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· Worsted weight yarn Yarn suggestions: Bear Body: Red Heart Warm Brown, 55 yds Bear Clothes: Red Heart Turquoise, 40 yds · Crochet hook size G (4.00mm) ·Stitch marker - All pieces are worked in spirals (you will not be joining rounds) so you will need a stitch marker to keep track of your rounds. · Two 10mm black safety eyes ·Optional 6mm black safety eye or 6mm black bead for nose ·Cream colored felt, 1 1/8" diameter circle (wool felt was used on bear shown) ·Polyfil stuffing · Black embroidery thread ·Yarn needle ·Needle and matching thread for sewing on muzzle ·Scissors · Blush or pink chalk & Q-tip
STiTCHeS & ABBReViaTiOnS
ch - chain stitch inc - increase, work 2 sc in one stitch Insert the hook into the front loops only of the next two stitches (do not yarn over in between), now yarn over and draw yarn through the two loops, yarn over and draw through both loops on hook rnd/rnds - round/rounds sc - single crochet sc2tog - single crochet 2 together: Insert the hook into the next stitch, yarn over and insert hook into next stitch, yarn over and draw through the 3 loops on hook slst - slip stitch st/sts - stitch/stitches [] - repeat the instructions in the brackets the number of times indicated ()- the number in the parentheses indicates the amount of stitches completed at the end of the round Finished Size: 6.5 inches tall (17.0 cm), using Red Heart worsted weight yarn and a G hook Gauge: Gauge is not important. Since everyone crochets differently, use a hook size necessary to achieve a tight enough stitch so that the stuffing will not show through.
some Notes BeFore You BeGin
An invisible decrease was used to make the bear and I would highly recommend learning this stitch because the results are beautiful. However, if you are not comfortable with an invisible decrease, just use a regular sc decrease which is a sc2tog (see abbreviations above). Also, I would recommend you work in your loose end(s) halfway through the body pieces because some of the pieces, especially the arms, are hard to turn inside out to work in the ends. Lastly, have fun with your project and use your imagination. At the end of the pattern are pictures of optional muzzles.
PATTERN
HEAD
Rnd 1: With brown, start with magic ring and work 6 sc into ring, pull yarn tail and tighten ring (6) Rnd 2: inc each st (12) Rnd 3: [sc in next st, inc] around (18) Rnd 4: [sc in next 2 sts, inc] around (24) Rnd 5: [sc in next 3 sts, inc] around (30) Rnd 6: [sc in next 4 sts, inc] around (36) Rnd 7: sc in each st around (36) Rnd 8: [sc in next 5 sts, inc] around (42) Rnd 9: sc in each st around (42) Rnd 10: [sc in next 6 sts, inc] around (48) Rnds 11-15: sc in each st around (48) Rnd 16: [sc in next 6 sts, invdec] around (42) Rnd 17: [sc in next 5 sts, invdec] around (36) Rnd 18: [sc in next 4 sts, invdec] around (30) Rnd 19: [sc in next 3 sts, invdec] around (24) Rnd 20: [sc in next 2 sts, invdec] around (18) Fasten off and weave in loose ends.
EaRs (make 2)
Rnd 1: With brown, start with magic ring and work 5 sc into ring, pull yarn tail and tighten ring (5) @2010 Shelley Tudor Rnd 2: inc each st (10) Rnd 3: [sc in next st, inc] around (15) Rnd 4: sc in each st around (15) Rnd 5: [sc in next st, invdec] around (10) Fasten off leaving a long tail for sewing. BOdy Rnd 1: With brown, start with magic ring and work 6 sc into ring, pull yarn tail and tighten ring (6) Rnd 2: inc each st (12) Rnd 3: [sc in next st, inc] around (18) Rnd 4: [sc in next 2 sts, inc] around (24) Rnd 5: [sc in next 3 sts, inc] around (30) Rnd 6: [sc in next 4 sts, inc] around (36) Rnd 7: sc in each st around Change to blue Rnds 8-9: sc in each st around (36) Rnd 10: [sc in next 4 sts, invdec] around (30) Rnd 11: sc in each st around (30) Rnd 12: [sc in next 3 sts, invdec] around (24) Rnd 13: sc in each st around (24) Rnd 14: [sc in next 2 sts, invdec] around (18) Rnd 15: sc in each st around (18) Fasten off leaving a long tail for sewing. ARmS (make 2) Rnd 1: With brown, start with magic ring and work 4 sc into ring, pull yarn tail and tighten ring (4) Rnd 2: inc each st (8) Rnd 3: [sc in next 3 sts, inc] around (10) Change to blue Rnd 4: sc in each st around (10) Rnd 5: [sc in next 3 sts, invdec] around (8) Rnd 6: sc in each st around (8) Rnd 7: [sc in next 2 sts, invdec] around (6) Rnd 8: sc in each st around (6) Fasten off leaving a long tail, thread yarn needle with long tail and run needle through the front loops only of the 6 sts of Rnd 7, pulling tight after each stitch. LeGs (make 2) Rnd 1: With brown, start with magic ring and work 5 sc into ring, pull yarn tail and tighten ring (5) Page 2 of 4 Rnd 2: inc each st (10) Rnd 3: [sc in next st, inc] around (15) Rnd 4: sc in each st around (15) Rnd 5: [sc in next 3 sts, invdec] around (12) Rnd 6-8: sc in each st around (12) Fasten off leaving a long tail for sewing. ASSEMBLiNG (Work all the above pieces first) 1. Insert the 10mm safety eyes between rows 13 and 14 of the head, approximately 12 stitches apart. 2. Stuff the head.
3. Using at least a 1" diameter circle of cream felt for the muzzle, embroider the nose and mouth using 2-3 strands of black embroidery floss.
4. Trim the felt muzzle to about 7/8" wide and about 3/4" in height and sew the muzzle to the head with matching thread. Center the muzzle evenly between the eyes. @2010 Shelley Tudor 5. Stuff the body and use the long yarn tail from the body to sew the body to the head. 6. Flatten and then cup the ears and sew the ears to the head positioning them between Rnds 9-12 of the head. 7. Stuff the legs and sew the legs to the body, positioning them a little towards the front of the bottom of the body. 8. Stuff the arms and sew the arms to the body sewing them to Rnd 16 (last round) of the body. 9. Optional: Blush the cheeks, you can blush the insides of the ears too.
OPtionaL muzzLes, Noses & mouTHs
If you use a safety eye, first embroider the mouth, make a small hole with a sharp pair of small scissors in the felt where you want the nose, poke the safety eye through the felt, position the muzzle on the head and poke the safety eye through the head, then sew the muzzle to the head with matching thread.
Wool felt muzzle,embroidered nose & mouth
Wool felt muzzle, 6mm safety eye nose, embroidered mouth Pattern and photographs @shelley Tudor 2010 Purchaser may not distribute or publish this pattern.
