The Adventures of Haremann and Harebert

Life isn't easy when you're two crocheted rabbits.

Haremann

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Haremann went through a few changes since his first appearence in the hugely popular (as if) The Adventures of Haremann and Harebert webcomic. But here is the hopefully final version of our hero.
Originally he is crocheted in size 40 hand-dyed Cebelia crochet cotton with 0.6mm hooks. However you can choose any type of yarn.

What you will need:

  • Yarn
  • Toy stuffing
  • Crochet hook
  • Thread for the nose
  • A pair of eyes or yarn/thread if you decide on a stitched version
  • Sewing needles for the threads, one of which you can thread in the yarn you do the crocheting with.

General notes

Every piece is starting with a magic circle with 6 or 5 sc in them.

Determining the correct safety or glass eye size: start either with the body or the ears, the eye should be no less than 2 rows in diameter

Inc: make 2 sc (single crochet) into the same stitch

Dec: it's an almost invisible decrease, you insert your hook into the front loop only, swing around your hook and insert into the front loop of the next stitch, pull though the yarn on the two front loops and pull through again like in normal sc.

Triple dec: similar to the decrease but instead of just two stitches, you pick up the front loops of 3 stitches

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How to read pattern repeats: For example (2 sc, inc) * 3 means you do the part in brackets 3 times: sc, sc, 2 sc into next stitch, sc, sc, 2 sc into next stitch, sc, sc, 2 sc into next stitch.

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Ears

Round 1 magic circle, 6 sc 6 stitches
Round 2 ( sc, inc )*3 9 stitches
Round 3 ( 2 sc, inc )*3 12 stitches
Round 4 ( 3 sc, inc )*3 15 stitches
Round 5 ( 4 sc, inc )*3 18 stitches
Round 6 ( 5 sc, inc )*3 21 stitches
Round 7-9 21 sc for 3 rounds 21 stitches
Round 10 ( 5 sc, dec )*3 18 stitches
Round 11-12 18 sc for 2 rounds 18 stitches
Round 13 ( 4 sc, dec )*3 15 stitches
Round 14-15 15 sc for 2 rounds 15 stitches
Round 16 ( 3 sc, dec )*3 12 stitches
Round 17-18 12 sc for 2 rounds 12 stitches
Round 19 ( 4sc, dec )*2 10 stitches

cut yarn leaving 15-20 cm tail for sewing

Round 1 magic circle, 6 sc 6 stitches
Round 2 ( inc )*6 12 stitches
Round 3 ( sc, inc )*6 18 stitches
Round 4 ( 2sc, inc )*6 24 stitches
Round 5 ( 3sc, inc )*6 30 stitches
Round 6 ( 4sc, inc )*6 36 stitches
Round 7-10 36sc for 4 round 36 stitches
on round 8 mark the 6th and 17th sc, you will place the ears between these stitches
Round 11 ( 4sc, dec )*3, 18 sc 33 stitches
mark the second decrease with a bit of yarn, it will help later to find the top of the head
Round 12 33sc 33 stitches
Round 13 sc( 3sc, dec )*3, 17 sc 30 stitches
Round 13 starts with an extra sc, I did it like this so the decreases line up with the ones in round 11
Mark the 5th and 13th stitch if you are using safety or glass eyes you will insert them later (on round 16 or 17 ) after the 5th and before the 13th stitch.
Round 14 30sc 30 stitches
Round 15 ( 3sc, dec )*6 24 stitches
Round 16-17 24 sc for 2 rounds 24 stitches
if using safety eyes insert them now in row 13 6th and 13th stitch
Round 18 ( 2sc, dec )*6 18 stitches
Round 19-20 18 sc for 2 rounds 18 stitches
start stuffing the head
Round 21 ( sc, dec )*6 12 stitches
Round 22 (sc, dec)*3, slip st 9 stitches

cut yarn leaving 15-20cm tail for sewing, finish stuffing the head, sew the hole shut (grab the front loop only with your needle on every second stitch, pull tight)

If you are using thread and tiny hook, after round 20 stuff the head firmly, crochet the remaining bit, sew shut and mush the stuffing around.

