Circus Teddy Bear – Free crochet instruction

Circus Teddy Bear

Designer:  Maria Ermolova @Polushkabunny

Yarn:Performance Yarn

PERFORMANCE Cotton Queen 100% Cotton -color 0102 – 50 g

PERFORMANCE Cotton Queen Multi Jacquard 100% Cotton – color 10458 – 10 g •   Stuffing 50g

• Embroidery thread: Brown ( for a nose),
• Black beads for eyes – 2
• Ribbon 6 mm – about 70 cm
• Buttons – 4 pieces, diameter 15 mm

– Crochet hook 2 mm

– Sewing needle

– Stitch marker

Abbreviations

•         Ch – Chain st
•         SC – single crochet
•          TR – treble crochet
•          Inc- Increas
•          Dec- Decrease
•          Sl st – slip stitch
•          Sk st – skip stitch
•          FPtr – Front Post Treble Crochet

TIPS:

STUFFING SOFT TOY

The way you stuff will be crucial in determining the finished product shape. For the cat, I use a polyester stuffing

and I recommend putting in small amounts of stuffing and building up a shape. Try to fill up right to the end, in all

corners.

CLARIFICATIONS:

Single Crochet: Insert hook in in indicated st, yarn over. Pull through loop, yarn over and pull through both loops on your hook.

Slip stitch: insert hook under the top 2 loops of the next stitch, yarn over, draw yarn through stitch and the loop on your hook in one motion (slip stitch made).

Increase: work 2 SC in one stitch.

Decrease: skip stitch and work SC in next st

Treble crochet: 1. Yarn over twice, insert the hook into the work. 2. Yarn over and draw yarn through, pulling up a loop. 3. Yarn over again and pull yarn through the first two loops only on the hook. 4. Yarn over again and pull yarn through the first two loops only on the hook. 5. Yarn over again and pull yarn through the last two loops on the hook. One treble made.

FPtr: usual TR but when working post st, insert hook from right to left around post st of previous row.

Face design.

Before you sew the ears and embroider the nose and eyes, we will make a markup and place the pins at the right points.

Legs (2)