Crochet plush bear free pattern
Designed and photos by Angelina Vostrykh
Instagram: @masterskaya_plushkina_khv
Translated by Amiguroom Toys
Materials:
- Yarn: YarnArt Dolce (one skein of brown #765, some yarn of beige color #771)
- Hook size: 4.0 mm
- 12 mm safety eyes
- 15*10 mm safety nose
- Some yarn for embroidering eye brows and mouth
- Thin thread in the tone of yarn for sewing ears, head and muzzle
- Sewing needle and scissors
- Fiberfill
Abbreviations:
R = row
mc = magic circle
ch = chain
sl st = slip stitch
sc = single crochet
inc = 2 sc in the next stitch
dec = single crochet 2 stitches together
(12) = number of stitches you should have at the end of the round/row
(…)*6 = repeat whatever is between the brackets the number of times stated
F.o. = fasten off
Free amigurumi bear pattern
Legs (make 2)
With brown yarn:
R 1: 6 sc in mc (6)
R 2: (inc)*6 (12)
R 3: (1 sc, inc)*6 (18)
R 4: (2 sc, inc) *6 (24)
R 5-6: 24 sc (2 rows)
R 7: (2 sc, dec)*6 (18)
R 8: (1 sc, dec)*6 (12)
R 9-14: 12 sc (6 rows)
1 sl st, 1 ch
Fold top of leg flat and 6 sc through both sides across.
F.o.
Arms (make 2)
With brown yarn:
R 1: 6 sc in mc (6)
R 2: (inc)*6 (12)
R 3: (1 sc, inc)*6 (18)
R 4-5: 18 sc (2 rows)
R 6: (1 sc, dec)*6 (12)
R 7: (2 sc, dec)*3 (9)
R 8-13: 9 sc (6 rows)
1 sl st, 1 ch
Fold top of arm flat and 5 sc through both sides across.
F.o.
Body
With brown yarn:
R 1: 6 sc in mc (6)
R 2: (inc)*6 (12)
R 3: (1 sc, inc)*6 (18)
R 4: (2 sc, inc) *6 (24)
R 5: (3 sc, inc)*6 (30)
R 6: (4 sc, inc)*6 (36)
R 7: (5 sc, inc)*6 (42)
In the next row attach the legs with single crochet.
R 8: (6 sc, inc)*6 (48)
R 9-11: 48 sc (3 rows)
R 12: 4 sc, 6 dec (on a belly), 32 sc (42)
R 13: (5 sc, dec)*6 (36)
R 14: (4 sc, dec)*6 (30)
R 15-17: 30 sc (3 rows)
In the next row attach the arms with single crochet.
R 18: (3 sc, dec)*6 (24)
R 19: (2 sc, dec)*6 (18)
F.o.
Head
With brown yarn:
R 1: 6 sc in mc (6)
R 2: (inc)*6 (12)
R 3: (1 sc, inc)*6 (18)
R 4: (2 sc, inc) *6 (24)
R 5: (3 sc, inc)*6 (30)
R 6: (4 sc, inc)*6 (36)
R 7: (5 sc, inc)*6 (42)
R 8: (6 sc, inc) *6 (48)
R 9: (7 sc, inc) *6 (54)
R 10-12: 54 sc (3 rows)
Insert safety eyes between R 10 and R 11.
R 13: (7 sc, dec)*6 (48)
R 14: (6 sc, dec)*6 (42)
R 15: (5 sc, dec)*6 (36)
R 16: (4 sc, dec)*6 (30)
R 17: (3 sc, dec)*6 (24)
R 18: (2 sc, dec)*6 (18)
F.o.
Ears (make 2)
With brown yarn:
R 1: 6 sc in mc (6)
R 2: (inc)*6 (12)
R 3: (1 sc, inc)*6 (18)
F.o.
Muzzle
With beige yarn:
R 1: 6 sc in mc (6)
R 2: (inc)*6 (12)
R 3: (1 sc, inc)*6 (18)
F.o.
How can I print the directions for this free pattern? Thank you
J’aimerais qu’il soit en francais si quelqu’un la en francais je suis preneuse
When do you stuff the legs,arms,head and body
I stuff then as I go.
Plese translate in italiano linguage
It is pitty, I think that this patern completely does not correspond to this beautiful bear… 😢
I apologize, only the ears do not correspond… 🙂
And the muzzle
Need stitches to attach legs and attach arms plz
Do you slip stitch at the end of each row?
It is sad. The pattern does not turn out anything like the picture. Thankfully I have some experience and used some off my old patterns to fix the bear. Still didn’t turn out like the picture. I should have read the reviews…next time.
Mine didn’t neither.