Body

Round 1 magic circle, 6 sc6 stitches
Round 2 ( inc )*6 12 stitches
Round 3 ( sc, inc )*6 18 stitches
Round 4 ( 2sc, inc )*6 24 stitches
Round 5 ( 3sc, inc )*6 30 stitches
Round 6 ( 4sc, inc )*6 36 stitches
Round 7 ( 5sc, inc )*6 42 stitches
Round 8-13 42sc for 6 rounds 42 stitches
Round 14 ( 5sc, dec )*6 36 stitches
Round 15-16 36sc 36 stitches
Round 17 ( 4sc, dec )*6 30 stitches
Round 18-19 30sc for 2 rounds 30 stitches
Round 20 ( 3sc, dec )*6 24 stitches
Round 21-22 24sc for 2 rounds 24 stitches
Round 23 ( 4sc, dec )*4 20 stitches
Round 24 20sc 20 stitches
Round 25 ( 3sc, dec )*4, slip st 16 stitches

cut yarn leaving 15-20 cm tail for sewing

Arms

Round 1 magic circle 5 sc 5 stitches
Round 2 ( inc )*5 10 stitches
Round 3-5 10 sc for 3 rounds 10 stitches
Round 6 ( 4sc, dec )*2 stuff the paws 8 stitches
Round 7-20 8 sc for 14 rounds, 8 stitches

cut yarn leaving 15-20 cm tail for sewing, then stuff arms lightly

If using thread, I only stuff the paws and leave the rest of the arm empty It's really tiny when using size 40 thread.

Legs

The trickiest part of the rabbit with lots of shaping, even if you normally don’t mark the beggining stitch of the round, this time around you should.
Round 1 magic circle 6 sc 6 stitches
Round 2 ( inc )*6 12 stitches
Round 3 ( 3sc, inc )*3 15 stitches
Round 4-7 15 sc for 4 rounds 15 stitches
Round 8 2dec, 5sc, in the next stitch we make the heel flap. Make a sc, chain 4, sc into the 2nd back bump from the hook, 2 sc into remaining back bumps and make another sc next to the first sc of the heel flap, 5sc 21 stitches
Round 9 dec, 8 sc, 3 inc, 8 sc 23 stitches
Round 10 dec, 4 sc, dec, 9sc, dec, 3 sc. This is not a full round (1 stitch left to complete round) but we will use this stitch in next rounds first decrease. 20 stitches
Round 11 dec , 3sc, triple dec, 7sc, triple dec, 2sc. 15 stitches
Round 12 3 sc, dec, 7sc, dec, sc. Start stuffing the feet 13 stitches
Round 13 3sc, dec, 6 sc, dec. 11 stitches
Round 14 4sc, dec, 2sc, dec, sc. 9 stitches
Round 15-23 9 sc for 9 rounds. 9 stitches

Cut yarn leaving 15-20 cms for sewing. Stuff the legs lightly.

Making the heel flap

Round 8:

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Round 9:

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Tail

I usually make a pompom for the tail, however if you want to give it to kids, you should instead make a crocheted one.

Round 1 magic circle 6 sc 6 stitches
Round 2 ( inc )*6 12 stitches
Round 3 ( 3sc, inc )*3 15 stitches
Round 4 15sc 15 stitches
Round 5 ( sc, dec )*5 10 stitches
Round 6 (dec)*3, slip st. (not a full round) 7 stitches

cut yarn, stuff tail and sew to the bottom of your rabbit.

Assembly

Sew the ears on the head between Round 8’s marked stitches.

Grab pins or extra long needles and pin the head to the body, start sewing on the head at the same round where the ears are.

Sew on the arms 2 rounds below the neckline.

Pin the legs to the body, leaving a slight gap between them and with feet pointing slightly outwards.

For the nose: use pink embroidery thread. If the thread consists of 6 strands, separate them into two 3 stranded threads (we will be using just one of the two 3 stranded threads). Now grab the needle and thread in both ends in so that you have a loop at one end. Follow photos for how to stitch the nose, then hide the leftover thread inside the body by stitching it criss-crossing inside the bunny so that you only have a few centimeters left.

And we're done, yay!