Pattern modified to a longer body, and head decreases done asymmetrical to get the nose to point up. Knit MICRO = with laceweight vintage sock darning yarn and 1.5 mm needles.
Larger bunny (3.7 cm = 1 3/8”) in pics used for illustrating, as the micro one is SO tiny (2.1 cm = 7/8”) it doesn’t photograph the detail well.
NOTE: I knit all my Tiny and Micro Mochimochi on circs, using Magic Loop. If you’re using DPNs, you might need to move st. around on the needles to do the decreases.
I make K2tog easier by inserting my needle from right to left into both st., and pulling down, then taking it out and doing the K2tog through the now-widened stitches. (see first 2 WIP pics).

MODS:
Knit ears = i-cord as pattern describes, but leave a 8 cm = 2 1/2 “ cast-on and cast-off tail hanging. Body: Knit rows 1 to 8 as per pattern, but make sure you leave a 10 cm = 4” cast-on tail.
Row 9: K4, K2tog, K4, K2tog, K4, K2tog = 16 st.
Row 10: K all = 16 st.
Row 11: K1, K2tog, K2, K2tog, K2, K2tog, K1, K2tog, K1 = 11 st.
Row 12: K2tog, K2tog, K2tog, K2tog, K1, K2tog = 6 st.
Cut yarn, leaving a 11 cm = 4 1/2” tail, thread yarn through the 6 st., but don’t gather them yet.

After knitting, there are 2 places in the knitted piece where you’ll see a complete vertical column of V’s running from the body all the way up to the gathered st. at the front. It’s 3 st. to the left of the last gathered st. on the yarn tail.

STUFFING
I didn’t stuff the piece until after I’d knit it and placed its ears, so I folded the piece along these 2 columns and saw the front’s asymmetry = worked out which way was up, with the nose pointing upwards. (in pic, the sloping edge of the folded unstuffed body = the underside, the rounded edge = the forehead.) The other pic shows the needle inserted vertically through this central axis.

I use roving = pure unspun wool fibers for stuffing (for all my Micro Tinys, I use those small bits of fluff that fall off my ancient sheepskin rugs) ;). I find this softer than polyester fiberfill stuffing, and not as prone to work its way out when you’re threading yarn or i-cord through a stuffed piece. The larger bunny was also stuffed with scraps of (wool) yarn. I should’ve used a bit less stuffing in both, comparing the shapes to the Micro Bunny Earrings I knit earlier (bad photos on my project page).

EARS
The central fold is also the column of st. to lift to insert the ears, with a half-stitch each side = 2 st. wide. I counted 5 st. from the open end (which wasn’t gathered yet at this point, just the last row of knit st. threaded onto the yarn tail). I opened up the place for the ears by widening the space with a fat darning needle or crochet hook, then pulling through the ears. You’ll attach them later, leave the yarn tails hanging for now. (On my earlier Micro Bunny Earrings project, I may have placed the ears at 4 rows back from the gathered st. instead of 5, can’t check as they’re in the US by now !)

FACE
I then stuffed the piece, and gathered the st. at the front. When you look at these st., one “leg” of each st. is hidden, one is on the outside. With the long yarn tail from the body, I did one round of weaving, picking up the hidden “leg” and going over the outside “leg” of each st. This gives a more even texture to the bunny’s face. I then embroidered one loose stitch horizontally over the gathered stitches, and threaded the yarn end a few times through the stuffed body to weave it in.

EYES
With a single strand of black embroidery floss, embroider over 1 knit st. 3 st.(rows) from the front end, and 3.5 st. apart. Go back and forth between the R and L eye, this shapes the head a little. For a white rabbit, use red embroidery floss. A glossy thread makes a bright eye.

FEET
For the feet, make 3 embroidery stitches in the same place for each, at the front 2 short ones 2 rows high and 3 st. apart, started 4 rows back from the gathered end. For the back feet, longer embroidery stitches 3 rows high at the same distance apart and 4 rows from the tail end. If your yarn tail isn’t long enough for this, use some of the yarn leftover from attaching the ears :
Attach the EARS by threading one hanging yarn tail onto the darning needle, and stitching back inside the i-cord. Come out ONE st. above where the ears join the head, and stitch through the head to the other ear with the yarn running along the outside of the i-cord = makes ear lie back. Weave the yarn tail through the body some more to attach the i-cord firmly so ears can’t be pulled out. Do the same with the yarn tail from the other ear, making that ear lie flat too. (Or position/attach ears differently if you want a different expression).

NOSE
Embroidered with a single strand pink embroidery floss, building up the embroidered stitch by going over the same place 5 or 6 times makes a much stronger stitch. Attach the yarn by stitching through stuffed body invisibly in a few directions (i.e. inserting the needle into the same place where it’s just exited, but now pointing in a different direction), then exit in the middle of the gathered stitches. Embroider vertically over the yarn that is gathering the stitches of the face PLUS picking up the horizontal yarn stitch you made on the face = bunny gets a nose AND a top lip all in one go.
(pic shows needle inserted, just before embroidering 1st stitch).

TAIL AND TEETH
Tail embroidered on with white, attach the yarn as before, stitching through stuffed body, then exit at the cast-on = tail end, make 5 or 6 loose horizontal stitches over the cast-on edge; as I wanted a naturalistic look, this looks like a small rectangle on-end, not a circle. Loose st. = extra fluffy tail. Then stitch through the length of the body, exiting just under the nose/top lip. Twist the white yarn to compact it, and make a small vertical stitch = 1 tooth. Anchor the yarn again, i.e. stitch through the stuffing, and repeat for 2nd tooth. Stitch back to the bunny’s tail and weave in there, cut yarn. You may need to insert the needle under the 2 finished teeth and pull them forward slightly, I hope you can handle a little bunny orthodontics ?

For a white rabbit, you’d probably have to use a separate strand of (off-)white embroidery floss to get the teeth to show on the white woolly face, and fluffy wool yarn for the tail.

Attach earring fitting if desired, looped through the middle of the central column of stitches, 1 row behind the ears. I put a jump ring and hook on instead to use it as a bracelet charm.

Sit back and squee !