Candy Floss Crocheted Bunny

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A few weeks ago I went to Michaels and saw that they had a bunch of new yarn, including several new types and colors of Caron Cakes. One that I thought looked really fun and a perfect color way for spring was one of the Caron Upside Down Cakes in the color Candy Floss.

The Upside Down Cakes is a self striping cake, just like most of the Caron Cakes, but instead of just changing through colors it repeats them before they change to the next one. For example if it changes from pink to orange to yellow instead of just running through those colors it would be something like pink, orange, pink, orange, yellow, orange, yellow, green, yellow, green, etc. So it is a little bit different than other self striping yarns. 

The Candy Floss color way is kind of a bright, springy, rainbow. The colors are pink, orange, yellow, green, blue, and purple. I felt like the bright colors definitely had an Easter and Spring vibe, so I picked one up to make a spring project. 

I had a few ideas for what I wanted to make, but after trying a couple of things I really wasn't loving how it was turning out. Self striping yarn can be really tricky to work with and sometimes it doesn't work great with certain stitches or projects, and I felt like that was the case with the first couple things I tried. I was honestly pretty bummed because I was so excited about making a spring project with the yarn. Then I thought with Easter coming up maybe it would be fun to make a big stuffed bunny. The bright stripes are kind of crazy but also kind of fun, and the colors felt perfect for Easter. I made it a little bigger than I usually make my stuffed animals, especially since I make a lot of mini amigurumi. 

I wanted to make it a 1 skein project, so I made it as big as I felt like I could while not needing more than 1 skein. The finished bunny is about 12" tall sitting, and about 17" tall including the legs. It has big floppy ears hanging down from its head. 

I used a little bit of shaping on the head by adding decreases above the nose, and then I used yarn and a needle to pull the eyes in just a little bit after it was finished. I used safety eyes and nose for the face, and finished it with some black yarn embroidery to make a mouth and little eyebrows. 

This colorful little bunny would be so fun for an Easter gift, or anytime. And if you don't like the colorful stripes I think it would look really cute in a solid color as well. 

How to Crochet a Candy Floss Bunny

You will need:

• Caron Cake Upside Down Cake in Candy Floss (or similar weight yarn in desired color)
• G crochet hook
• 20 mm safety nose
• 14 mm safety eyes
• stuffing
• yarn needle
• scissors

Instructions:

All pieces are crocheted beginning with a magic ring 

Body

Begin with a magic ring 

Round 1: in mr, ch 1, 6 sc (6 sc)

Round 2: 2 sc in each st (12 sc)

Round 3: [2 sc in first st, 1 sc in next st] repeat around (18 sc)

Round 4: [2 sc in first st, 1 sc in next 2 sts] repeat around (24 sc)

Round 5: [2 sc in first st, 1 sc in next 3 sts] repeat around (30 sc)

Round 6: [2 sc in first st, 1 sc in next 4 sts] repeat around (36 sc)

Round 7: [2 sc in first st, 1 sc in next 5 sts] repeat around (42 sc)

Round 8: [2 sc in first st, 1 sc in next 6 sts] repeat around (48 sc)

Round 9: [2 sc in first st, 1 sc in next 7 sts] repeat around (54 sc)

Rounds 10-20: 1 sc in each st (54 sc)

Round 21: [sc2tog, 1 sc in next 7 sts] repeat around (48 sc)

Rounds 22-23: 1 sc in each st (48 sc)

Round 24: [sc2tog, 1 sc in next 6 sts] repeat around (42 sc)

Rounds 25-26: 1 sc in each st (42 sc)

Round 27: [sc2tog, 1 sc in next 5 sts] repeat around (36 sc)

Rounds 28-29: 1 sc in each st (36 sc)

Start stuffing the bunny and continue stuffing as you work

Round 30: [sc2tog, 1 sc in next 4 sts] repeat around (30 sc)

Rounds 31-32: 1 sc in each st (30 sc)

Round 33: [sc2tog, 1 sc in next 3 sts] repeat around (24 sc)

Round 34: 1 sc in each st (24 sc)

Round 35: [2 sc in first st, 1 sc in next st] repeat around (36 sc)

Round 36: [2 sc in first st, 1 sc in next 5 sts] repeat around (42 sc)

Round 37: [2 sc in first st, 1 sc in next 6 sts] repeat around (48 sc)

Round 38: [2 sc in first st, 1 sc in next 7 sts] repeat around (54 sc)

Round 39: [2 sc in first st, 1 sc in next 8 sts] repeat around (60 sc)

Rounds 40-44: 1 sc in each st (60 sc)

Round 45: 1 sc in first 24 sts, sc2tog 6 times, 1 sc in last 24 sts (54 sc)

Rounds 46-50: 1 sc in each st (54 sc)

Insert safety nose centered below the decreases in round 45 between rounds 43 and 44

