Crochet Bear – free amigurumi pattern

Would you like to crochet this basic little bear in a sweater? He is fairly easy to make, his body and head are all one piece.

Here is what you will need:

• Yarn in brown and pink or any other contrasting color calling for a 3,5 mm hook.
• Size 2.5 mm crochet hook
• Poly-Fil Fiberfill stuffing
• 10 mm black safety eyes
• Embroidery floss in black and white color
• Yarn needle, stitch marker, pins and scissors

What did I use?

Very soft 2 sport yarn – Yarn Art Jeans from Turkey (55 % Cotton, 45% Acrylic)

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Forelegs

The resource you may find helpful in following this pattern: Crochet Abbreviations

With brown yarn

R1: start 6 sc in a magic ring (6)

R2: 1 inc in all st (12)

R3: (3 sc, 1 inc) * 3 times (15)

R4-5: 1 sc in all st (15)

R6: 5 invisible dec, 5 sc (10)

R7: 5 sc, connect yarn in pink color at the last step of next sc (Photos 1 and 2), 4 sc (10)

R8-15 (8 rows): 1 sc in all st (10)

Stuff bottom part of leg, turn the detail so that the invisible decreases made in R6 is facing you before closing stitches. Fold the leg in half as shown on Photo 3. Before closing stitches I crochet 1 Sc to the outer side stitch (you may need a different number of sc). Start closing round.

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R16. Crochet the opposite stitches with 5 sc (the 1st sc is hard to crochet, use a smaller hook for convenience), Photo 4, cut the yarn and pull the end of yarn through the last stitch completely (Photo 5).

Make 2 details (Photo 6).

Hind legs

With brown yarn

R1: start 6 sc in a magic ring (6)

R2: 1 inc in all st (12)

R3: (1 sc, 1 inc) * 6 times (18)

R4: 1 sc, 1 invisible dec, 7 sc, 1 inc, 6 sc, do not crochet the last stitch and pull the marker out

R5: 2 invisible dec (pin marker to 2nd dec), 7 sc, 2 inc, 6 sc (18)

R6: 1 sc in all st (18)

R7: 1 invisible dec, 8 sc, 1 inc, 7 sc (18)

R8-9: 1 sc in all st (18)

Enlarge the loop and cut the yarn.

Crochet the 2nd leg, but do not cut the yarn (Photo 7), start to join legs from this one.

Body

R1: 1 sc, ch 4, take the 1st leg, place enlarged loop back on a hook and tighten (Photos 8 and 9), insert the hook into the next st, yarn over, pull up a loop (3 loops on the hook, Photo 10), yarn over and pull the yarn through all loops on the hook (Photo 11), 17 sc around the 1st leg, 4 sc in the chain of 4ch’s, 18 sc around the 2nd leg, 4 sc in the chain of 4 ch’s (44, Photos 12 and 13), next stitch will be a new beginning of the following rounds.

R2: 1 sc (this sc is hard to crochet, use a smaller hook for convenience, pin marker), 17 sc, 1 inc, 2 sc, 1 inc, 12 sc, 1 inc, 5 sc, 1 inc, 2 sc, 1 inc (49)

R3: 5 sc, 1 inc, 43 sc (50)

R4: 1 sc in all st, connect yarn in pink color at the last step of the last sc (50)

R5: 1 sc, 1 inc, 16 sc, 1 inc, 6 sc, 1 inc, 16 sc, 1 inc, 7 sc (54)

R6. Work BLO: 1 sc in all st (54, Photo 14), stuff legs

R7: (1 invisible dec, 7 sc) * 6 times (48)

R8-9: 1 sc in all st (48)

R10: (1 invisible dec, 6 sc) * 6 times (42)

R11-12: 1 sc in all st (42)

R13: (1 invisible dec, 5 sc) * 6 times (36)

R14-15: 1 sc in all st (36)

R16: (1 invisible dec, 4 sc) * 6 times (30)

R17-18: 1 sc in all st (30, Photo 15), stuff

Forelegs connection

In the following round we need to attach forelegs symmetrically as shown on Photo 18.

R19: 3 sc (you may need a different number of sc), join 1st leg: 5 sc (work hooking through both sts of the body and the leg, Photo 16); front: 10 sc; join 2nd leg: 5 sc; 7 sc (30, Photos 17 and 18)

R20: (1 invisible dec, 1 sc) * 10 times, connect yarn in brown color at the last step of the last sc (20)

R21. Work BLO: 1 sc in all st (20), continue crocheting a head without cutting yarn

Head

R1: (1 inc, 1 sc) * 10 times (30)

R2: (1 sc, 1 inc) * 15 times (45)

R3: 1 sc in all st (45)

R4: (4 sc, 1 inc) * 9 (54)

R5: (8 sc, 1 inc) * 6 (60)

R6-R17 (12 rows): 1 sc in all st (60)

Mark eyes with pins between 11 and 12 rnd of the head, 9 stitches apart. Insert safety eyes 10mm.

Embroider whites of the eyes using 6-strand of embroidery floss in white color (Photo 21)

R18: 4 sc, 1 invisible dec, (8 sc, 1 invisible dec) * 5, 4 sc (54)

R19: (1 invisible dec, 7 sc) * 6 (48)

R20: 3 sc, 1 invisible dec, (6 sc, 1 invisible dec) * 5, 3 sc (42), start stuffing

R21: (1 invisible dec, 5 sc) * 6 (36)

R22: 2 sc, 1 invisible dec, (4 sc, 1 invisible dec) * 5, 2 sc (30)

R23: (1 invisible dec, 3 sc) * 6 (24)

R24: 1 sc, 1 invisible dec, (2 sc, 1 invisible dec) * 5, 1 sc (18)

R25: (1 invisible dec, 1 sc) * 6 (12), stuff firmly

R26: 2 invisible dec, gather and secure stitches as shown in the video

Muzzle

With brown yarn

R1: start 6 sc in a magic ring (6)

R2: 1 inc in all st (12)

R3: (1 sc, 1 inc) * 6 times (18)

R4: 1 sc, 1 inc, (2 sc, 1 inc) * 5, 1 sc (24)

R5-6: 1 sc in all st (24, Photo 23), cut the yarn, leave a long end for sewing.

Embroider nose using 6-strand of embroidery floss in black color as shown on Photo 24

Place the muzzle on front of the head and fasten it with pins, sew with the end of yarn that we left before as shown on Photo 25. Fasten and cut the yarn, hiding the ends inside the head.

Ears

With brown yarn

R1: start 8 sc in a magic ring (8)

R2: 1 inc in all st (16)

R3: (7 sc, 1 inc) * 2 (18)

R4: (8 sc, 1 inc) * 2 (20)

R5: 1 sc in all st (20), cut the yarn, leave a long end for sewing.

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Make 2 details. Fold the ears as shown on Photo 26

Place the ears symmetrically on the top of the head between 14 and 23 rnds and fasten them with pins as shown on Photos 27 and 28. Sew the ears with the ends of brown yarn that we left before (Photo 29). Fasten and cut the yarn, hiding the ends inside the head.

Embroider eyebrows between 15 and 16 rnds of the head using 6-strand of embroidery floss in black color as shown on Photo 30

Scarf

With pink yarn

Ch4

R1: start from 2nd ch from hook: 3 sc, ch1, turn

R2-R33. work BLO: 3 sc, ch1, turn

R34. work BLO: 3 sc, cut the yarn, leave a long end for sewing, thread it into a needle and sew on bear.

The bears is ready! I hope you have fun. Don’t forget to share your final result on Instagram using #GorbunovaDolls hashtag. If you enjoyed this pattern, subscribe for more!