Teddy bear in pajamas

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

  1. Abbreviations
  2. Head
  3. Body
  4. Legs
  5. Arms
  • Left Arm
  • Right Arm
  1. Ears
  2. Tail
  3. 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

  1. Round 1: 6 sc in magic ring
  2. Round 2: 6 inc (12)
  3. Round 3: 2 sc, (3 sc in one stitch) *2, 4 sc, (3 sc in one stitch) *2, 2 sc (20)
  4. Round 4: 4 sc, 3 inc, 7 sc, 3 inc, 3 sc (26)
  5. Rounds 5-6: 26 sc (2 rounds)
  6. Round 7: 10 sc, 7 inc from hdc, 9 sc (33)
  7. Round 8: inc, 7 sc, inc, 1 sc, 2 hdc, (inc from hdc, hdc) *6, 1 hdc, 1 sc, inc, 6 sc (42)
  8. Round 9: 1 sc, inc, 7 sc, inc, 7 sc, inc, 4 sc, inc, 4 sc, inc, 8 sc, inc, 5 sc (48)
  9. Round 10: 15 sc, (inc, 6 sc) *4, 5 sc (52)
  10. Round 11: 22 sc, inc, 10 sc, inc, 18 sc (54)
  11. Round 12: 27 sc, inc, 2 sc, inc, 23 sc (56)
  12. Rounds 13-21: 56 sc (9 rounds)
  13. Round 22: (12 sc, dec) *4 (52)
  14. Round 23: 5 sc, dec, (11 sc, dec) *3, 6 sc (48)
  15. Round 24: (10 sc, dec) *4 (44)
  16. Round 25: 4 sc, dec, (9 sc, dec) *3, 5 sc (40)
  17. Round 26: (8 sc, dec) *4 (36)
  18. Round 27: 1 sc, dec, (4 sc, dec) *5, 3 sc (30)
  19. Round 28: (3 sc, dec) *6 (24)
  20. Round 29: (2 sc, dec) *6 (18)

Stuff the head with filling.

  1. Round 30: (1 sc, dec) *6 (12)
  2. Round 31: 6 dec

Fasten off the thread and cut it. Tighten the hole.


Body

  1. Round 1: 6 sc in magic ring
  2. Round 2: 6 inc (12)
  3. Round 3: (1 sc, inc) *6 (18)
  4. Round 4: (2 sc, inc) *6 (24)
  5. Round 5: (3 sc, inc) *6 (30)
  6. Round 6: 1 sc, inc, (4 sc, inc) *5, 3 sc (36)
  7. Round 7: (5 sc, inc) *6 (42)
  8. Round 8: 2 sc, inc, (6 sc, inc) *5, 4 sc (48)
  9. Rounds 9-16: 48 sc (8 rounds)
  10. Round 17: 11 sc, dec, (6 sc, dec) *3, 11 sc (44)
  11. Round 18: 7 sc, dec, (5 sc, dec) *4, 7 sc (39)
  12. Round 19: 2 sc, dec, 12 sc, dec, 4 sc, dec, 11 sc, dec, 2 sc (35)
  13. Round 20: 9 sc, dec, 13 sc, dec, 9 sc (33)
  14. Round 21: 33 sc
  15. Round 22: 11 sc, dec, (3 sc, dec) *2, 10 sc (30)
  16. Round 24: 4 sc, dec, 19 sc, dec, 3 sc (28)
  17. Round 25: 28 sc
  18. Round 26: 11 sc, dec, 4 sc, dec, 9 sc (26)
  19. Round 27: dec, 11 sc, dec, 11 sc (24)
  20. Round 28: (4 sc, dec) *4 (20)
  21. Round 29: 20 sc

Stuff the body with filling.