Lying bear crochet pattern
Designed and photos by @mauvepony
Translated by Amiguroom Toys
Materials:
- Yarn: YarnArt Jeans or Alize Cotton Gold Hobby
- Hook size: 2.0 mm
- Safety eyes
- Black embroidery floss or yarn for nose
- Fiberfill
Abbreviations:
R = row
mc = magic circle (magic ring)
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
(…) x6 = repeat whatever is between the brackets the number of times stated
Crochet bear free amigurumi pattern
Muzzle-head-body
Muzzle, head and body of the lying bear are crocheted as one part.
With beige yarn:
R 1: 6 sc in mc (6)
R 2: (inc) x6 (12)
R 3: (1 sc, inc) x6 (18)
R 4: (2 sc, inc) x6 (24)
R 5: 24 sc
R 6: (3 sc, inc) x6 (30)
R 7: 30 sc
R 8: (4 sc, inc) x6 (36)
R 9-11: 36 sc (3 rows)
Change to brown yarn:
R 12: 12 sc, (inc, 1 sc) x3, (1 sc, inc) x3, 12 sc (42)
R 13: 12 sc, (inc, 2 sc) x3, (2 sc, inc) x3, 12 sc (48)
R 14: (7 sc, inc) x6 (54)
R 15-16: 54 sc (2 rows)
R 17: (8 sc, inc) x6 (60)
R 18-26: 60 sc (9 rows)
R 27: (9 sc, inc) x6 (66)
R 28: (10 sc, inc) x6 (72)
R 29: 72 sc
Continue crocheting the body in stripes.
R 30-31: with pink yarn: 72 sc (2 rows)
R 32: with natural yarn: (11 sc, inc) x6 (78)
R 33: 78 sc
R 34-35: with pink yarn: 78 sc (2 rows)
R 36: with natural yarn: (12 sc, inc) x6 (84)
R 37: 84 sc
R 38-39: with pink yarn: 84 sc (2 rows)
R 40: with natural yarn: (13 sc, inc) x6 (90)
R 41: 90 sc
R 42-43: with pink yarn: 90 sc (2 rows)
R 44-45: with natural yarn: 90 sc (2 rows)
R 46-47: with pink yarn: 90 sc (2 rows)
R 48-49: with natural yarn: 90 sc (2 rows)
R 50-51: with pink yarn: 90 sc (2 rows)
Change to brown yarn:
R 52-56: 90 sc (5 rows)
R 57: (13 sc, dec) x6 (84)
R 58: 84 sc
R 59: (12 sc, dec) x6 (78)
R 60: 78 sc
R 61: (11 sc, dec) x6 (72)
R 62: 72 sc
R 63: (10 sc, dec) x6 (66)
R 64: (9 sc, dec) x6 (60)
R 65: (8 sc, dec) x6 (54)
R 66: (7 sc, dec) x6 (48)
R 67: (6 sc, dec) x6 (42)
R 68: (5 sc, dec) x6 (36)
R 69: (4 sc, dec) x6 (30)
R 70: (3 sc, dec) x6 (24)
R 71: (2 sc, dec) x6 (18)
R 72: (1 sc, dec) x6 (12)
R 73: (dec) x6 (6)
F.o.Legs (make 2)
With brown yarn:
R 1: 6 sc in mc (6)
R 2: (inc) x6 (12)
R 3: (1 sc, inc) x6 (18)
R 4: (2 sc, inc) x6 (24)
R 5-9: 24 sc (5 rows)
R 10: (6 sc, dec) x3 (21)
R 11: 21 sc
R 12: (5 sc, dec) x3 (18)
R 13-14: 18 sc (2 rows)
Stuff gently with fiberfill.
Fold top of leg flat and 8 sc through both sides across + 1 sl st.
F.o. and leave a long tail for sewing.
Sew legs to the body between R 54 and R 55.
