Aaaaand we got a new baby in the family! Literally! So of course I had to make a new baby mobile. Not that my 3 years old still needs the other ones, but I felt like the second baby will always get all the old stuff from the first one, clothes, toys, which is great in a way, for the parents and the planet. But I thought I would at least make him something new for his birth. That’s how I came up with this moon bunny and stars crochet mobile pattern.
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Moon bunny and stars crochet mobile: the inspiration
When looking for new ideas for decoration I like to lose myself on Pinterest. I came across a cute poster with a bunny fishing stars from the moon, and I thought that would make a pretty baby mobile. Especially that I didn’t know the baby gender at the time, and I feel a bunny can work both for a baby boy or a baby girl. Plus the daddy is a fisherman, but I already told you this story when I made Bruno the Polar bear…
For the yarn I used two different sizes, a thick one for the moon, and a thinner one for the bunny and stars. I needed the moon to be big, and my lazyness or impatience got the better of me. When I have an idea in mind I’m so excited that I want to see the result fast, and I’m not a huge fan of endless rounds with more than 70 stitches. And it does grow faster with a thicker yarn! So do read carefully the material instructions to end up with the right proportions.
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Before you start your moon bunny and stars crochet mobile
MATERIAL
Crochet hooks: 3.5mm / US E-4 hook, and 2.5mm hook (or 2.75mm / US C2)
Yarn:
o #4 / aran / worsted yarn, 80% cotton 20% Milk Fiber, color off-white (I use a local shop yarn, an equivalent would be Paintbox Cotton Aran, but keep the 3.5mm hook to obtain tight stitches and avoid the fiberfill to show)
o DMC Happy cotton #794 (yellow), #758 (dark blue), #750 (grey-blue), #773 (light beige)
Tapestry needle
Fiberfill
Stitch marker or a strand of thinner yarn
A pair of 6mm safety eyes
Ball point pins for assembly
Sewing needle
Yellow sewing thread (or any other color similar to your sequins color)
Star shaped sequins with a hole to embroider
25 cm (9.8″) metal ring in gold color (it could also be a wooden/bamboo ring)
Golden decorative string to attach the elements to the mobile (or yarn)
Glue and a white pompom for the bunny tail (1.5cm / 0.6″ large).
- Black and pink embroidery thread for the nose and lashes (I use DMC Cotton Perle n°8)
LEVEL
Intermediate. The moon is beginner level, the stars and bunny intermediate.
GAUGE AND SIZE
Gauge for the moon with the above material: 5-round circle = 5cm (2″).
Gauge for the stars and bunny with the above material: 5-round circle = 4cm (1.6″). Find out how to measure gauge for amigurumis in my tutorial here.
With the material mentioned above and when gauge is achieved:
The moon is 15.5cm tall (5.9″)
The bunny is 7cm long (2.7″) and 6cm tall (2.4″) (to the top of the ears).
The stars are 6.5 cm large (from tip to tip) (2.5″)
The ball diameter is 4cm (1.6″)
PATTERN NOTES AND SPECIAL TECHNIQUES
- The number before the abbreviation represents how many times to work one type of stitch into consecutive stitches from the previous round (unless stated otherwise). Ex: 3inc = work one increase into each of the next 3 stitches.
- This pattern is worked in continuous spiral rounds (i.e. without closing the rounds with a slip stitch) unless stated otherwise. It may help to mark the first stitch of each round with a stitch marker.
- For amigurumi in general, I always use an invisible decrease (unless stated otherwise) to minimize the gaps between these stitches so that the fiberfill doesn’t show too much. You can check this simple technique in a video tutorial here, but if it’s too much hassle and you prefer to start right away you can also work with normal decrease, no big deal!
STITCHES AND ABBREVIATIONS (US CROCHET TERMS)
st: stitch/es
sc: single crochet
sl st: slip stitch
inc: single crochet increase (work 2 sc into the same st)
dec: single crochet decrease (single crochet two stitches together).
[number]: total number of stitches of the round (or row)
Rnd: round
(…) x 2: repeat whatever is in between the parenthesis the number of times indicated
ORNAMENTS PATTERN
SMALL BALL PATTERN
With off-white yarn and 3.5mm hook.
