Bunny Rattle
With this guide you can make these amazing bunny rattles yourself. Crochet the rattles using Infinity Hearts Rose 8/4 cotton, which is incredibly soft and lovely to work with. The rattles can be made with or without the wooden ring and you will find both options below. Rattle boxes or bells are put in the head to give a nice rattling sound, thus making them exciting for the little ones.
Size: approx. 17 x 7 cm including ears - the measurements may vary with a few cm, in particular if the pattern with the wooden ring was chosen.
Material: Infinity Hearts Rose 8/4
Yarn consumption:
- Colour 172 Nature: ca. 15 g
For the blue:
- Colour 92 Jeans blue: ca. 5 g
For the pink:
- Colour 05 Pink: ca. 5 g
Other materials:
- Stuffing
- Rattlebox 21 mm or a bell 25 mm
- Wooden ring 70 mm
- Sewing needle for assembly
Crochet hook: 3,00 mm
Abbreviations
dc – double crochet
ch – chain stitch
bl – back loop
sl st – slip stitch
htr – half treble crochet
tr – treble crochet
tog - together
r - row
* * - repeat
x 6 - Number of times to repeat
( ) Number of stitches
Method
Head
1. 6 dc in magic ring (6)
2. 2 dc in each stitch around (12)
3. *1 dc, 2 dc in the next stitch * x 6 (18)
4. * 2 dc, 2 dc in the next stitch * x 6 (24)
5. *3 dc, 2 dc in the next stitch * x 6 (30)
6. *4 dc, 2 dc in the next stitch * x 6 (36)
7. *5 dc, 2 dc in the next stitch * x 6 (42)
8 - 16. dc in each stitch around (42)
17. *5 dc, 2 dc tog* x 6 (36)
18. *4 dc, 2 dc tog * x 6 (30)
19. *3 dc, 2 dc tog * x 6 (24)
20. *2 dc, 2 dc tog * x 6 (18)
Stuff the head and insert the rattle box.
21. *1 dc, 2 dc tog * x 6 (12)
22. 2 dc tog x 6 (6)
Bind off and leave long tail for assembly.
Ear – Make 2 pieces.
1. 6 dc in magic ring (6)
2. dc in each stitch around (6)
3. *1 dc, 2 dc in the next stitch * x 3 (9)
4 - 6. dc in each stitch around (9)
7. *2 dc, 2 dc in the next stitch * x 3 (12)
8. dc in each stitch around (12)
9. *3 dc, 2 dc in the next stitch * x 3 (15)
10 - 15. dc in each stitch around (15)
16. Fold the ears in the middle and crochet together.
Bind off and leave long tail for assembly.
Bowtie/Bow
1. 9 ch, turn
Start in 2nd stitch from hook.
2 - 11. 8 dc in bl, 1 ch turn (8)
12. sl st in each stitch around (8)
Bind off and fasten off.
Tie some yarn around the fabric to make a bow.
Lace collar – Only applicable to the ’girl’ version.
Crochet back and forth
1. Work 15 ch turn
2. Start in 2nd stitch from hook. Htr across, 3 ch turn (14)
3. Work 4 tr in the 1st htr, the 3 ch are for 1 tr, *1 ch, 1 tr, 1 ch, 5 tr* repeat the row.
Bind off and leave long tail for sewing the lace collar together.
Outer ring - only use if you make the rattle with a 70 mm wooden ring. Otherwise, ignore this section crochet back and forth
1. 11 ch turn
Start in 2nd stitch from hook
2. 10 dc, 1 ch turn (10)
3 - 22. dc in each stitch around, 1 ch turn
Bind off and leave long tail for assembly.
If you would like to cover the entire wooden ring, continue until the fabric reaches the correct length.
Tip: The colour change will look smoother if you pass the last stich using the new colour (no matter which colour is next)
Rattle ring (inner ring) - only use if you make the rattle without the wooden ring. Otherwise, ignore this section crochet in a circle
1. Work 12 ch, join to a circle with one sl st (12)
2 - 3. dc in each stitch around (12)
4. Change colour if you want stripes on the ring.
Change colour for every 5th row.
5 - 45. dc in each stitch around (12)
If the ring is only one colour then dc across until row 45 (12)
Bind off.
Leave long tail for sewing the ring together.
Stuff the rattle ring and sew it together.
Assembly
Sew the ears on the head by row 6.
Sew on the head on the ring or in the middle of the outer ring.
Embroider on the eyes, in black by row 9, with approx. 8 stitches between them.
Embroider on the nose and mouth (if wanted).
Sew on the bow by one of the ears (girl).
Put the collar around the neck and fasten in the back (girl).
Sew on the bowtie underneath the head (boy).
Only for rattle with the wooden ring: Sew the fabric around the ring.
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Design: ZV Design (Zenitha Vorret)