bear fur faux throw ♡

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Written By autumn ♡

bear could be any color: black or brown . . . blue??

perhaps experiment with color changing to make a panda?

♡ autumn olive crochet original design by autumn olivia ward

♡ written in US crochet terms

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feel free to sell items made using this pattern ♡ please credit me as the designer in your listings and include the link to this pattern

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MATERIALS ♡

finished fur measures 50” from head to tail with 46” armspan (~40” x 36” smaller area) & weighs about 5 pounds

CROCHET THE PELT ♡ odd rows are right side

gauge: super bulky yarn & 15mm hook: 3 rows of 4 hdc = 3” x 3”

fur yarn is kind of difficult to work with and you have to mainly go by feel. I would count your stitches every row and mark your progress every 5 rows or so — at one point I lost count of the increases and thought I had too many rows but couldn't see what row I was on so I had to frog back several rows

I started at the bottom of each piece and increased/decreased to match the grid. you can visit my free instructional guide on crocheting a grid as a flat appliqué if you need more information on foundation hdc!

the bear is one layer besides the chin & tail which get attached and stuffed; an alternative idea is to make an entire second pelt to attach & stuff into a HUGE bear pillow :)

white chin piece:

chain 4, working into the second chain from the hook

row 1: hdc across (3) chain 1, turn

row 2: increase, hdc into next, increase (5) chain 1, turn

rows 3—4: hdc across (5) chain 1, turn

row 5: increase, hdc into next 3, increase (7) chain 1 turn

row 6: increase, increase, hdc into next 3, increase, increase (11) chain 1 turn

row 7: increase, hdc into next 9, increase, (13) chain 1, turn

rows 8—10: hdc across (13) chain 1, turn

row 11: hdc across (13)

fasten off with enough to attach around (about 20”) & set aside

white tail piece:

chain 6, working into the second chain from the hook

row 1 : hdc across (5) chain 1, turn

row 2: hdc across (5) chain 1, turn

row 3: decrease, hdc into next, decrease (3)

fasten off with enough to attach around (about 12”) & set aside

full body fur:

chain 4, working into the second chain from the hook

row 1: hdc across (3) chain 1, turn

row 2: increase, hdc into next, increase (5) chain 1, turn

rows 3—4: hdc across (5) chain 1, turn

row 5: increase, hdc into next 3, increase (7) chain 1 turn

row 6: increase, increase, hdc into next 3, increase, increase (11) chain 1 turn

row 7: increase, hdc into next 9, increase, (13) chain 1, turn

rows 8—9: hdc across (13) chain 1, turn

row 10: hdc across (13) chain 19, turn (skip first chain as turning chain)

row 11: hdc across 18 chains, hdc across 13 stitches of row 10, use foundation hdc to make 18 additional stitches (49) chain 1, turn

row 12: increase, increase, hdc across until then last two stitches, increase, increase (53) chain 1, turn

rows 13-14: hdc across (53) chain 1, turn

row 15: decrease, hdc across until the last two stitches, decrease (51) chain 1, turn

row 16: decrease, decrease, hdc across until the last four stitches, decrease, decrease (47) chain 1, turn

row 17: decrease, hdc across until the last two stitches, decrease (45) chain 1, turn

row 18: hdc across (45) chain 1, turn

row 19: decrease, hdc across until the last two stitches, decrease (43) chain 1, turn

row 20: hdc across (43) chain 1, turn

row 21: decrease, hdc across until the last two stitches, decrease (41) chain 1, turn

row 22: hdc across (41) chain 1, turn

row 23: decrease, hdc across until the last two stitches, decrease (39) chain 1, turn

rows 24—30: hdc across (39) chain 1, turn

row 31: increase, hdc across, increase (41) chain 1, turn

rows 32—38: hdc across (41) chain 1, turn

row 39: increase, hdc across, increase (43) chain 1, turn

row 40: hdc across (43) chain 1, turn

row 41: increase, hdc across, increase (45) chain 1, turn

row 42: hdc across (45) chain 1, turn

row 43: increase, hdc across, increase (47) chain 1, turn

row 44: hdc across (47) chain 1, turn

row 45: increase, hdc across, increase (49) chain 1, turn

row 46: hdc across (49) chain 1, turn

row 47: increase, hdc across, increase (51) chain 1, turn

row 48: hdc across (51) chain 1, turn

row 49: increase, hdc across, increase (53) chain 1, turn

row 50a: (hind leg) hdc into first 11 stitches (11) chain 1, turn

row 51a: decrease, decrease, hdc into next 7 stitches (9) chain 1, turn

row 52a: hdc into first 5 sitches, decrease, decrease (7) chain 1, turn

row 53a: decrease, decrease, hdc into next, decrease (4) cut yarn & fasten off

turn bear back over to the wrong side, pull up a loop 12 stitches away from the left edge

row 50b: hdc into next 11 stitches (11) chain 1, turn

row 51b: hdc into first 7 stitches, decrease, decrease (9) chain 1, turn

row 52b: decrease, decrease, hdc into next 5 sitches (7) chain 1, turn

row 53b: decrease, hdc into next, decrease, decrease (4) cut yarn & fasten off

for the tail: turn bear back over to the wrong side, pull up a loop 13 stitches away from the first hind leg, chain 1 & begin working into that same stitch

row 50c: hdc 5, chain 1, turn

row 51c: hdc across (5) chain 1, turn

row 52c: decrease, hdc into next, decrease (3) cut yarn & fasten off

make a polar bear cardigan with lions, tigers & bears cardigans pattern

cardigan by @liz.arts.n.crafts (instagram)

ASSEMBLY ♡

lay the white tail piece under the main tail & whipstitch them together using the yarn of the loose tail piece

seam through the edge of both pieces all the way around and add a little stuffing before finishing

do the same for the chin fur; add eyes & nose where indicated with X on the graph (before stuffing if they have a backing that goes on the inside)

EARS ♡

make 4

chain 5, working into the second chain from the hook

row 1: hdc across (4) chain 1, turn

row 2: decrease, decrease (2) fasten off with about 10” end

lay each pair of ears on top of each other; use the end on one piece from each pair to connect the ears together, seaming around the top stitches

use the end on each other piece to attach them to the head where indicated, along the bottoms, with a slight bend so they cast an inner shadow

ADD THE PAW DETAILS ♡

cut out paw pad pieces of felt and hot glue them onto the bottoms of the feet; use glue sparingly so it doesn’t seep through the top of the foot

use a long piece of black yarn (about 2 yards) to add a claw between the first two toes, wrapping around the stitches 1-3 times, then feed the yarn through the next couple of stitches to hide it; repeat across

rather than weaving in the black yarn which would be hard to hide in white fur, I hot glued it to itself on the bottom of the claw then trimmed off the excess

FINISHED ♡ thank you!

please tag @autumnolivecrochet if you post so I can see your lovely faux fur piece!

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