Hello dear my amigurumi friends,
today i will share with you bear playmate.
You can knitting safely
and i hope you enjoy knitting. see you my friends, have a nice day!
Materials
For the White Bear:
Piuma yarn 200 g/7,05 oz color Natural White
Cyrcus yarn 100 g/3,52 oz color Black Cherry
Cyrcus yarn 100 g/3,52 oz color Cotton Candy
For Bruno Bear:
Piuma yarn 200 g/7,05 oz color Marrakech
Piuma yarn 100 g/3,52 oz color Ireland
Piuma yarn 100 g/3,52 oz color Paradise
4 mm and 5,5mm crochet hook
2 pairs of 12mm safety eyes
Black thread
Wool needle
Stitc h markers
Synthetic wadding
Pompom maker of about 4,5 cm in diameter
Stitches
ch: chain
sts: stitch(es)
sl st: slip stitch
sc: single crochet
dc: double crochet
rep: repeat
Size: 28 cm in height using the yarn indicated
Tutorial: how to make an amigurumi bear
To make the amigurumi bear you need to work the body as one piece, starting from the legs up to the neck. Instead, all the other pieces will be worked separately and then sewn onto the body. We’ve used knitting abbreviations throughout the tutorial which you can find under the heading Stitches.
How to make the bear’s head
Depending on which bear you choose to make, take the Piuma yarn in colour Natural White or Marrakech and get a 4mm hook.
1st round: cast on 6 sc in the magic ring (6)
2nd round: 6 incs (12)
3rd round: (inc in the following sts, sc in the following sts) rep 6 times (18)
4th round: (inc in the following sts, sc in the following 2 sts) rep 6 times (24)
5th round: (inc in the following sts, sc in the following 3 sts) rep 6 times (30)
6th round: (inc in the following sts, sc in the following 4 sts) rep 6 times (36)
7th round: (inc in the following sts, sc in the following 5 sts) rep 6 times (42)
8th round: (inc in the following sts, sc in the following 6 sts) rep 6 times (48)
9th round: (inc in the following sts, sc in the following 7sts) rep 6 times (54)
10th round: (inc in the following sts, sc in the following 8 sts) rep 6 times (60)
11th round: (inc in the following sts, sc in the following 9 sts) rep 6 times (66)
From the 12th to the 22nd round {11 rounds}: sc all the sts (66)
23rd round: (dec, sc in the following 9 sts) rep 6 times (60)
24th round: (dec, sc in the following 8 sts) rep 6 times (54)
25th round: (dec, sc in the following 7 sts) rep 6 times (48)
26th round: (dec, sc in the following 6 sts) rep 6 times (42)
Place the safety eyes between rounds 18 and 19 at about 15cm apart.
Start stuffing the head and continue stuffing while you’re working.
27th round: (dec, sc in the following 5 sts) rep 6 times (36)
28th round: (dec, sc in the following 4 sts) rep 6 times (30)
29th round: (dec, sc in the following 3 sts) rep 6 times (24)
Cut the thread leaving enough length for sewing.
With the black embroidery thread and a wool needle, embroider the nose between rounds 19 and 20 and the snout between rounds 21 and 22.
How to make the amigurumi bear’s ears
Still using Piuma yarn in colour Natural White or Marrakech and a 4mm hook start working as so:
1st round: cast on 6 sc in the magic ring (6)
2nd round: 6 incs (12)
From the 3rd round to the 5th round {3 rounds}: sc all the sts (12)
Cut the thread leaving enough for sewing. Don’t stuff the ear, but instead flatten it into a semicircle shape. Sew the ears onto the side of the head between rows 8 and 12.
How to make the bear’s legs
Continue using the yarn that you’ve chosen for the project and a 4mm hook.
1st round: cast on 6 sc in the magic ring (6)
2nd round: 6 incs (12)
3rd round: (inc in the following sts, sc in the following sts) rep 6 times (18)
4th round: (inc in the following sts, sc in the following 2 sts) rep 6 times (24)
From the 5th to 8th round {4 rounds}: sc all the sts (24)
Cut and secure the thread. Make the other leg but don’t cut the thread and continue working the body.
