Teddy Bear in a Hat

A free Teddy Bear in a Hat crochet tutorial by Svetlana Budarina @svetlana_b_workshop.

With this pattern, you can crochet a Teddy Bear. The tutorial also includes a pattern for a hat with a pom-pom for the toy. For this amigurumi project, any acrylic yarn, cotton yarn, or cotton blend yarn and a matching crochet hook will work. The patches can be crocheted or cut out of felt.

Materials and Tools

• Yarn: gray, white, light blue, black
• Yarn of any color for the hat
• Crochet hook
• Safety eyes
• Synthetic poly filling
• Needle for sewing pieces together
• Scissors

Abbreviations

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

Teddy Bear in a Hat amigurumi crochet pattern

Body

1. 6 sc in MR (6)
2. 6 inc (12)
3. (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. (7 sc, inc) x 6 (54)
10-13. 4 rounds (54)
14. 8 sc, dec, (16 sc, dec) x 2, 8 sc (51)
15. (15 sc, dec) x 3 (48)
16. 48 sc
17. 7 sc, dec, (14 sc, dec) x 2, 7 sc (45)
18. (13 sc, dec) x 3 (42)
19. 13 sc, dec, (1 sc, 2 dec) x 2, 1 sc, dec, 14 sc (36)
20. 36 sc
21. (4 sc, dec) x 6 (30)
22-23. 2 rounds (30)
24. (3 sc, dec) x 6 (24)
25-26. 2 rounds (24)

Head

1. 6 sc in MR
2. 6 inc (12)
3. 12 inc (24)
4. (2 sc, inc) x 6 (32)
5. (7 sc, inc) x 4 (36)
6. (11 sc, inc) x 3 (39)
7. 6 sc, inc, (12 sc, inc) x 2, 6 sc (42)
8. (13 sc, inc) x 3 (45 sc)
9. 7 sc, inc, (14 sc, inc) x 2, 7 sc (48)
10. (15 sc, inc) x 3 (51)
11. 8 sc, inc, (16 sc, inc) x 2, 8 sc (54)
12. 4 sc, inc, (8 sc, inc) x 5, 4 sc (60)
13-15. 3 rounds (60)
16. (9 sc, inc) x 6 (66)
17-20. 4 rounds (66)
21. (9 sc, dec) x 6 (60)
22. 4 sc, dec, (8 sc, dec) x 5, 4 sc (54)
23. (7 sc, dec) x 6 (48)
24. 3 sc, dec, (6 sc, dec) x 5, 3 sc (42)
25. (5 sc, dec) x 6 (36)
26. 2 sc, dec, (4 sc, dec) x 5, 2 sc (30)
27. (3 sc, dec) x 6 (24)

Arms (2 pieces)

1. 6 sc in MR
2. 6 inc (12)
3. (1 sc, inc) x 6 (18)
4-7. 4 rounds (18)
8. 7 sc, 2 dec, 7 sc (16)
9-12. 4 rounds (16)
13. 7 sc, 2 dec, 5 sc (14)
14-19. 6 rounds of 14 sc
20. 7 sc, 2 dec, 3 sc (12)
21-24. 4 rounds (12)
25. 6 dec

Legs (2 pieces)

Chain 7:

1. Starting in the 2nd chain from the hook: 5 sc, 5 sc in the last ch, on the other side of the chain: 4 sc, inc in the last ch (16)
2. inc, 4 sc, 5 inc, 4 sc, 2 inc (24)
3. 1 sc, inc, 4 sc, (1 sc, inc) x 5, 4 sc, (1 sc, inc) x 2 (32)
4. 2 sc, inc, 4 sc, (2 sc, inc) x 5, 4 sc, (2 sc, inc) x 2 (40)
5-7. 3 rounds (40)
8. 2 sc, dec, 4 sc, (2 sc, dec) x 5, 4 sc, (2 sc, dec) x 2 (32)
9. 7 sc, (1 sc, dec) x 5, 8 sc, dec (26)
10. 26 sc
11. 4 sc, dec, 4 sc, 3 dec, 4 sc, dec, 4 sc (21)
12. (5 sc, dec) x 3 (18)
13-18. 6 rounds (18)
19. (4 sc, dec) x 3 (15)
20-22. 3 rounds (15)
23. (3 sc, dec) x 3 (12)
24. 12 sc
25. 6 dec

Stuff the legs.

Nose

You can embroider it or crochet it with a thinner yarn.

1. Ch 5, starting in the 2nd chain from the hook: 3 sc, 3 sc in the last stitch, on the other side of the chain: 2 sc, inc (10)
2. inc, 2 sc, inc x 3, 2 sc, inc x 2 (16)
3. sc, inc, 3 sc, inc, (sc, inc) x 2, 3 sc, inc, sc, inc (22)
4-5. 2 rounds (22)

Muzzle

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

Ears (2 pieces)

1. 6 sc in MR (6)
2. 6 inc (12)
3. (sc, inc) (18)
4. (2 sc, inc) (24)
5. 24 sc (24)
6. 3 sc, 2 dec, 10 sc, 2 dec, 3 sc (20)

Tail

1. 6 sc in MR (6)
2. (inc, sc) x 3 (9)
3. 9 sc

Hat for the Teddy Bear

When crocheting the hat, you will need to keep trying it on to fit it to the toy's head size.

1. 10 dc in MR
2. 10 inc (20)
3. (1 dc, inc) x 10 (30)
4. (2 dc, inc) x 10 (40)
5. (3 dc, inc) x 10 (50)
6. 50 sl st

"Openings" for the Ears

The part of the hat that rests on the teddy bear's neck stays as it is. Start crocheting from the shoulder area (the stitch count is approximate, so try it on and work the number of stitches you need).

1. 10 sc (work as many sc as needed up to the ear)
2. 6 ch (work enough chains to go around the ear)
3. 10 dc (up to the start of the second ear)
4. 6 ch
5. 10 sc

Turn the work and crochet back toward the teddy bear's neck (to the point where the sc section begins).

6-8. Work 3 rows in ribbing by alternating front post and back post double crochets.

Try the hat on the back of the head; if the fabric is not long enough from the neck to the ears, work one more row without changes.

For post double crochets, use 2 turning chains. So at the end of row 1, work 2 ch, turn the piece, and begin row 2.

Insert the hook from the front, from right to left, under the double crochet of the previous row and work a front post double crochet. Then insert the hook from the back, from right to left, around the post of the double crochet from the previous row and work a back post double crochet.

Make braided ties for the hat. Create a small pom-pom and sew it to the top.