Bear Rattle

Free crochet pattern for a Bear Rattle by Ayşe Abay @_knitted_elephant_.

With this pattern, you can crochet a bear-shaped rattle. Any cotton blend yarn will work for this amigurumi, including Alize Cotton Gold, YarnArt Jeans, Gazzal Baby Cotton, and others.

Materials and tools

• Alize Cotton Gold yarn: 216 yellow, 67 beige, 493 brown, 236 blue, 393 pink
• 1.75 mm crochet hook
• Embroidery floss for the facial details
• Safety eyes
• Fiberfill
• Wooden ring
• Rattle insert
• Needle for sewing the pieces together
• Scissors

Abbreviations

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

Crochet Bear Rattle amigurumi pattern

Head

Crochet in brown. Insert the eyes between rounds 13 and 14, 9 sc apart.

1. 6 sc in MR (6)
2. 6 inc (12)
3. (1 sc, inc) x 6 (18)
4. (2 sc, inc) x 6 (24)
5. (3 sc, inc) x 6 (30)
6. (4 sc, inc) x 6 (36)
7. (5 sc, inc) x 6 (42)
8. (6 sc, inc) x 6 (48)
9-18. 10 rounds without changes (48)
19. (6 sc, dec) x 6 (42)
20. (5 sc, dec) x 6 (36)
21. (4 sc, dec) x 6 (30)
22. (3 sc, dec) x 6 (24)

Stuff the head and insert the rattle ball.

23. (2 sc, dec) x 6 (18)
24. (1 sc, dec) x 6 (12)
25. 6 dec (6)

Use a needle to close the opening in the head.

Ears (make 2)

1. 6 sc in MR (6)
2. 6 inc (12)
3. (1 sc, inc) x 6 (18)
4-6. 3 rounds without changes (18)

Muzzle

1. 6 sc in MR (6)
2. 6 inc (12)
3. (1 sc, inc) x 6 (18)
4. (2 sc, inc) x 6 (24)
5. (3 sc, inc) x 6 (30)
6-7. 2 rounds without changes (30)

Ring cover

Ch 30. Work 9 turning rows.

Collar

Ch 20.

(Your stitch count may differ from mine; use the bear's neck circumference as your guide.)

Starting in the third chain from the hook, work 4 dc in each chain. Leave a long tail for sewing.

Assembly

• Sew the head to the ring.
• Sew the collar around the neck.