Arms (make 2)
With brown yarn:
R 1: 6 sc in mc (6)
R 2: (inc) x6 (12)
R 3: (1 sc, inc) x6 (18)
R 4: 18 sc
R 5: (2 sc, inc) x6 (24)
R 6-9: 24 sc (4 rows)
Continue crocheting in stripes.
R 10: with natural yarn: (6 sc, dec) x3 (21)
R 11: 21 sc
R 12: with pink yarn: (5 sc, dec) x3 (18)
R 13: 18 sc
R 14: with natural yarn: 18 sc
Stuff gently with fiberfill.
Fold top of arm flat and 8 sc through both sides across + 1 sl st.
F.o. and leave a long tail for sewing.
Sew arms to the body between R 32 and R 33.Ears (make 2)
With brown yarn:
R 1: 6 sc in mc (6)
R 2: (inc) x6 (12)
R 3: (1 sc, inc) x6 (18)
R 4-5: 18 sc (2 rows)
R 6: 17 sc, 1 sl st
Don’t stuff.
F.o. and leave a long tail for sewing.
Sew ears to the head.
Tail
With brown yarn:
R 1: 6 sc in mc (6)
R 2: (inc) x6 (12)
R 3: (1 sc, inc) x6 (18)
R 4-5: 18 sc (2 rows)
R 6: 17 sc, 1 sl st
Stuff with fiberfill.
F.o. and leave a long tail for sewing.
Sew tail to the body.
Thank you
Hi!
Can this bear be made with 100% cotton yarn? Of course one that fits with a 2mm needle.
My opinion that i think every yarn with the hook that fit will ok. I have worked on 1 and 2 mm ones, and they done very well too. But the size of the bear is slighty different depend on each hook and yarn no matter its lamb wool or cotton, just abot the size
thank you so much! just finished this cutie 🙂
Hi
Can I sell my finish items made by your patterns
If it is rude really sorry for that.
Yes, you can sell your finished items.
Can you tell us what row you are placing the safety eyes?
Do you know how much yarn this used?
I placed mine between rows 12 and 13 between stitches 11 and 12 and 37 and 38 (one stitch before the first increase of row 13 and one stitch after the last increase of row 13).
Thank you :-).
please which career is your eyes on ??? thanks
I’m a little confused on the directions when the brown starts. Could anyone explain it to me?
I know this was a question from a long while ago, but I thought I might answer in case anyone else had a difficulty (I did at first!) understanding row #12 (where you switch to dark brown).
Think of the row as two halves of a circle, mirrored.
Do 12 stitches then (over the next six stitches from prev row) increase /stitch, increase/ stitch, increase /stitch. That’s one half.
Then, starting the second half of row: stitch/increase, stitch/increase, stitch/increase, followed by 12 stitches.
See? Begin with 12 sc. Do your patterns of singe stitches and increases, End with 12 sc.
I think you increase 3 in 1 stitch for when it says (inc, 1 sc).
Hi! Sorry, I’m confused as to how to crochet the ears. Are they supposed to be crocheted in a spiral, closing after each round or ch1 and turning as if in a semi-circle?
They are crocheted in a round. You’ll end up with a little half-sphere that gets folded almost in half to make the ear. That way both sides are the “right” side. 🙂
How big is he approximately?
Is this in uk terms or us
US
Anyone have an estimate of how much yarn this uses?
Could you give any guidelines if I wanted to downsize the bear by a half and make it more like 11 cm long instead of 22? 🙂
How many skeins of your yarn did you use? I wanna convert the meters to another yarn so I can make a bigger one
Which size are the safety eyes?
Oh my goodness. I have been looking for a cute bear pattern! This is better than I expected
Thankyou so much. I’m going to put weighted glass microbes in mine 🫶🫶🫶
In case anyone was wondering if this would work, I am using a 4 mm crochet hook and worsted weight yarn and it has been working fine for me. I am only in the middle of it.
If I were to sell my bear, would $25 be a reasonable price?
Can you specify the color numbers for the yarn art Jean yarn? I see different beige and brown colors. Would like to use the exact colors you used. Thank you