Honey Bear
A round bear with a stitched-on muzzle — your first taste of shaping a face.
Amigurumi · Easy · 6–7 hours · 18 cm tall sitting
Yarn and tools
- weight: DK (CYC 3)
- fibre: Cotton or cotton-acrylic blend
- amount: 70 g Toffee, 20 g Honey Cream, scraps of Charcoal
- examples: Ricorumi DK, Scheepjes Catona, Paintbox Cotton DK
- hook: 2.5 mm
- gauge: Head sphere = 8 cm across at 36 sts
Notions
- Fibrefill 45 g
- 2 x 7 mm safety eyes
- Stitch marker
- Tapestry needle
- Black yarn for the nose
Stitches used
- Magic Ring (MR)
- Single Crochet (sc)
- Increase (inc)
- Invisible Decrease (inv dec)
- Whip Stitch & Mattress Seam (seam)
- Safety Eyes & Embroidered Eyes (eyes)
- Back Loop Only (BLO)
Notes
- Sew the muzzle on BEFORE stuffing the head — you need to reach inside to keep the stitches flat.
- Bear ears are small flat discs: MR 6, inc x6 (12), then [sc 1, inc] x6 (18), one plain round (18). Curve them along the head's roundness as you pin.
Pattern
Head — Toffee
- MR, 6 sc into the ring. (6 sts)
- Inc x6 (12 sts)
- [Sc 1, inc] x6 (18 sts)
- [Sc 2, inc] x6 (24 sts)
- [Sc 3, inc] x6 (30 sts)
- [Sc 4, inc] x6 (36 sts)
- Sc around. (36 sts)
- Sc around. (36 sts)
- Sc around. (36 sts)
- Sc around. (36 sts)
- Sc around. (36 sts)
- Sc around. (36 sts)
- Sc around. Place the safety eyes between rounds 9 and 10, 7 sts apart. (36 sts)
- [Sc 4, dec] x6 (30 sts)
- [Sc 3, dec] x6 (24 sts)
- [Sc 2, dec] x6 — sew the muzzle on now, then stuff. (18 sts)
- [Sc 1, dec] x6 (12 sts)
- Dec x6. Close the hole. (6 → closed sts)
Muzzle — Honey Cream
- MR, 6 sc into the ring. (6 sts)
- Inc x6 (12 sts)
- [Sc 1, inc] x6 (18 sts)
- Sc around. Fasten off with a 30 cm tail. (18 — 3.5 cm across sts)
- Embroider the nose in Charcoal across the centre: 5 horizontal satin stitches forming a rounded triangle, then a vertical line down and a shallow V for the mouth. (— sts)
- Pin the muzzle centred just below the eyes and whip stitch all the way around, adding a small pinch of stuffing before you close it. (— sts)
Ears (make 2) — Toffee + Honey Cream
- With Honey Cream: MR, 6 sc into the ring. (6 sts)
- Inc x6 (12 sts)
- Change to Toffee. [Sc 1, inc] x6 (18 sts)
- Sc around. Flatten, do not stuff. Fasten off with a 25 cm tail. (18 sts)
Body — Toffee
- MR, 6 sc into the ring. (6 sts)
- Inc x6 (12 sts)
- [Sc 1, inc] x6 (18 sts)
- [Sc 2, inc] x6 (24 sts)
- [Sc 3, inc] x6 (30 sts)
- [Sc 4, inc] x6 (36 sts)
- Sc around. (36 sts)
- Sc around. (36 sts)
- Sc around. (36 sts)
- Sc around. (36 sts)
- [Sc 4, dec] x6 (30 sts)
- Sc around. (30 sts)
- Sc around. (30 sts)
- [Sc 3, dec] x6 (24 sts)
- Sc around. (24 sts)
- [Sc 2, dec] x6 — stuff firmly. (18 sts)
- Sc around. (18 sts)
- [Sc 1, dec] x6. Fasten off, leaving a 40 cm tail. (12 — leave open sts)
Arms (make 2)
- With Honey Cream: MR, 6 sc into the ring. (6 sts)
- Inc x6 (12 sts)
- Sc around. (12 sts)
- Change to Toffee. [Sc 2, dec] x3 (9 sts)
- Sc around. (9 sts)
- Sc around. (9 sts)
- Sc around. (9 sts)
- Sc around. (9 sts)
- Sc around. (9 sts)
- Sc around. (9 sts)
- Sc around. Stuff lightly, flatten, fasten off with a 25 cm tail. (9 sts)
Legs (make 2)
- With Honey Cream: MR, 6 sc into the ring. (6 sts)
- Inc x6 (12 sts)
- [Sc 1, inc] x6 (18 sts)
- Sc around. (18 sts)
- Change to Toffee. [Sc 1, dec] x6 (12 sts)
- Sc around. (12 sts)
- Sc around. (12 sts)
- Sc around. (12 sts)
- Sc around. (12 sts)
- Sc around. Stuff, flatten, fasten off with a 25 cm tail. (12 sts)
Assembly
- Sew the head to the body opening, going around the join twice. Check the face is square-on before you commit. (— sts)
- Sew the ears to rounds 4–6 of the head, 10 sts apart, curving them to the head's shape. (— sts)
- Sew the arms just below the neck opening at body rounds 16–17 and the legs at the front of rounds 10–13 so the bear sits. (— sts)
- Optional: embroider claw lines in Charcoal on each paw — 3 short straight stitches. (— sts)