Button Bears

These Button Bears have moveable arms and legs which are held on with buttons which give them a lovely added feature. The different sizes are bear is achieved by using different weight yarns and following the pattern exactly the same for each bear.

Little Baby Olly stands at 10.5″ and hugs his baby crocheted granny blanket. Olly is made in DK.

Theo the student stands at 14″ proudly wearing his uni coloured scarf. Theo is made in chunky.

BIG Bernie stands at 21.5″ looking dapper in his dickie bow. Bernie is a seriously huggable teddy which is made in super chunky.

All three bears are made in the traditional style of Amigurumi crochet.

Materials we have used are:
Olly
2.5mm hook, stitch marker
1 x 50g ball of King Cole Merino Blend DK Truffle shade 1989
1 x 50g ball of King Cole Merino Blend DK Oatmeal shade 41
1 pair of 8mm eyes
4 x 12mm wooden buttons
150g toy stuffing
Black felt
Black and Brown embroidery thread

Theo
4.5mm hook, stitch marker
3 x 100g ball of King Cole Comfort Chunky Bark shade 1671
1 x 100g ball of King Cole Comfort Chunky Cork shade 429
1 pair of 10mm eyes
4 x 25mm wooden buttons
250g toy stuffing
Black felt
Black and Brown embroidery thread

Bernie
6mm hook, stitch marker
5 x 100g ball of King Cole Big Value Super Chunky Brown
1 x 100g ball of King Cole Big Value Super Chunky Oatmeal
1 pair of 12mm eyes
4 x 35mm wooden buttons
625g toy stuffing
Black felt
Black and Brown embroidery thread

All the accessories are made from oddments of aran weight yarn. The blanket is crocheted and the scarf and bow tie are knitted.

This pattern is not hard to make: you will need to be familiar with the following techniques
Magic loop/ring
double crochet (dc)
Increase (in)
Invisible Decrease (invdec)