Amigurumi Teddy Bears

Materials

• Worsted weight cotton yarn in sky blue and pink
• Black yarn for nose and mouth embroidery
• Polyester stuffing
• 10mm safety eyes
• 3.5mm crochet hook
• Tapestry needle
• Scissors
• Small amount of white yarn for snout and paws

Gauge

Gauge is not critical for this project, but tighter stitches create a neater look. Adjust hook size if necessary to achieve a tight stitch.

Abbreviations

• ch: chain
• sc: single crochet
• inc: increase (2 sc in the next stitch)
• dec: decrease (sc two stitches together)
• st: stitch
• FO: finish off

Instructions

Head

1. Using sky blue yarn (or pink for the pink bear), make a magic ring.
2. Round 1: 6 sc in the magic ring. (6 sts)
3. Round 2: inc around. (12 sts)
4. Round 3: (sc in next st, inc) around. (18 sts)
5. Round 4: (sc in next 2 sts, inc) around. (24 sts)
6. Round 5-9: sc around. (24 sts)
7. Round 10: (sc in next 2 sts, dec) around. (18 sts)
8. Round 11: (sc in next st, dec) around. (12 sts)
9. Insert safety eyes between rounds 6 and 7, about 5 stitches apart.
10. Stuff the head firmly.
11. Round 12: dec around. (6 sts)
12. FO, leaving a tail for sewing.

Body

1. Using the body color, make a magic ring.
2. Round 1: 6 sc in the magic ring. (6 sts)
3. Round 2: inc around. (12 sts)
4. Round 3: (sc in next st, inc) around. (18 sts)
5. Round 4-8: sc around. (18 sts)
6. Round 9: (sc in next st, dec) around. (12 sts)
7. Stuff the body firmly.
8. Round 10: dec around. (6 sts)
9. FO, leaving a tail for sewing.

Arms (Make 2)

1. Using the main color, make a magic ring.
2. Round 1: 6 sc in the magic ring. (6 sts)
3. Round 2: sc around. (6 sts)
4. Round 3: Change to white yarn, sc around. (6 sts)
5. Round 4: sc around. (6 sts)
6. FO, leaving a tail for sewing.

Legs (Make 2)

1. Using the main color, make a magic ring.
2. Round 1: 6 sc in the magic ring. (6 sts)
3. Round 2: sc around. (6 sts)
4. Round 3: Change to white yarn, sc around. (6 sts)
5. Round 4: sc around. (6 sts)
6. FO, leaving a tail for sewing.

Snout

1. Using white yarn, make a magic ring.
2. Round 1: 6 sc in the magic ring. (6 sts)
3. Round 2: (sc in next st, inc) around. (9 sts)
4. FO, leaving a tail for sewing. Sew onto the face under the eyes and embroider the nose and mouth with black yarn.

Ears (Make 2)

1. Using the main color, make a magic ring.
2. Round 1: 6 sc in the magic ring. (6 sts)
3. FO, leaving a tail for sewing. Attach to top sides of the head.

Assembly

Sew the head to the body. Attach arms and legs securely to the sides of the body. Weave in all ends.