Crochet teddy bunny star blanket for babies

Hello everyone,

In today's post I'll show you how I made a baby blanket with a teddy bunny for the most beautiful and sweet little baby girl that I met yesterday!

As you can seen, I decided to do a star blanket instead of a traditional square pattern. Each star edge measure about 36 cm.
It's a moderate difficulty pattern that took me around 7 hours to make. But I'm still a rookie, you could make it in 5 hours with some practice. 

Baby blanket pattern

Yarns:

1. White cotton nº 6
2. DROPS Safran color: 53 (light purple)
3. DROPS Safran color: 01 (light pink)
4. DROPS Safran color: 15 (dark heather)
5. DROPS Safran color: 28 (orange)
6. DROPS Safran color: 10 (yellow)

Other materials:

• Crochet hook 3mm for white yarn and 4mm for others
• Scissor

Pattern:

To be easier, I followed the next youtube video but with different rounds of color change. I changed from first yarn to the second one after 4 rounds, then I did 3 rounds of second yarn and changed again for first yarn just for one round. After this, I changed for the third yarn and so on.

Teddy rabbit

After the star blanket was completed I added to the center the cutest little teddy rabbit. Like all amigurumies, it has a complex pattern to make but the hardest was to find the best stuffing material. So it doesn't just look good, it feels good. I ended up using a polyester fibers normally used to fill pillows. Because according to my research it's easy to find, durable, washable, comfy and as mandatory in all baby stuff, it's anti-allergenic. 

I really enjoyed making it and will definitely make more in the near future. 

Bunny Head:

With first yarn, do a magic circle.
Round 1: 5 single crochet (sc) in magic circle
Round 2: 2 sc in each st around (10 st)
Round 3: Repeat around - 1 sc in next 1 st, 2 sc in next st (15 st)
Round 4: Repeat around - 1 sc in next 2 st, 2 sc in next st (20 st)
Round 5: Repeat around - 1 sc in next 3 st, 2 sc in next st (25 st)
Round 6: Repeat around - 1 sc in next 4 st, 2 sc in next st (30 st)
Round 7: Repeat around - 1 sc in next 5 st, 2 sc in next st (35 st)
Round 8: Repeat around - 1 sc in next 6 st, 2 sc in next st (40 st)
Round 9 - 14: 1 sc in each st around (40 st)
Round 15: Repeat around - 1 sc in next 6 st, 1 single crochet decrease (sc dec) in next st (35 st)
Round 16: Repeat around - 1 sc in next 5 st, 1 sc dec in next st (30 st)
Round 17: Repeat around - 1 sc in next 4 st, 1 sc dec in next st (25 st)
Round 18: Repeat around - 1 sc in next 3 st, 1 sc dec in next st (20 st)
Round 19: Repeat around - 1 sc in next 2 st, 1 sc dec in next st (15 st)
- Start stuffing the head and embroider the eyes and nose before I fasten off the yarn 
Round 20: Repeat around - 1 sc in next 1 st, 1 sc dec in next st (10 st)
Round 21: Repeat around - 1 sc in next 1 st, 1 sc dec in next st (5 st)
Fasten off and leave a long tail for sewing.


Bunny Arms (Make 2):

Magic Circle
Round 1: Working around, 4 sc in circle.
Round 2: Repeat around - 1 sc in next st, 2 sc in next st (6 st)

Round 3: Repeat around - 1 sc in each st (6 st)

Round 4: Repeat around - 1 sc in next st, 1 sc dec in next st (4 st)

Round 5-9: 1 sc in each st around (4)
Fasten off and leave a long tail for sewing. Set arms aside.

Bunny Ears (Make 2):

• Outer ear (White):
• Ch 9
• Round 1: 1 sc in second ch from hook and each of the next 7 ch. 5 sc in last ch. Working down the opposite side of the ch 9, 1sc in the next 7 ch  (19 st all together)
• Round 2: Working around, 1 sc in next 7 st, 2 sc in next st, twice. 1 sc in last 3 st (21 st)
• Fasten off and leave a long tail for sewing.
• Inner ear (Light purple):
• Ch 8
• 1 sc in second ch from hook and each of the next 6 ch. 5 sc in last ch. Working down the opposite side of the ch 8, sc in each of the next 6 ch (17st in total)
• Fasten off and leave a long tail for sewing.

• Using a tapestry needle, sew the inner part of the ear to the outer part and set aside
• Attach the ears to the top of your bunny head.

Attach the finished teddy bunny to the center of your star blanket.

Great stitches ;)