Find here an easy crochet pattern to make a mini Polar Bear
Hi everyone! You will find on this page a crochet pattern for a mini Polar Bear. It is adorable. You can transform it into a keychain. It works really quickly!
The body is made in one part, so if you don’t like sewing a lot of pieces, it is the perfect crochet project for you. You will only have to sew the arms and the ears
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Crochet Pattern Mini Polar Bear
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Please read the whole pattern properly before starting.
This amigurumi is made of the following parts:
- Body and head (1 part)
- 2 ears
- 2 arms
- Facultative: 1 tail
- Facultative: 1 hat or 1 scarf
Size:
- 4 inches (10 cm)
Material:
- Yarn calling for 5.5 mm hook in white and a secondary color if you want to make a hat or scarf.
- Size 3.5 mm crochet hook.
- 2 black safety eyes (7.5 mm)
- Cotton thread in black (for the eyebrows and nose) and in 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)
- half double crochet (hdc)
- double crochet (dc)
Pattern: How to crochet a Mini Polar Bear?
The legs – Crochet Pattern Mini Polar Bear.
- The legs are worked in continuous rounds (as a spiral). Use a stitch marker if needed.
- Remember to stuff the legs as you crochet.
– Leg 1:
With a 3.5 mm crochet and white yarn.
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- Round 1: start 6 sc in a magic ring. (6)
- Round 2: [2 sc, 1 inc] x2. (8)
- Rounds 3-5: [1 sc in all st]. (8)
Cut the yarn and fasten off. Keep Leg 1 for later.
– Leg 2:
With a 3.5 mm crochet and white yarn.
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- Round 1: start 6 sc in a magic ring. (6)
- Round 2: [2 sc, 1 inc] x2. (8)
- Rounds 3-5: [1 sc in all st]. (8)
Fill the leg. Do not cut the yarn. In the next round, we will join both legs and keep working on the body and the head.
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The body and head – Crochet Pattern Mini Polar Bear.
- The body and head are worked in continuous rounds (as a spiral). Use a stitch marker if needed.
- Remember to stuff your work as you crochet.
Keep working with a 3.5 mm crochet and white yarn.
In the next round, we will join both legs:
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- Round 6: keep working in leg 2: [(2 sc, ch 2); now in Leg 1: (8 sc); 2 sc in the ch 2; now in Leg 2 again: (6 sc)]. (20)
- Rounds 7-14: [1 sc in all st]. (20)
- Round 15: [8 sc, 1 dec] x2. (18)
- Round 16: [1 sc, 1 dec] x6. (12)
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- Round 17: [1 sc in all st]. (12)
- Round 18: [1 sc, 1 inc] x6. (18)
- Round 19: [2 sc, 1 inc] x6. (24)
- Rounds 20-24: [1 sc in all st]. (24)
- Round 25: [2 sc, 1 dec] x6. (18)
Leave the head unfinished (do not cut the yarn).
We are now going to do the face features.
Add and fix the safety eyes between Rounds 22 and 23, spaced by 3 stitches.
With the tapestry needle and some black cotton thread, make:
- a little nose between Rounds 21 and 22 (I used a double strand, twice),
- a little stitch under the nose over 1 stitch (I used only 1 strand this time)
- the eyebrows over round 24 (I used only 1 strand as well for the eyebrows).
With the pink thread, make:
- 2 little stitches for the cheeks between Rounds 20 and 21 (I used only 1 strand).
Keep working on the head:
- Round 26: [1 sc, 1 dec] x6. (12)
- Round 27: [1 sc, 1 dec] x4. (8)
- Round 28: Working in front loops only: close the head with your tapestry needle.
Cut the yarn and fasten off.
The ears (make 2) – Crochet Pattern Mini Polar Bear.
With a 3.5 mm crochet and white yarn.
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- Round 1: start 8 sc in a magic ring. (8)
- Round 2: 1 sl st in the next st.
Cut the yarn but leave a long tail for sewing.
Sew the ears at the top of the head (over Rounds 25 and 26).
The arms (make 2) – Crochet Pattern Mini Polar Bear.
- The arms are worked in continuous rounds (as a spiral). Use a stitch marker if needed.
With a 3.5 mm crochet and white yarn.
- Round 1: start 6 sc in a magic ring. (6)
- Round 2: [1 inc, 2 sc] x2. (8)
- Rounds 3-9: [1 sc in all st]. (8)
Cut the yarn (leave a long tail for sewing). Stuff the bottom of the arms only.
Close the arms.
With your tapestry needle, sew the arms to the body. I put them between rounds 15 and 16.
Facultative: The tail – Crochet Pattern Mini Polar Bear.
With a 3.5 mm crochet and white yarn.
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- Round 1: start 6 sc in a magic ring. (6)
- Round 2: 1 sl st in the next st.
Cut the yarn but leave a long tail for sewing.
Sew the tail to the back of the body.
Facultative: The scarf – Crochet Pattern Mini Polar Bear.
- The scarf is worked in rows.
With a 3.5 mm crochet and the color of your choice.
- Row 1: ch 33. (33)
- Rouw 2: working in the 2nd ch from the hook: sc 25, ch 2, miss 1 st, sc 6. (33)
Cut the yarn and fasten off.
Facultative: The hoodie – Crochet Pattern Mini Polar Bear.
- The hoodie is first worked in continuous rounds (rounds 1 to 5). Use a stitch marker if needed. It is then worked in rows (after round 5).
With a 3.5 mm crochet and the color of your choice.
- Round 1: start 6 sc in a magic ring. (6)
- Round 2: [6 inc]. (12)
- Round 3: [1 sc, 1 inc] x6. (18)
- Round 4: [2 sc, 1 inc] x6. (24)
- Round 5: [1 inc, 16 sc, 1 inc, 6 sc]. (26)
We are now working in rows:
- Row 6: turn; 20 dc, 1 sl st. (21)
- Row 7: turn; skip the sl st: 6 dc, ch 1, skip 1 st, 6 dc, ch 1, skip 1 st, 6 dc, ch 13. (33)
- Row 8: turn, starting in the 2nd ch from the hook: sc 30, ch 2, skip the next st, sc 1. (33)
Cut the yarn and fasten off.
Congratulations! Your little crochet polar bear is done! Don’t forget to share a picture with me and to tag me on social networks!
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