6th pat­tern in the 12 Days of Wood­land Crea­tures (and Their Favourite Things) project. Can you believe we’re already half way done? Fun times go by fast :D

For this bear I used:

Worsted weight yarn in blue, light blue and brown

3.5 mm hook

Small black beads for eyes

Nee­dle and thread for sewing and embroidering

Pat­tern:

Head

Round 1: With blue, 6 sc in mag­ic ring, do not join.

Round 2: 2 sc in each sc around, do not join (12 sc).

Round 3: *1 sc in next sc, 2 sc in next sc*, repeat from * to * around, do not join (18 sc).

Con­tin­ue work­ing 1 sc in each sc around until piece is 1″ tall, ch 1.

Now we make the ears. Press head flat, insert hook in next sc and the sc before the st on hook, like so…

Make 1 sc in these sc, then make 2 hdc and 1 sc in same sc, sl st in each of next 5 sc in both lay­ers, ch 1, [1 sc, 2 hdc, 1 sc] in next sc, sl st in last sc on the edge, fas­ten off. Weave in end.

Snout

Row 1: With light blue, 3 sc in mag­ic ring, turn.

Row 2: ch 1, sc in first sc, 2 sc in next sc, sc in last sc, sl st in mag­ic ring, fas­ten off, leav­ing a long tail for sewing.

Embroi­der nose on snout with brown yarn.

Face

Sew snout to head. Sew on eyes. Sew french knots on the ears with light blue yarn.

Body

Round 1: With blue, 6 sc in mag­ic ring, do not join.

Round 2: 2 sc in each sc around, do not join (12 sc).

Con­tin­ue mak­ing 1 sc in each sc around until piece is 1″ tall.

Sec­ond last row: *1 sc in next sc, 2 sc tog over next 2 sc*, repeat from * to * 3 more times.

Last row: 1 sc in each sc around. Fas­ten off, leav­ing long tail for sewing.

Arms and legs

Arms are attached between first and sec­ond rows from the top of body, and legs are attached between last and sec­ond last row of body.

Attach yarn to the st where the arm/leg would be, like so.

Draw up a loop, ch 4, sc in 2nd ch from hook, sc in each of next 2 sc, sl st in the st where the yarn is attached, pulling up a length of yarn about 24″ long as you com­plete the sl st…

 

Cut yarn. Insert hook through the stitch where the 2nd leg will be AND the stitch where the first leg is attached, and pull the yarn through.

Insert hook in the stitch where the 2nd leg start­s and make 1 sc in the stitch. ch 4, sc in 2nd ch from hook, sc in each of next 2 ch, sl st in the st where the leg is attached, fas­ten off, weave in ends.

Do the same for the arms, except use sl st instead of sc when cro­chet­ing down the arms.

Using long tail from body, sew body to head. I also made a french knot for a tiny tail.

And we have a bear! :D

Have a hap­py rest of the week!