Bunny Fridge Magnet Crochet Pattern

Hippity Hoppity, look who hopped by! This adorable bunny fridge magnet is looking for a home on your fridge or magnet board. They’re so fun to make they just might multiply like…well…bunnies. But that’s ok, because they make a great gift too!

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2021 Fridgies CAL

This bunny fridge magnet is the March pattern in the 2021 Fridiges CAL! Crochet along through 12 magnet patterns. At the end of the year, you’ll have an adorable set of fridgies for yourself or for a gift! You may want to make 2 sets, so you don’t have to decide.

Enter the Giveaway

There will be several giveaways throughout the Fridgies CAL. This quarter, you could win a zippered pouch from Global Backyard Industries!

Learn all about the Fridgies Crochet Along here, including how to enter the giveaways for a chance to win some fabulous prizes too! March is the last month for this prize, so be sure to get those entries in!

Lion Brand DIY Yarn

Lion Brand provided all the yarn for this crochet along. Their DIY yarn comes in small balls, which is just perfect for the small amounts needed for each magnet. For the bunny fridge magnet, you will need mostly white, with small amounts of pink and black. Brown or off white would be great color choices for the bunny as well!

Xyron Glue Gun

The easiest way to attach your magnet to your crochet is with hot glue. For my magnets, I’m using this mini hot glue gun that Xyron gave me to try out.

I used it on this fox fridge magnet and on the previous fox magnet and bear magnet. I’ve been very happy with it. It heats up quickly and produced a nice steady bead of glue. Watch it in action in the tutorial video below!

Bunny Fridge Magnet

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Materials

• Yarn: Lion Brand DIY Yarn
  • 45 yds white
  • 10 yds pink
  • 2 yds black
• Hook: Size H / 5 mm crochet hook or size needed to match gauge.
• Notions:
  • Yarn Needle
  • Strong, flat magnet that will fit inside the bunny (sample shown is 1 inch diameter)
  • Xyron hot glue gun and glue stick
  • Stitch marker (optional)
  • Black embroidery thread (optional for eyebrows)

Project Level

Intermediate: Worked in the round with some sewing and embroidery required.

Size

About 2.5 inches in diameter, not counting ears.

Gauge

12 sc x 13 rounds = 4 inches

Use pattern as gauge swatch – After rnd 4, back circle should measure about 2.25 inches in diameter. Exact gauge is not critical. Your fabric should be tight enough that the magnet won’t show through.

Abbreviations used

(Pattern is written in US terms)
ch = chain
sc = single crochet
dc = double crochet
inc = increase (see Special Stitches)
dec = decrease (see Special Stitches)
flo = front loop only
sk = skip
st(s) = stitch(es)
sl st = slip stitch
RS = right side
WS = wrong side

Recommended Resources

• To Knot or Not
• Back Loop Only and Front Loop Only
• Almost Invisible Single Crochet Increase
• 3 Ways to Weave in Ends
• Backstitch Seaming and Sewing on Moogly

Special Stitches

Increase (inc): Sc in back loop only of indicated st, then sc in both loops of same st. This counts as two stitches in the end of round stitch counts.

See this tutorial for a more detailed look.

Decrease (dec): Insert hook into front loop only of both of next 2 stitches, yarn over and draw up a loop, yarn over and draw through both loops on hook. This is an alternative to a single crochet 2 together (sc2tog) stitch. If you prefer, you can use the standard sc2tog instead.

Instructions

The pattern is made in 2 separate sections: The back with ears and magnet, and the front with the cheeks and embroidered face. You can make these 2 sections in any order you prefer.

Join rounds where indicated with a slip stitch in the first stitch of the round. Slip stitches are not included in stitch counts unless otherwise specified. Mark first stitch of rounds if desired. Do not turn your work unless indicated.

Back

Back circle

With white, ch 2.

Rnd 1 (RS): 6 sc in 2nd ch from hook, join. (6 sts)

Rnd 2: Ch 1, inc in each st around, join. (12 sts)

Rnd 3: Ch 1, inc in first st, sc in next st, (inc in next st, sc in next st) around, join. (18 sts)

Rnd 4: Ch 1, inc in first st, sc in next 2 sts, (inc in next st, sc in next 2 sts) around, join with sl st in flo of first st. Do not fasten off. (24 sts)

Work should now measure about 2.25 to 2.5 inches in diameter.

