How to Crochet Bear Beanie

 How to Crochet Bear Beanie

 

Materials

 

Yarn (recommended for 4.0mm crochet)

Crochet hook (size 3.5mm)

Stitch markers 

Pompom maker

Buttons

Yarn needle

Scissors

 

Size: 1 – 2 Years

 

Instructions

ROW 1: Make 6 single crochet inside magic ring.

ROW 2: Directly knit 1 single crochet in order to start the following row. Mark the beginning of the row with a stitch marker. Make 1 increase (that is 2 single crochet in the same stitch) for each stitch of the previous row until the end of the row.

ROW 3: Directly Knit 1 single crochet in order to start the following row. Mark the beginning of the row with a stitch marker. Make 1 single crochet and 1 increase. Repeat until the end of the row.

ROW 4: Directly Knit 1 single crochet in order to start the following row. Mark the beginning of the row with a stitch marker. Make 2 single crochet and 1 increase. Repeat until the end of the row.

ROW 5: Directly Knit 1 single crochet in order to start the following row. Mark the beginning of the row with a stitch marker. Make 3 single crochet and 1 increase. Repeat until the end of the row.

ROW 6: Directly Knit 1 single crochet in order to start the following row. Mark the beginning of the row with a stitch marker. Make 4 single crochet and 1 increase. Repeat until the end of the row.

ROW 7: Directly Knit 1 single crochet in order to start the following row. Mark the beginning of the row with a stitch marker. Make 5 single crochet and 1 increase. Repeat until the end of the row.

ROW 8: Directly Knit 1 single crochet in order to start the following row. Mark the beginning of the row with a stitch marker. Make 6 single crochet and 1 increase. Repeat until the end of the row.

ROW 9: Directly Knit 1 single crochet in order to start the following row. Mark the beginning of the row with a stitch marker. Make 7 single crochet and 1 increase. Repeat until the end of the row.

ROW 10: Directly Knit 1 single crochet in order to start the following row. Mark the beginning of the row with a stitch marker. Make 8 single crochet and 1 increase. Repeat until the end of the row.

ROW 11: Directly Knit 1 single crochet in order to start the following row. Mark the beginning of the row with a stitch marker. Make 9 single crochet and 1 increase. Repeat until the end of the row.

ROWS 12 – 31: Directly Knit 1 single crochet in order to start the following row. Mark the beginning of the row with a stitch marker. Make 1 single crochet for each stitch of the previous row until the end of the row. Repeat until the end of the rows. Directly Knit 1 single crochet in order to start each following row. Mark the beginning of each row with a stitch marker.

Now we’ve finished row 31.

Row 31 is the only one that I close with a slip stitch.

Cut the yarn.

Snout

Mark 22 stitches

Change of colour

ROW 32: Make 22 single crochet

ROWS 33 – 34: Go up with 1 chain, 1 decrease, keep making single crochet and at the end of the row 1 decrease. Repeat until the end of the rows.

ROWS 35 – 46: Go up with 1 chain, 1 single crochet for each stitch of the previous row until the end of the row. Repeat until the end of the rows.

·  Cut the yarn

• Fold the knit

• Sew the snout to the beanie

Ear covers (2)

Mark 11 stitches at each side.

ROWS 1 - 4: Take the yarn and make 11 stitches. Repeat until the end of the rows.

ROWS 5 – 7: Go up with 1 chain, 1 decrease, keep making single crochet and at the end of the row 1 decrease. Repeat until the end of the rows.

ROW 8: Go up with 1 chain, 1 single crochet for each stitch of the previous row until the end of the row.

ROW 9: Go up with 1 chain, 1 single crochet, 2 separation chains, miss next 2 stitches of the previous row, keep making single crochet.

Row of single crochet all around the knit.

Cut the yarn.

Ears (2)

Colour beige

ROW 1: Make 1 magic ring of 12 double crochet.

·         Cut the yarn

·         Pull the yarn

·         Do not close the magic ring

Colour change (Brown)

ROW 2: Make 1 increase (that is 2 double crochet in the same stitch) for each stitch of the previous row until the end of the row.

Cut the yarn.

Make another ear repeating the same pattern.

Nose

ROW 1: Make 1 chain of 7.

ROW 2: Make 7 Single crochet.

ROW 3: Go up with 1 chain, 1 decrease, keep making single crochet and at the end of the row 1 decrease.

ROW 4: Go up with 1 chain and make decreases.

ROW 5: To finish the base, go all around the nose making a single crochet for each stitch. Close the row with a slip stitch.

Cut the yarn.

Braids

80 cm of yarn x 4 pieces -2 of each colour, put in the tip of the ear covers and make 1 knot. Divide the strands and make 1 braid out of 3 and continue the braid until it measures 11cm.

Make 1 knot at the end of the braid to secure it, leave some loose strands and cut them to even them out.

Total length of the braid 20 cm.

Eyes

2 brown buttons.

Smile

15 chains.

Cut the yarn.

Assemble the hat:

·         Locate and sew the ears, the eyes (buttons) and the nose into the beanie

·         Sew the smile (15 chains) to the beanie    

 Measures:

16.5cm long

44 cm wide (all around)

Ear covers: 6.5 cm long

Braid: 20 cm long