The Gingham Bunny Table Runner is a free crochet pattern perfect for Easter or Spring!

I love modern gingham and have been wanting to design a gingham crochet pattern for a long time now. And Spring seemed like the perfect time to give it a go.

I love spring – my favorite time of the year. And I love to decorate for Easter – breaking out the spring colors which will brighten even a gloomy day. Spring decorations just plain make me happy because I know it means that long sunny days are just around the corner.

And gingham has such a modern yet vintage feel to it. It really has a rustic country farmhouse kitchen vibe. I wanted to combine gingham plaid with bunnies to create this table runner. Although if you wanted to keep this table runner out year round, you could skip the bunnies and have a lovely gingham plaid table runner.

If you love this project and would like to see the matching Gingham Bunny Placemat pattern – let me know!

Made with the Tapestry Crochet Technique in single crochet stitches. Have you ever tried Tapestry Crochet? If not – no worries! I have a complete photo and video tutorial with all of my tips and tricks. Since this isn’t a large project this might be just the project to try your hand at this fantastic color work technique!

I used Hobby Lobby’s I Love This Yarn for this project which is a medium 4 weight acrylic yarn. Substitute with another medium weight yarn in acrylic or cotton.

If you love gingham or plaid crochet patterns be on the look out because I have another spring Gingham pattern coming soon!

You could also adapt this pattern to make a cute spring bunny wall hanging – just stop shortly after finishing the first bunny graph for another great project!

You could easily make this table runner smaller or larger if desired as well – just add or subtract rows between the bunnies to adjust the size.

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You may also like the following free crochet patterns at Nana’s Crafty Home:

1. Leprechaun Gnome Towel Topper
2. Spring Girl Gnome Towel Topper
3. Flower Easter Basket

Gingham Bunny Table Runner free crochet pattern

Pattern written in US crochet terminology

Supplies:

• Hobby Lobby I Love This Yarn! Weight 4/Medium (100% acrylic) 7 oz/355 yds
• Navy 2.2 oz / 112 yards (navy)
• Dark Country Blue 1.5 oz / 77 yards (light blue)
• Light Grey 0.7 oz / 36 yards (grey)
• White 5.8 oz / 295 yards (white)

Size I (5.5 mm) crochet hook
Scissors
Tapestry needle

Approximate finished size: 13” wide x 42” long 

Gauge: 17.5 rows = 4” / 15 sc sts = 4”

Abbreviations:

ch = chain
sc = single crochet
st(s) = stitch(es)
WS = wrong side
RS = right side

Pattern Notes:

• Graph is worked in single crochet (sc) tapestry crochet technique.  Each pixel of graph corresponds to 1 sc stitch.  
• At the end of each row, turn and ch 1.  Ch 1 does not count as a stitch.
• Since all sts are sc, the pattern is written telling you which color to use and how many stitches of that color. For Example: “[grey 5, white 5] five times” means you will work with grey color for 5 sc sts, then white color for 5 sc sts, and work that pattern 5 times total across the row. 

Recommended Tutorials

Tapestry Crochet Tips & Tricks

Written Row-by-Row instructions

To begin with navy color, ch 51 and start the first row in the second ch from the hook.

At the end of each row, turn and ch 1 (ch 1 does not count as a stitch).

