 9, turn, sk 1st ch, sc in next 7 chs, 3 sc in last ch, do not turn, continue working on opposite side of ch, sc in next 6 chs, 3 sc in last ch, sl st in first st. Do not turn.
Row 2: Ch 2, dc in first st (same st as the one you made the sl st in), sc in the side of the dc you just made, hdc in next st, sc in next 5 sts, 2 sc in next st, 3 sc in next st, 2 sc in next st, sc in next 5 sts, sl st in next st, 2 dc in next st, sc into the side of the dc you just made, sl st in next st, ch 2, dc in next st, invisible join into the next st. Fasten off leaving long enough tail to sew to body.
(see the following photos)
If desired, with black or white (contrasting color), using straight stitch, embroider finger and toe lines on arms and feet.
CARROT: use orange and 3.75 mm hook
Row 1: Start with a slip knot on hook, ch 2, turn, sk first st, sc in last ch, turn.
Row 2: Ch 1, 2 sc in st, turn.
Row 3: Ch 1, 2 sc in each st, turn. (4 sc)
Row 4: Ch 1, sc in next 4 sts, turn. (4 sc)
Row 5-7: Repeat Row 4.
Row 8: Ch 1, hdc in first st, sc in next 2, hdc in last st, do not turn. (4 sts) Do not fasten off. Drop loop and place marker to use again in Row 10.
Row 9: Join green with sl st in first st of Row 8 (the opposite end of your dropped loop), Ch 5, slip st in same st, (sl st, ch 8, sl st) in next st, sk next st, (sl st, ch 5, sl st) in last st. Finish off leaving tail long enough to sew green top to body.
Row 10: Place dropped loop of orange yarn on hook and remove stitch marker, ch 1, 7 sc down the first side of the carrot, (sc, ch 3, sc) in bottom st, 7 sc up the other side of the carrot, join to first stitch at top of carrot. Finish off leaving tail long enough to sew carrot to body.
ATTACH ARMS & FEET: Using picture as a reference and being careful to leave the stitches on the outside border of the body free, lay all the pieces (including the carrot) out on the body to make sure they will fit:
–sew arms approximately between rows 12-18
–sew feet over rows 1-10.
(I used a running stitch, going up and down just underneath the v shape in each stitch, except for the chains in the toes, and in the end and at the top of the carrot. I went through the middle of the v shape in the chains.)
Weave about 2 inches of your remaining yarn into the stitches on the back, underneath the part that you sewed on so that different colors of yarn won't show through. Cut leaving a tail about 1 ½ inches long.
ATTACH CARROT: Center carrot between arms and sew to body. Refer to photo.
BODY JOINING: Using the 5.0 mm hook, holding fronts and backs of the two body pieces together and picking up the dropped loop from the body that you did not fasten off on, ch1 and sc around through both bodies using inside loops only, making sure to tuck all ends inside. (Also make sure the two body pieces remain lined up. If you have a different number of stitches around each piece, you may need to skip some stitches on one piece as you go along in order to keep them lined up.) Invisible join and fasten off. Weave in end.
EARS: use MC and 3.75 mm hook (make 2)
Row 1: Ch 7, turn, sk first ch, sc in the remaining 6 chains, turn.
Row 2: Ch 3 tightly. 2 tr in first st, 1 dc in next st, 1 sc in next st, 1 sl st in next st, ch 1, 1 sc in next st, 3 sc in last st, do not fasten off, continue working around, 1 sc in each of the 6 free loops of beginning chs. Fasten off.
INNER EAR: use white or pink and 3.25 mm hook (make 2):
Row 1: Ch 7, turn. Sk first ch. Sc in the remaining 6 chains, turn.
Row 2: Ch 4, (tr, dc) in first st, 1 dc in next st, 1 sc in next st, sl st in next 2 sts, join in last st. Fasten off leaving tail long enough to sew to ear.
Sew inner ear to the opposite sides of the two ears leaving outer loops free. Line the inner ear up close to the bottom of the ear. Weave in ends.
Now make two more Ears, one at a time, do not fasten off, join to the Ear with Inner Ear attached (Ear/Inner Ear Combo) following the 1st Ear Joining, and 2nd Ear Joining instructions below.
When joining ear pieces together, while working scs around, do not go through the inner ear. At the bottom of the ear, you might need to get under the inner ear just a bit.
1st Ear Joining (use 5.0 mm hook) working across the bottom first
Holding the Ear together with Ear/Inner Ear Combo facing you, ch 1, do not turn, working in the ends of the rows, 4 sc through both thicknesses evenly across the bottom, dc in the same st as the last st made, ch 1, working around the ear, 1 sc in the side of the dc just made, using inside loops only for remaining stitches around, sc in next 5 sts (making sure to use the tops of the first 2 tr sts), sk 1 st, sc in next 3 sts, 3 dc in next st, 1 hdc in next st, sc in last 6 sts, join to 1st st and fasten off, leaving long enough tail to sew to head.
2nd Ear Joining (use 5.0 mm hook) working across the side first
Holding Ears together with Ear/Inner Ear Combo facing you, ch 1 and turn, using only inner loops sc in next 6 sts, 1 hdc in next st, 3 dc in next st, 1 hdc in next st, 1 sc in next st, sk next st, sc in next 4 sts, 3 sc in next st, 4 sc evenly spaced across the bottom (making sure the last st is in the end of the 1st st made in this round), join to next st around the side, finish off leaving a tail long enough to sew to head.
Center ears and sew to top of head. Weave in ends.
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This pattern has been tested by Sarah Special to ensure its accuracy and clarity.
Dee
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