How to make the amigurumi bear’s body
Still using the chosen yarn and the 4mm hook, continue working and put the second leg near to the first one and go ahead with these steps:
9th round: sc in the following 21 sts of the first leg, skip the last 3 sts of the first leg and the next 3 sts of the second leg, sc in the following 21 sts of the second leg, place a stitch marker in the last sts [42]
10th round: (inc in the following sts, sc in the following 13 sts) rep 3 times (45)
11th round: (inc in the following sts, sc in the following 14 sts) rep 3 times (48)
12th round: (inc in the following sts, sc in the following 15 sts) rep 3 times (51)
13th round: (inc in the following sts, sc in the following 16 sts) rep 3 times (54)
From the 14th to the 21st round {8 rounds}: sc all the sts (54)
22nd round: (dec, sc in the following 16 sts) rep 3 times (51)
23rd round: sc all the sts (51)
24th round: (dec, sc in the following 15 sts) rep 3 times (48)
25th round: sc all the sts (48)
26th round: (dec, sc in the following 14 sts) rep 3 times (45)
27th round: (dec, sc in the following 13 sts) rep 3 times (42)
28th round: (dec, sc in the following 12 sts) rep 3 times (39)
29th round: (dec, sc in the following 11 sts) rep 3 times (36)
30th round: (dec, sc in the following 10 sts) rep 3 times (33)
31st round: (dec, sc in the following 9 sts) rep 3 times (30)
32nd round: (dec, sc in the following 3 sts) rep 6 times (24)
Stuff the legs and body. Cut and secure the thread.
How to make the bear’s arms
To finalise your work you now need to make the arms using the Piuma yarn and the 4mm hook.
1st round: cast on 5 sc in the magic ring (5)
2nd round: 5 incs (10)
3rd round: (inc in the following sts, sc in the following sts) rep 5 times (15)
From the 4th to the 10th round {7 rounds}: sc all the sts (15)
11th round: dec in the following 13 sts (14)
12th round: sc all the sts (14)
13th round: dec, sc in the following 12 sts (13)
14th round: sc all the sts (13)
15th round: dec, sc in the following 11 sts (12)
16th round: sc all sts (12)
17th round: dec, sc the following 10 sts (11)
18th round: sc all the sts (11)
19th round: dec, sc in the following 9 sts (10)
20th round: sc all the stitches (10)
Stuff the arms. Cut and secure the thread leaving enough to sew on the arms between rounds 28 and 29 of the body.
How to make the scarf for the amigurumi bear
Lastly, to add a touch of style to the bear we’ve chosen to create a scarf to match each version: for the white bear we’ve used Cyrcus yarn colour. Black Cherry. You’ll need a 5,5mm hook and then cast on 1+3 ch (the 3 ch always count as 1 dc).
Stripe 1: 2 dc in the fourth ch from the hook, turn the work over
Stripes 2 – 6 {5 stripes}: 3 ch and 1 dc in the first sts (to get the increase), work the dc until the end of the stripe, turn the work over
Stripes 7 – 41 {or until you get to a length of 65cm}: 3 ch (counts as 1 dc), dc in all the sts, turn [8]
Stripes 42 – 46: 3 ch (counts as 1 dc), dc all the sts until 2 sts from the end of the stripe, skip 1 sts, dc the last sts of the stripe, turn the work over
Finish off the scarf by turning the work over and make 1 sl st in the last sts of the stripe to close the scarf with a pointy end. Cut and secure the thread.
Now all that’s left to do is create 2 pompoms with the Cyrcus yarn colour. Cotton Candy and sew them onto both ends of the scarf.
To make the 2 pompoms we suggest reading the tutorial on how to make a seamless beanie.
However, for Bruno bear we’ve used Piuma yarn in the colours Ireland and Paradise.
You’ll need a 5,5mm hook for this one too and just follow the same chart as for the white bear’s, changing colour every 2 strips. To change the colour, don’t cut the thread but leave it hanging and pick it up in the next 2 stripes, taking care not to stretch the filo too much.
Aren’t they adorable? Have a go at making your own bears how you fancy, maybe to keep all for yourself all give them as presents. Whoever receives them, are sure to be very impressed!