What is an even better gift for someone special than a crocheted teddy bear? In this post, you'll find a tutorial from Chubby Cheeks on how to crochet a very squishy and soft plush teddy bear that wears a tiny scarf. Its chubby baby design is perfect for beginners and can be completed within a few hours. The use of big safety eyes adds to its charm more. Everybody will love this low-sew project.
Follow through with us for learning more about this crochet Teddy Bear along with the tutorial available at the end of this post.
Skills Used: Crocheting this plush teddy bear involves several crochet techniques, including a magic ring, single crochet, and triple crochet clusters for the legs and arms, making it a moderately challenging project. You will also work flat for crocheting the scarf starting with the slip knots.
Guide Span: 54 Minutes
Personalization: You can crochet the teddy bear in brown and dark brown introduced by the tutor. Other popular colours include pink, grey and purple. You can also crochet a heart amigurumi for this teddy bear amigurumi.
Crochet Plush Teddy Bear Tutorial
This tutorial at the end provides a clear and engaging guide for crocheting the teddy bear, perfect for beginners. The step-by-step instructions break down each stage, from the body and limbs to adding intricate details like the facial features and accessories.
Its low-sew approach and straightforward techniques make it accessible, while the options for personalization, such as the scarf, encourage creativity. Here is a quick overview of the tutorial:
- Low-Sew Design: The teddy bear is crocheted with minimal sewing, making it beginner-friendly and reducing assembly time.
- Materials and Tools: Utilizes Chanel yarn, a 5 mm crochet hook, stitch markers, and basic crochet accessories.
- Core Techniques: Covers essential crochet skills such as magic rings, single crochet, increases, and triple crochet clusters to form detailed features like legs and arms.
- Advanced Details: Demonstrates shaping techniques for invisible decreases, creating a polished look.
- Assembly: Guides on attaching features like ears and facial embroidery for a professional finish.
- Accessories: Includes crafting a tiny scarf to complete the look, allowing for customization and seasonal styling.
Supplies Needed
The following are the supplies mentioned in the tutorial for crocheting the plush teddy bear by the tutor:
- Chenille yarn
- 5mm crochet hook
- Stuffing material
- 10mm plastic eye
- Black, white, pink cotton yarn (around 15cm each)
- Needle
- Scissor
- Stitch marker
Abbreviations
Check out this abbreviation list and quick guide for crocheting the stitches:
- Chain (ch): Make a slip knot, yarn over, and pull through the loop on the hook.
- Magic Ring (MR): Wrap yarn around fingers to create a loop, insert hook, draw up a loop, and work the first chain; then crochet the required stitches into the loop and pull the tail to tighten.
- Single Crochet (SC): Insert hook into stitch, yarn over, pull through (two loops on hook), yarn over, and pull through both loops.
- Increase (inc): Work two single crochets into the same stitch.
- Decrease (dec): Insert hook into next stitch, draw up a loop, insert hook into following stitch, draw up another loop (three loops on hook), yarn over, and pull through all loops.
- Triple Crochet (tr): Yarn over twice, insert hook into stitch, yarn over, pull through (four loops on hook), yarn over, pull through first two loops (three loops on hook), yarn over, pull through next two loops (two loops on hook), yarn over, pull through remaining two loops.
- R-row
- [ ]- total stitch count
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