Little Bear

A free crochet tutorial for Little Bear by Elena Kocherova.

With this pattern, you can crochet a little bear. Any acrylic, cotton, or cotton blend yarn and a matching crochet hook will work for this amigurumi project. To decorate the bear, you can use buttons, ribbons, bows, or any other embellishments.

Materials and Tools

• Yarn
• Crochet hook
• Thread for embroidering the muzzle
• Safety eyes
• Toy stuffing
• Buttons
• Needle for sewing parts together
• Scissors

Abbreviations

• MR - magic ring
• ch - chain stitch
• sc - single crochet
• hdc - half double crochet
• inc - increase
• dec - decrease

Crochet Amigurumi Little Bear Pattern

Head

Main color.

1: 2 ch, 6 sc in the second chain from the hook
2: 6 inc = 12 sc
3: 2 sc, 3 sc in one stitch - 2 times, 4 sc, 3 sc in one stitch - 2 times, 2 sc = 20 sc
4: 4 sc, 3 inc, 7 sc, 3 inc, 3 sc = 26 sc
5-6: 26 sc
7: 10 sc, 7 hdc inc, 9 sc = 33 sc
8: inc, 7 sc, inc, 1 sc, 2 hdc, (hdc inc, hdc) x 6, 1 hdc, 1 sc, inc, 6 sc = 42 sc
9: 1 sc, inc, 7 sc, inc, 7 sc, inc, 4 sc, inc, 4 sc, inc, 8 sc, inc, 5 sc = 48 sc
10: 15 sc, (inc, 6 sc) x 4, 5 sc = 52 sc
11: 22 sc, inc, 10 sc, inc, 18 sc = 54 sc
12: 27 sc, inc, 2 sc, inc, 23 sc = 56 sc

Insert the safety eyes if desired.

13-21: 56 sc
22: (12 sc, dec) x 4 = 52 sc
23: 5 sc, dec, (11 sc, dec) x 3, 6 sc = 48 sc
24: (10 sc, dec) x 4 = 44 sc
25: 4 sc, dec, (9 sc, dec) x 3, 5 sc = 40 sc
26: (8 sc, dec) x 4 = 36 sc
27: 1 sc, dec, (4 sc, dec) x 5, 3 sc = 30 sc
28: (3 sc, dec) x 6 = 24 sc
29: (2 sc, dec) x 6 = 18 sc
Stuff the head.
30: (1 sc, dec) x 6 = 12 sc
31: 6 dec = 6 sc

Pull the opening closed.

Body

Main color.

1: 2 ch, 6 sc in the second chain from the hook
2: 6 inc = 12 sc
3: (1 sc, inc) x 6 = 18 sc
4: (2 sc, inc) x 6 = 24 sc
5: (3 sc, inc) x 6 = 30 sc
6: 1 sc, inc, (4 sc, inc) x 5, 3 sc = 36 sc
7: (5 sc, inc) x 6 = 42 sc
8: 2 sc, inc, (6 sc, inc) x 5, 4 sc = 48 sc
9-16: 48 sc
17: 11 sc, dec, (6 sc, dec) x 3, 11 sc = 44 sc
18: 7 sc, dec, (5 sc, dec) x 4, 7 sc = 39 sc
Shirt color.
19: 2 sc, dec, 12 sc, dec, 4 sc, dec, 11 sc, dec, 2 sc = 35 sc
20: 9 sc, dec, 13 sc, dec, 9 sc = 33 sc
21: 33 sc
22: 11 sc, dec, (3 sc, dec) x 2, 10 sc = 30 sc
24: 4 sc, dec, 19 sc, dec, 3 sc = 28 sc
25: 28 sc
26: 11 sc, dec, 4 sc, dec, 9 sc = 26 sc
27: dec, 11 sc, dec, 11 sc = 24 sc
Main color.
28: (4 sc, dec) x 4 = 20 sc
29: 20 sc

Stuff the body.

Legs (make 2)

Main color.

1: 7 ch, inc in the second chain from the hook, 4 sc, 4 sc in one stitch, along the other side 4 sc, inc = 16 sc
2: inc, 5 sc, 3 sc in one stitch, 2 sc, 3 sc in one stitch, 5 sc, inc = 22 sc
3: 3 sc in one stitch, 7 sc, 3 sc in one stitch, 4 sc, 3 sc in one stitch, 8 sc = 28 sc
4-5: 28 sc
6: dec, 26 sc = 27 sc
7: 8 sc, 6 dec, 7 sc = 21 sc
8: 7 sc, 4 dec, 6 sc = 17 sc
9: 7 sc, 2 dec, 6 sc = 15 sc
10: 7 sc, dec, 6 sc = 14 sc
11-17: 14 sc
18: 3 sc, 2 dec, 7 sc = 12 sc
Stuff the leg.
19: 6 dec = 6 sc

Arms (make 2)

Left arm. Main color.

1: 2 ch, 6 sc in the second chain from the hook
2: (3 sc in one stitch - 2 times, 1 sc) x 2 = 14 sc
3: 2 sc, inc, 6 sc, inc, 4 sc = 16 sc
4-5: 16 sc
6: 3 sc, inc, 6 sc, 2 dec, 2 sc = 15 sc
7: 4 sc, inc, 6 sc, dec, 2 sc = 15 sc
8: 11 sc, dec, 2 sc = 14 sc
9: 14 sc
Shirt color.
10: 11 sc, dec, 1 sc = 13 sc
11-13: 13 sc
14: 11 sc, dec = 12 sc
15-19: 12 sc
20: dec, 3 sc, dec, 5 sc = 10 sc
Stuff the arm.
21: 5 dec = 5 sc

Pull the opening closed.

Right arm. Main color.

1: 2 ch, 6 sc in the second chain from the hook
2: (3 sc in one stitch - 2 times, 1 sc) x 2 = 14 sc
3: 2 sc, inc, 6 sc, inc, 4 sc = 16 sc
4-5: 16 sc
6: 2 sc, 2 dec, 6 sc, inc, 3 sc = 15 sc
7: 2 sc, dec, 6 sc, inc, 4 sc = 15 sc
8: 2 sc, dec, 11 sc = 14 sc
9: 14 sc
Shirt color.
10: 1 sc, dec, 11 sc = 13 sc
11-13: 13 sc
14: 1 sc, dec, 10 sc = 12 sc
15-19: 12 sc
20: 1 sc, dec, 5 sc, dec, 2 sc = 10 sc
Stuff the arm.
21: 5 dec = 5 sc

Pull the opening closed.

Ears (make 2)

1: 2 ch, 6 sc in the second chain from the hook
2: 6 inc = 12 sc
3-5: 12 sc

Do not stuff. Fold the top edges together and crochet 5 sc through both layers.

Tail

1: 2 ch, 6 sc in the second chain from the hook
2: 6 inc = 12 sc
3: 6 dec = 6 sc

Stuff lightly.

Assembly and Finishing

• Sew the head to the body
• Sew on the arms
• Sew on the legs
• Sew on the ears
• Glue or sew on the eyes
• Embroider the nose and mouth
• Dress the bear if desired
• Decorate to your taste