Teddy Bear

Free Teddy Bear crochet tutorial by Maria Ustyushkina @mary_ustyushkina.

With this pattern, you can crochet a plush amigurumi Teddy bear. For this amigurumi project, any fluffy yarn like Alize Softy, Adelia Sofia, and similar options will work.

Experience working with fuzzy yarn is required.

Materials and tools

• Alize Softy yarn, color 119 (gray sky), one skein
• Alize Softy yarn, color 55 (white), for the muzzle
• YarnArt Jeans yarn, color 33 (light blue), for embroidering seams and nose
• 2.5 mm crochet hook
• 5 mm safety eyes
• Toy stuffing
• Gray felt
• Long needle for thread-jointing
• Scissors

Abbreviations

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

Softy Teddy Bear amigurumi crochet pattern

Head

Start with gray yarn.

Round 1: 6 sc in MR (6)
Round 2: inc x 6 times (12)
Round 3: (1 sc, inc) x 6 times (18)
Round 4: (2 sc, inc) x 6 times (24)
Round 5: (3 sc, inc) x 6 times (30)
Round 6: (4 sc, inc) x 6 times (36)
Round 7: (5 sc, inc) x 6 times (42)
Round 8: (6 sc, inc) x 6 times (48)
Round 9: (7 sc, inc) x 6 times (54)
Round 10: (8 sc, inc) x 6 times (60)
Rounds 11-21: Crochet 60 sc evenly (60)

If you use screw safety eyes, insert them in this round.

Round 22: (8 sc, dec) x 6 times (54)
Round 23: (7 sc, dec) x 6 times (48)
Round 24: (6 sc, dec) x 6 times (42)
Round 25: (5 sc, dec) x 6 times (36)
Round 26: (4 sc, dec) x 6 times (30)
Start stuffing the head
Round 27: (3 sc, dec) x 6 times (24)
Round 28: (2 sc, dec) x 6 times (18)
Round 29: (1 sc, dec) x 6 times (12)
Finish stuffing the head
Round 30: dec x 6 times (6)

If desired, pull the opening closed and cut the yarn.

Ears (2 pieces)

Start with gray yarn.

Round 1: 6 sc in MR (6)
Round 2: inc x 6 times (12)
Round 3: (3 sc, inc) x 3 times (15)
Rounds 4-6: Crochet 15 sc evenly (15)

Do not stuff the ears. Crochet 7 sc through both layers. Leave a tail for sewing.

Muzzle

Start with white yarn.

Round 1: 6 ch, start from the second chain from the hook: 4 sc, 3 sc in one stitch, 3 sc, inc (12)
Round 2: inc, 3 sc, 3 inc, 3 sc, 2 inc (18)
Round 3: 1 sc, inc, 3 sc, (1 sc, inc) x 3 times, 3 sc, (1 sc, inc) x 2 times (24)
Round 4: 2 sc, inc, 3 sc, (2 sc, inc) x 3 times, 3 sc, (2 sc, inc) x 2 times (30)
Rounds 5-7: Crochet 30 sc evenly (30)

Leave a tail for sewing.

Body

Start with gray yarn.

Round 1: 6 sc in MR (6)
Round 2: inc x 6 times (12)
Round 3: (1 sc, inc) x 6 times (18)
Round 4: (2 sc, inc) x 6 times (24)
Round 5: (3 sc, inc) x 6 times (30)
Round 6: (4 sc, inc) x 6 times (36)
Round 7: (5 sc, inc) x 6 times (42)
Round 8: (6 sc, inc) x 6 times (48)
Round 9: (7 sc, inc) x 6 times (54)
Rounds 10-18: Crochet 54 sc evenly (54)
Round 19: (7 sc, dec) x 6 times (48)
Round 20: (6 sc, dec) x 6 times (42)
Round 21: Crochet 42 sc evenly (42)
Round 22: (5 sc, dec) x 6 times (36)
Round 23: Crochet 36 sc evenly (36)
Round 24: (4 sc, dec) x 6 times (30)
Round 25: Crochet 30 sc evenly (30)
Start stuffing the body
Round 26: (3 sc, dec) x 6 times (24)
Rounds 27-28: Crochet 24 sc evenly (24)

Leave a tail for sewing. Sew the body to the head.

Sew the muzzle to the head, stuffing it as you go. Then sew on the ears. I sewed them along a curve, so they turned out slightly rounded. Next, embroider the nose with blue yarn and sew on the eyes.

Legs (2 pieces)

Start with gray yarn.

Round 1: 9 ch, start from the second chain from the hook: 7 sc, 3 sc in one stitch, 6 sc, inc (18)
Round 2: inc, 6 sc, 3 inc, 6 sc, 2 inc (24)
Round 3: 1 sc, inc, 6 sc, (1 sc, inc) x 3 times, 6 sc, (1 sc, inc) x 2 times (30)
Round 4: 2 sc, inc, 6 sc, (2 sc, inc) x 3 times, 6 sc, (2 sc, inc) x 2 times (36)
Round 5: Work 36 sc in back loops only (36)
Rounds 6-7: Crochet 36 sc evenly (36)
Round 8: 12 sc, 6 dec, 12 sc (30)
Round 9: 9 sc, 6 dec, 9 sc (24)
Round 10: (2 sc, dec) x 6 times (18)
Round 11: (4 sc, dec) x 3 times (15)
Stuff the leg as you crochet
Rounds 12-22: Crochet evenly (15). If the legs seem too long, you can reduce the number of rounds. I used exactly this number.
Round 23: (3 sc, dec) x 3 times (12)
Round 25: dec 6 times (6)

Pull the opening closed, secure the yarn, cut it, and hide the end.

Arms (2 pieces)

Start with gray yarn.

Round 1: 6 sc in MR (6)
Round 2: inc x 6 times (12)
Rounds 3-7: Crochet 12 sc evenly (12)
Round 8: 4 sl st, 8 sc (12)
Round 9: 4 sl st, 8 sc (12)
Stuff the paw as you crochet
Rounds 10-19: Crochet 12 sc evenly (12)
Round 20: dec x 6 times (6)

Pull the opening closed, secure the yarn, cut it, and hide the end.

Tail

Start with gray yarn.

Round 1: 6 sc in MR (6)
Round 2: inc x 6 times (12)
Round 3: (1 sc, inc) x 6 times (18)
Rounds 4-5: Crochet 18 sc evenly (18)
Round 6: (1 sc, dec) x 6 times (12)

Leave a tail for sewing.

Toy assembly and finishing

First, I trace the foot on paper and make a template for patches on the legs. Then I transfer the template to gray felt and cut out the patches. I take blue yarn (YarnArt Jeans, color 33 light blue) and sew a patch onto each foot, making three stitches on each side. I make patches for the arms too. I cut small circles and sew them to the palms in the same way, but with two stitches on each side.

I attach the arms and legs using thread-jointing.

Sew the tail to the teddy's back.

Then make two small squares for patches on the tummy and head. Sew them on with blue yarn, using two stitches on each of the four sides. Embroider blue stitches on the head and body. And that's it, your Teddy bear is ready.