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Little Bear Free Crochet Pattern

Updated: Oct 19, 2019


Hi my fellow crocheters! I hope your week has started well...but if you needed an extra help to get in the right mood I'm here with a cute little gift for you: an adorable amigurumi Bear free crochet pattern!


I enjoy designing cute little friends for babies, and bears are definitely my favorite subject! I love imagining little kids engaging and playing with them and being comforted by their softness.


Today's free crochet project requires basic stitches knowledge and a bit of extra embroidery skills to create the cute bear's nose.


The finished bear is approximately 5.5" tall.


***You can purchase an AD-FREE PDF of this pattern with step-by-step pictures on Etsy HERE.



Here's the FREE pattern! Enjoy!


SKILL LEVEL: Beginner

YARN: Medium Weight Cotton Yarn (Lace 4) in Spice, Pink and Black

OTHER MATERIALS: Polyester Fiber Filling; Yarn Needle

HOOK SIZES: E/3,25 mm

STITCHES USED and ABBREVIATIONS: magic ring (mr), chain (ch), slip stitch (sl st), single crochet (sc), half double crochet (hdc), decrease (dec), increase (inc), fasten off (F/O).

INSTRUCTIONS: work in rows (join with a sl st and ch1 at the end of each row) otherwise instructed.

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LEGS AND BODY (spice and pink yarn)

Make two:

1) start working with spice yarn, 6 sc in a mr (6)

2) *1 sc, 1 sc inc*, repeat ** twice (8)

3-6) sc even (8); F/O and hide the yarn and stuff the leg

Do no cut the yarn once you have completed the 2nd leg, CH 8 INSTEAD.

Merge the two legs together:

7) join the yarn with a sl st to the 1st leg, ch1 and sc in the same st, crochet around 7 sc, work 1 hdc in each stitch in between the two legs, keep working on the second leg, 8 sc, work 1 hdc in each stitch in between the two legs (32)

8-11) sc even (32); keep stuffing the body

12) 11 sc, switch to pink yarn, 4 sc, switch back to spice yarn, 17 sc (32)

13) repeat round #12 (32)

14) keep working with spice yarn, 10 sc, switch to pink yarn, 6 sc, switch back to spice yarn, 16 sc (32)

15-16) repeat round #14 (32)

17) keep working with spice yarn, 9 sc, switch to pink yarn, 8 sc, switch back to spice yarn, 15 sc (32)

18) repeat round #17 (32)

19-22) keep working with spice yarn, sc even (32)

23) *2 sc, 1 sc dec*, repeat ** around (24)

24) *1 sc, 1 sc dec*, repeat ** around (16); finish stuffing the bear

25) sc dec around (8); F/O, close the hole, cut and hide the yarn.


Embroider the NOSE and the EYES with black yarn.



EARS (spice yarn; make two)

Big ear:

1) 6 sc in a mr (6)

2) sc inc around (12)

3) *2 sc, 1 sc inc*, repeat ** around (16)

4) sc even (16)

5) sc dec around (8); F/O and leave a long tail of yarn to sew the ear onto the head.

Do not stuff the ear; flatten it instead before attaching it in between rounds #23-25 of the body.


Small ear:

1) 6 sc in a mr (6)

2) sc inc around (12)

3-4) sc even (12)

5) *1 sc, 1 sc dec*, repeat ** around (8); F/O and leave a long tail of yarn to sew the ear onto the head.

Do not stuff the ear; flatten it instead before attaching it in between rounds #23-25 of the body.


ARMS (spice yarn; make two)

1) 6 sc in a mr (6)

2-5) sc even (6); F/O and leave a long tail of yarn to sew the arm to the side of the body between rounds # 11-12. Stuff the arm lightly before attaching it.


I can't wait to see your version of my LITTLE BEAR! Feel free to tag me (@elisascrochet) in your photos on Instagram or Facebook if you'd like!



Elisa

 

This pattern is an original pattern by Elisa Sartori of Elisa's Crochet.  Please do not claim this pattern as your own. If you wish to share this pattern, you may link to this pattern but please do not reprint it on your site. You may keep a copy for your own personal use but please DO NOT sell the pattern or distribute it.

You may sell products made from this pattern but please clearly credit the design to me, Elisa Sartori of Elisa's Crochet. Permission is NOT granted for mass production or factory manufacturing of any kind. Thank you!

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