Bunny Christmas wreath ornament

This free sweet amigurumi pattern lets you make a bunny Christmas wreath ornament. It would be perfect as Christmas fireplace decor or a festive Christmas bauble. The finished size of the crochet wreath is about 21 cm (8.2 inches).

Designed and photo by @vitrinatoys
Translated by Amiguroom Toys

Materials:

• Yarn: YarnArt Dolce and YarnArt Jeans
• Hook size: 5.0 mm and 2.0 mm
• 8 mm safety eyes
• Black embroidery thread or yarn for a nose and eyes
• Strong thread for tightening
• Tapestry needle and scissors
• Satin ribbon 6 mm
• Fiberfill

Abbreviations:
R = row
mc = magic circle (magic ring)
ch = chain
st = stitch
sl st = slip stitch
sc = single crochet
inc = 2 sc in the next stitch
dec = single crochet 2 stitches together
BLO = back loop only
F.o. = fasten off
(12) = number of stitches you should have at the end of the round/row
( ) *6 = repeat whatever is between the brackets the number of times stated

Free crochet Christmas wreath pattern

Wreath
With green YarnArt Dolce yarn and 5.0 mm crochet hook:
Make 18 ch, join in ring with sl st.
Crochet in spiral:
R 1: 18 sc
R 2: (2 sc, inc) *6 (24)
R 3: (3 sc, inc) *6 (30)
R 4: (4 sc, inc) *6 (36)
R 5-6: 36 sc (2 rows)
R 7: (4 sc, dec) *6 (30)
R 8: (3 sc, dec) *6 (24)
R 9: (2 sc, dec) *6 (18)
F.o. and leave a long tail for sewing.

Sew the edges of the piece together, stuffing with fiberfill.

Decoration for the wreath
With YarnArt Jeans yarn and 2.0 mm crochet hook:
Red: make 180 ch and leave a long tail for sewing.
White: make 180 ch and leave a long tail for sewing.

Start wrapping the red and white stripes around the wreath. When the stripes come to an end, fasten the ends of stripes together with knots.

Head
With white YarnArt Dolce yarn and 5.0 mm crochet hook:
R 1: 6 sc in mc (6)
R 2: (inc) *6 (12)
R 3: (1 sc, inc) *6 (18)
R 4: BLO (2 sc, inc) *6 (24)
R 5-7: 24 sc (3 rows)
R 8: (4 sc, dec) *4 (20)
Insert safety eyes between R 7 and R 8 at the distance of 4 st from each other.
R 9: (3 sc, dec) *4 (16)
R 10: (2 sc, dec) *4 (12)
Stuff with fiberfill.
R 11: (1 sc, dec) *4 (8)
R 12: (dec) *4 (4)
F.o.

Make a tightening of the eyes.
Embroider a nose and eyes with black embroidery thread.
Sew the head to the wreath in the place where we was made knots.

Ears (make 2)
With white YarnArt Dolce yarn and 5.0 mm crochet hook:
R 1: 4 sc in mc (4)
R 2: (inc)*4 (8)
R 3: (1 sc, inc) *4 (12)
R 4-6: 12 sc (3 rows)
R 7: (4 sc, dec) *2 (10)
R 8: 10 sc
Don’t stuff.
Fold top of ear flat and 5 sc through both sides across.
F.o. and leave a long tail for sewing.

Sew on the ears to the head folding them in half again.

Arms (make 2)
R 1: 4 sc in mc (4)
R 2: (inc) *4 (8)
R 3-4: 8 sc (2 rows)
R 5: (2 sc, dec) *2 (6)
Stuff only the bottom part of the arm.
Fold top of arm flat and 3 sc through both sides across.
F.o. and leave a long tail for sewing.

Sew the arms on the wreath, gripping the arms from all sides.

Legs (make 2)
R 1: 5 sc in mc (5)
R 2: (inc) *5 (10)
R 3-4: 10 sc (2 rows)
R 5: (3 sc, dec) *2 (8)
Stuff only the bottom part of the leg.
Fold top of leg flat and 4 sc through both sides across.
F.o. and leave a long tail for sewing.

Sew the legs on the wreath, gripping the legs from all sides.

Make a hanging loop with ribbon.