Gingerbread Bear

Free crochet pattern for Gingerbread Bear by Svetlana Bolotova @svetlana_kids_toys.

With this tutorial, you can crochet a little bear with a scarf. Any cotton or cotton blend yarn and a suitable crochet hook will work for this amigurumi project. You can use a pretty button for decoration.

The finished toy is about 16-18 cm tall.

Materials and Tools

• Yarn: colors for the bear, sweater, and scarf
• 1.5-1.75 mm crochet hook
• Thin thread for embroidering the face
• Safety eyes
• Toy stuffing
• Button
• Needle for sewing pieces together
• Scissors

Abbreviations

• MR - magic ring
• ch - chain stitch
• sl st - slip stitch
• sc - single crochet
• hdc - half double crochet
• inc - increase
• dec - decrease
• (...) x n - repeat n times

Amigurumi Gingerbread Bear Crochet Pattern

Arms (make 2)

Rnd 1. 6 sc in MR
Rnd 2. inc x 6 = 12 sc
Rnd 3. (3 sc, inc) x 3 = 15 sc
Rnds 4-7. (4 rounds) 15 sc
Change the yarn color to the clothing color and crochet the sweater sleeves.
Rnds 8-16. (9 rounds) 15 sc
Rnd 17. (3 sc, dec) x 3 = 12 sc
Rnd 18. Fold the piece in half at the top and crochet 5 sc through both layers.

Legs (make 2)

Left leg.
Rnd 1. 6 sc in MR
Rnd 2. inc x 6 = 12 sc
Rnd 3. (sc, inc) x 6 = 18 sc
Rnds 4-9. (6 rounds) 18 sc
At the end of round 9, crochet 1 ch, pull the yarn through the ch, and cut the yarn.

Right leg.
Rnd 1. 6 sc in MR
Rnd 2. inc x 6 = 12 sc
Rnd 3. (sc, inc) x 6 = 18 sc
Rnds 4-9. (6 rounds) 18 sc

Next, join the legs. Crochet 5 ch from the right leg and join to the left leg by inserting the hook into the stitch where the last sc of round 9 on the left leg was made. Continue crocheting. The round numbering continues.

Body

Rnd 10. 1 sc in the stitch where the last sc of round 9 on the left leg was made, 18 sc around the left leg, 5 sc along the ch chain, 1 sc in the stitch where the last sc of round 9 on the right leg was made, 18 sc around the right leg, 5 sc along the ch chain = 48 sc
Rnd 11. 48 sc
Change the yarn color from the main color to the clothing color and crochet the sweater.
Rnds 12-26. (15 rounds) 48 sc
Rnd 27. (6 sc, dec) x 6 = 42 sc
Rnds 28-29. 42 sc
Rnd 30. (5 sc, dec) x 6 = 36 sc

Make a marker here; this is where you will sew on the arms, between rounds 30 and 31. You can also crochet the arms in on the next round, round 31.

Rnd 31. 36 sc
Rnd 32. (4 sc, dec) x 6 = 30 sc
Rnd 33. (3 sc, dec) x 6 = 24 sc
Change the yarn color back to the main color.
Rnd 34. 24 sc

Head

Crochet as a separate piece, starting from the top of the head.

Rnd 1. 6 sc in MR
Rnd 2. inc x 6 = 12 sc
Rnd 3. (1 sc, inc) x 6 = 18 sc
Rnd 4. (2 sc, inc) x 6 = 24 sc
Rnd 5. (3 sc, inc) x 6 = 30 sc
Rnd 6. (4 sc, inc) x 6 = 36 sc
Rnd 7. (5 sc, inc) x 6 = 42 sc
Rnd 8. (6 sc, inc) x 6 = 48 sc
Rnds 9-20. (12 rounds) 48 sc
Rnd 21. (6 sc, dec) x 6 = 42 sc
Rnd 22. (5 sc, dec) x 6 = 36 sc
Rnd 23. (4 sc, dec) x 6 = 30 sc
Rnd 24. (3 sc, dec) x 6 = 24 sc

Insert the eyes (if you chose safety eyes) between rounds 14 and 15. The distance between the eyes is about 7 stitches, or as you prefer. Eye size: 4-6 mm.

Ears (make 2)

Rnd 1. 6 sc in MR
Rnd 2. inc x 6 = 12 sc
Rnd 3. (1 sc, inc) x 6 = 18 sc
Rnd 4. 18 sc
Rnd 5. (4 sc, dec) x 3 = 15 sc

Nose

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

Tail

Rnd 1. 6 sc in MR
Rnd 2. inc x 6 = 12 sc
Rnd 3. 12 sc
Rnd 4. 12 sc
Rnd 5. 6 dec

Scarf

Make a chain of 100 chain stitches. Start crocheting in the third chain from the hook.

Row 1. 98 hdc, 2 tch, turn
Row 2. 98 hdc

Toy Assembly

• Sew all the pieces together.
• Embroider the nose and eyebrows.
• Decorate the sweater with buttons if desired.
• Sew the nose between rounds 14 and 22.
• Sew on the eyes (or insert safety eyes) between rounds 14 and 15. The distance between the eyes is about 7 stitches.