Rnd 1: work 5sc into a magic ring. [5]
Rnd 2: 5inc. [10]
Rnd 3: (sc, inc) x 5. [15]
Rnd 4: (3sc, inc, sc) x 3. [18]
Rnd 5: sc, inc, 4sc, inc, 5sc, inc, 5sc. [21]
Rnd 6: sc in each st around. [21]
Rnd 7: (5sc, dec) x 3. [18]
Rnd 8: 2sc, dec, 3sc, dec, 4sc, dec, 3sc. [15]
Rnd 9: (sc, dec) x 5. [10]
Rnd 10: 4dec, fasten off, finish stuffing and sew closed.
THE STARS (make 4)
With DMC Happy Cotton yarn and a 2.5mm hook.
Rnd 1: work 6sc into a magic ring. [6]
Rnd 2: 6inc. [12]
Rnd 3: (inc, sc) x 6. [18]
Rnd 4: (inc, 2sc) x5, inc, sc, inc. [25]
Fasten off, weave in end on the wrong side.
Make a second one, and don’t fasten off.
First point: each point is worked in spiral, like a reverse cone. Check the tutorial video here (larger star size but you can get the idea).
Rnd 1: Put the two circles together (wrong sides together) and work 1 sc across both sides to join them. Mark that stitch with a stitch marker. Now count 4 stitches on both circles, and mark the 5th stitch with a stitch marker across both circles.
Rnd 2: (turn again and start in the first stitch from Rnd 1, the one with the stitch marker)
dec, 3sc, dec, 3sc. [8]
Keep going in continuous rounds.
Rnd 3: dec, 2sc, dec, 2sc. [6]
Rnd 4: dec, slst, FO and sew closed.
Weave in ends.
Other three points: with a new strand of yarn, make a slip knot on your hook, and repeat rounds 1 to 4, starting your first sc into the last stitch of the previous point basis (instead of starting in the next free stitch). This first sc is worked across both circles.
Fifth point: Stuff the star (lightly) before starting the fifth point, and don’t forget to fill the last point just before closing it. Repeat rnds 1-4.
Make 3 more.
You can now embroider some star sequins.
THE MOON PATTERN
With off-white yarn. The moon is worked with a thicker yarn and bigger hook, you can refer to the list of material at the begining of this pattern to ensure you get the same proportions.
Rnd 1: Work 8sc into a magic ring. [8]
Rnd 2: inc in each st around. [16]
Rnd 3: (inc, sc) x 8. [24]
Rnd 4: (inc, sc) x 12. [36]
Rnd 5: (2inc, 4sc, inc, 4sc, inc, 4sc, 2inc) x 2. [48]
Rnd 6: (2inc, 20sc, 2inc) x 2. [56]
Rnd 7: (2inc, 24sc, 2inc) x 2. [64]
It’s totally normal that the shape gets a bit wavy on the way, as we will fold it in two later.
Rnd 8: (2inc, 9sc, inc, 8sc, inc, 9sc, 2inc) x 2. [76]
Rnd 9: (2inc, 34sc, 2inc) x 2. [84]
Rnd 10: (3inc, 8sc, inc, 8sc, inc, 9sc, inc, 8sc, 3inc) x 2. [102]
Rnd 11: (2inc, 47sc, 2inc) x 2. [110]
Rnd 12: (2inc, 17sc, inc, 16sc, inc, 16sc, 2inc) x 2. [122]
Rnd 13: (inc, 59sc, inc) x 2. [126]
Rnd 14: (2inc, 19sc, inc, 19sc, inc, 19sc, 2inc) x 2. [138]
Fasten off and leave a tail of at least 150cm to sew closed.
Fold in two at the level of the first stitch of the round (so that both sides are identical), with the wrong side inside.
Start sewing both edges together : insert your tapestry needle from inside to outside, under both loops of the opposite stitch.
Stuff with fiberfill along the way and before closing. Stuff evenly to shape the moon easily and nicely.
Finally, embroider star sequins (or beads, up to you!).
THE BUNNY PATTERN
THE HEAD
With DMC Happy Cotton light beige yarn and a 2.5mm hook.
