Brown Bear Crochet Appliqué

Find here a crochet pattern to make a Brown Bear crochet Appliqué

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Crochet Pattern Brown Bear Appliqué

Start Here:

Please read the whole pattern properly before starting.

The pattern is written using US terms.

This appliqué is made of the following parts:

• Body
• Head
• 2 ears
• 2 front legs
• 2 back legs

Size:

• 4 inches (10 cm)

Material:

• Yarn calling for a 5.5 mm hook in dark brown, in light brown for the inside of the back legs and a small amount of cream yarn for the nose.
• Size 3.5 mm crochet hook.
• 2 black safety eyes (7.5 mm)
• Cotton thread in white (for under the eyes and the eyebrows), beige for under the nose and pink (for the cheeks)
• Stitch markers (if needed)
• Tapestry needle

Abbreviations:

• chain (ch)
• magic ring (mr)
• single crochet (sc)
• increase (inc)
• invisible decrease (dec)
• slip stitch (sl st)

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Pattern: How to crochet a Brown Bear Appliqué?

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The head – Crochet Pattern Brown Bear Appliqué.

• The head is worked in continuous rounds (as a spiral). Use a stitch marker if needed.

With a 3.5 mm crochet and the dark brown yarn.

• Round 1: start 6 sc in a magic ring. (6)
• Round 2: inc 6 times. (12)
• Round 3: [1 sc in next st, 1 inc in next st] x6. (18)
• Round 4: [1 sc in next 1 st, 1 inc in next st, 1 sc in next 1 st ] x6. (24)
• Round 5: [1 inc in next st, 1 sc in next 3 st] x6. (30)

Cut the yarn (but leave a long tail for sewing to the body).

Put the eyes between rounds 2 and 3, spaced by 4 st.

With the tapestry needle:

• with the beige yarn, make a nose below the eyes (I used a double strand of yarn).
• with the beige cotton thread, make a little stitch under the nose (I used a double strand of yarn)
• with the pink cotton thread, make 2 little stitches for the cheeks (I used a double strand of yarn)
• with the white cotton thread, make 2 eyebrows above the eyes, and working as close to the eyes as possible, make a line under the eyes (I used a single strand of yarn for both).

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The ears – Crochet Pattern Brown Bear Appliqué (make 2).

• The ears are worked in continuous rounds (as a spiral). Use a stitch marker if needed.

With a 3.5 mm crochet and the dark brown yarn.

• Round 1: start 8 sc in a magic ring. (8)

Cut the yarn (but leave a long tail for sewing to the body).

Sew the ears to the head over 2 st, spaced by 5 st.

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The body – Crochet Pattern Brown Bear Appliqué.

• The body is worked in rows.

With a 3.5 mm crochet and the dark brown yarn.

• Row 1: ch 7. (7)
• Row 2: starting from the 2nd ch from the hook: 1 sc in the next 6 ch. (6)
• Row 3: ch1, turn; 1 inc, 1 sc in the next 4 st, 1 inc. (8)
• Rows 4 to 10: ch1, turn; 1 sc in all st. (8)
• Row 11: ch1, turn; 1 dec, 1 sc in the next 4 st, 1 dec. (6)
• Rows 12 to 13: ch1, turn; 1 sc in all st. (6)
• Row 14: ch1, turn; 1 sc in the next 2 st, 1 dec, 1 sc in the next 2 st. (5)
• Row 15: ch1, turn; 1 sc in all st. (5)
• do not turn, make 1 sc evenly all around (you do not want to crochet to tight for this part – you can also use a bigger size crochet). (approx. 32 st)

Cut the yarn and fasten off.

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The back legs – Crochet Pattern Brown Bear Appliqué (make 2).

• The back legs are first worked in continuous rounds (as a spiral) and then in rows. Use a stitch marker if needed.

With a 3.5 mm crochet and light brown yarn.

• Round 1: start 5 sc in a magic ring. (5)
• Round 2: [1 inc in all st]. (10)

Change for the dark brown yarn:

• Round 3: [1 sc in the next st, 1 inc in the next st] x5. (15)

We will now be working in rows:

• Row 4: 1 sc in the next 3 st. (3)
• Row 5: ch1, turn; 1 sc in all st. (3)
• Row 6: ch1, turn; 1 sc in all st. (3)

Cut the yarn (but leave a long tail for sewing to the body).

With your tapestry needle, sew the back legs behind the body. You only want to see the feet from the front (see pictures below).

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The front legs – Crochet Pattern Brown Bear Appliqué (make 2).

• The front legs are worked in continuous rounds (as a spiral) first and then in rows. Use a stitch marker if needed.

With a 3.5 mm crochet and the dark brown yarn.

• Round 1: start 6 sc in a magic ring. (6)
• Round 2: [1 inc in the next 3 st; 1 sc in the next 3 st]. (9)

We will now be working in rows:

• Row 3:  1 sl st in the next st; ch1, turn; skip the sl st and make 1 sc in the next 3 st. (3)
• Row 4-9: ch1, turn; make 1 sc in the next 3 st. (3)

Cut the yarn (but leave a long tail for sewing to the body).

With your tapestry needle, sew the front legs at the front of the body

Sew the head on the body (sew pictures below).