Little Muggles Baby Bear Ornament

MATERIALS

• USD3/3.25mm crochet hook
• worsted weight yarn in 2-3 colors (for body, sweater,and snowflake design) In my examples, I used Vanna’s Choice in Linen/Dusty Green, White/Cranberry, and White/Beige
• 9mm black safety eyes
• yarn needle
• small piece of felt
• black embroidery thread
• fiber fill
• thin ribbon

ABBREVIATIONS

• sc     single crochet
• inc    increase
• dec    decrease
• BLO   back loops only
• slst    slip stitch

HEAD/BODY

• Rnd 1:  make 6sc into magic ring
• Rnd 2:  inc in each st [12]
• Rnd 3:  (sc, inc in next st) repeat 6 times [18]
• Rnd 4:  sc in all 18 st [18]
• Rnd 5:  (2sc, inc in next st) repeat 6 times [24]
• Rnd 6:  (3sc, inc in next st) repeat 6 times [30]
• Rnd 7:  sc in all 30 st [30]
• Rnd 8:  (4sc, inc in next st) repeat 6 times [36]
• Rnd 9-11:  sc in all 36 st [36]

change to sweater color

• Rnd 12:  BLO slst in all 36 st [36]
• Rnd 13:  (into both loops) sc in all 36 st [36]
• Rnd 14-16:  sc in all 36 st [36]
• Rnd 17:  (4sc, dec) repeat 6 times [30]

change to body color

• Rnd 18:  BLO slst in all 30 st [30]
• Rnd 19:  (3sc, dec) repeat 6 times [24]

Place the safety eyes between Rounds 9 and 10, with an interspace of 6 stitches.

Try to position the color transition “step” on the side so it will be covered when the arms are attached.

Stuff your piece generously with fiber fill!

• Rnd 20:  (2sc, dec) repeat 6 times [18]
• Rnd 21:  (sc, dec) repeat 6 times [12]
• Rnd 22: dec 6 times [6]
• Bind off and weave in tail

EAR

make 2 in body color

• Rnd 1:  Make 4sc into magic ring
• Rnd 2:  inc in each st [8]
• Rnd 3:  (sc, inc in next st) [12]

Bind off and leave a tail. Using your yarn needle, sew the opening of the ear shut.

ARMS

make 2 – start with body color

• Rnd 1:  make 4sc into magic ring
• Rnd 2:  inc in each st [8]

change to sweater color

• Rnd 3-4:  sc in all 8 st [8]

Bind off and leave a tail.  Using your yarn needle, sew the opening of the arm shut.

FEET

make 2 in body color

• Rnd 1:  make 4sc into magic ring
• Rnd 2:  inc in each st [8]
• Rnd 3:  sc in all 8 st [8]

Bind off and leave a tail. Using your yarn needle, sew the opening of the foot shut.

MAKING THE SWEATER DESIGN

Use a cross stitch technique to make the snowflake design on the sweater.

With a long piece of yarn (I used about a 6ft length of white yarn!), start cross stitching as seen in the above picture.  First, make a row of diagonal lines.  Watch out for the “step” that occurs at the beginning of your rounds.  This is expected from working in spirals.   I like to start my cross stitching at the about the same junction of this step.

 

Once you’ve completed your row of diagonal stitches, continue working in the opposite direction and make your second set of stitches.  This creates a neat row of “X’s”. Use the stitch openings that you skipped over while making the first row.

 

Next, take the yarn and use it to make horizontal stitches across the “X’s”.

 PATTERN FROM HERRE