Materials and tools
• cotton or cotton/acrylic yarn (Alize Cotton Gold, YarnArt Jeans and others)
• eyes for toys on a secure mount
• holofiber or other suitable stuffing material
• hook number 2
• scissors
• sewing and tightening needle
Abbreviations
MR: Magic ring
Sc: Single crochet
Inc: Increase
Dec: Decrease
Slst: Slip stitch
• The finished teddy bear size is about 12 cm.
Muzzle and Head
Stuff the piece tightly while crochet.
Eyes on a secure mount are inserted between 6 and 7 side by side at a distance of 7 sc from each other.
Rnd 1) 6sc in MR
Rnd 2) 6 inc (12)
Rnd 3) (1sc, inc)*6 (18)
Rnd 4–5) 18sc (2 rows)
Rnd 6) 6sc, 6inc, 6sc (24)
Rnd 7) 7sc, inc. (2sc,inc)*3, 7 sc (28)
Rnd 8) 9sc, inc, (2sc, inc)*3, 9sc (32)
Rnd 9) 1sc. (4sc, inc)*6, 1 sc (38)
Rnd 10) 1sc, (5sc,inc)*6, 1 sc (44)
Rnd 11) (10sc, inc)*4 (48)
Rnd 12-17) 48 sc (6 rows)
Rnd 18) (6sc,dec)*6 (42)
Rnd 19) (5sc,dec)*6 (36)
Rnd 20) (4sc,dec)*6 (30)
Rnd 21) (3sc,dec)*6 (24)
Rnd 22) (2sc,dec)*6 (18)
Rnd 23) (1sc,dec)*6 (12), slst, in the next loop, cut the thread, leave long tail and pull a hole with it.
Ears (Make 2)
Rnd 1) 6sc in MR
Rnd 2) inc, 1sc, inc, 1sc, inc (8)
sl st in the next loop, cut the thread, leave a long tail for sewing on the part.
Body
Stuff the piece tightly while crochet.
Rnd 1) 6sc in MR
Rnd 2) 6 inc (12)
Rnd 3) (1sc, inc)*6 (18)
Rnd 4) (2sc, inc)*6 (24)
Rnd 5) (3sc, inc)*6 (30)
Rnd 6) (4sc, inc)*6 (36)
Rnd 7-10) 36sc (4 rows)
Rnd 11) (4sc, dec)*6 (30)
Rnd 12-13) 30sc (2 rows)
Rnd 14) (3sc, dec)*6 (24)
Rnd 15-16) 24 sc (2 rows)
Rnd 17) (2sc, dec)*6 (18)
Rnd 18) 18 sc
Fasten the thread, cut off, leaving a long tip for sewing on the head.
