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This is a wonderful and quick one skein project! That’s right, I said ONE skein. With only a single skein of yarn I got all these beautiful colors and made the sweet little teddy bear.

I used a Yarn Bee Sugarwheel in the color whipped mocha. I pulled from the center and made the bear head and arms first, then the lovey.

This was what my sugarwheel looked like

I had this certain skein of yarn for awhile not know what to make with it, but this was perfect! I think it worked out great.

I know that the whole purpose of self-striping yarns are to let the colors change and stripe themselves, but I didn’t want the next color to start in the middle of a row, so I cut the yarn and started new rows with the next color when needed. Yes, that may kinda defeat the purpose, but I still only needed 1 skein of yarn to make this whole lovey, win win!

My finished lovey measures approx. 19’’ x 19’’

Pattern

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Things you will need:

Gauge: 6 rows x 12 stitches = 4’’ in double crochet


Abbreviation:

  • ch = chain
  • MC = magic circle (View my tutorial for this ​here)
  • Sc = single crochet
  • Blsc = back loop single crochet
  • Dec = single crochet 2 stitches together
  • Dc = double crochet
  • Sl st = slip stitch
  • Sp = space

GO!

Bear Head:

Round 1: 6 sc in mc (6)

Round 2: 2 sc in each st around (12)

Round 3: *2 sc in 1 st, sc in next st* repeat * to * around (18)

Round 4: *2 sc in 1 st, sc in next 2 st* repeat * to * around (24)

Round 5: *2 sc in 1 st, sc in next 3 st* repeat * to * around (30)

Round 6: *2 sc in 1 st, sc in next 4 st* repeat * to * around (36)

Round 7-12: sc in each st around (36)

Round 13: *sc in 4 st, dec* repeat * to * around (30)

Round 14: *sc in 3 st, dec* repeat * to * around (24)

Round 15: *sc in 2 st, dec* repeat * to * around (18)

Round 16: *sc in 1 st, dec* repeat * to * around (12)

Stuff head with Poly-Fil

Round 17: * dec* repeat * to * around (6) Cut yarn leaving a long tail to attach head to lovey.

Ears: (make 2)

Round 1: 10 dc in mc, sl st into 1st st (10)

Round 2: ch 1, sc in 8 st. Cut yarn and sew onto bear head

I would now embroider the bears eyes and mouth and attach the ears, using the picture as a reference.

Arms: (make 2)

Round 1: 6 sc in mc (6)

Round 2: 2 sc in each st around (12)

Round 3: blsc in each st around (12)

Round 4: sc in each st around (12)

Round 5: *sc in 2 st, dec* repeat * to * around (9)

Round 6-12: sc in each st around (9)


Round 13: sc in 1 st, dec repeat * to * around (6)

Stuff Poly-fil into end of arm

Round 14: sc in each st around (6)

Work 3 sl st across the top of the arm.

Cut yarn leaving a long tail to attach to the lovey.

Lovey: Round 1: ch 6, sl st into 1st ch st to form a ring. Ch 3 (counts as a dc here and throughout) work (3 dc, *ch 2, 4 dc* repeat * to * 3 times) into middle of ring, ch 2, sl st into 1st st of round (24)

Round 2: ch 3, dc in each st until you reach ch-2-sp, work (2 dc, ch 2, 2 dc) in ch-2-sp, *dc in next st and in each st across until you reach next ch-2-sp, (2 dc, ch 2, 2 dc) in ch-2-sp* repeat * to * 3 times, sl st into 1st dc of round (40)

Round 3: ch 3, dc in each st until you reach ch-2-sp, work (2 dc, ch 2, 2 dc) in ch-2-sp, *dc in next st and in each st across until you reach next ch-2-sp, (2 dc, ch 2, 2 dc) in ch-2-sp* repeat * to * 3 times, dc in each st unti you reach beginning of round, sl st into 1st st, (56)

Round 4-14: repeat round 3

Now, attach the 2 arms, one on each side of the middle ring

Now attach the head in the center of the arms

Enjoy!

Happy crocheting y’all!


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