How to crochet bear in a strawberry costume 🐻

 

Hi! This is the written pattern for the strawberry bear plushies. For more detailed instructions, you can check out my youtube video as I explained things step-by-step to make sure that it is easy for you to follow along! Enjoy making your new friend!!

✿ CopyrightPlease do not copy or redistribute this pattern as your own. This bear in a strawberry costume pattern belongs to me, @mucie.studioYou may sell the finished items made using this pattern! Just please give me credit to help support me and my art. This will help me create more patterns for you in the future!

✿ Notes

‣ Remember to placed a stitch marker in the 1st stitch of each round. This will help you identify when each round starts / ends.

‣ You will work in a continuous round so you don’t have to make a sl st.

‣ This pattern uses US terminology.

‣ Number of stitches indicated between <xx>

‣ We’ll be changing colors for this pattern. So, to indicate the color changes, all of the stitches with red font will be made with white yarn instead of magenta. 

✿ Materials

1. 2mm velvet yarn 

- Magenta (strawberry body)

- White (face and strawberry seeds)

- Green (strawberry leaves)

- Pink (blushers)

2. Any brown yarn (make sure that you can get or make 2 strands of yarn)

3. 3.00mm crochet hook & 4.00mm crochet hook

4. Stitch marker (or you can use bobby pin/paper clip)

5. Darning needle

6. Scissors 

✿ Stitches & Abbreviation

Ch: Chain

St(s): Stitches

Sc: Single crochet

Inc: Increase (put two single crochet in single stitch) 

Dec: Decrease (single crochet two stitches together) 

Sl st: Slip stitch

Hdc: Half double crochet

Dc: Double crochet

Tc: Triple (treble) crochet

✿ Bear in a strawberry costume written pattern ✿

Strawberry bear 

★ Start with magenta yarn.

Round 1: In a magic ring, insert 6 sc <6>

Round 2: Insert an Inc in each stitch <12>

Round 3: (Inc, 1 sc) x 6 <18>

Round 4 - 5: 1 sc in each stitch <18>

Round 6: (Inc, 2 sc) x 6 <24>

Round 7: 1 sc in each stitch <24>

Round 8: (Inc, 3 sc) x 6 <30>

Round 9 - 10: 1 sc in each stitch <30>

Round 11: (Inc, 4 sc) x 6 <36>

Round 12: 13 sc, 8 sc, 15 sc <36>

Round 13 - 15: 12 sc, 10 sc, 14 sc <36>

Round 16: (Dec, 4 sc) x 6 <30>

Round 17: (Dec, 3 sc) x 6 <24>

Round 18: (Dec, 2 sc) x 6 <18>

✱ Before you move on to the next round sl st around the white bear face.

Round 19: (Dec, 1 sc) x 6 <12>

Round 20: Dec all <6>

Fasten off, cut long enough yarn tail to sew remaining hole closed.

Ear

With your magenta yarn, make a magic ring. Then insert 4 sc. Fasten off and cut long enough yarn tail to use sew it onto the leaves later.

Leaves

Using your green yarn,

Round 1: In a magic ring, insert 11 sc, sl st <11>

Round 2: Ch 4, start in the 2nd ch. 1 sc, 1 hdc, 1 dc, sl st into the next stitch. Repeat the blue font until you have 8 leaves. 

Sewing your ears and leaves

 You’re going to sew the ears at the leaf part where it is parallel to each other or you can see that it is facing each other. I drew a arrow that indicates where to sew it so you can refer to the picture above. Once you're done sewing both ears you can move on with the leaves. 

For the leaves, you have two choices. You can just glue it on top of the strawberry or you can just sew it. I decided to glue it as I don’t like sewing. Now, just glue the leaves on top of the strawberry head. 

Eyes and blushers

For the eyes, use brown yarn to sew it. You will sew it at the centre of the white part and it is 4 stitch apart. Meanwhile, for the blushers you can just sew it under the eyes which is in between Round 13 and 14. Weave in any remaining yarn and…

You’re now done!!