Baby Bear

Free Baby bear crochet tutorial by Maria Zaikina @zaykina_toy.

With this pattern, you can crochet cute plush teddy bears. For this amigurumi project, you need any plush yarn. Yarn usage is about 1 skein (depends on your personal stitch tension, it is better to have one extra skein on hand). The head uses sculpting, and below you will find a detailed guide with photos. Embroider the noses, mouths, and eyebrows with cotton blend or cotton yarn.

Finished teddy bear size is about 18 cm.

Materials and Tools

• YarnArt Dolce plush yarn (1 skein), color options: 745, 747, 765, 771
• YarnArt Jeans cotton blend yarn: 03 beige (for the muzzle), 01 white (for the whites of the eyes)
• Iris yarn (or YarnArt Jeans split into two strands): black/brown (for the nose)
• 3 mm and 2 mm crochet hooks
• 9-10 mm safety eyes
• Toy stuffing
• Stitch markers
• Pins
• Sewing needle for attaching parts
• Scissors

Abbreviations

• MR - magic ring
• ch - chain stitch
• sc - single crochet
• inc - increase
• dec - decrease
• (...) x n - repeat n times

Baby bear amigurumi crochet pattern

Tip: if your yarn does not work well for starting with an MR, make 2 ch and work 6 sc into the second chain from the hook.

Head

Rnd 1. 6 sc in MR
Rnd 2. 6 inc (12)
Rnd 3. (1 sc, inc) x 6 (18)
Rnd 4. (2 sc, inc) x 6 (24)
Rnd 5. (3 sc, inc) x 6 (30)
Rnd 6. (4 sc, inc) x 6 (36)
Rnd 7-11. 36 sc (5 rounds)
Rnd 12. (11 sc, inc) x 3 (39)
Rnd 13. 39 sc (1 round)

Insert the eyes between rounds 10 and 11, with 6 sc between the eye stems. Use the increases in round 12 as reference (the increases should land on the cheeks).

Rnd 14. (11 sc, dec) x 3 (36)
Rnd 15. (4 sc, dec) x 6 (30)

Stuff the head as you go. (Do not stuff extremely tightly so the sculpting looks nice.)

Rnd 16. (3 sc, dec) x 6 (24)
Rnd 17. (2 sc, dec) x 6 (18)
Rnd 18. (4 sc, dec) x 3 (15)

Make a sl st, cut the yarn, and hide the tail inside the head.

Ears (2 pieces)

Rnd 1. 6 sc in MR
Rnd 2. 6 inc (12)
Rnd 3. 12 sc (1 round)

Fold in half and crochet 6 sc through both layers. Leave a long tail for sewing.

Lower Paws (2 pieces)

Rnd 1. 6 sc in MR
Rnd 2. 6 inc (12)
Rnd 3. (1 sc, inc) x 6 (18)
Rnd 4. (5 sc, inc) x 3 (21)
Rnd 5-6. 21 sc (2 rounds)
Rnd 7. 6 sc, 5 dec, 5 sc (16)
Rnd 8. 4 sc, 4 dec, 4 sc (12)
Rnd 9-13. 12 sc (5 rounds)

Stuff to the middle of the paw. Work 1 additional sc, fold in half, and crochet 6 sc through both layers.

Leave a short yarn tail, we will crochet the paws into the body.

Upper Paws (2 pieces)

Rnd 1. 6 sc in MR
Rnd 2. 6 inc (12)
Rnd 3-5. 12 sc (3 rounds)
Rnd 6. 2 dec, 8 sc (10)
Rnd 7. 2 dec, 6 sc (8)
Rnd 8-9. 8 sc (2 rounds)

Stuff to the middle of the paw.

Work 1 additional sc, fold in half, and crochet 4 sc through both layers.

Leave a short yarn tail, we will crochet the paws into the body.

Body

Rnd 1. 6 sc in MR
Rnd 2. 6 inc (12)
Rnd 3. (1 sc, inc) x 6 (18)
Rnd 4. (2 sc, inc) x 6 (24)
Rnd 5. (3 sc, inc) x 6 (30)
Rnd 6. (4 sc, inc) x 6 (36)
Rnd 7-8. 36 sc (2 rounds)
Next, crochet in the lower paws.
Rnd 9. 6 sc with the left paw, 12 sc, 6 sc with the right paw, 12 sc (36)
Rnd 10-11. 36 sc (2 rounds)
Rnd 12. 5 sc, dec, 10 sc, dec, 10 sc, dec, 5 sc (33)
Rnd 13. 5 sc, dec, 9 sc, dec, 9 sc, dec, 4 sc (30)
Rnd 14. 4 sc, dec, 8 sc, dec, 8 sc, dec, 4 sc (27)
Rnd 15. 4 sc, dec, 7 sc, dec, 7 sc, dec, 3 sc (24)
Stuff the body as you go.
Rnd 16. 24 sc (1 round)
Rnd 17. (2 sc, dec) x 6 (18)
Next, crochet in the upper paws.
Rnd 18. 1 sc, 4 sc with the left paw, 4 sc, 4 sc with the right paw, 5 sc (18)
Rnd 19. (4 sc, dec) x 3 (15)

Make a sl st and leave a long tail for sewing. Add stuffing to the body.

Muzzle (use YarnArt Jeans and a 2 mm hook)

Rnd 1. 6 sc in MR
Rnd 2. 6 inc (12)
Rnd 3. (1 sc, inc) x 6 (18)
Rnd 4. (2 sc, inc) x 6 (24)
Rnd 5. (3 sc, inc) x 6 (30)

Work 1 additional sc and make a sl st. Leave a long tail for sewing.

Toy Assembly

1. Sew the head to the body stitch-to-stitch. While sewing, add stuffing into the neck (so the head does not wobble).
2. Sew the muzzle to the head.
3. Make the sculpting (see photo below).
4. Embroider the nose.
5. Embroider the whites of the eyes in white, and embroider eyebrows and eyelashes in black/brown (I use Iris yarn).
6. Sew the ears between head rounds 2-7 or 3-8 (whichever look you like more).
7. Additionally sew the lower paws to the body (so they do not dangle).

Photo 1. Insert the needle into the neck and bring it out at point 1, then insert the needle into point 2 (the thread stays on top) and bring it out in the neck. Tighten the eye and make a knot. Repeat the same for the left eye.

Photo 2. Insert the needle into the neck and bring it out at point 1, then insert the needle into point 2 and bring it out in the neck. Tighten the eye and make a knot. Repeat the same for the left eye.

Photo 3. Insert the needle into the neck and bring it out at point 1, then insert the needle into point 2 (the thread lays over the top of the muzzle) and bring it out in the neck. Tighten the muzzle and make 2 knots. Hide the thread ends in the head.

Your plush teddy bear is ready! Please tag the author on social media: @zaykina_toy.