Free Crochet Bear Pattern – Mini Amigurumi Toy
Immerse yourself in the delight of crafting with this charming free crochet bear pattern! These mini amigurumi bears are not only incredibly cute but also come dressed in their tiny sweaters, adding an extra touch of sweetness. What’s even better is that they’re quick and easy to crochet, making them ideal for creating impromptu gifts for all the little ones you adore.
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Whether you’re an experienced crocheter or new to the craft, this pattern guarantees hours of enjoyment and the fulfillment of making something truly extraordinary. So gather your yarn and hooks, and let’s infuse some handmade enchantment into the world!
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About this Free Crochet Bear Pattern
To reduce the requirement for sewing, I’ve crafted this crochet bear pattern in a way that incorporates the head, arms, and body into a single piece. This smart approach not only simplifies the assembly process but also guarantees a smooth outcome that is both durable and aesthetically pleasing.
This pattern offers comprehensive guidance on crafting an adorable bear, making it ideal for novices and those new to crocheting. With step-by-step instructions and helpful tips, even beginners can confidently tackle this project and create their own charming bear.
Feel free to experiment with different yarns, but I recommend opting for a slightly smaller crochet hook size than usual. This technique creates a tighter stitch, which prevents stuffing from peeking through and gives your bunny a more polished look.
Materials
- Yarn in brown, red, green, and black.
- Size 2.5 mm crochet hook. This is my absolute favorite crochet hook I recommend to everyone.
- Poly-Fil Fiberfill stuffing.
- 10 mm black safety eyes.
- Yarn needle, stitch marker, pins, and scissors.
What did I use?
Schachenmayr Catania, 100% Cotton, 1.76 ounces = 137 yards/50 grams = 125 meters. Colors: 00438 (brown for body), 00115 (red for sweater), 00189 (green for scarf and sweater), 00110 (black for embroidery)
Gauge and Measurements
Gauge isn’t crucial for this free crochet bear pattern; you can effortlessly modify your toy’s size by using a smaller or larger hook and various yarn types.
Made from listed yarn on a 2.50 mm crochet hook, my finished toy measures 5.50 inches (14 cm) tall.
For those aiming for the same size, this gauge can serve as a reference: 10 stitches and 10 rows in single crochet measure 3.5 x 3.5 cm (1.37 x 1.37 inches).
Abbreviations (US terms)
Here are the crochet abbreviations used in this Free Crochet Bear Pattern. Note that instructions are written in US terms. The resource you may find helpful in following this pattern: Crochet Abbreviations.
| Abbreviation | Meaning |
|---|---|
| BLO | through back loop only (see tutorial) |
| Ch | chain stitch |
| Hdc | half double crochet stitch |
| Inc | single crochet increase (Sc in indicated stitch 2 times) |
| InvDec | invisible decrease = single crochet two stitches together front loop only (see tutorial) |
| Rnd | round |
| Sc | single crochet stitch (i.e. 3 Sc means to crochet Sc in next 3 sts) |
| Sl st | slip stitch |
| St(s) | stitch(es) |
| […] x n | repeat instructions in brackets n times |
| (…) | total number of stitches in the round |
PDF Pattern
The PDF crochet pattern is a great solution for those who want to print the instructions and work offline, or just want to support my work. You can find the PDF pattern in my shop.
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Arms
Use brown yarn. Crochet in a continuous spiral with a stitch marker
R1: start 6 Sc in a magic ring (6)
R2: 1 Inc in all st (12)
R3: [3 Sc, 1 Inc] x 3 (15)
R4-5: 1 Sc in each st (15)
R6: 5 InvDec, 5 Sc (10)
R7: 6 Sc, change color to red in the last step of the last sc (Photos 1 and 2), continue with red yarn: 4 Sc (10). Fasten off brown yarn.
R8-15 (8 rounds): 1 Sc in each st (10)
Remove marker and stuff bottom part of the arm. Turn the detail so that the invisible decreases made in round 6 are facing you. Press both sides of the arm’s open end together as shown in Photo 3. Before you start Round 16 crochet 2 Sc more to the outer side stitch.
R16: Ch1, insert the hook through the corresponding stitches on both sides of the arm’s open end to crochet them together with 5 Sc (Photo 4). Break the yarn and weave in ends.
Crochet the second arm in the same way (Photos 5 and 6).
Legs
Use brown yarn. Crochet in a continuous spiral with a stitch marker.
