crochet bear toy
by sheila leslie
INTERMEDIATE
11 inches high sitting
Materials
- Red Heart Super Saver medium (worsted) weight yarn (7 oz/364 yds/198g per skein :
1 skein #373 petal pink
10 yds #312 black
- Circulo Anne super fine )fingering) weight cotton yarn (5 oz/547 yds/147g per ball:
1 ball #8001 white
- Sizes E/4/3.5mm and H/8/5mm crochet hooks or size needed to obtain gauge
- Tapestry needle
- 12 mm flat black shank buttons: 2
- 1/4-inch wide pink ribbon 38 inches
- Fiberfill
- Stitch marker
Guage
Size H hook: 4 sc = 1 inch; 4 sc rnds = 1 inch
If used as toy, you may want to embroider the eyes instead of using buttons that can be pulled off.
Use size H hook unless otherwise stated. Work in continuous rounds, do not join or turn unless otherwise stated.
Mark first stitch of each round.
Beginning shell (beg shell): Ch 3 (counts as first dc), (2 dc. ch 2, 3 dc) in same place.
Shell: (3 dc. ch 2, 3 dc) in place indicated.
INSTRUCTIONS
BEAR
Head
Rnd 1: Beg at snout, with size H hook and pink, ch 2, 6 sc in 2nd ch from hook, do not join (see Pattern Notes) (6 sc)
Rnd 2: Sc in each st around.
Rnd 3: [Sc in next st, 2 sc in next st] around. (9 sc)
Rnd 4: [Sc in each of next 2 sts. 2 sc in next st] around. (12 sc)
Rnd 5: [2 sc in next st. sc in each of next 3 sts] around. (15 sc)
Rnd 6: [Sc in each of next 4 sts. 2 sc in next st] around. (18 sc)
Rnd 7: [Sc in each of next 5 sts. 2 sc in next st] around. (21 sc)
Rnd 8: [2 sc in next st, sc in each of next 6 sts] around. (24 sc)
Rnd 9: [Sc in each of next 5 sts. 2 sc in next st] around. (28 sc)
Rnd 10: Sc in each of first 11 sts. 2 sc in each of next 6 sts. sc in each of last 11 sts. (34 sc)
Rnd 11: Sc in each of first 11 sts. [sc in next st. 2 sc in next st] 6 times, sc in each of last 11 sts (40 sc)
Rnd 12: Sc in each st around.
Rnd 13: [Sc in each of next 4 sts. 2 sc in next st] around. (48 sc)
Rnds 14-22: Sc in each st around.
Rnd 23: [Sc in each of next 6 sts. sc dec (see Stitch Guide) in next 2 sts] around. (42 sc)
Rnd 24: [Sc in each of next 5 sts sc dec in next 2 sts] around. (36 sc)
Rnd 25: [Sc in each of next 4 sts sc dec in next 2 sts] around. (30 sc)
Rnd 26: [Sc in each of next 3 sts sc dec in next 2 sts] around.
Stuff Head. (24 sc)
Rnd 27: [Sc in each of next 2 sts sc dec in next 2 sts] around. (18 sc)
Rnd 28: [Sc in next st. sc dec in next 2 sts] around. (12 sc)
Rnd 29: [Sc dec in next 2 sts] around. Leaving long end, fasten off. (6 sc) Stuff. Weave long end through top of sts on last rnd, pull to close. Secure end.
Finishing
Using satin stitch (see Fig. 1), with black, embroider nose as shown in photo Using straight stitch (see Fig. 2), with black, embroider mouth as shown in photo
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