Valentine's day is coming, and, like every year, I'm always stumped on what I should gift my boyfriend. For this year, I decided to be more traditional and gift my boyfriend a teddy bear, but the thing is, I made it myself using my own pattern that I'm here to share with you!
I recently bought some Bernat Sheepy yarn for clearance at my local Michael's and thought this would be the perfect yarn for this project. The yarn makes stitches almost completely invisible, which helped my teddy bear resemble a traditional, fluffy teddy bear even more ;)
But this also makes crocheting with this yarn more difficult. Because it's difficult to properly see your stitches, it may be a big challenge to work with. My tip is to ~feel~ for the stitches with your fingers; this helped me keep track of the next stitch and where to insert my hook.
If working with fluffy yarn is too difficult, feel free to use a different super bulky (size 6) yarn like Bernat Blanket yarn! You'll be able to see your stitches better with Bernat Blanket yarn.
Materials:
7.0 mm and 3.0 mm crochet hooks
Brown felt fabric
9 mm safety eyes
White embroidery thread
Yarn and Embroidery needles
Scissors
Fabric glue
Copyright:
Please do not copy or redistribute this pattern as your own. This Valentine's day teddy bear pattern belongs to me, @stitchingwithsab.
You may sell finished items made using this pattern! Just please give me credit to help support me and my art ♡
Terms:
SC = single crochet
CH = chain
INC = increase
DEC = decrease
ST = stitch
RND(S) = round(s)
MR = magic ring
Head:
Start with Bernat Sheepy yarn in color "Ochre" and 7.0 mm hook:
1) sc 6 in MR (6)
2) inc x 6 (12)
3) (sc, inc) x 6 (18)
4) sc, inc, (sc 2, inc) x 5, sc (24)
5) (sc 3, inc) x 6 (30)
6) sc 2, inc, (sc 4, inc) x 5, sc 2 (36)
7) (sc 5, inc) x 6 (42)
8-13) sc 42 (42)
14) (sc 5, dec) x 6 (36)
15) sc 2, dec, (sc 4, dec) x 5, sc 2 (30)
16) (sc 3, dec) x 6 (24)
Stuff head
17) sc, dec, (sc 2, dec) x 5, sc (18)
18) (sc, dec) x 6 (12)
19) dec x 6 (6)
FO, sew remaining hole closed.
Body:
Start with Bernat Sheepy yarn in color "Ochre" and 7.0 mm hook:
1) sc 6 in MR (6)
2) inc x 6 (12)
3) (sc, inc) x 6 (18)
4) sc, inc, (sc 2, inc) x 5, sc (24)
5) (sc 3, inc) x 6 (30)
6) sc 2, inc, (sc 4, inc) x 5, sc 2 (36)
7) (sc 5, inc) x 6 (42)
8-12) sc 42 (42)
13) (sc 5, dec) x 6 (36)
14) sc 36 (36)
15) (sc 10, dec) x 3 (33)
Stuff body
FO, cut long yarn tail to sew body onto head.
Legs (Make 2):
Start with Bernat Sheepy yarn in color "Ochre" and 7.0 mm hook:
1) sc 6 in MR (6)
2) inc x 6 (12)
3) sc 12 (12)
Stuff legs
FO, cut long yarn tail to sew legs onto body.
Arms & Tail (Make 3):
Start with Bernat Sheepy yarn in color "Ochre" and 7.0 mm hook:
1) sc 6 in MR (6)
2) (sc, inc) x 3 (9)
3) sc 9 (9)
Stuff arms & tail
FO, cut long yarn tail to sew arms and tail onto body.
Ears (Make 2):
Start with Bernat Sheepy yarn in color "Ochre" and 7.0 mm hook:
1) sc 6 in MR (6)
2) inc x 6 (12)
3) (sc, inc) x 6 (18)
4) (sc 4, dec) x 3 (15)
5) (sc 3, dec) x 3 (12)
Stuff ears
FO, cut long yarn tail to sew ears onto head.
Muzzle:
Start with Bernat Sheepy Yarn in color: Cotton Tail and 7.0 mm hook:
1) ch 4, starting from 2nd ch from hook, inc, sc, inc 2, sc, inc (10)
2) inc, sc 3, inc 2, sc 3, inc (14)
3) inc, sc 5, inc 2, sc 5, inc (27)
FO, cut long yarn tail to sew muzzle onto face.
Heart:
Start with pink worsted weight yarn and 3.0 mm hook:
1) sc 6 in MR (6)
2) inc x 6 (12)
3) (sc, inc) x 6 (18)
4) sc, inc, (sc 2, inc) x 5, sc (24)
5) (sc 3, inc) x 6 (30)
6) sc 30 (30)
FO, repeat rnds 1-6 for the other half of the heart, but DON’T FO on the 2nd half of the heart, we will continue crocheting the heart after rnd 6 of the 2nd half of the heart.
7) sc 6 through both pieces, sc 24 on one half of the heart, sc 24 on the other half of the heart (48)
8) sc 3, dec, (sc 6, dec) x 5, sc 3 (42)
9) sc 42 (42)
10) (sc 5, dec) x 6 (36)
11) sc 36 (36)
12) sc 2, dec (sc 4, dec) x 5, sc 2 (30)
13) (sc 3, dec) x 6 (24)
14) sc, dec, (sc 2, dec) x 5, sc (18)
Stuff heart
15) sc 18 (18)
16) (sc, dec) x 6 (12)
17) dec x 6 (6)
FO, cut long yarn tail to sew heart onto the center of the body.
Assembly:
1) Using remaining yarn tail and yarn needle, sew the body onto the head.
2) Using remaining yarn tails and yarn needle, sew the legs onto the bottom of the body.
3) Using remaining yarn tails and yarn needle, sew the ears on top of the head.
4) Using remaining yarn tail and yarn needle, sew the heart onto the center of the body.
5) Using remaining yarn tail and yarn needle, sew the arms directly on each side of the heart so that the bear is holding the heart.
6) Using remaining yarn tail and yarn needle, sew the muzzle towards the lower half of the face.
7) Insert and glue 9 mm safety eyes on each side of the face.
8) Using your scissors, cut out a small nose out of brown felt fabric and glue the nose onto the muzzle.
9) Cut some extra pink yarn and use your yarn needle to embroider blush on each cheek.
10) Using white embroidery thread and an embroidery needle, embroider the word "Mine" onto the heart.
Your teddy bear is now done!
