Winter Bear Ornament or Applique

Winter Bear

 

Written by: Jaime DeVries of Jaime D. Designs

You can download this directly from Craftsy or Ravelry as well.

Materials:

·         Worsted Weight yarn in 2 bear colors and in 2 hat/scarf colors. I used Red Heart Warm Honey, Buff, Aruba Sea, White

·         H and E hook

·         Embroidery thread

·         2 buttons

·         Yarn needle

Head

Start with a magic circle. Do not join at the end of the rounds, use a stitch marker to keep your place.

Round 1: 6 sc in the circle. Pull tight. Do not join.

Round 2: 2HDC in each sc around (12).

Round 3: *HDC in next, 2HDC in next* repeat around. Do not finish off, continue on to the ears. (18)

Ears

SC in the next st, slst in the next 2. In the same stitch, Ch1, HDC, 3DC, HDC, slst.

Slst in the next 4. In the same stitch, Ch1, HDC, 3DC, HDC,  slst. Finish off, weave in the ends.

Mouth

Ch 4, 2 SC in the 2^nd ch from the hook. SC in next st. 3 SC in last. Working on other side of the ch, SC in the next 2. Slst to join. Leave a tail for sewing.

Scarf

Ch. 18 in color A. Join in color B.
Sc in 2^nd chain from the hook and each ch across. Switch to color A. CH 1, turn.

SC in each SC across. Continue working around the stripes. Put 1 SC in the end of the middle stripe and continue around to the first stripe. Slst in each loop of the chain to the end. Put 1 SC in the end of the middle stripe and slst to the first SC. Finish off leaving a long tail for sewing on to the bear. Weave in your ends. Move on to the tassels.

Tassels
Cut 4 strands about 3 inches long of color A and 2 strands of color B. Attach them to the ends of the scarf.

Hat
Begin with a magic circle.

Round 1: Sc 6 in circle, do not join.

Round 2: 2 sc in each sc around.

Round 3-8: SC around. At the end of round 8, slst in next. Fasten off leaving a long tail for sewing.

If you want a little poof on top, wrap some white yarn around 3 or 4 fingers about 6-8 times. Remove carefully from your fingers, cut another short piece, wrap it through the middle and tie a knot. Cut the loops.  Thread it through the top of the hat and knot on the inside.

Assembly

Sew mouth piece at the bottom edge of it’s head.

Sew the scarf along the bottom of the head, sewing through both layers of the scarf, along the top edge of the scarf.

Slip the hat over one ear, sew  1 or2 rows up from the bottom of the hat, through both layers of the hat and through the ear.  When it is sewn on, roll the bottom of the hat up covering the sewing stitches.

Add on your button eyes.