Winter Bear

Free crochet tutorial for the Winter Bear by Yana Yemets @plyusha32.

With this pattern, you can crochet a bear in a jacquard sweater. Any cotton blend yarn will work well for this amigurumi project. You can also make the bear with wool yarn.

The finished toy is about 15 cm tall.

Materials and Tools

• YarnArt Jeans yarn (for the bear in the sweater)
• Pekhorka Mongolian Camel yarn (for the bear made with wool yarn)
• 1.7 mm and 2 mm crochet hooks
• 4 mm safety eyes
• Toy stuffing
• Needle for sewing pieces together
• Scissors

Abbreviations

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

Crochet Amigurumi Winter Bear Pattern

Leg

1: 6 sc in MR (6)
2: 6 sc (6)
3: 3 sc, inc, 2 sc (7)
4: 7 sc (7)
5: 3 sc, inc, 3 sc (8)
6: 8 sc (8)
7: 3 sc, inc, 4 sc (9)
8-10: 9 sc (9), 3 rounds
11: 3 sc, inc, 5 sc (10)
12-13: 10 sc (10), 2 rounds

For the right leg, crochet 6 sc, fasten off, and cut the yarn.

Crochet the left leg the same way as the right one, but after round 13, crochet 4 sc and do not fasten off or cut the yarn. Continue crocheting:

Chain 7, join the work to the right leg by crocheting 10 sc around it.

Next, crochet 7 sc along the chain stitches and another 6 sc around the left leg. Place a marker and continue crocheting the body. Stuff as you go.

Body and Head

14: 4 sc, inc, 5 sc, inc, 10 sc, inc, 5 sc, inc, 6 sc (38)
15: 23 sc, inc, sc, inc, 3 sc, inc, sc, inc, 6 sc (42)
16: (6 sc, inc) x 6 (48)
17-26: 48 sc (48)

If you are making the sweater, change yarn in round 20 and crochet a jacquard pattern if desired. Important! As you finish the last round, make sure the marker is exactly at the side of the body. Fold the work in half and, if needed, crochet the missing sc stitches to reach the center of the body. For me, this was 2 sc. The marker shifted.

27: dec, 21 sc, dec, 23 sc (46)
28: 46 sc (46)
29: dec, 20 sc, dec, 4 sc, dec, sc, dec, 3 sc, dec, sc, dec, 5 sc (40)
30: 3 sc, (2 sc, dec) x 4 times, 25 sc (36)
31: 36 sc (36)
32: (7 sc, dec) x 4 times (32)
33: 32 sc (32)
34: (dec, 14 sc) x 2 times (30)
35: 30 sc (30)
36: (dec, 13 sc) x 2 times (28)
37-38: 28 sc (28), 2 rounds. If you are making the sweater, change to the bear color in round 38
39: (inc, 13 sc) x 2 times (30)
40: 30 sc (30)
41: (inc, 14 sc) x 2 times (32)
42-47: 32 sc (32), 6 rounds
48: (dec, 14 sc) x 2 times (30)
49: 30 sc (30)
50: (3 sc, dec) x 6 times (24)
51: 24 sc (24)
52: (2 sc, dec) x 6 times (18)
53: (sc, dec) x 6 times (12)
54: 6 dec (6)

Close the opening.

Jacquard Crochet Chart

Arms (Make 2)

1: 6 sc in MR (6)
2: inc, 5 sc (7)
3-19: 7 sc (7), 17 rounds

If you are making the bear in a sweater, change to the sweater color in round 6. Fasten off and leave a long tail for sewing.

Muzzle

Chain 4, start crocheting in the 2nd ch from the hook.

1: inc, sc, 3 sc in 1 stitch, turn, crochet into the remaining loops: 2 sc (8)
2: 2 inc, sc, 3 inc, sc, inc (14)
3: 14 sc (14)

Fasten off and leave a long tail for sewing.

Ears (Make 2)

1: 6 sc in MR (6)
2: 6 inc (12)
3-4: 12 sc (12)

Fasten off and leave a long tail for sewing.

Collar

Chain 10. Start crocheting in the 3rd ch from the hook. Work 8 hdc in the back loop only.

Crochet as many rows as needed for the collar to fit around the bear's neck.

Assembly

• Sew on the arms
• Sew on the muzzle at about round 11 from the top of the head. Add a little stuffing. Embroider the nose on it
• Sew on or insert the eyes between rounds 10 and 11
• Sew on the ears
• Sew on the collar

Your bear is ready!