Friday, January 7, 2011

How to crochet a bear beanie tutorial

As i was looking around for a new project for this month, i saw my new beautiful purple snowboarding jacket. I thought to myself, a matching beanie would go great with it. I looked around on youtube for something different, and found this great tutorial on how to crochet a baby bear beanie. It's so adorable that i decided to make one for myself. Yes, i know I'm a grown woman, but my inner kid wants to make snow angels wearing a purple bear beanie. And what inner kid wants, inner kid gets. She's spoiled like that.

My finished bear beanie. I named her Bacon.

I made a little friend for her too. Her name is Evelyn. Her ears are lopsided.
Bacon and Evelyn together
 Well, I'm done bragging. Here are the links to your tutorials. The videos are made by Traceyishh. Before you begin, i have also some tips for you that might make this easier:

Tips:
1. As this tutorial is for a baby beanie, the size is smaller than what i need. Therefore, i use medium (#4) yarn with a J/10-6.00MM hook instead of the smaller hook.

2. After the magic circle, I make 10 single crochets instead of the 6 that she did.

3. For the ears and muzzle, i keep with the 6 single crochets in the beginning and follow the same pattern in the video, nothing change, only with the bigger hook (J hook).

4. Here is the pattern. It's easier for me to look at it as a whole instead of following the step-by-step in the video.
Magic Circle
Round 1: 10 single-crochets, slip stitch at the end
Round 2: 2-single-crochets in every stitch, slip stitch at the end (0 single crochet in between)
Round 3: 2-single-crochet/ 1-single-crochet/ 2-single-crochet/ follow the pattern, slip stitch at the end (1 single-crochet in between)
Round 4:2-single-crochet/ 1-single-crochet/ 1-single-crochet/ 2-single-crochet/ follow the pattern, slip stitch at the end (2 single-crochet in between)
Round 5: 2/ 1 / 1 / 1 / 2 / 1 / 1 / 1 /follow the pattern, slip stitch at the end (3 single-crochet in between)

Can you kind of see the pattern now? It started out with all single crochets in the first round, then double the crochets in each stitch on the second round, then each round after that, you just add one more single crochet in between each 2-single-crochet per stitch, (until round 9 that is)

Round 6: 2/ 1 / 1 / 1 / 1 /  2 / follow the pattern, slip stitch at the end (4 single-crochet in between)
Round 7:2/ 1 / 1 / 1 / 1 / 1 / 2 / follow the pattern, slip stitch at the end (5 single-crochet in between)
Round 8:2/ 1 / 1 / 1 / 1 / 1 / 1 / 2 / follow the pattern, slip stitch at the end (6 single-crochet in between)
Round 9:2/ 1 / 1 / 1 / 1 / 1 / 1/ 1/  2 / follow the pattern, slip stitch at the end (7 single-crochet in between)
---> For a bigger head, add more rounds here 
Round 10: 6 single-crochet/ 2-single-crochet/ 26 single-crochet/ 2-single-crochet/ single-crochet till the end, slip stitch at the end
Round 11: 10 single-crochet/ 2-single-crochet/ 28 single-crochet/ 2-single-crochet/ single-crochet till the end, slip stitch at the end
Round 12:  20 single-crochet/ 2-single-crochet/ 30 single-crochet/ 2-single-crochet/ single-crochet till the end, slip stitch at the end

Round 13 and after: single-crochet in every stitch, slip stitch at the end of each round.

5. Make sure you measure your head for a perfect fit. For a smaller head (like mine), you can skip round 9 and move on to round 10. For a bigger head, you can continue to add more rounds in between 9 and 10 by adding  8, 9,10,... single crochet in between each 2-single-crochet stitch.

Links
Part 1: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pbr01SXtKC4
Part 2: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iPcsVMDogIg
Part 3: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r7Ko-b73ZDA
Part 4: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZW2y-i9ePGA

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