Designer: Knotted Angels
A sweet crochet bear designed in a resting position with soft shaping and delicate details that give it a soothing, sleepy character. This chubby bear has a round chubby body, a cozy muzzle, little ears, and peaceful sleepy eyes with rosy cheeks, which gives it an extra cuddly look.
This pattern uses basic stitches like single crochet stitches, bobble stitches, and some crochet techniques like how to increase and decrease, and working in front loop only and back loop only.
Materials used in this tutorial are size 5 yarn in 2 different shades, a 4 mm crochet hook, 6mm safety eyes, stuffing, a tapestry needle, stitch markers, and scissors.
You can display in nurseries, bedrooms, or cozy reading corners, place on shelves, desks, or bedside tables as a peaceful decorative accent.
Materials
- Size 5 yarn in 2 colors (Alize Softy Baby):
- brown for the body
- beige for the snout
- Thin dark brown yarn for embroidery
- 4 mm crochet hook
- Stuffing
- 6 mm safety eyes (optional)
- Tapestry needle
- Stitch markers
- Scissors
Abbreviations
Rnd – round
R – row
ch – chain
sc – single crochet
inc – increase
dec – decrease
dc – double crochet stitch
BO – bobble stitch
FLO – front loop only
BLO – back loop only
Head & Body
Rnd 1: 8 sc in a Mr (8)
Rnd 2-3: 8 sc (8)
Rnd 4: 4 inc, 4 sc (12)
Rnd 5: 8 inc, 4 sc (20)
Rnd 6-7: 20 sc (20)
Rnd 8: 5 sc, FLO (3 dc onto one st), 4 sc, FLO (3 dc into one st), 9 sc (20)
Rnd 9: 5 sc, sc into the unworked back loop, 4 sc, sc into the unworked back loop, 9 sc (20)
Rnd 9 and 20 – skip the stitches, which got worked intp FLO
Rnd 10: (sc, inc) x 8, 4 sc (28)
Optional: add safety eyes between R6-8, approx. 6-7 st apart.
Rnd 11: sc, BO, 20 sc, BO, 5 sc (28)
Rnd 12: 28 sc (28)
Rnd 13: (sc, inc, sc) x 8, 4 sc (36)
Rnd 14-17: 36 sc (36) (4 rounds)
Rnd 18: 3 sc, BO, 26 sc, BO, 5 sc (36)
Rnd 19: 17 sc, FLO (sc, ch 1, sc into same st), 18 sc (36)
Rnd 20: (2 sc, dec, 2 sc) x 6 (30) (one sc goes into the unworked back loop)
Rnd 21: (3 sc, dec) x 6 (24)
Start stuffing firmly.
Rnd 22: (2 sc, dec) x 6 (18)
Rnd 23: (sc, dec) x 6 (12)
Rnd 24: 6 dec (6)
Fasten off and close the hole.
Ears x2
Rnd 8: 4 sc, sc, FLO (3 dc into one st), sc, 2 sc, sc, FLO (3 dc into one st), sc, 8 sc (20)
Panda Mod
Working in BLO is optional, but will increse the quality of the color changes.
Rnd 1-3: same as base pattern, but in white.
Rnd 4: BLO (sc, sc in same st), 2 inc, BLO (sc, sc in same st), 4 sc (12)
Rnd 5: inc, inc, 4 inc, inc, inc, 4 sc (20)
Rnd 6: sc, BLO (sc), 2 sc, BLO (sc,), 6 sc, BLO (sc), 2 sc, BLO (sc), 5 sc (20)
Rnd 7: 2 sc, BLO (2 sc), 8 sc, BLO (2 sc), 6 sc (20)
Rnd 8: 4 sc, sc, FLO (3 sc into one st), sc, 2 sc, sc, FLO (3 dc into one st), sc, 8 sc (20)
Rnd 9: 5 sc, sc into the unworked back loop, 4 sc, sc into the unworked back loop, 8 sc, sl st (20)
Rnd 10: ch 1, BLO ((sc, inc) x 8, 3 sc), sc (28)
Rnd 11: sc, BO, 20 sc, BO, 4 sc, sl st (28)
Rnd 12: ch 1, BLO (27 sc) sc (28)
Rnd 13-17: same as base pattern, but in white
Rnd 18: 3 sc, BO, BLO (5 sc), 17 sc, BLO (5 sc), BO, sc, 3 sc (36)
Rnd 19: 3 sc, BLO (sc), 6 sc, 6 sc, BLO (sc), FLO (sc, ch 1, sc into same st), BLO (sc), 6 sc, BLO (sc), 6 sc, 4 sc (36)
Rnd 20: 2 sc, dec, sc, BLO (3 sc, dec), 4 sc, dec, BLO (sc), sc into the unworked back loop, BLO (sc), sc, dec, 3 sc, BLO (sc, dec, 4 sc), dec, 2 sc (30)
Start stuffing.
Rnd 21-24: same as the base pattern, but in white.
Fasten off and close the hole.
Embroidery
- Eyes: one line from Rnd 4-6.
- Nose: 1st wide, on the middle of the snout.
Done!
