Free Crochet Pattern for Björn the Cooking Bear Amigurumi

Introduction

Meet Björn the Bear Chef, a delightful amigurumi character who loves to cook! With his adorable outfit and cheerful expression, this free crochet pattern guides you step by step to create your very own cooking bear. Perfect as a gift or for your collection, let’s get started on this fun project!

Free Crochet Pattern for Björn the Cooking Bear Amigurumi

Project Details

Size: Björn stands approximately 8 inches (21 cm) tall when made with sport-weight cotton yarn and a 2.5 mm crochet hook.

Materials

Sport-weight cotton yarn in various colors (brown, beige, red, black, white)
Synthetic poly filling
2.5 mm crochet hook
10 mm safety eyes (1 pair)
Scissors
Tapestry needle
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Free Crochet Pattern for Björn the Cooking Bear Amigurumi crochet parts — All crocheted parts before assembly

Abbreviations

Rnd: Round
st: stitch
sc: single crochet
sl st: slip stitch
dec: decrease
inc: increase

Pattern

Head

Using brown yarn:

Rnd 1: Start 6 sc in a magic ring (6)

Rnd 2: Inc in all 6 st (12)

Rnd 3: (sc in next st, inc in next st) repeat 6 times (18)

Rnd 4: (sc in next 2 st, inc in next st) repeat 6 times (24)

Rnd 5: (sc in next 3 st, inc in next st) repeat 6 times (30)

Rnd 6: (sc in next 4 st, inc in next st) repeat 6 times (36)

Rnd 7: (sc in next 5 st, inc in next st) repeat 6 times (42)

Rnd 8: (sc in next 6 st, inc in next st) repeat 6 times (48)

Rnd 9: (sc in next 7 st, inc in next st) repeat 6 times (54)

Rnd 10: (sc in next 8 st, inc in next st) repeat 6 times (60)

Rnd 11-12: Sc in all 60 st (60)

Rnd 13: (sc in next 9 st, inc in next st) repeat 6 times (66)

Rnd 14-15: Sc in all 66 st (66)

Rnd 16: (sc in next 10 st, inc in next st) repeat 6 times (72)

Rnd 17-24: Sc in all 72 st (72)

Insert both safety eyes between rounds 17 and 18, with an interspace of 17 stitches.

Rnd 25: (sc in next 10 st, dec) repeat 6 times (66)

Rnd 26: (sc in next 9 st, dec) repeat 6 times (60)

Rnd 27: (sc in next 8 st, dec) repeat 6 times (54)

Rnd 28: (sc in next 7 st, dec) repeat 6 times (48)

Rnd 29: (sc in next 6 st, dec) repeat 6 times (42)

Rnd 30: (sc in next 5 st, dec) repeat 6 times (36)

Rnd 31: (sc in next 4 st, dec) repeat 6 times (30)

Rnd 32: (sc in next 3 st, dec) repeat 6 times (24)

Rnd 33: (sc in next 2 st, dec) repeat 6 times (18)

Stuff the head with filling.

Rnd 34: (sc, dec in next st) repeat 6 times (12)

Rnd 35: Dec 6 times (6)

Finish the head by sewing through the front loops of the last round to close the hole and weave in the end.

Nose

Using black yarn:

Rnd 1: Start 8 sc in a magic ring (8)

Rnd 2: Sc in all 8 st (8)

Fasten off and leave a long tail for sewing.

Snout

Using beige yarn:

Rnd 1: Start 6 sc in a magic ring (6)

Rnd 2: Inc 6 times (12)

Rnd 3: Sc, inc, repeat 3 times (18)

Rnd 4: Sc, (sc, inc) repeat 3 times (24)

Rnd 5: Sc, (sc in next 2, inc) repeat 3 times (30)

Rnd 6: Sc, (sc in next 3, inc) repeat 3 times (36)

Rnd 7: Sc, (sc in next 4, inc) repeat 3 times (42)

Rnd 8-11: Sc in all 42 st (42)

Fasten off and leave a long tail for sewing. Attach the snout between rounds 14-29, 2 stitches from the eyes. Stuff and sew the nose onto the snout.

Ears (Make 2)

Using brown yarn:

Rnd 1: Start 6 sc in a magic ring (6)

Rnd 2: Inc 6 times (12)

Rnd 3: (sc, inc) repeat 6 times (18)

Rnd 4: (sc in next 2, inc) repeat 6 times (24)

Rnd 5-9: Sc in all 24 st (24)

Flatten the ears and leave a long tail for sewing.

Body

Legs (Make 2)

Using brown yarn:

Rnd 1: Start 8 sc in a magic ring (8)

Rnd 2: Inc 8 times (16)

Rnd 3-5: Sc in all 16 st (16)

Rnd 6: (sc in next 3, inc) repeat 4 times (20)

Fasten one leg off and continue with the second leg.

Body Continuation

Rnd 1: Sc in the next 10 sc, join with the first leg (20) then sc in the next 10 st (40)

Rnd 2: Sc in all 40 st (40)

Rnd 3: (sc in next 4, inc) repeat 8 times (48)

Rnd 4: Sc in all 48 st (48)

Change to white yarn.

Rnd 5-8: Sc in all 48 st (48)

Rnd 9: (sc in next 4, dec) repeat 8 times (40)

Rnd 10-13: Sc in all 40 st (40)

Rnd 14: Sc in all 40 st (40)

Rnd 15: (sc in next 3, dec) repeat 8 times (32)

Rnd 16: Sc in all 32 st (32)

Fasten off and leave a long tail for sewing onto the head.

Finish with surface crochet for detailing between colors.

Assembly

Sew the head to the body, followed by the ears on either side of the head. Attach the snout and nose. Finally, make any additional details you wish for the outfit.