Teddy Bear

A free crochet Teddy Bear tutorial by Yana Lipskaya @yanoshka_toys.

With this pattern, you can crochet a plush teddy bear with patches. You can use any plush yarn for the bear: Himalaya Dolphin Baby, YarnArt Dolce, NAKO Bonbon Panda Baby, Etrofil Yonca Baby, and others. With cotter pin or thread jointing, you can make the paws movable.

The finished toy measures about 31 cm.

Materials and tools

• Plush yarn (for the bear)
• Fuzzy yarn (for the muzzle)
• Cotton blend yarn (for embroidering the muzzle and seams)
• Crochet hook
• 10 mm safety eyes
• Fiberfill
• Thick cardboard
• 50 cm wire
• Medical tape
• Cotter pins / discs
• Round-nose pliers
• Needle for sewing pieces together
• Scissors

Abbreviations

• MR - magic ring
• ch - chain stitch
• sc - single crochet
• inc - increase
• dec - decrease
• BLO - back loop only
• (...) x n - repeat n times

Crochet Teddy Bear amigurumi pattern

Arms (2 pieces)

1. 6 sc in MR
2. 6 inc (12)
3-4. 2 rounds of 12 sc (12)
5. dec, 4 sc, dec, 4 sc (10)
6-22. 10 sc for 17 rounds (10)

I made a wire frame inside the arms. For this, cut 24 cm of wire, bend 2 cm on each end, and wrap it with medical tape. Insert the wire into the arm and stuff with fiberfill.

23. Crochet 5 sc through both sides of the arm, cut and fasten off the yarn, hide the tail.

Right leg

Stuff as you go:

1. Ch 9, make an increase in the second chain from the hook, 6 sc, 3 sc in 1 stitch, 6 sc, inc (19)
2. 1 sc, 2 inc, 5 sc, 3 inc, 6 sc, 2 inc (26)
3. (3 sc, inc) x 6, 2 sc (52)
4. 3 sc, inc, (4 sc, inc) x 5, 2 sc (52)
Cut out the sole insert.
5. 58 sc in BLO (58)
6-8. 3 rounds of 38 sc (58)
Insert the sole insert.
9. 7 dec, 12 sc, 6 dec (25)
10. 25 sc (25)
11. 5 dec, 5 sc, 5 dec (15)
12. 15 sc (15)
13. dec, 13 sc (14)
14-28. 15 rounds of 14 sc; at the end of round 28, crochet 4 more sc and move the marker.

Insert the disc and cotter pin between rounds 26 and 27 (the leg is facing you, insert the cotter pin on the right).

29. 7 dec, cut the yarn, close the opening, hide the tails.

Left leg

Crochet the left leg the same way as the right leg, but at the end of round 28 do NOT crochet the extra stitches, and insert the cotter pin on the left.

Body

Stuff as you go:

1. 6 sc in MR
2. inc x 6 (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)
8-16. 9 rounds of 42 sc

Insert the legs between rounds 6 and 7 so the distance between the cotter pins is the same in front and in back. Put a disc onto the cotter pin and secure it with round-nose pliers.

17. 12 sc, (1 sc, dec) x 6, 12 sc (36)
18. 16 sc, dec, 16 sc, dec (34)
19-25. 7 rounds of 34 sc
26. 6 sc, place the arm against the body and crochet 5 sc through both layers, then 14 sc on the body, place the second arm and crochet 5 sc the same way, then 4 sc on the body (54)
27. 17 dec (17)

Head

1. 4 inc, 3 sc in 1 stitch, 8 inc, 3 sc in 1 stitch, 3 inc (36)
2. (2 sc, inc) x 12 (48)
3. (7 sc, inc) x 6 (54)
4-11. 8 rounds of 54 sc
12. (7 sc, dec) x 6 (48)
13. (6 sc, dec) x 6 (42)
14. (5 sc, dec) x 6 (36)
15. (4 sc, dec) x 6 (30)
16. (3 sc, dec) x 6 (24)
17. (2 sc, dec) x 6 (18)
18. (1 sc, dec) x 6 (12)
19. 6 dec (6)

Stuff and pull the opening closed.

Muzzle

For the muzzle, use white Alize Softy yarn.

1. Ch 8 and make an increase in the second chain from the hook, then 5 sc, 4 sc in 1 stitch, 5 sc, inc (18)
2. 2 inc, 6 sc, 3 inc, 6 sc, inc (24)
3. (1 sc, inc) x 2, 6 sc, (1 sc, inc) x 3, 7 sc, inc (30)
4-5. 2 rounds of 30 sc, leave a tail for sewing

Ears (2 pieces)

1. 6 sc in MR
2. 6 inc (12)
3. (1 sc, inc) x 6 (18)
4-5. 2 rounds of 18 sc

Tail

1. 6 sc in MR
2. 6 inc (12)
3. 12 sc

Head assembly

• Sew on the muzzle. Do not forget to stuff it before finishing.
• Sew on the ears.
• Sew on the tail.
• Sew or glue on the eyes.
• Sew on the nose.
• Sew on the patch.
• Finish decorating the teddy bear.

Nose

1. Ch 7, start crocheting in the second chain from the hook, 5 sc, turn
2. ch, 2 sc, dec, 1 sc, turn
3. ch, 1 sc, dec, 1 sc, turn
4. ch, 1 sc, dec, turn
5. dec, then crochet around the nose with sc

Patch

1. Ch 8 and, starting in the second chain from the hook, crochet 6 sc, turn your work
2-6. ch, 6 sc, turn; then work sc evenly around the square.

Pants

2 mm double-pointed needles. Gazzal Baby Cotton yarn.

• Cast on 72 stitches and divide them evenly onto 4 needles, 18 stitches on each.
• Knit in stockinette stitch for 9 cm (I have 50 rows).
• Then knit only on two needles, also in stockinette stitch, for 10 rows.
• Work 6 rows in 1x1 ribbing, bind off the stitches, and do the same on the other two needles.

Sew the pants together. Then fold the top edge of the pants to make a casing for elastic or a drawstring: fold the top edge (about 0.7 cm) to the inside and sew it to the main fabric.