Teddy Bear Sweater

For me the gifts month is for this year in February, because we have planed a trip to Romania and we will meet family and friends. So, I have also prepared some crocheted presents and this cute sweater is for my nephew.

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This pattern is for age 18-24 months, but I am working on a pattern for smaller sizes and I will update this post as soon as possible.

The final dimensions of this sweater are:

• Chest – 56 cm
• Length – 32 cm
• Sleeve length from armhole – 15 cm

For this size I used approximate 200 grams of Scheepjes Merino Soft Yarn. You can use another type of yarn, but if you want to fallow this pattern use a light worsted yarn. You will also need at least 2 different colors of another yarn for the Teddy bear. For the Teddy I used fingering cotton in brown, black and gray.

For the sweater I used a 4 mm crochet hook and for the teddy a 2 mm.

Abbreviations

• Ch – Chain
• St(s) – Stitch (es)
• Dc – double crochet
• Sc – single crochet
• FPDC – front post double crochet
• BPDC – back post double crochet
• Sl st – Slip Stirch
• Inc – Increase (2 dc, ch 1, 2 dc in the ch 1 space from the previous inc)

Gauge

16 st and 10 rows in dc for a 10 cm/4 in square

To begin you will need 66 + 2 foundation chain

This sweater is worked from the top.

Row 1

1 dc in each st, beginning with 3rd st. Ch 2 and turn.

Row 2

1 dc in first st ( ch 2 doesn’t count as a st), *1 BPDC in the next, FPDC in next st and repeat from * to the and of the row. Ch 2 and turn

Row 3

Repeat row 2. Ch 2 and turn

Row 4

1 dc in each st. Sl st with the first dc. From now in we will work in round and every row will end with a sl st.

Row 5

Ch 2, 2 dc in the same st, 1 dc in the next 11 sts, 1 inc in the next st, 1 dc in the next 19 sts, 1 inc in the next st, 1 dc in next 12 st, 1 inc, 1 dc in the next 18 sts, 2 dc in the last st, sl st.

Row 6

Ch 2, 2 dc in first st, 1 dc in each st until the ch 1 space from previous row, 1 inc into the 1 ch space and repeat to the end of the row. 2 double crochet in the last st, sl st.

Repeat the row 6, 7 more rows.

Row 14

With this row we begin to work only the body of the sweater without the sleeves.

Ch 1, yarn over and insert the hook into the first stich, skip the sleeve sts, and insert the hook also into the ch 1 space of the inc from the previous row and finish the dc.

1 dc in each stitch until the next ch 1 space. Insert the hook in this ch 1 space and also in the next one skipping the sleeve sts. Finish the dc and continue with 1 dc in each st to the end of the row. Sl st.

Row 15

1 dc in each st. Sl st

Rows 16 -28

Repeat row 15

Rows 29-30

1 FPDC, 1 BPDC and repeat to the end of the row. Fasten up.

Sleeve

Row 1

Insert the hook into the first st from the armpit, ch 2 and make 1 dc in the same st. Continue with 1 dc in each st to the end of the row. Sl st.

Row 2

Ch 2. 1 decrease ( 2 dc together), 1 dc in each st until you have left 2 sts. 1 decrease in this 2 last sts. Sl st.

Repeat this 2 rows 4 times, to the row 8

Rows 9-12

1 dc in each st. If you want your sleeve to be longer, you can add more rows here.

Rows 13-15

1 FPDC, 1 BPDC to the end of the row.

Follow the same pattern for the other sleeve.

The basic sweater is done.

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Now is time for teddy bear.

Head

Row 1

Magic ring, ch 2, 11 dc inside the magic ring. Pull the end of the yarn to close the ring and sl st with first dc.

Row 2

Ch 2, 2 dc in the same stitch, 2 dc in each st to the end of the row. Sl St

Row 3

Ch 2, 2 dc in the same ch 2 st, 1 dc in the next. repeat to the end of the row.

Is easy to figure it out the pattern when we work in rounds: add-on each row 1 dc between the inc st and continue with this pattern as long as you need. I made 7 rows.

Ears

Fallow the same pattern as for head only 4 rows. I made 3 rows in gray and one in brown.

Eyes

Magic ring, ch 2, 11 dc inside the ring.

Nose

Row 1

Magic ring, ch 1, 6 sc.

We work in spiral so no sl st.

Put a marker in first st to know where is the beginning and the end of the row.

Row 2

1 sc in first st, 3 sc in the next. repeat 3 times and finish the row with 1 sc in the last st.

Row 3

1 sc in first st. * 3 sc in the next, 1 sc  in next 3 sts. Repeat from to the end of the row ( 3 times) ending with 1 sc in last st and 1 sl st with first st.

Mouth (or the lighter part behind it)

Ch 10 +2

We will work in rounds

Row 1

1 dc in first 9 sts, starting with the 3 rd st.  6 dc in the last st. 1 dc in the next 8 sts on the other side of the ch, 6 dc in the first st

Row 2

Ch 2, 2 dc in the same st, 1 dc in the next 9 (until the first dc from the set of 6 worked in the last st), 2 dc in the next 6 sts (put a marker on the second st here), 1 dc in the next 9, 2 dc in the last 6 sts ( put a marker in the second st here).Sl st.

Row 3

Ch 2, 1 dc in the same st, 1 dc in the next 10 sts ( until the first marker) * 2 dc in the st marked, 1 dc in the next st. Repeat from * 6 times. 1 dc in the next 10 sts ( until the second marker), *2 dc in the st marked, 1 dc in the next st. Repeat from * to the end of the row, sl st.

After we finished all the parts is time to sew them together and then to sew the Teddy Bear to the sweater. That’ s it: a cute sweater in wich your little ones will look so great.

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As you know you will find bellow the video tutorials for the sweater and the teddy bear.

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