My little bear has a new friend … a little bear of his own!
He was very upset when the zipper broke on his favorite bear pajamas, and we just couldn’t fix it. I tried to think of what we could do to salvage them when I remembered the cute little monster lovey blankets from Repeat Crafter Me, and I knew that’s what I would do.
I grabbed my rotary cutter and mat and cut 2 pieces of the same size out of the pajamas.
Next I worked a single crochet border around the fabric. With wrong sides together, I used my Sharp Crochet Hook to poke holes through the fabric and pull up a loop, then I used a regular crochet hook to finish off the stitch. You can continue to work your border in any style you’d like. Click here for a few blanket edging patterns you can try.
Now for adding the little bear face …
Bear Face Applique Pattern
What You Need:
- worsted weight yarn
- 2 pieces of fleece, approx 4 in. x 4 in. or your preferred size
- Sharp Crochet Hook
- H hook
- tapestry needle
Resources and tutorials you may find helpful in following this free pattern: Crochet Abbreviations, U.S. to U.K. Crochet Conversion Chart.
Face
With dark brown, make a magic ring.
Round 1: Ch 2 (counts as st), work 7 hdc in ring, join — 8 sts.
Round 2: Ch 2 (counts as st), work 1 hdc in same st as join, 2 hdc in next st and each st around, join — 16 sts.
Round 3: Ch 2 (counts as st), work 1 hdc in same st as join, 1 hdc in next st, *2 hdc in next st, 1 hdc in next st, rep from * around, join — 24 sts.
Round 4: Ch 1 (does not count as st), work 2 sc in same st as join, 1 sc in each of the next 2 sts, 2 sc in next, 1 sc in next, Sl st in next, 5 dc in next, Sl st in each of the next 5 sts, 5 dc in next, Sl st in next, 1 sc in next, *2 sc in next, 1 sc in each of the next 2 sts, rep from * twice more, join — 37 sts.
Fasten off and weave in ends.
Snout
With beige, make a magic ring.
Round 1: Ch 1 (does not count as st), work 6 sc in ring, join — 6 sts.
Round 2: Ch 1 (does not count as st), work 2 sc in same st as join, 2 hdc in each of the next 2 sts, 2 sc in next, 2 hdc in each of the next 2 sts, join — 12 sts.
Round 3: Ch 1 (does not count as st), work 2 sc in same st as join, 1 sc in next, * 2 sc in next, 1 sc in next, rep from * around, join — 18 sts.
Fasten off and leave a long enough tail to sew the snout to the face as shown. Weave in ends.
Using a tapestry needle, stitch eyes and mouth as shown. Sew bear applique to the blanket lovey.
That’s it!
My baby was so excited to get his new lovey that I barely finished my photo shoot before he grabbed it.
Thank you for sharing. Do you think it would work if I crocheted the blanket and head, or would head be top heavy. I don’t sew. Any suggestions would be helpful. I want to make several to donate and your pattern doesn’t have to stuff the head like other movies. Thank you
♡♡♡♡♡ awwwwwwwwwwwwww! Beautiful!!! Thank you!!
That’s a great idea to recycle and make something nice for your little boy! Your pictures are beautiful, as well as the notes, really help me understand how to do this beautiful work. Thank you for sharing this cute pattern. I have recently discovered how to print, so I’m collecting some crochet patterns.
I’m a stay-at-home Great-grandmother, care-giver and I love this little bear pattern. You have made my day!
Love the bear face have made the puppy loveys and like the paws too would you use the same for a bear as a dog?
I think that would work 🙂
Thanks
My pleasure, Linda!
Glad to have found the bear face pattern. I have made several of the alien huggies and made them a little larger (about 28 inches square) and they are well received by everyone. Now I need a MOOSE face, so guess I will have to get busy and experiment! Thanks!~
If you decide to do more than one or two of these, you might want to purchase the skip stitch rotary blade. We crochet edges on baby blanket size fleece for our local hospitals NICU and needy and use the original #1 skip stitch. It pokes the holes for you. http://www.skipstitch.com/products–orders.html We’ve made hundreds of blankets and only replace the blade when we’ve run it over the edge of my cutting guide for the umpteenth time and it torques the blade. They haven’t gotten dull at all and are very sturdy, we’re just really rough on them.
I just used a sharp crochet hook.
I love this idea. It’s so cute. I love unique ideas. Am going to borrow your idea and make a lovie with different textures material, fleece on one side and fuzzy/quilted on the other.
Would you elaborate on the technique a little more? It looks like you used two colors of yarn for the border, dark brown and beige? Can you give me specifics on the border?
The edges of the blanket look very smooth (unfrayed) Did you sew the two pieces together on a sewing machine first or fold the edges in?
How specifically did you attach the head to the blanket. Are the stitches showing in the middle of the blanket in the back?
Thank you so much for sharing! Sincerely, Linda
Hi Linda 🙂 So glad you like it!!
I did not sew the pieces together or finish the edges in any way. I just added the border right around the cut edges. I attached the head just by sewing it onto the blanket with yarn and a tapestry needle. For the brown and beige border, I believe I used the “2 round border” from here: http://www.petalstopicots.com/2012/04/quick-and-easy-crocheted-blanket-edging-patterns/
Hope that helps!
A great idea! I’m just gonna see if I can adjust the placement of the ears and make it into a meerkat for my son. I’ll let you know how I get on!
How fun! Let me know how it comes out 🙂
This is the cutest idea that I have seen in a long time. And with my affinity for bears….well on my way to making one.
Hope you enjoy it, Dotty 🙂
What a positively simple yet wonderful idea. Thank you for this. Its adorable.
That is about the cutest thing I’ve seen in a long time! It is
just the right size for little hands to cuddle with and easy to grab and go out the door! I have Grands that will love this! Thanks for shareing! 🙂
My pleasure, Bonnie Jean! Hope you (and the Grands) enjoy it 🙂
Thank you for sharing this curettes blanket.
My pleasure, Rahmah. Enjoy!
I love your lovey! Such a great idea! Can I use your pattern for items to sell on my craft stall, please?
Absolutely!
Thank you so much – they’re adorable. I am thinking of maybe working out a pattern for a pig!
Jackie xx
That would be so cute!
Love your pattern. I was looking for several different type patterns for items I make and donate to our small local hospital registration/ER department. I make small huggable items for children who are coming in for tests and ER visits. It gives them something to hang on to as they have to be treated. Some kids are just scared of being poked and proded. Some are just in pain from their injuries.
Thanks again for the idea!
What a wonderful thing you are doing, Ann! I am glad that you like the idea. Thank you for your service 🙂
love it – I was able to modify it a little and make it look somewhat like a bunny for my adorable granddaughter, and also a monkey for my super duper grandsons. I like to use them as give-aways as well.
Aww … so cute! feel free to share a pic on my Facebook page … I would love to see them 🙂
Fantastic idea and it looks sooooooooooooo cute!!
I love your idea! It is super cute ♥ Ana BC
An adorable sweetie! Thanks for sharing your pattern with us:)
THIS makes me NEED to learn crochet. This is adorable, I LOVE LOVE it!! So sweet!!
I forgot to ask, what size crochet hook did you use for the face and snout?
Too cute! Thank you for sharing. How big is your square?
My square is about 4 x 4 inches and I used an H hook with worsted weight yarn for the border edging on the blanket part and for the applique 🙂
Thank you!
The fabric/crochet combo in this project is awesome. The bear is adorable. Thanks for sharing the pattern – you always do such a nice job.
Brilliant idea Kara! love the bear appliqué, thank you for the pattern 🙂