Winnie-the-Pooh with a Honey Pot
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A free crochet polar bear pattern for a creamy white bear that sits up in a cozy red and green striped scarf, ready for the Christmas season. This amigurumi polar bear has small round ears, a black safety nose, shiny eyes and a short striped scarf end that falls over its chest. It is worked in the round in single crochet with DK yarn and a 2.5 mm hook, the scarf is a ribbed chain ring sewn around the neck, and the finished bear is about 13 cm (5 in) tall. Follow it row by row with stitch counts and turn the interactive 3D model to check every piece before you sew it on; it makes a sweet handmade holiday gift.
How to crochet the Polar Bear in a Scarf
Intermediate · 13 cm tall · about 3 h · DK yarn · 2.5 mm hook
- Crochet the 12 pieces in rounds: Body, Head, Muzzle, Ear ×2, Scarf, Scarf end, Arm ×2, Leg ×2, Tail (95 rounds in all).
- Stuff and put it together in 9 steps; each one lights up where it goes on the 3D model.
- Add the face: safety eyes by round and stitch, or embroider them for a child under 3.
Every round with its stitch count is in the Pattern tab below, and in the free printable PDF.
What you'll need
0 of 9 gathered
Gauge
1 sc ≈ 4 mm wide, 1 round ≈ 3.6 mm tall (10 cm ≈ 25 sc × 28 rounds); yarn about 1.9 mm thick. The gauge sets the size of the toy; crochet tightly so the stuffing does not show.
Worked in
Continuous spiral rounds. Don't join. Move a stitch marker up every round.
Parts
0 of 69 rounds done
- Size before assembly: about 7.5 cm at the widest, 6.3 cm long; 21 rounds.
- Fasten off leaving a long tail (30–40 cm) for sewing. Stuff firmly just before sewing it on; a little less near the edge, then add a pinch when the seam is nearly done.
- Size before assembly: about 7.6 cm at the widest, 6.6 cm long; 26 rounds.
- → Insert the safety eyes now (positions: see “Face”) and fix the backs. Start stuffing (firmly) and keep adding as you decrease.
- Top up the stuffing if needed. Fasten off leaving a 15 cm tail; with the needle weave it through the front loops of all 6 stitches of the last round, pull tight and hide the end inside.
- Size before assembly: an oval about 3.4 × 2.2 cm at the widest, 1.8 cm long; 6 rounds. The piece is oval: the rounds go around the chain, and on the finished toy the chain (the long side of the oval) runs side to side; the starting chain is at the front of the piece (on the finished toy). The round-start marker is in the middle of a long side (the piece's centre line), while R1 starts at a turn: after R1 shift the round start — sc 2 more (not counted in any round) and place the marker there. The increases fall on the turns.
- With cream: ch 5.
- Fasten off leaving a long tail (30–40 cm) for sewing. Insert the safety nose/eyes now, while the piece is open (positions: see “Face”). Stuff lightly just before sewing it on; a little less near the edge, then add a pinch when the seam is nearly done.
- Size before assembly: about 2.5 cm at the widest, 1.2 cm long; 4 rounds.
- Change to cream (pull it through on the last yarn-over of R1).
- → This piece is not stuffed.
- Fasten off leaving a 15 cm tail; with the needle weave it through the front loops of all 6 stitches of the last round, pull tight and hide the end inside. Do not stuff. Shape it into a dish: rounds 1–2 are the front of the piece, the magic ring its centre. Push the centre in so the front is concave (about 2.1 mm at the centre) and turn rounds 3–4 to the back: they make a thick rounded rim (about 8 mm thick) and lie behind as a second layer; the piece is about 25 mm across.<!-- (dish 50 %) -->
- Size before assembly: about 6.2 cm at the widest, 1.8 cm long; 3 rounds.
- Change to scarf green (pull it through on the last yarn-over of R1).
- Change to scarf red (pull it through on the last yarn-over of R2).
- Fasten off leaving a long tail (30–40 cm) for sewing. Do not stuff.
- Size before assembly: an oval about 1.7 × 0.5 cm at the widest, 3.2 cm long; 9 rounds. The piece is oval: the rounds go around the chain, and on the finished toy the chain (the long side of the oval) runs side to side; the starting chain is at the front of the piece (on the finished toy). The round-start marker is in the middle of a long side (the piece's centre line), while R1 starts at a turn: after R1 shift the round start — sc 2 more (not counted in any round) and place the marker there. The increases fall on the turns.
- With scarf green: ch 5.
- Change to scarf red (pull it through on the last yarn-over of R2).
- Change to scarf green (pull it through on the last yarn-over of R4).
- Change to scarf red (pull it through on the last yarn-over of R6).
- Fasten off leaving a long tail (30–40 cm) for sewing. Do not stuff. Press the piece flat (the opening becomes a straight line), front and back walls together.<!-- flattened 90 % --> Bend ≈ 75° around round 6<!-- the bend spreads over 3 rounds -->. Bend the piece so the inner side of the bend faces down on the finished toy (on the piece: in round 6, on the centre bottom line). It is a slight bend: tilt the piece as you sew it on; optionally tack the inner side with 1–2 stitches drawing rounds 6 and 7 together.
- Size before assembly: about 2 cm at the widest, 3.6 cm long; 11 rounds.
- Fasten off leaving a long tail (30–40 cm) for sewing. Stuff lightly just before sewing it on; a little less near the edge, then add a pinch when the seam is nearly done.
- Size before assembly: about 3.3 cm at the widest, 3.4 cm long; 11 rounds.
- Fasten off leaving a long tail (30–40 cm) for sewing. Stuff firmly just before sewing it on; a little less near the edge, then add a pinch when the seam is nearly done.
- Size before assembly: about 1.5 cm at the widest, 1.2 cm long; 4 rounds.
- Fasten off leaving a long tail (30–40 cm) for sewing. Stuff lightly just before sewing it on; a little less near the edge, then add a pinch when the seam is nearly done.
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