Make a cute and fluffy polar bear, soft and white like freshly fallen snow. Its big black eyes and round nose make it look friendly and huggly. Now, think about making your little polar bear like this one! You can do it with a very easy bear pattern we have. The steps are simple to follow, just like putting together a puzzle. You can bring your little polar bear friend to life with a little bit of yarn and your crochet hook. Isn't that exciting? Let's start crafting this cuddly buddy together!
Crochet Polly The Polar Bear Pattern
Materials
- Scheepjes Softfun Yarn
- Fibre content: 60% cotton, 40% acrylic
- Yarn weight: DK
- Length: 140 meter / 153 yards
- Ball weight: 50 grams / 1.76 ounces Colors: white and red
You will also need
- 3 mm hook (C-2/D-3)
- 9 mm safety eyes
- a little bit of black and blue lightweight yarn for decorating
- polyester fiberfill for stuffing
- tapestry needle
- stitch markers
Dimension:
- Polly is about 15 cm/6 inches.
Please keep in mind that sizes will vary depending on the varn/hook used.
Abbreviations
- St: stitch
- Ch: chain
- SIST: slip stitch
- Sc: single crochet
- Inc: increase
- Dec: decrease
- BLO: back loop only
- FLO: front loop only
- DC: double crochet
- HDC: half double crochet
BODY
We will start with the legs with white color.
- Round 1: 8 sc in magic ring {8}
- Rounds 2-6: sc around {8}
Fasten off. Make the 2nd leg using the same pattern
Do not fasten off, as we will use this yarn.
We will now go on crocheting the body.
- Round 7: In this round, we will join the legs, ending with 24 sts in total.
With the 2nd leg on your hook 4 ch and join the 1st leg with a sist.
Now sc around the 1st leg (8 sc) and work 1 sc in each stitch along the chain (4 sc).
Then 8 sc around the second leg and 4 sc along the chain again.
- Round 8: [2 sc, 1
- Round 9: [3 sc, 1 inc] x 8 {32} inc] x 8 {40}
- Round 10: [4 sc, 1 inc] x 8 {48}
- Round 11: sc around {48}
- Round 12: [5 sc, 1 inc] x 8 {56}
- Change to red yarn. Stuff as you go.
- Round 13: BLO sc around {56}
- Rounds 14-25: sc around {56}
- Round 26: [12 sc, 1 dec] x 4 {52}
- Round 27: sc around (52}
- Round 28: [11 sc, 1 dec] x 4 {48}
- Change back to white yarn.
- Round 29: BLO sc around {48}
- Round 30: [10 sc, 1 dec] x 4 {44}
- Round 31: sc around {44}
- Round 32: [9 sc, 1 dec] x 4 {40}
- Round 33: sc around {40}
- Round 34: [8 sc, 1 dec] x 4 {36}
- Rounds 35-38: sc around {36}
- Round 39: [4 sc, 1 dec] x 6 {30}
- Round 40: [3 sc, 1 dec] x 6 {24}
- Round 41: [2 sc, 1 dec] x 6 {18}
- Round 42: [1 sc, 1 dec] x 6 {12}
- Round 43: 6 dec
Insert safety eyes approximately between rounds 35-36.
EARS
- Round 1: 8 sc in magic ring {8}
- Round 2: 8 inc {16}
- Rounds 3-4: sc around {16}
Fold in half and sew or crochet through both layers. Fasten off and weave in the ends.
Sew the ears to the head and hide the
ARMS
Start with white color.
- Round 1: 8 sc in magic ring {8}
- Rounds 2-3: sc around {8}
Change to red color.
- Round 4: sc around {8}
- Round 5: FLO [2 ch, 1 sc] x 8 {8}
- Round 6: BLO sc around {8}
- Rounds 7-13: sc around {8}
yarn ends.
Stuff very slightly and fasten off, leaving a sewing. If you'd like to make your toy can insert the wire in the arms. tail poseable you
Assembling & final touch
- With black yarn embroider nose and eyelashes.
- Finishing the dress: join red yarn to the front loop of round 29 of the body. Work in FLO of this round.
- Make sure you start at the back of the toy.
Then fasten off and weave in ends.
- Round 1: FLO [3 ch, 1 sc] around {48}
Join the red yarn to the front loop of round 13 of the body.
Work in FLO of this round.
You will also need to turn the doll upside down.
Then fasten off and weave in ends.
- Round 1: FLO dc around {56}
- Round 2: [2 ch, 1 sc] around {56}
Sew arms to the body between rounds 26-27.
With thin light blue yarn embroidery simple snowflakes.
Free crochet pattern by mumigurumi
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