Insert safety eyes between rounds 45 and 46 about 6-7 sts about with the nose centered below them

Continue stuffing the head

Round 51: [sc2tog, 1 sc in next 7 sts] repeat around (48 sc)

Round 52: [sc2tog, 1 sc in next 6 sts] repeat around (42 sc)

Round 53: [sc2tog, 1 sc in next 5 sts] repeat around (36 sc)

Round 54: [sc2tog, 1 sc in next 4 sts] repeat around (30 sc)

Round 55: [sc2tog, 1 sc in next 3 sts] repeat around (24 sc)

Round 56: [sc2tog, 1 sc in next 2 sts] repeat around (18 sc)

Round 57: [sc2tog, 1 sc in next st] repeat around (12 sc)

Round 58: sc2tog around (6 sc)

Finish off and weave tail around opening to close, weave in end

Using a long piece of yarn insert your needle from anywhere on the side or back of the head in to the outside of one eye (leave a tail coming sticking out where you insert the needle) make a stitch along the outside of the eye (pulling it so it kind of goes under the safety eye) and then across to the outside of the opposite eye, pulling the needle back out the same hole where you started, pull the yarn so the eyes pull in slightly towards each other, knot off the yarn and pull inside the head

Use black yarn the make a mouth by stitching a line down from the nose and then a little line going out in each direction to make the mouth

Stitch an eyebrow above each eye

Ears

Make 2, begin with a magic ring 

Round 1: in mr, ch 1, 6 sc (6 sc)

Round 2: 2 sc in each st (12 sc)

Round 3: [2 sc in first st, 1 sc in next st] repeat around (18 sc)

Round 4: [2 sc in first st, 1 sc in next 2 sts] repeat around (24 sc)

Round 5: [2 sc in first st, 1 sc in next 3 sts] repeat around (30 sc)

Rounds 6-13: 1 sc in each st (30 sc)

Round 14: [sc2tog, 1 sc in next 8 sts] repeat around (27 sc)

Rounds 15-16: 1 sc in each st (27 sc)

Round 17: [sc2tog, 1 sc in next 7 sts] repeat around (24 sc)

Rounds 18-19: 1 sc in each st (24 sc)

Round 20: [sc2tog, 1 sc in next 6 sts] repeat around (21 sc)

Rounds 21-22: 1 sc in each st (21 sc)

Round 23: [sc2tog, 1 sc in next 5 sts] repeat around (18 sc)

Rounds 24-25: 1 sc in each st (18 sc)

Round 26: [sc2tog, 1 sc in next 4 sts] repeat around (15 sc)

Rounds 27-36: 1 sc in each st (15 sc)

Finish off and cut yarn leaving tail for sewing

Flatten and sew one ear to each side of the head, slightly to the back, hanging down

Arms

Make 2, begin with a magic ring

Round 1: in mr, ch 1, 6 sc (6 sc)

Round 2: 2 sc in each st (12 sc)

Round 3: [2 sc in first st, 1 sc in next st] repeat around (18 sc)

Rounds 4-9: 1 sc in each st (18 sc)

Round 10: [sc2tog, 1 sc in next st] repeat around (12 sc)

Add some stuffing to the hand part of the arm

Rounds 11-24: 1 sc in each st (12 sc)

Finish off leaving long tail for sewing

Sew an arm to each side of the body near the neck

Legs

Make 2, begin with a magic ring

Round 1: in mr, ch 1, 6 sc (6 sc)

Round 2: 2 sc in each st (12 sc)

Round 3: [2 sc in first st, 1 sc in next st] repeat around (18 sc)

Round 4: [2 sc in first st, 1 sc in next 2 sts] repeat around (24 sc)

Rounds 5-8: 1 sc in each st (24 sc)

Round 9: 1 sc in first 8 sts, sc2tog 4 times, 1 sc in last 8 sts (20 sc)

Round 10: 1 sc in first 8 sts, sc2tog 2 times, 1 sc in last 8 sts (18 sc)

Round 11: [sc2tog, 1 sc in next 4 sts] repeat around (15 sc)

Add some stuffing to the foot part of the leg and you can continue to add a little to the leg as you go

Rounds 12-27: 1 sc in each st (15 sc)

Finish off leaving long tail for sewing

Sew the legs to the bottom of the body

Tail

Begin with a magic ring 

Round 1: in mr, ch 1, 6 sc (6 sc)

Round 2: 2 sc in each st (12 sc)

Round 3: [2 sc in first st, 1 sc in next st] repeat around (18 sc)

Round 4: [2 sc in first st, 1 sc in next 2 sts] repeat around (24 sc)

Rounds 5-6: 1 sc in each st (24 sc)

Round 7: [sc2tog, 1 sc in next 2 sts] repeat around (18 sc)

Finish off leaving long tail for sewing

Add stuffing to tail and sew to the back of the bunny