R1: start 6 Sc in a magic ring (6)
R2: 1 Inc in all st (12)
R3: [1 Sc, 1 Inc] x 6 (18)
R4: 1 Sc, 1 InvDec, 7 Sc, 1 Inc, 6 Sc, remove marker, 1 InvDec (17)
R5: 1 InvDec (place marker), 7 Sc, 2 Inc, 6 Sc (18)
R6: 1 Sc in each st (18)
R7: 1 InvDec, 8 Sc, 1 Inc, 7 Sc (18)
R8: 1 Sc in each st (18)
Enlarge the loop and break the yarn. Crochet the 2nd leg, but do not break the yarn this time.
Body
Stuff while you go. Continue on the second leg to join both legs into the body.
R1: 1 Sc, Ch 4 (= Ch4-chain), take the 1st leg (Photo 1), place enlarged loop back on your hook and tighten (Photo 2),
insert the hook into the next st on the 1st leg (Photo 3), yarn over, pull up a loop (3 loops on the hook), yarn over and pull the yarn through all loops on the hook (Photo 4),
then 17 Sc over the remaining sts on the 1st leg, 4 Sc along the ch4-chain, 18 Sc around the 2nd leg, 4 Sc into the loops on the other side of the ch4-chain (44, Photo 5 and 6). Next stitch will be a new beginning of the following rounds.
R2: 1 Sc (this st is hard to crochet therefore use a smaller hook for convenience, place marker), 17 Sc; in the middle: 1 Inc, 2 Sc, 1 Inc; on the other leg: 12 Sc, 1 Inc, 5 Sc; in the middle: 1 Inc, 2 Sc, 1 Inc (49)
R3: 5 Sc, 1 Inc, 43 Sc (50)
R4: 1 Sc in each of 49 sts, 1 Sl st, remove the marker and fasten off invisibly (50)
To do so, cut yarn, pull the end of yarn through the last stitch completely and thread it onto needle. Skip one stitch then insert needle into the next stitch in the same way as you would your crochet hook (Photo 7). Insert needle back into the same stitch that the yarn end is coming from but into the back loop only (Photo 8).
Tighten the yarn just enough to make the join look like a regular stitch (Photos 9 and 10). Weave tail into wrong side before trimming.
R5: Find center stitch at the back side of the toy (where we have just finished the round invisibly), insert the hook in this stitch, yarn over with red yarn (Photo 11), Ch 1 and 1 Sc in this stitch (Photo 12), 3 Sc, 1 Inc, 16 Sc, 1 Inc, 6 Sc, 1 Inc, 16 Sc, 1 Inc, 3 Sc, 1 Hdc (54)
R6: 1 Sc in each st (54), remove marker, change color to green in the last step of the next sc
Next round will be crocheted as closed round which means you will start round with one initial chain stitch to get the right height for the following stitches and close round with a slip stitch into the first stitch of the round.
R7: Ch 1, 1 Sc in each st (54), 1 Sl st into the 1st sc of the round with red yarn (Photos 13 and 14). Fasten off green yarn.
Next round will be started with one initial chain stitch, but will not be closed with a slip stitch, we just continue to crochet in rounds as usual, with red yarn.
R8: Ch 1, 1 Sc in the same stitch where you made the last slip stitch, 1 Sc in 53 sts (54, Photo 15)
Continue crocheting in rounds with a stitch marker (in a continuous spiral).
R9: [7 Sc, 1 InvDec] x 6 (48)
R10-11: 1 Sc in each st (48)
R12: 3 Sc, 1 InvDec, [6 Sc, 1 InvDec] x 5, 3 Sc (42)
R13: 1 Sc in each st (42)
R14: [5 Sc, 1 InvDec] x 6 (36)
R15: 1 Sc in each st (36)
R16: 2 Sc, 1 InvDec, [4 Sc, 1 InvDec] x 5, 2 Sc (30)
R17-18: 1 Sc in each st (30), stuff
Arms connection
For the following round, take care to attach arms symmetrically.
R19: Remove marker, find center stitch at the back side of the toy, crochet Sc forward to this stitch and 1 Sc in this centre stitch too, place marker (this is the beginning of the round, Photo 16), 5 Sc, join the 1st arm: 5 Sc (work hooking through both sts of the body and the arm, Photo 17);
front: 10 Sc; join the 2nd arm: 5 Sc; 4 Sc (30, Photos 18 and 19).
