I can’t believe this is really happening!!! My own blog, and my very first blog post!!! 🥹 To start this blog off, I felt it was fitting to post the very first pattern that really “started it all” for me- 7-in-1 belly bear 🐻

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MATERIALS & TOOLS

premier yarns parfait chunky in the colors:

Teddy, key lime & black

-3.5 mm crochet hook

-Polyfil

-16, 18 or 20 mm safety eyes/felt eyes

-darning needle

-scissors

-4 weight yarn for embroidering eyebrows

ABBREVIATIONS

• CH – chain
• SC – single crochet
• INC – single crochet increase (2 SC in each stitch)
• DEC – decrease (I use the invisible decrease in all of my creations)
• SLST – slip stitch
• MC- Magic circle
• BLO- back loops only

This pattern is worked in continuous rounds. Do not slip stitch unless stated to do so. The pattern is written is US terminology. I am right handed and used the yarn under technique.

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• You may sell creations made from this pattern
• I love seeing my patterns created by others! Please tag me in your creations 🫶🏻
• My finished bear measures around 12” tall

BELLY BEAR BASE PATTERN

please follow the pattern instructions IN ORDER

Arms (make two)

in main color

1. 6 sc into mc (6)

2. inc x6 (12)

3-7. 12 sc around- 5 rounds

8. Color change to shirt color: BLO 12 sc (12)

9-11. 12 sc around- 3 rounds

Laste step. Lightly stuff the arms. Fold in half sc closed with 6 sc.

Fasten off and leave a short yarn tail. You don’t need to leave a long yarn tail because you’ll be crocheting on the arms later in the pattern.

Ears (make two)

in main color

1. 6 sc into mc (6)

2. inc x 6 (12)

3-4. 12 sc around- 2 rounds

Last step. Fold the ear in half and sc closed with 6 sc.

Fasten off and leave a long yarn tail for sewing onto the head. Do not stuff the ears.

Muzzle (make one)

in main color

1. 6 sc into mc (6)

2. inc x6 (12)

3. 1 sc, inc x6 (18)

4-5. 18 sc around- 2 rounds

fasten off & leave a long yarn tail for sewing. The muzzle does get stuffed!

Legs (make two)

note: Fasten off the first leg but NOT the 2nd leg. You will be connecting the 2nd leg to the 1st leg.

1. 6 sc into mc (6)

2. inc x6 (12)

3. 1 sc, inc x6 (18)

4-7. 18 sc around- 4 rounds

Continuing onto the body

1. with the first leg still on your hook ch 2 and connect to leg 1 with a sc

2. 17 sc, place 1 sc in each chain, 18 sc + 1 sc in each chain again (40)

3. 40 sc around (40)

4. 19 sc, inc x2, 19 sc (42)

5. 19 sc, inc x4, 19 sc (46)

6-9. 46 sc around (46) – 4 rounds start stuffing and shaping his belly and continue to stuff and shape as you go

10. 11 sc, dec x2, 19 sc, dec x2, 8 sc (42)

11-12. 42 sc around (42) – 2 rounds don’t forget to keep stuffing and shaping!

13. color change to shirt color– BLO 42 sc (42)

14. 5 sc, dec x6 (36)

15-17. 36 sc around (36) – 3 rounds keep on stuffing & shaping!

18. 4 sc, dec x6 (30)

19. 3 sc, dec x6 (24)

20. 24 sc around (24) keep stuffing if you haven’t been

21. 8 sc, crochet in an arm with 6 sc, 5 sc, crochet in an arm with 5 sc (24)

if you need to adjust where your arms are at you can totally do so!

+3 sc in shirt color; then color change to main color.

22. BLO 24 sc. there is a shift in this round. Your new rounds starts where the color change started! (24) add some more stuffing!

Continuing onto head

23. 3 sc, inc x6 (30)

24. 4 sc, inc x6 (36)

25. 5 sc, inc x6 (42)

26. 6 sc, inc x6 (48)

27-32. 48 sc around (48) – 6 rounds

– eyes are 6 sts apart between rounds 30 & 29.

33. 6 sc, dec x6 (42)

34. 5 sc, dec x6 (36) I start stuffing & shaping at this round. You want his head to be a very round circle! Keep stuffing & shaping as you go!!

35. 4 sc, dec x6 (30)

36. 30 sc around (30) keep stuffing & shaping!!

37. 3 sc, dec x6 (24)

38. 2 sc, dec x6 (18) keep on stuffing & shaping his head. Remember nice and round!

39. 1 sc, dec x6 (12)

40. Dec x6 (6) close the circle.

Assembly video link here

-nose is sewn on between the eyes. Covering 5-6 rounds down.

-Ears are sewn on about 4-5 rounds from the top of the head

-nose is embroidered on with black yarn

-add eye brows. Starting 3- 4 rounds above the eyes and going down at an angle across 2-3 rounds.

CONGRATULATIONS! YOU FINISHED BELLY BEAR BASE PATTERN 🐻

I hope you enjoyed this pattern and found it easy to follow. I will be posting the other modifications to this pattern to my blog as well!