I did ok with this pattern but I feel the directions were not complete. I was able to do the legs and arms because of other among rum animals I have made. But them I came to the ears and the muzzle. No direction s on where to place the ears or the muzzle. Better off buying a pattern with clear directions.
It is sad. The pattern does not turn out anything like the picture. Thankfully I have some experience and used some off my old patterns to fix the bear. Still didn’t turn out like the picture. I should have read the reviews…next time. 😢
Thank you for your kindness❤
Where do we join legs, arms ? On what stitch.
This pattern is not for beginners luckily I am not.
According to the pattern, the bowl comes out differently than the one in the photo
I don’t know what you all are complaining about… my bear came out beautiful! I used thicker yarn and a thicker hook and it’s perfect. Idk what you all are doing wrong…
I also am using a thicker yarn and hook, but the body of mine so far does not look like the picture.. but we’ll see when i am done with it
Confusing on what stitches to add the legs and arms. Just says to add them to the rows. Any help?
I did a slight variant of the pattern where on row 8 of the body, I sc 6, dc, added one leg then went halfway around the pattern and added the other. Once it came to the part with the belly I sc 18, st2tog 6, then sc 18.
As for the arms I added them slightly ahead of the legs and started the first one on a st2tog, then sc 3, and as for the second arm I went around and put it in the same relation as the first to the second by sc 3, then st2tog.
You’re a lifesaver thank you
not impressed with the pattern – head looks more like a saucer than a round head. And muzzle is just a flat piece with three rows. i’ve done a lot of stuffies and this pattern isn’t worth the effort!
Io la museruola e le orecchie le ho fatte un giro più grandi e nella museruola ho messo un pochino di imbottitura . Così mi è venuto bene.
Brilliant pattern, just completed teddy,he turned out very well,delighted with him
I found it very easy to work up in a very beautiful pattern. I don’t know what all the complaints are except that you aren’t paying attention are you’re a beginner and you don’t know what you’re doing
This pattern is probably the worst pattern i have ever made. It turned out nothing like the picture. The head, ears and muzzle look very different than what the picture looks like. I was not happy with this at all.
El patron es exacto a la foto! Muy lindo osito, gracias por compartit
What does F.o. mean on the pattern instructions
F.o. = fasten off
Where are the instructions for putting this together? Had to rework the ears because the pattern ears are too hard to sew on!!!
I’ve made this bear 3 times now with different results. I agree with others that’s it’s not the best pattern and certainly not for a beginner. I think the author needs clearer instructions for some of the pattern especially explaining attaching the arms and the legs and how far apart the eyes need to be. Luckily I have made similar bears before and have the skills to work out where the legs and arms should be added. Failing that you can sew them on after you’ve made the body. The head needs a couple more rows of stitches, else the head is very squat and the ears need at least 1 extra row of 18. The muzzle needs to be squashed in a bit when you are sewing it on to make it look less round and more bear like.
@Louise Cardwell, you are a lifesaver!! I got so far into this pattern until I started actually looking at my pieces and thinking this will not look like the image – your changes worked great i was able to salvage my project vs starting a whole new one.
I agree it doesn’t look like the pictures, maybe with thicker yarn it could get closer but as Louise mentioned adding some additional rounds (I added 2 extra of the 54)the head had a much better shape and the ears I added and extra round of 18 to get them to curve better.
As for the muzzle I kept the shape but stuffed with polyfil to give a more oblong shape. I also sewed the arms and legs on with yarn needle vs stitching them like the pattern says, honestly may not be as secure as incorporating them into the rounds but still worked well – and I decided on final placement.
Luckily, the bear turned out cute, but not what the picture looked light without some help from the above posters!
I see that people are still using this pattern, so I would like to leave my advice. As a beginner to stuffed animals, these instructions were confusing and I had to watch a YouTube video to translate what I misunderstood. The * means multiply. So in the legs, for example, it says “R 3: (1 sc, inc)*6 (18)” originally I translated this to 1 sc + 6 inc, and the math wasn’t adding up. I realize that it means 1sc, 1 inc, 6 times. 6 inc=12 + 6 sc=18. The same rule applies to the rest of the pattern. I hope this helps.
Easiest to follow instructions. Thanks for youshsring.
Nice easy to read pattern, only made the head so far but it does not match with the pattern above. The head is a saucer shape, next time I will add more sc rows at row 10 instead of just 3. Will try and salvage what I have now
Does anyone understand the belly pattern? The piece I’m stuck on is “R 12: 4 sc,6 dec (on a belly), 32 sc (42)” i don’t understand how to do this. Am I supposed to crochet 4 sc then do 6 dec all the way around until the next row?
stuck on this too! Help
No, do the sc all the way except for the belly part, where you should do 6 dec. It depends on where did you attach your legs and where is your belly. For my bear, it wasn’t after like 10 stitches 😀