R20: [1 InvDec, 1 Sc] x 10 (20), change color to brown in the last step of the last sc
R21: 1 Sc in each st BLO (20), continue crocheting the head without cutting the yarn.
Head
R1: [1 Inc, 1 Sc] x 10 (30)
R2: [1 Sc, 1 Inc] x 15 (45)
R3: 1 Sc in every st (45)
R4: [4 Sc, 1 Inc] x 9 (54)
R5: [8 Sc, 1 Inc] x 6 (60)
R6-R17: 1 Sc in each st (12 rnds)
Mark the positions for the eyes with pins between rounds 11 and 12 with a distance of 11 stitches (Photo 1). Insert safety eyes. Ensure you’re satisfied with the placement before securing the eyes – once the washer is fixed to the rod of the eye, it cannot be removed.
R18: 4 Sc, 1 InvDec, [8 Sc, 1 InvDec] x 5, 4 Sc (54)
R19: [1 InvDec, 7 Sc] x 6 (48)
R20: 3 Sc, 1 InvDec, [6 Sc, 1 InvDec] x 5, 3 Sc (42), start stuffing
R21: [1 InvDec, 5 Sc] x 6 (36)
R22: 2 Sc, 1 InvDec, [4 Sc, 1 InvDec] x 5, 2 Sc (30)
R23: [1 InvDec, 3 Sc] x 6 (24)
R24: 1 Sc, 1 InvDec, [2 Sc, 1 InvDec] x 5, 1 Sc (18)
R25: [1 InvDec, 1 Sc] x 6 (12), stuff firmly
R26: 2 InvDec, remove marker and close remaining stitches through the front loops as shown in the video.
Cut the yarn and pull completely through the last stitch. Thread it onto yarn needle. Guide the yarn into front loops only of each remaining stitch from outside to inside (Photos 3 and 4).
Fasten off the hole and hide the end of yarn inside the head (Photos 5 and 6).
Muzzle
Use brown yarn. Crochet in a continuous spiral.
R1: start 6 Sc in a magic ring (6)
R2: 1 Inc in all st (12)
R3: [1 Sc, 1 Inc] x 6 (18)
R4: 1 Sc, 1 Inc, [2 Sc, 1 Inc] x 5, 1 Sc (24)
R5: 1 Sc in each st (20, Photo 1), 1 Sl st, cut the yarn, leaving a long end for sewing.
Ears
Use brown yarn. Crochet in a continuous spiral.
R1: start 8 Sc in a magic ring (8)
R2: 1 Inc in all st (16)
R3: [7 Sc, 1 Inc] x 2 (18)
R4: [8 Sc, 1 Inc] x 2 (20)
R5: 1 Sc in every st (20), cut the yarn, leaving a long end for sewing. Make the second ear in the same way (Photo 2).
Assembly
Embroider the nose using black yarn as shown in Photos 1, 2 and 3. Place the muzzle on the front of the head and fasten it with pins (Photo 4),
sew with the end of yarn that we left before as shown in Photos 5 and 6.
Stuff before finishing (Photo 7). Fasten and cut the yarn, hiding the ends inside the head.
Place the ears symmetrically on the top of the head between round 13 and 22, and fasten them with pins as shown in Photos 9 – 11.
Sew the ears with the ends of brown yarn that we left before (Photos 12 and 13). Break the yarn, fasten off, and hide the yarn tail inside the head.
Embroider eyebrows between round 14 and 15 using black yarn as shown in Photo 14.
Scarf
Use green yarn. Make a foundation chain of Ch 4. Work in turns.
R1: Start in the 2nd chain from the hook: 3 Sc, Ch 1, turn
R2-R33: 3 Sc BLO, Ch 1, turn
R34: 3 Sc BLO, break the yarn, leave a long end for sewing, thread it into a needle and sew on the bear.
Congratulations! Your little bear is ready! I hope you have fun. I’d love to see your toys, be sure to tag me @gorbunova.dolls on Instagram. If you are on Facebook join my group Ami & Hook Society and share a photo! If you enjoyed this Free Crochet Bear Pattern, subscribe for more!
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Your instructions are excellent!! Can hardly wait to make the darling bear! Look forward to getting future emails!
Thank you very much! I am happy to hear that instructions are clear 🙂
I hope you’ll crochet a teddy bear someday