← Row 1 [RS]: navy 50  
→ Row 2 [WS]: navy 50  
← Row 3 [RS]: [grey 5, light blue 5] five times
→ Row 4 [WS]: [light blue 5, grey 5] five times
← Row 5 – 7: repeat row 3-4 ending with row 3.   
→ Row 8 [WS]: [navy 5, light blue 5] five times
← Row 9 [RS]: [light blue 5, navy 5] five times
→ Row 10 – 12: repeat rows 8 – 9 ending with row 8. 
← Row 13 – 17: repeat rows 3 – 4 ending with row 3.
→ Row 18 – 22: repeat rows 8 – 9 ending with row 8.
← Row 23 – 27: repeat rows 3 – 4 ending with row 3.
→ Row 28 [WS]: navy 50  
← Row 29 – 30 [RS]: white 50
← Row 31 [RS]: white 14, navy 25, white 11 
→ Row 32 [WS]: white 11, navy 26, white 13  
← Row 33 [RS]: white 12, navy 26, white 12  
→ Row 34 [WS]: white 13, navy 25, white 12 
← Row 35 [RS]: white 11, navy 25, white 14  
→ Row 36 [WS]: white 13, navy 26, white 11  
← Row 37 [RS]: white 10, navy 27, white 13  
→ Row 38 [WS]: white 12, navy 29, white 9  
← Row 39 [RS]: white 9, navy 30, white 11  
→ Row 40 [WS]: white 10, navy 30, white 10  
← Row 41 [RS]: white 11, navy 30, white 9  
→ Row 42 [WS]: white 9, navy 30, white 11  
← Row 43 [RS]: white 11, navy 30, white 9  
→ Row 44 [WS]: white 9, navy 29, white 12  
← Row 45 [RS]: white 12, navy 28, white 10  
→ Row 46 [WS]: white 11, navy 26, white 13  
← Row 47 [RS]: white 14, navy 25, white 11  
→ Row 48 [WS]: white 8, navy 27, white 15 
← Row 49 [RS]: white 19, navy 24, white 7  
→ Row 50 [WS]: white 6, navy 23, white 21  
← Row 51 [RS]: white 32, navy 12, white 6  
→ Row 52 [WS]: white 6, navy 13, white 31 
← Row 53 [RS]: white 28, navy 15, white 7  
→ Row 54 [WS]: white 8, navy 17, ]white 25  
← Row 55 [RS]: white 23, navy 18, white 9  
→ Row 56 [WS]: white 10, navy 9, white 1, navy 8 white 22  
← Row 57 [RS]: white 22, navy 6, white 2, navy 9, white 11  
→ Row 58 [WS]: white 15, navy 6, white 4, navy 4, white 21  
← Row 59 [RS]: white 21, navy 3, white 3, navy 6, white 17  
→ Row 60 [WS]: white 18, navy 7, white 25  
← Row 61 [RS]: white 24, navy 6, white 20  
→ Row 62 [WS]: white 21, navy 5, white 24 
← Row 63 – 122: white 50  
← Row 123 [RS]: white 21, navy 5, white 24 
→ Row 124 [WS]: white 24, navy 6, white 20  
← Row 125 [RS]: white 18, navy 7, white 25  
→ Row 126 [WS]: white 21, navy 3, white 3, navy 6, white 17 
← Row 127 [RS]: white 15, navy 6, white 4, navy 4, white 21
→ Row 128 [WS]: white 22, navy 6, white 2, navy 9, white 11  
← Row 129 [RS]: white 10, navy 9, white 1, navy 8, white 22  
→ Row 130 [WS]: white 23, navy 18, white 9 
← Row 131 [RS]: white 8, navy 17, white 25  
→ Row 132 [WS]: white 28, navy 15, white 7  
← Row 133 [RS]: white 6, navy 13, white 31  
→ Row 134 [WS]: white 32, navy 12, white 6  
← Row 135 [RS]: white 6, navy 23, white 21
→ Row 136 [WS]: white 19, navy 24, white 7  
← Row 137 [RS]: white 8, navy 27, white 15  
→ Row 138 [WS]: white 14, navy 25, white 11
← Row 139 [RS]: white 11, navy 26, white 13  
→ Row 140 [WS]: white 12, navy 28, white 10 
← Row 141 [RS]: white 9, navy 29, white 12  
→ Row 142 [WS]: white 11, navy 30, white 9 
← Row 143 [RS]: white 9, navy 30, white 11  
→ Row 144 [WS]: white 11, navy 30, white 9  
← Row 145 [RS]: white 10, navy 30, white 10  
→ Row 146 [WS]: white 9, navy 30, white 11 
← Row 147 [RS]: white 12, navy 29, white 9  
→ Row 148 [WS]: white 10, navy 27, white 13 
← Row 149 [RS]: white 13, navy 26, white 11  
→ Row 150 [WS]: white 11, navy 25, white 14 
← Row 151 [RS]: white 13, navy 25, white 12  
→ Row 152 [WS]: white 12, navy 26, white 12  
← Row 153 [RS]: white 11, navy 26, white 13  
→ Row 154 [WS]: white 14, navy 25, white 11 
← Row 155 – 156: white x 50 
← Row 157: navy x 50  
→ Row 158 [WS]: [light blue 5, grey 5] five times 
← Row 159 [RS]: [grey 5, light blue 5] five times
→ Row 160 – 162: repeat rows 158 – 159 ending on row 158.
← Row 163 [RS]: [light blue 5, navy 5] five times 
→ Row 164 [WS]: [navy 5, light blue 5] five times
← Row 165 – 167: repeat rows 163 – 164 ending on row 163.
→ Row 168 – 172: repeat rows 158 – 159 ending on row 158.
← Row 173 – 177: repeat rows 163 – 164 ending on row 163.
→ Row 178 – 182: repeat rows 158 – 159 ending on row 158. 
← Row 183 [RS]: navy 50  
→ Row 184 [WS]: navy 50