How to Crochet No-Sew Bunny Pillow for Beginners (Miffy Pillow)

In this post, you'll learn how to crochet a super soft, squishy, and cute no-sew bunny pillow with a step-by-step tutorial from Chubbies By Ash. This pillow is designed to be beginner-friendly and doesn't require the magic ring start. You can complete it very quickly thanks to the use of the plush yarn.

This crochet pillow has the shape of a bunny face and a large version of the popular bunny face keychain named the miffy keychain. You can also add facial expressions to it. The recommended use is as a sofa pillow rather than a sleeping pillow. The process of crocheting this bunny pillow becomes very easy thanks to creating two circles and joining them together.

Learn more about how to tackle this pillow project more easily by reading through the post while the complete video guide will be available at the end of this post.

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Skills Used: Crocheting circles with single crochets by starting with foundation chains, evenly increasing for shaping, and joining pieces seamlessly with front and back loop stitches. Advanced skills like invisible decreases and precise stitch marker placement are also needed for the ears. Embroidering eyes and mouth make this project look great.

Guide Span: 32 Minutes Only

Personalization Tips: Change the yarn colors to match your decor choosing from white, pink, sage green, beige, and others. Make sure to use pastel colors. The tutor adds a small bow to the head of this bunny pillow but you can also crochet a flower applique or simply omit it. You can also experiment with facial expressions.

Crochet Bunny Pillow Tutorial

Miffy is a popular character and stuffed toy and with this crochet tutorial, you can make a Miffy-inspired pillow all using crochet techniques such as single crochets, joining, and shaping. The best thing about this project is that even though it is large, beginners will not be tired of following the pattern as it is very easy.

You will find loads of tips throughout the tutorial and here is a quick summary of this:

Creating the Base Circles: Begin with two identical circles crafted using single crochets and increases. Accurate stitch markers are essential for maintaining symmetry.
Joining the Circles: Use single crochets to join the two circles, working through the front and back loops for a seamless connection. Leave some space for flipping the piece inside out and stuffing.
Adding the Ears: The ears are crocheted directly onto the joined circles, using 25 stitches for a sturdy attachment. The shaping involves single crochets and invisible decreases.
Final Touches: The eyes and mouth are either embroidered or glued onto the pillow. Customize the face for a unique expression.

Supplies Used

Check out the list of stitches and abbreviations that the tutor uses for the on-screen Bunny pillow pattern. Below we have given quick written instructions that will help you a lot:

Single Crochet (sc): Insert hook into stitch, yarn over, pull through loop, yarn over, pull through both loops.
Increase (inc): Work two single crochets into the same stitch.
Decrease (dec): Insert hook into stitch, yarn over, pull through, insert hook into next stitch, yarn over, pull through, yarn over, pull through all loops.
Slip Stitch (sl st): Insert hook into stitch, yarn over, pull through stitch and loop on hook.
Chain (ch): Yarn over, pull through loop on hook.

Supplies Used

Following are the crochet supplies that the tutor uses for crocheting this bunny pillow:

Chunky chenille yarn of around 7mm thick (~300g), black cotton or Acrylic yarn for eyes
6mm & 2.5mm crochet hook
Stitch markers
Stuffing materials
Glue, darning needle, and scissors.