Free Sweater Polar Bear Crochet Pattern Ornament or Plushie
I love love love today’s little Polar Bear Crochet Pattern, as mentioned previously, my daughter, made me some LOVELY little Crochet Christmas Ornaments for my Birthday (handmade gifts are the best) and has kindly also written down the pattern for you all!! Whoop. This little Polar Bear in his Sweater, makes a lovely little bauble ornament, but of course would also look great as Bear Plushie – with or without the cute jumper! So a great little versatile project! My favourite. Is part a set of three: Pigs in Blankets Crochet and the Reindeer Ornament!
This little Polar Bear – as you can see from the image above – is adorable dressed up in his jumper (it kind of gives if that adorable “bauble roundness” when wearing it), but it also looks great as a favourite LOAF Bear Crochet Pattern (ie undressed! Ha). It would make a great polar bear, brown bear OR black bear even. You can use regular DK yarn as we did here for the ornament, or use a super chunky plush yarn, to make loaf bear plushie! More Crochet Loaf Patterns here.
This polar bear is also great to make for anyone looking for some White Yarn Crochet Patterns!
Please note: I rushed this pattern out – as I shared it in a Facebook group and everyone wanted the written pattern. So it hasn’t formally been pattern tested yet! Please do give feedback if we have made a typo or something below!
Supplies needed to make your Polar Bear Crochet Ornament:
- DK yarn in desired colors – white for the body, grey for the polar bear nose (of course you can make this in “regular” bear color and use browns, or even make a gorgeous little black bear crochet ornament)
- DK yarn in sweater colors – e.g. blue and white or red and green for the Christmas and Winter seasons.. but of course your polar bear can wear whatever colors it wants!
- Scrap brown or black for nose detail
- Corresponding hooks
- Safety eyes (8mm used here)
- Stuffing (we like to upcycled old pillows that have been washed first)
- Yarn needle
- OPTIONAL: ribbon for hanging
As mentioned before – I reckon this little loaf bear would look ADORABLE made from plush yarn too! If you have a go at making it as a plushie, please DO send me your photos, I would LOVE to see them (or even add them here!!)
Also note: this winter bear crochet pattern DOES require a little sewing. Many people shy away from “sewing” crochet projects. However, sewing crochet projects tend to be far more versatile than no sew projects and require less clever stitches (e.g. the bobble stitch).. so it is worth bearing that in mind too! We encourage people to EMBRACE sewing!
This chonky little bear is part of a set of three! Including the Loaf Reindeer Ornament and the Pigs in Blanket Crochet Ornament!
Loaf Polar Bear’s Body:
In main body color (white),
Rnd 1: 6sc into mc [6]
Rnd 2: 6inc [12]
Rnd 3: (1sc, inc) x6 [18]
Rnd 4: (2sc, inc) x6 [24]
Rnd 5 – Rnd 12: 24sc [24]
Rnd 11: (2sc, dec) x6 [18]
Place eyes between rnds 3&4, on each side of the mc (roughly 6 stitches apart).
Begin to stuff.
Rnd 12: (1sc, dec) x6 [12]
Rnd 13: 6dec [6]
Fasten off & seal hole.
Polar Bear muzzle
In grey for polar bear,
Rnd 1: Ch 4 [4]
Rnd 2: Skip 1st chain stitch, 3sc, now working on the other side of the chain, 3sc [6]
Fasten off & leave a long tail for sewing.
Sew the muzzle/nose directly between the two eyes. Using a piece of dark brown/black yarn, embroider a nose for the polar bear.
Loaf Bear Legs x4:
In main body color (white if making a polar bear),
Rnd 1: 6sc into mc [6]
Rnd 2 – Rnd 3: 6sc [6]
Fasten off & leave a long tail for sewing. Do not stuff the legs.
Front legs:
Sew the front of one of the legs between rnds 5&6 of the body and sew the back of the leg between rnds 7&8. Repeat this for the other front leg. The two front legs should be 3 stitches apart and in line with the eyes.
Back legs:
Sew the front of one of the legs between rnds 10&11 of the body and sew the back of the leg between rnds 12&13. Repeat for the other back leg. The two back legs should be 3 stitches apart and in line with the front legs.
Polar bear crochet ears x2:
In main body color (white for a polar bear),
Rnd 1: 4sc into mc [4]
Fasten off & leave a long tail for sewing. Sew the ears between rnds 5&6 of the body. The ears should be around 4 stitches apart and in line with the eyes.
Crochet bear tail:
In main body color,
Rnd 1: ch 2 [2]
Rnd 2: Skip 1st chain stitch, 1sc [1]
Fasten off & leave a long tail for sewing. Sew the tail between rnds 14&15 of the body. The tail should be directly in line with the middle of the two ears.
Sweater for your Ornament or Plushie:
In sweater color A,
Rnd 1: ch 30 [30]
Rnd 2: Join the two ends of the chain together with a sc to create a ring, 29sc [30]
Rnd 3: 1sc, ch 5, skip 3 stitches, 21sc, ch 5, skip 3 stitches, 2sc [30 (not including the chains)]
Rnd 4: 1slst, Change color to sweater color B, Ch 3, 3dc into the hole made last rnd with the ch 5 – this is going to be the first arm hole, ch 1, (2dc all into the next stitch), (ch 1, skip 1 stitch, 2dc all into the same stitch) x 10, ch 1, skip 1 stitch, 3dc into the loop made last rnd – this is the second arm hole, ch 1, skip 1 stitch, (2dc all into the same stitch), 1slst into the 3rd chain made in the ch 3 from the start of the rnd. [30 (not including the chains)]
Change color to sweater color A,
Rnd 5: 1sc into each of the dc stitches made last rnd – do not sc into the chains from last rnd [30]
Rnd 6: 30slst [30]
Fasten off & leave a long tail for sewing.
Sew together the two ends of the chain from rnd 1 together as neatly as possible – this is the front of the jumper. Weave away any loose ends.
You could add a bit of ribbon or yarn to the jumper and turn your adorable creation into an ornament!
Isn’t it adorable:
Make one.. make them all! The set includes the Reindeer Ornament (tbc) and the Pigs in Blanket Ornament!
More from my (of course FAB!) daughter:
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More great Christmas Crochet Ornaments here:
