This is a small bunny whose body is a pumpkin: orange chenille, two brown bobble “ribs”, a brown stem, and a hat worked straight into the front loops of the head so it sits like a beret. He is about 12 cm tall with a 5 mm hook, and the whole toy is one piece from the nose to the tail, plus two ears.
The fun part is the bobbles. There are four of them, worked in brown on rounds 5 and 8, and they stand in for the vertical ribs of a pumpkin. The face is embroidered, or made from felt if you prefer the spooky version.
Every round is written out below, including the back-loop rounds that give the hat and the base their edge.
What you need
- Yarn: chenille in orange, brown and green
- Hook: 5 mm
- Safety eyes: 6 mm to 8 mm
- Notions: stuffing, yarn needle, scissors
Abbreviations
- MR magic ring, sc single crochet, inc increase, dec decrease
- BO bobble stitch, BLO back loop only, FLO front loop only
- dc double crochet, hdc half double crochet, slst slip stitch, ch chain
Head and body (orange, then brown)
- R1: 4 sc in MR (4)
- R2: 4 inc (8)
- R3: BLO (sc, inc) x4 (12)
- R4: (2 sc, inc) x4 (16)
- R5: in brown for the bobbles: 4 sc, BO, 4 sc, BO, 6 sc (16)
- R6: (3 sc, inc) x4 (20)
- R7: sc around (20)
- R8: 4 sc, BO, 10 sc, BO, 4 sc (20)
- R9: (2 sc, dec) x5 (15)
- R10: (sc, dec) x5 (10)
Stretch the work sideways as you go: chenille compresses, and a pumpkin needs to be round.
- R11: change to brown, BLO (sc, inc) x5 (15)
- R12: (2 sc, inc) x5 (20)
- R13: sc around (20) — 2 rounds
Change back to orange and work one round of sc (20). Put the safety eyes between R13 and R14, 4 stitches apart.
- R14: BLO (2 sc, dec) x5 (15)
- R15: (sc, dec) x5 (10)
- R16: dec x5 (5)
Fasten off, sew the hole shut, and squish the toy between your hands to make it chubbier. Embroider the nose between the eyes.
Hat (orange, worked into the front loops)
Insert the hook in the front loops left free on R16 and work all the way around:
- R1: (sc, ch 1, 2 dc in the same stitch, ch 1) around
That single round is the whole hat. Because it is worked into the front loops of the closing round, it sits flat like a beret instead of slipping off.
Ears (make 2, brown)
- R1: 6 sc in MR (6)
- R2: (2 inc, sc) x2 (10)
- R3: sc, 2 inc, 3 sc, 2 inc, 2 sc (14)
- R4: sc, 2 dec, 3 sc, 2 dec, 2 sc (10)
- R5: sc around (10)
- R6: (dec, 3 sc) x2 (8)
Close with 4 sc, ch 1, turn, 4 sc, fasten off. Sew each ear under the hat wherever it looks right — the ears are meant to be a little asymmetric.
Stem
Insert the hook at the top of the head: ch 3, starting in the second chain from the hook, 2 hdc, slst into the hat. Fasten off and hide the end.
Assembly
- Sew the ears under the hat, close to the stem.
- Embroider the nose between the eyes, then the mouth.
- For the spooky version, cut the eyes and mouth from felt and glue them on.
- Pull the four bobbles forward from inside with a needle.
Notes
The two BLO rounds are structural: R3 folds the base flat so the bunny sits, and R14 gives the hat something to grip. If the hat round looks wavy, your front loops are tighter than your back loops — go up half a hook size for that round only.
Other Halloween makes: the Plush Pumpkin Kitten is the cat version of this idea, the Mini Pumpkin Man is the all-sewn one, and the Purple Zombie Bunny is the other rabbit. Everything is on the patterns page.
Pattern source: pumpkin bunny amigurumi, as shared by the original designer on the amigurumi pattern blogs.
For a pumpkin that is shaped after stuffing rather than during, Sculpted Pumpkin with a Bent Stem is a flat panel needle-sculpted into slices.
The fastest pumpkin on the site: Mini Ribbed Pumpkin, a rectangle seamed into a tube and gathered.
For a ghost rather than a bunny, Ghost with a Pumpkin Hat ends on a round of treble scallops.
