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Amigurumi · added 2 Oct 2026
Amigurumi Bunny Holding A Heart In Chunky Yarn
Single crochet builds a dense, sculptable fabric for this chunky-yarn bunny holding a heart, joined with slip stitches.
- Skill
- Intermediate
- Time
- 4-6 hours
- Hook
- 5.5 mm
- Yarn
- Bulky
- Rounds
- 21
About this pattern
Worked almost entirely in single crochet, this bunny comes out dense and tight-shouldered under the hand — the kind of fabric that holds its shape without a wire frame because every stitch sits close to its neighbor. In chunky yarn on a 5.5 mm hook, the stitches stay thick and the surface reads as solid rather than lacy, which is exactly what you want when stuffing has to push against something that won't gap or show through.
The finished shape is a rounded bunny body with ears that fork into two lobes at the base and a separate heart piece built from two domed humps joined into one point. Stuff the body and heart firmly enough to hold their curves, then use the short tails left at each fasten-off to attach ears, arms, and heart with minimal extra sewing — the low-sew construction means most joins are already set up by where you left yarn hanging.
The swatch in numbers
- Rounds
- 21
- Parts
- 5
- Level
- Intermediate
- Time
- 4-6 hours
- Hook
- 5.5 mm
- Yarn
- Bulky
The yarn and the hook
- Premier Parfait Chunky yarn (or similar)
- 5.5 mm crochet hook (or appropriate size for your yarn)
- Black safety eyes
- Stitch marker
- Stuffing
- Yarn needle
- Scissors
Stitches, spelled out
ch chain; st stitch; sl st slip stitch; sc single crochetDense; inc increase; dec decrease.
Tension and hand-feel
After the first increase round of the body or heart, count your stitches against the number given (8 sc, then 10 sc) and check that the circle lies flat rather than cupping or ruffling.
If the fabric cups inward, your stitches are too tight for the hook and yarn — size up a hook; if it ruffles and won't hold a dome, size down.
Ears
Heart
Arms
For Round 1: Ch 2, 4 sc in 2nd ch from hook (4 sc)
Body
Attaching Arms
Align the stitches on the arm with the stitches on the body.
Insert hook through the aligned stitches on the arm and the corresponding stitch on the body.
Yarn over and pull through.
Repeat for the second arm.
How the texture is built
- The heart is built as two separate humps, each increased from 4 sc to 8 sc to 10 sc and fastened off in turn, so the rounded top of the heart is really two small domes meeting rather than one continuous curve.
- Once the humps are joined with a slip stitch, the decrease rounds (18, 16, 14 sc) place a single dec in the exact center of each side, flanked evenly by 8, 7, and 6 sc, so the point at the bottom narrows from both edges toward the middle instead of pulling off to one side.
- The arms use only one increase round, from 4 sc to 6 sc, then hold flat at 6 sc for the remaining rounds, producing a narrow, straight tube rather than a tapered limb — a shape suited to short tails and minimal sewing rather than a jointed look.
Putting the pieces together
If you swap the yarn
| Cotton, worsted weight | Produces a firmer, less forgiving fabric with crisper stitch definition on the heart's dome shaping; drop to roughly a 4-4.5 mm hook to keep the stitches closed, and expect a smaller finished bunny than the chunky original. |
|---|---|
| Wool-blend, bulky weight | Adds loft and a slight natural stretch to the single crochet fabric, so the body and heart can take a touch less stuffing and still hold their round shape; the original 5.5 mm hook still works well. |
| Acrylic, worsted weight held double | Two strands held together approximate the thickness of chunky yarn on a budget; the fabric comes out slightly denser and heavier, so test on a hook a half size smaller than 5.5 mm to keep stitches from gapping. |
Colorways
- Two-tone ears Keep the body and arms in one main color; work the first leg of each ear (through Round 4) in a contrast shade and the second leg in the main color, so the fold line between the two lobes shows as a visible color break.
Washing and blocking
Hand wash in cool water rather than machine washing — the dense single crochet surface on chunky acrylic-type yarn resists stretching but can pill with agitation.
Dry flat away from direct heat, reshaping the ear lobes and the heart's point by hand while the fabric is still damp.
Store the piece stuffed and upright rather than folded flat, since packing it down can crease the heart's point where the decrease rounds meet.
When it does not look right
- The heart's two humps sit at uneven heights before the join round.
- One hump was fastened off at a different tension than the live one was held at; before joining, confirm both sides read 10 sc and sit the same height, adjusting stuffing underneath if needed.
- The ears look like one rounded ball instead of two lobes at the base.
- The two legs were merged too early or too tightly; fasten the first leg off completely leaving a tail, then join the second leg while it's still live so the two sets of 8 sc stay visually separate before continuing.
- The heart's bottom point curls to one side instead of coming to a neat center tip.
- The decreases in the 18, 16, and 14 sc rounds weren't stacked over the same center stitch each round; mark the center stitch with a stitch marker before each decrease round to keep them aligned.
Close-ups
Questions people ask
How firmly should the heart be stuffed?
Stuff it enough to hold the dome shape of the two humps without going rigid, since it still needs to flex slightly where the arms hold it against the body. Overstuffing can pull the center join tight and distort the point.
Why is the first heart hump fastened off but the second one left live?
Fastening off the first hump lets you set it aside cleanly with a short tail for sewing, while keeping the second hump live means you can slip stitch straight into the first one without rejoining yarn. This is what produces the single continuous round that follows.
Can the arms be made longer than the pattern gives?
You can add extra straight rounds of 6 sc before fastening off, since the arm tube holds its width once past the single increase round. Keep both arms the same number of added rounds so they match in length.
Does the 5.5 mm hook work with any chunky yarn, or does it need to match a specific one?
Any chunky yarn that produces a tight, gap-free single crochet fabric at that hook size will work; the goal is a dense surface that won't let stuffing show through. If your stitches look loose or open, drop down a hook size.
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