Rnd 1: Work 6sc into a magic ring. [6]
Rnd 2: (sc, inc) x 3. [9]
Rnd 3: (2sc, inc) x 3. [12]
Rnd 4: (sc, inc) x 6. [18]
Rnd 5: (2sc, inc) x 6. [24]
Rnd 6 – 8 : sc around. [24]
Rnd 9: (2sc, dec) x 6. [18]
Rnd 10: (sc, dec) x 6. [12]
Insert safety eyes between row 6 and 7, 9 stitches between the eyes.
Fill with fiberfill.
Rnd 11: 6dec. [6]
Fasten off leaving a long tail to sew to the body, finish stuffing with fiberfill and sew closed. Embroider the nose, the lashes, and the smile.
THE BODY
Rnd 1: work 6sc into a magic ring. [6]
Rnd 2: inc in each st around. [12]
Rnd 3: (sc, inc) x 6. [18]
Rnd 4: (2sc, inc) x 6. [24]
Rnd 5: sc around. [24]
Rnd 6: (2sc, dec) x 6. [18]
Rnd 7: (dec, 14sc, dec). [16]
Rnd 8: (dec, 12sc, dec). [14]
Rnd 9: dec, 12sc. [13]
Rnd 10: sc around. [13]
Rnd 11: sc around. [13]
THE LEGS
Chain 6.
Row 1: starting in the second chain from the hook, sc in each st. [5]
Fasten off, leave a tail for sewing.
Make 3 more.
THE EARS
Rnd 1: work 4sc into a magic ring. [4]
Rnd 2: (sc, inc) x 2. [6]
Rnd 3: (sc, inc) x 3. [9]
Rnd 4 – 6 : sc around. [9]
Rnd 7: (sc, dec) x 3. [6]
Rnd 8: sc around. [6]
Flatten the ear, and single crochet both sides together. Leave a tail to sew to the head. Make one more.
ASSEMBLY OF THE BUNNY
Sew the ears to the head two rows behind the eyes.
Fill the body with fiberfill, and sew the head to the body, so that the bunny butt points upwards.
Sew the legs. Attach the upper legs with only one or two stitches at the base of the leg, so that the bunny can “hold” the fishing rod.
Glue the tail.
MOBILE ASSEMBLY
- With a beige strand of yarn, sew the bunny to the moon, so that the front legs slightly stick out to hold the rod.
- Take any piece of wood, to make the rod, mine is about 8cm (3.1″) long. Make sure it’s thin enough to go through the legs stitches. I also pushed it a bit in the moon to secure it.
- Attach a decorative string to the rod with little knots, and attach it to the star (on my mobile the length between the rod and the star is 7cm / 2.8″).
To assemble the mobile, start with the stars and the ball first, and then the moon with the bunny to be able to adjust the height of the moon exactly where you like it. Important: Make sure you double or tripple secure all the knots, to avoid any element to fall in a baby crib, since it is likely to be hanged above a crib.
- Prepare the stars by attaching a decorative string to a tip. Adjust the height of your elements, and wrap the piece of yarn twice around the ring. As a guideline, here are the lengths I used between the tip of the stars and the ring:
- Yellow star: 11.5cm / 4.5″
- Dark blue star: 25cm / 9.8″
- Grey-Blue star: 17cm / 6.7″
Now sew the strings to the bottom of the ball. This is the tricky and important part: to have a balanced mobile, the length of each string between the ring and the ball should be exactly the same. On my mobile, it is 16cm / 6.3″, because I wanted the ball to be a bit higher to hang the moon. Hide the tails inside the ball.
- Finally, take a new string, attach it to the moon with a knot (depending on where you make the knot, the moon will be straight or slightly leaning backwards if you like it better this way, that’s up to you!). Adjust the height and attach it to the ball. On my mobile there is 16cm (6.3″) between the top of the moon and the ball. You can use the same piece of string to hang the mobile, just exit through the top of the ball with your tapestry needle, you can make a discrete second knot at the top of the ball to secure it.
Here you go! Congratulations on finishing this cute moon bunny and stars crochet mobile for a very lucky baby!
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