🧸 Teddy, the Pirate Bear of Dreams 🏴☠️
Teddy isn’t an ordinary pirate — he sails across the seas of dreams!
Every night, when children fall asleep, he sets off on his ship made of clouds and stars, searching for hidden treasures: laughter, hugs, and lost good dreams.
His black eyepatch isn’t because he lost an eye — it’s actually a magical eye that sees deep into dreams and helps Teddy protect those who sleep from mischievous nightmares.
With a heart full of cotton and real courage, Teddy is the guardian of dreamers — and every dawn, he quietly returns to the pillow, ready for the next nighttime adventure. 🌙✨
MATERIALS
- Yarn of your choice (I am using cotton – 4-ply). Colors: khaki (approx. 100 g), beige, and black
- Fiber fill
- Tapestry needle
- Safety eyes (12 mm)
- Safety muzzle
ABBREVIATIONS
- MR: magic ring
- sc: single crochet
- inc: increase
- dec: decrease
- ch: chain
- R: row
- rep: repeat
- slst: slip stitch
- BLO: back loops only
- [ ]: number of stitches at the end of each row
SIZE: 15 cm
LEVEL: Experienced
TUTORIAL
FRONT LEGS (Make 2)
With beige yarn:
R1: MR with 6 sc
R2: 6 inc [12]
R3: 1 sc, 1 inc – rep 6x [18]
R4: 2 sc, 1 inc – rep 6x [24]
Switch to khaki yarn:
R5: BLO – 24 sc
R6: 24 sc
R7: 2 sc, 1 dec – rep 6x [18]
R8 – R9: 18 sc
R10: 1 sc, 1 dec – rep 6x [12]
R11 – R20: 12 sc
Add filling until about halfway down the leg. Fold and close both sides with 6 sc.
Sew the front legs of the body, between rows 16 and 19.
HIND LEGS (MAKE 2)
With beige yarn:
R1: MR with 6 sc
R2: 6 inc [12]
R3: 1 sc, 1 inc – rep 6x [18]
R4: 2 sc, 1 inc – rep 6x [24]
R5: 3 sc, 1 inc – rep 6x [30]
Switch to khaki yarn:
R6: BLO – 30 sc
R7: 30 sc
R8: 3 sc, 1 dec – rep 6x [24]
R9: 24 sc
R10: 2 sc, 1 dec – rep 6x [18]
R11: 4 sc, 1 dim – rep 3x [15]
R12 – R20: 15 sc
Add filling until about halfway down the leg. Fold and close both sides with 7 sc.
Sew the legs to the sides of the body, between rows 7 and 13.
BODY
With khaki yarn:
R1: MR with 6 sc
R2: 6 inc [12]
R3: 1 sc, 1 inc – rep 6x [18]
R4: 2 sc, 1 inc – rep 6x [24]
R5: 3 sc, 1 inc – rep 6x [30]
From now on, we’ll start working with two colors.
R6: with beige – 4 sc, 1 inc – rep 2x; with khaki – 4 sc, 1 inc – rep 4x [36]
R7: with beige – 5 sc, 1 inc – rep 2x; with khaki – 5 sc, 1 inc – rep 4x [42]
R8: with beige – 6 sc, 1 inc – rep 2x; with khaki – 6 sc, 1 inc – rep 4x [48]
R9 – R14: with beige – 16 sc; with khaki – 32 sc [48]
R15: with beige – 1 dec, 12 sc, 1 dec; with khaki – 6 sc, 1 dec – rep 4x [42]
R16: with beige – 1 dec, 10 sc, 1 dec; with khaki – 5 sc, 1 dec – rep 4x [36]
R17: with beige – 1 dec, 8 sc, 1 dec; with khaki – 4 sc, 1 dec – rep 4x [30]
R18: with beige – 1 dec, 6 sc, 1 dec; with khaki – 3 sc, 1 dec – rep 4x [24]
R19: with beige – 1 dec, 4 sc, 1 dec; with khaki – 2 sc, 1 dec – rep 4x [18]
R20 – R21: with khaki – 18 sc
HEAD
With khaki yarn:
R1: MR with 6 sc
R2: 6 inc [12]
R3: 1 sc, 1 inc – rep 6x [18]
R4: 2 sc, 1 inc – rep 6x [24]
R5: 3 sc, 1 inc – rep 6x [30]
R6: 4 sc, 1 inc – rep 6x [36]
R7: 5 sc, 1 inc – rep 6x [42]
R8: 6 sc, 1 inc – rep 6x [48]
R9 – R16: 48 sc
Insert the eyes between rows 12 and 13, with 8 stitches between them. Embroider eyebrows between rows 8 and 9 with 8 stitches between them.
R17: 6 sc, 1 dec – rep 6x [42]
R18: 5 sc, 1 dec – rep 6x [36]
R19: 4 sc, 1 dec – rep 6x [30]
R20: 3 sc, 1 dec – rep 6x [24]
R21: 2 sc, 1 dec – rep 6x [18]
Tailpiece and hide the yarn.
Add filler.
MUZZLE
With beige yarn:
R1: MR with 6 sc
R2: 6 inc [12]
R3: 1 sc, 1 inc – rep 6x [18]
R4: 8 sc, 1 inc – rep 2x [20]
R5: 20 sc
Tailpiece and leave a long thread for sewing.
Sew the muzzle between rows 12 and 18. I used a muzzle with a safety lock, but it is also possible to embroider it.
EARS (Make 2)
The ears consist of 2 parts. Let’s start with the inner part.
NOTE: Although we are using a AM, we are going to work in turns, not with circular rows as usual.
With beige yarn:
R1: MR with 6 sc
R2: 1 ch, turn; 6 inc [12]
R3: 12 sc
Tailpiece and leave a long thread for sewing.
With beige yarn:
R1: MR with 6 sc
R2: 1 ch, turn; 6 inc [12]
R3: 1 ch, turn; 1 sc, 1 inc [18]
R4: BLO – 18 sc
Tailpiece and leave a long thread for sewing.
Now, let’s sew the inner part to the outer one. We will join the two parts by taking the front loop of the last row of the inner part and the front loop that we left in the 4th row of the outer part and sew them.
Align and sew the ears between rows 6 and 13.
EYE PATCH
R1: let’s start with 7 chains and, from the second stitch, we’ll do 6 sc
R2: 1 ch, 6 sc [6]
R3: 1 ch, 6 sc [6]
R4: 1 dec, 2 sc, 1 dec [4]
Now we will go around the sides and make the loop: 1 ch, 4 sc on the side, 60 sc, 1 slst on the first stitch on the other side, 4 sc on the other side. NOTE: Measure the length of the strap to determine the correct number of chains.
