Bear in Pajamas – Amigurumi Crochet Toy Tutorial
This tutorial is for crocheting a bear toy using the amigurumi technique. It does not include basic crochet lessons. The difficulty level is easy, so the project requires basic crochet skills.
Translation of Description by: Elena Kocerova
Toy Design by: Elena Guselnikova (@ami_toys_elena)
Table of Contents
- Abbreviations
- Head
- Body
- Legs
- Arms
- Left Arm
- Right Arm
- Ears
- Tail
- Assembly and Finishing
Abbreviations
- KA — magic ring
- sc — single crochet
- ch — chain
- inc — increase
- dec — decrease
- dc — double crochet
- hdc — half double crochet
- sl st — slip stitch
(…) — the number in parentheses indicates the number of stitches in the round.
(…) *n — repeat the pattern in parentheses n times.
Head
- Round 1: 6 sc in magic ring
- Round 2: 6 inc (12)
- Round 3: 2 sc, (3 sc in one stitch) *2, 4 sc, (3 sc in one stitch) *2, 2 sc (20)
- Round 4: 4 sc, 3 inc, 7 sc, 3 inc, 3 sc (26)
- Rounds 5-6: 26 sc (2 rounds)
- Round 7: 10 sc, 7 inc from hdc, 9 sc (33)
- Round 8: inc, 7 sc, inc, 1 sc, 2 hdc, (inc from hdc, hdc) *6, 1 hdc, 1 sc, inc, 6 sc (42)
- Round 9: 1 sc, inc, 7 sc, inc, 7 sc, inc, 4 sc, inc, 4 sc, inc, 8 sc, inc, 5 sc (48)
- Round 10: 15 sc, (inc, 6 sc) *4, 5 sc (52)
- Round 11: 22 sc, inc, 10 sc, inc, 18 sc (54)
- Round 12: 27 sc, inc, 2 sc, inc, 23 sc (56)
- Rounds 13-21: 56 sc (9 rounds)
- Round 22: (12 sc, dec) *4 (52)
- Round 23: 5 sc, dec, (11 sc, dec) *3, 6 sc (48)
- Round 24: (10 sc, dec) *4 (44)
- Round 25: 4 sc, dec, (9 sc, dec) *3, 5 sc (40)
- Round 26: (8 sc, dec) *4 (36)
- Round 27: 1 sc, dec, (4 sc, dec) *5, 3 sc (30)
- Round 28: (3 sc, dec) *6 (24)
- Round 29: (2 sc, dec) *6 (18)
Stuff the head with filling.
- Round 30: (1 sc, dec) *6 (12)
- Round 31: 6 dec
Fasten off the thread and cut it. Tighten the hole.
Body
- Round 1: 6 sc in magic ring
- Round 2: 6 inc (12)
- Round 3: (1 sc, inc) *6 (18)
- Round 4: (2 sc, inc) *6 (24)
- Round 5: (3 sc, inc) *6 (30)
- Round 6: 1 sc, inc, (4 sc, inc) *5, 3 sc (36)
- Round 7: (5 sc, inc) *6 (42)
- Round 8: 2 sc, inc, (6 sc, inc) *5, 4 sc (48)
- Rounds 9-16: 48 sc (8 rounds)
- Round 17: 11 sc, dec, (6 sc, dec) *3, 11 sc (44)
- Round 18: 7 sc, dec, (5 sc, dec) *4, 7 sc (39)
- Round 19: 2 sc, dec, 12 sc, dec, 4 sc, dec, 11 sc, dec, 2 sc (35)
- Round 20: 9 sc, dec, 13 sc, dec, 9 sc (33)
- Round 21: 33 sc
- Round 22: 11 sc, dec, (3 sc, dec) *2, 10 sc (30)
- Round 24: 4 sc, dec, 19 sc, dec, 3 sc (28)
- Round 25: 28 sc
- Round 26: 11 sc, dec, 4 sc, dec, 9 sc (26)
- Round 27: dec, 11 sc, dec, 11 sc (24)
- Round 28: (4 sc, dec) *4 (20)
- Round 29: 20 sc
Stuff the body with filling.