Ears

First outer ear:

Continuing from the end of rnd 4.

Row 1 (RS): Ch 1, sc in flo of same st (where the sl st was made), sc in flo of next 2 sts. (3 sc)

Row 2: Ch 1, turn, sc in first st, inc in next st, sc in last st. (4 sc)

Rows 3-4: Ch 1, turn, sc in each st across. (4 sc)

Row 5: Ch 1, turn, sc in first st, dec, sc in last st. (3 sts)

Row 6: Ch 1, turn, sk first st, sc in each of next 2 sts. (2 sts)

Row 7: Ch 1, turn, sk first st, sc in last st. (1 st)

Fasten off.

2nd outer ear

Skip next st on back circle, join white with a sl st in flo of next st.

Rows 1-7: Repeat rows 1-7 of first outer ear.

Fasten off.

Inner ear:

Turn to wrong side. Working into unused loops in front of either outer ear, join pink with sl st in flo of first st.

Row 1 (WS): Ch 1, sc in flo of same st (where the sl st was made), sc in flo of next 2 sts. (3 sc)

Rows 2-7: Repeat rows 2-7 of outer ear.

Fasten off.

Repeat inner ear instructions for the other inner ear.

Weave in all ends.

Front

Cheeks (make 2)

With white, ch 2

Rnd 1: 6 sc in 2nd ch from hook, join. Fasten off leaving an 8 inch tail for sewing.

Weave in the shorter, starting tail.

Front circle

With white, ch 2.

Rnds 1-3: Repeat rnds 1-3 of back circle. (18 sts)

Rnd 4: Ch 1, inc in first st, sc in next 2 sts, (inc in next st, sc in next 2 sts) around, join. Do NOT fasten off. (24 sts)

Secure working loop with a stitch marker and remove hook.

Face

IMPORTANT – When the front and back are joined, the working loop will be at the top center, between the ears. Keep this in mind when working on the face.

Using the pictures as a guide:

• Sew cheeks into place, being careful not to interfere with the tops of the stitches in the last round. You’ll need to work into those for the assembly.
• Embroider nose with pink yarn
• Embroider mouth, and eyes with black yarn.
• Optional: Separate the black yarn into individual strands (plys). Using only half the plies (2, for the Lion Brand DIY yarn), embroider the eyebrows.

If you are using a different yarn you may have more or fewer plys. If your yarn does not separate easily into plys, you can use thread or embroidery floss for the eyebrows.

Weave in all ends.

Assembly

Place working loop from front circle back onto hook and remove the stitch marker.

Hold front and back with wrong sides together. The active stitch on the front should be at the top center, between the ears.

Working through both front and back circle layers: (Ch 1, sl st) in the first st on the front circle and the skipped stitch between the ears on the back circle. (1 sl st)

Working through both ear layers, around the outside of the ear: (Ch 1, sl st) 7 times evenly spaced to the top point, (ch 1, sl st) at the top point, (ch 1, sl st) 7 times down the other side to the base of the ear. (15 sl sts)

Skip the next 3 sts on the front circle, the ones in front of the ear. Working through both front and back circle layers, (Ch 1, sl st) in each st around to the base of the other ear (17 sl sts)

There should be 3 remaining, unworked stitches on the front circle. This leaves 3 unworked front sts in front of each ear.

Working through both ear layers, around the outside of the other ear: (Ch 1, sl st) 7 times evenly spaced to the top point, (ch 1, sl st) at the top point, (ch 1, sl st) 7 times down the other side to the base of the ear. Join with sl st to first ch-1 of edging rnd. (15 sl sts not counting join.)

Fasten off leaving a 12-18 inch tail for sewing.

With the tail and working through front and back circle layers, sew across the 3 skipped stitches in front of each ear.

Weave in remaining ends

Bunny Fridge Magnet Video Tutorial

Watch This Video on YouTube

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I hope you enjoyed this fox fridge magnet pattern. Big thanks to Karen Navoy for testing it!

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