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The Best Free Teddy Bear Knitting Patterns

April 2, 2020 by Sarah White

Lots of people around the world are putting teddy bears in their windows so that kids walking or driving through the neighborhood can “hunt” them.

If you want to give your teddy bear a handmade twist, I’ve collected some of the most popular free teddy bear knitting patterns for you to choose from.

Don’t forget to take a look at our Knitted Bear patterns on our sister site.  Knitted Mini Twin Bears , Cobbles The Bear  , Scruffy the bear and even some patterns for knitted teddy bear jumpers and pants.

Looking for more Knitting patterns for Teddy Bears? Check it out here.

  • Esther Braithwaite’s Izzy Teddy Bear Dolls are worked in one piece and don’t have separate arms and legs. The pattern offers four sweater options, or use you odd balls to give them lots of personality.
  • The Australian Red Cross has a Trauma Teddy pattern that is simple to work in pieces and seam together. The body is the clothing so you can customize it lots of different ways. For similar designs, check out the patterns page at Teddies for Tragedies.
  • This classic teddy bear from Debbie Bliss is so cute, and each piece is worked flat and seamed so it’s not a difficult project. It can be worked in any color of sport weight yarn.
  • Otso is a sweet fat bear designed by Sophie Scott for Loop London. It can be worked flat or in the round and is adorable in tweed yarn.
  • If you want a more colorful teddy, check out the sweet patterned body on this one from Arne & Carlos. It actually worked in a self-patterning sock yarn so it’s just as easy to knit as the others.
  • Emily Kintigh’s Little Mishka was designed to work with a Knit Picks fur yarn, making it look like a “real” teddy bear. (Note: Knit Picks’ warehouse is closed through April 6.)
  • Similarly, Berroco’s Harry Bear was made with a particular yarn of theirs in mind. That yarn has been discontinued but any fuzzy chenille style yarn would work.
  • April Cromwell offers super sweet rabbit and bear patterns with clothing, if your creatures like to play dress up.
  • The Ruby bear by Michele Wilcox for Premier Yarns reminds me of a Beanie Baby in style. I love it in bright colors, too.
  • Frankie Brown’s Teddy Bear Stripes shows what happens when you use a self-striping yarn or odd balls to knit a bear, though of course you could use a solid color here, too.

Do you have a favorite teddy bear knitting pattern? I’d love to hear about it!

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Comments

  1. Rosemary Hryniw says

    May 22, 2020 at 3:05 am

    This is my favourite free knitted teddy bear pattern. I have adapted pattern – made bear larger, dressed in different clothes – love it! ravelry: pattoz, the knitted bear pattern by Annalisa Dione

Have you read?

Book Review: Magical Woodland Knits

Magical Woodland Knits by Clare Garland is a few years old as I write this, but it’s such a fun book I couldn’t resist sharing it. Step into a magical forest full of realistic woodland creatures including rabbit, deer and squirrel, birds and mice, to name a few.

In all there are 12 creatures, and though they are rather small (the wolf is the largest at 14.5 inches/37 cm tall and 18.5 inches/47 cm long), they are so detailed these are definitely not projects for new knitters. 

One of the smaller projects, for example, is the robin, at 5/5 inches/14 cm long. It calls for nine different kinds of yarn. Sometimes some are held together, while others are worked with on their own. This pattern only includes three pages of instructions, but the print is rather small and in that time there are six different sets of short rows. None of this makes it too difficult for a knitter with experience reading detailed patterns, working short rows and working with multiple strands of yarn at once, but it’s worth knowing going in that even for small projects you’ll need a lot of supplies and time to work on them.

These are also not meant to be children’s toys, as they can include wires and other supports that could be a danger to little ones.

The process photos often look like taxidermy on a tiny scale, with little animal pelts stretched out and tons of stitch markers showing where and how things go together.

The finished animals are so pretty it’s certainly worth the effort to stitch up these creatures. You might be tempted to make all 12 and set up your own forest scene or use them to decorate your Christmas tree. You can check out all the patterns on Ravelry.

Along the way you’ll also find a little folklore about the animals, charming drawings and pretty photos of the finished animals, too. In the back you’ll find some helpful techniques like picking up stitches, making I-cord and working short rows.

About the book: 128 pages, paperback, 12 patterns. Published 2020 by David & Charles. Suggested retail price $24.99.

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