The cutest collection of small crochet animals just got cuter with our new small crochet bear pattern! I can’t believe how long it took us to add the classic bear to our Kozu Palm Pets collection but he’s here now and was so worth the wait!
I love that you can crochet this bear in any colour – because who wouldn’t want a collection of colourful crochet bears. This adorable bear pattern takes just a couple of hours to crochet.
If you’re looking for a larger bear, try it using super bulky blanket yarn and a 7mm crochet hook. You get a large 11″ teddy bear in just a couple of hours! How awesome is that!
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Small Crochet Bear Free Pattern
This pattern is for your personal use only and cannot be sold, copied, or reproduced in any way without permission from the designers. You may sell finished objects made from this pattern in small quantities but please give credit to chaicoffeecrochet.com as the pattern designer.
Tools & Supplies You Need to Crochet a Bear
- Yarn: You need a very small amount of yarn in the body colour and a contrasting colour for the muzzle
- 2.75 mm crochet hook
- Tapestry needle
- Stitch markers
- Polyfill stuffing
- Two 7 mm safety eyes
- Black embroidery thread
Stitches & Abbreviations Used
This pattern is written in US terms and crocheted in continuous rounds unless specified otherwise.
Sl st: slip stitch
SC: single crochet
INV DEC: invisible decrease
INC: two SC in the same stitch
BLO: back loops only
Crochet Bear Pattern Notes
About the Pattern
- Difficulty level: Easy
- Finished size: Approximately 4 inches tall, using DK yarn.
- This pattern is written in US terms
- This pattern is crocheted in continuous rounds unless specified otherwise. Use a stitch marker on the first stitch of every round so that you don’t lose track of the start of your round.
- This is a low-sew amigurumi pattern. The arms of the bear are crocheted on. You must first crochet the arms before continuing onto the body.
- This bear is part of the Kozu Palm Pets series of small animals. You can find the free patterns at https://chaicoffeecrochet.com/small-crochet-animals
Yarn Sizing & Adaptation
- This bear was made using DK yarn. However, you may use any yarn with the relevant hook (usually, for amigurumi you go down 2-3 sizes from that recommended on the yarn lab
- Sizing adaptations: You can make the bear in multiple sizes. With DK yarn and a 2.75 mm hook, it turned out to be approximately 4 inches tall. With blanket yarn and a 7mm crochet hook, it is approximately 11 inches tall.
- Note: If you’re crocheting the bear using super bulky blanket yarn, use 16mm safety eyes.
How to Crochet a Bear
Arms (make 2)
Do not stuff
Using the body colour
Round 1: 6 SC into a magic circle (6)
Round 2-6 (5 rounds): SC around (6)
Pinch the two ends of the arm together, chain one, and 3 SC through both sides to close the arm. See the tutorial at the end of the pattern. Fasten off.
Legs
Use the body colour
Stuff the legs lightly as you go.
Round 1: 4 SC into a magic circle (4)
Round 2: INC in each stitch (8)
Round 3: SC around in BLO (8)
Round 4: SC around (8)
Fasten off. Make sure that you’ve pulled the magic circle tight so that stuffing doesn’t escape from it.
Repeat rounds 1-4 for the second leg but don’t fasten off.
Body
Stuff as you go. Now we will begin joining the legs (see the end of the pattern for a photo tutorial)
Round 5: Chain 2 and SC in the next unworked stitch of the first leg. Place a stitch marker in this stitch to mark the start of your round. SC in the remaining 7 stitches of the first leg until you reach the chain, SC in each of the 2 chains, SC in the 8 stitches of the next leg, and SC on the other side of each of the two chains until you reach your stitch marker. (20)
In the next round we will make the tail of your bear.
Round 6: 19 SC, (Ch 3 and starting from the second chain on your hook, 2 SC), and SC in the last stitch in the round (20)
Check that the tail is centered to the back of your bear. If it isn’t, adjust its placement so that it is.
Round 7-10 (4 rounds): SC around (20)
Round 11:(8 SC, INV DEC) twice (18)
Round 12: SC around (18)
During the next round (Round 13), you will crochet the arms into your bear on either side of the body by crocheting through both the body and the arm. See the tutorial at the end of the pattern.
Round 13: SC around (18)
Round 14: (SC, INV DEC) six times (12)
Head
Round 15: (SC, INC) six times (18)
Round 16: (2 SC, INC) six times (24)
Round 17: (3 SC, INC) six times (30)
Round 18-24 (7 rounds): SC around (30)
Insert the safety eyes between Rounds 19 and 20, evenly on both sides of the nose, eight stitches apart. Ensure that you have stuffed the body well, especially the neck.
Round 25: (3 SC, INV DEC) six times (24)
Round 26: (2 SC, INV DEC) six times (18)
Round 27: (SC, INV DEC) six times (12)
Ensure that you have stuffed the head well.
Round 28: INV DEC six times (6)
Fasten off and leave a tail. Insert the needle in the front loop of each stitch and pull tight to close.
Muzzle
Using the muzzle colour
Round 1: Chain 4. Starting in the second chain from the hook, INC, 1 SC, 4 SC in the next chain as your work turns. Now continue on the other side of the chain. 1 SC and INC in the last chain (10)
Round 2: SC around (10)
Fasten off and leave a long tail for sewing. Stuff the muzzle lightly and sew it onto your bear between Rounds 17 and 20. Embroider on the nose.
Ears (make 2)
Using the body colour
Round 1: 6 SC into a magic circle (6)
Round 2: INC in each stitch (12)
Round 3: SC in each stitch (12)
Fasten off and leave a long tail for sewing. Sew the ears between Rounds 3 and 7 from the top.
Your small crochet bear is now complete!