Little Teddy Bear (flat vers.) Knitting Pattern

For example: 50g/130m Drops Soft Tweed on 3.50 mm needles produces a toy 17 cm high

The Little Teddy Bear is knitted flat in rows from the top down, in one piece from head to legs. The hands, nose and ears are worked separately and sewn on. Finishing includes seaming all parts with mattress stitch (or whipstitch where specified).

Cast on 32 stitches using your preferred cast-on method (I use the long-tail cast-on). The knitting begins with a wrong side (WS) row on the WS.

Cut the yarn, leaving a 30-35 cm tail. Next, continue with the legs.

Place the remaining 13 stitches on a holder, scrap yarn, or another needle. Join a new yarn. Start knitting from the right side.

Break the yarn, leaving a 10–15 cm tail. Thread the yarn through the remaining 9 stitches, pull tight to close, secure, and weave in the end.
Repeat the process for the second leg.

Join a new yarn and work the second leg the same way as the first, starting from row 1. Break the yarn, leaving a 30-35 cm tail. Transfer 9 stitches onto the yarn using a yarn needle and pull tight.

Sewing along the back

Weave in the short tails inside the toy; leave the long tails for further seaming. You should be left with 2 working yarn tails.
Sew the body along the back using mattress stitch.

Seaming the bottom

Now move on to seaming the bottom. Seam from one leg to the other.

Sew the leg with mattress stitch, sew the center section (between the legs) using whipstitch, then sew the second leg with mattress stitch.

Stuff the bear and move on to sewing the upper part with a new yarn.

Sewing the upper part

Find 2 central stitches along which increases were made. Mark the middle.

Count 7 stitches to the right and insert the needle into the seventh stitch. On the other side: Skip 1 stitch, and insert the needle into the next stitch.
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Sew the upper section using whipstitch.

Leave in tails inside the toy.

Hands

Cast on 6 stitches using your preferred cast-on method, leaving a 25-30 cm tail (this will be used later to sew the hand). I use long tail cast-on method. The knitting begins with a wrong side (WS) row on the WS.

Transfer any 5 stitches to a separate needle. Fold the hand in half and k together the stitches from both needles and bind off.

Pull the lower end of the yarn through 6 stitches. Sew the hand using mattress stitch. Stuff the hand as sewing.

Knit the second hand the same way.
Sew the hands to the marked stitches using whipstitch.

Ears

Cast on 8 stitches using your preferred cast-on method, leaving a yarn tail of about 15–20 cm. I use long tail cast-on method. The knitting begins with a wrong side (WS) row on the WS.

You should get a square shape (adjust the number of rows if necessary).
Break the yarn, leaving a 15–20 cm tail. Thread the yarn through the 8 stitches, pull tight, and secure.

Pull the yarn tail from the cast-on edge through the 8
stitches, pull tight, and secure.

Then tie the two yarn tails together — this will form a semicircle.
Knit the second ear the same way.Sew them on using any method you prefer.

Nose

Cast on 20 stitches using your preferred cast-on method (I use the long-tail cast-on). The knitting begins with a wrong side (WS) row on the WS.

Break the yarn, leaving a 20-25 cm tail. Pull the yarn through 8 stitches.
Sew the nose using mattress stitch.
Stuff the nose and sew to the head using whipstitch.
Embroider the nose and eyes with black thread.

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