Valentine teddy bear free crochet pattern

Craft your own Valentine gift crochet plush teddy bear to show someone how much they mean to you. The head and body of the amigurumi teddy bear are made as one piece. The arms, legs and tail are attached with single crochet as you crochet the body. The finished size of the crochet Valentine teddy bear is about 21 cm (8″) height.

Designed and photos by @seleckaya_toys
Translated by Amiguroom Toys

Materials:

• Wolans Bunny Sweather yarn (100% polyester, 100 g/160 m): beige #45 for a teddy bear and pink #21 for a heart. You can also use YarnArt Dolce Baby or Himalaya Dolphin Fine yarn
• YarnArt Jeans yarn (55% cotton, 45% acrylic, 50 g/160 m): white #01 for a muzzle, some black color for embroidering a face
• 3.0 mm crochet hook for a chenille yarn
• 2.0 mm crochet hook for a muzzle
• 10 mm safety eyes
• Tapestry needle
• Stitch markers
• Scissors
• Fiberfill

Abbreviations:
R = row
mc = magic circle
sc = single crochet
inc = increase (2 sc in the next stitch)
dec = decrease (single crochet 2 stitches together)
F. o. = finish off
(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

Free crochet teddy bear pattern

Arms (make 2)
R 1: 6 sc in mc (6)
R 2: (inc)* 6 (12)
R 3-4: 12 sc (2 rows)
R 5: 3 sc, 3 dec, 3 sc (9)
R 6: 9 sc
R 7: 2 sc, 2 dec, 3 sc (7)
R 8-9: 7 sc (2 rows)
Stuff ½ full.
Fold top of arm flat and 3 sc through both sides across.
F. o.

Legs (make 2)
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: 3 sc, 6 dec, 3 sc (12)
R 7: 4 sc, 2 dec, 4 sc (10)
R 8-12: 10 sc (5 rows)
Stuff ½ full.
Fold top of leg flat and 5 sc through both sides across.
F. o.

Tail
R 1: 6 sc in mc (6)
R 2: (1 sc, inc)* 3 (9)
R 3: 9 sc
R 4: (1 sc, dec)* 3 (6)
Do not stuff or stuff a little bit.
F. o.

Head and body (one piece)

Body
Stuff as you go.
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)
In the next row we will attach the tail and legs:
R 7: 5 sc together with sc of the 1st leg, 12 sc, 5 sc together with sc of the 2nd leg, 6 sc, 2 sc together with sc of the tail, 6 sc (36)
R 8-10: 36 sc (3 rows)
R 11: 3 sc, (dec, 1 sc)* 5, dec, 16 sc (30)
R 12-13: 30 sc (2 rows)
R 14: (3 sc, dec)* 6 (24)
R 15: 24 sc
R 16: (2 sc, dec)* 6 (18)
In the next row we will attach the arms:
R 17: 3 sc together with sc of the 1st arm, 6 sc, 3 sc together with sc of the 2nd arm, 6 sc (18)
R 18: (1 sc, dec)* 6 (12)

Continue crocheting the head:

Head
R 1: (inc)* 12 (24)
R 2: (3 sc, inc)* 6 (30)
R 3: (4 sc, inc)* 6 (36)
R 4: (5 sc, inc)* 6 (42)
R 5-11: 42 sc (7 rows)
R 12: (5 sc, dec)* 6 (36)
R 13: (4 sc, dec)* 6 (30)
R 14: (3 sc, dec)* 6 (24)
Insert safety eyes between R 8 and R 9 at the distance of 7-8 stitches from each other.
Start stuff the head, giving it a round shape (stuff the neck area firmly).
R 15: (2 sc, dec)* 6 (18)
R 16: (1 sc, dec)* 6 (12)
Finish stuffing.
R 17: (dec)* 6 (6)
F. o.

Ears (make 2)
R 1: 6 sc in mc (6)
R 2: (inc)* 6 (12)
R 3: 12 sc
Do not stuff.
Fold top of ear flat and 5 sc through both sides across.
F. o. and leave a long tail for sewing.

Muzzle
With white YarnArt Jeans 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: 24 sc
F. o. and leave a long tail for sewing.

Assembly
Sew the ears to the head between R 3 and R 9.
Make eye tightening.
Sew the muzzle to the head, put some stuffing inside it before you finish.
Embroider eye whites with a white thread, and eyebrows, lashes and a nose with a black one.

Free crochet heart pattern

Heart
Make 2 parts:
R 1: 6 sc in mc (6)
R 2: (inc)* 6 (12)
R 3-4: 12 sc (2 rows)
Fasten off the first part.

Don’t cut the yarn when you will finish the second part.

In the next row we will join two parts together.

Continue crocheting on the second part:
R 5: 12 sc on the second part, 12 sc on the first part, place a stitch marker (24)
R 6: 5 sc, dec, 10 sc, dec, 5 sc (22)
R 7: 4 sc, dec, 10 sc, dec, 4 sc (20)
R 8: 3 sc, dec, 3 sc, dec, 3 sc, dec, 3 sc, dec (16)
R 9: 2 sc, dec, 2 sc, dec, 2 sc, dec, 2 sc, dec (12)
Stuff the heart.
R 10: (dec)* 6 (6)
F. o.

Sew the heart to the hands.