R1with caramel: 6 sc in MR(6)
R2inc ×6(12)
R3(1 sc, inc) ×6(18)
R41 sc, (inc, 2 sc) ×5, inc, 1 sc(24)
R5(3 sc, inc) ×6(30)
R6(BLO)30 sc(30)
R7(4 sc, inc) ×6(36)
R83 sc, (inc, 5 sc) ×5, inc, 2 sc(42)
R9–1342 sc(42)
R143 sc, (dec, 5 sc) ×5, dec, 2 sc(36)
R1536 sc(36)
R162 sc, (dec, 4 sc) ×5, dec, 2 sc(30)
R17(3 sc, dec) ×6(24)
R181 sc, (dec, 2 sc) ×5, dec, 1 sc(18)
R19(1 sc, dec) ×6(12)
R20dec ×6(6)
Size before assembly: about 5.8 cm at the widest, 5.2 cm long; 20 rounds.
→ Insert the safety eyes now (positions: see “Face”) and fix the backs. Start stuffing (firmly) and keep adding as you decrease.
Top up the stuffing if needed. Fasten off leaving a 15 cm tail; with the needle weave it through the front loops of all 6 stitches of the last round, pull tight and hide the end inside.

R1with cream: 6 sc in MR(6)
R2inc ×5, 1 sc(11)
R311 sc(11)
Size before assembly: about 1.5 cm at the widest, 0.8 cm long; 3 rounds.
Fasten off leaving a long tail (30–40 cm) for sewing. Stuff lightly just before sewing it on; a little less near the edge, then add a pinch when the seam is nearly done.

R1with cream: 5 sc in MR(5)
R2inc ×2, 1 sc, inc, 1 sc(8)
R3dec ×4(4)
Size before assembly: about 2.3 cm at the widest, 1 cm long; 3 rounds.
Change to caramel (pull it through on the last yarn-over of R1).
→ This piece is not stuffed.
Fasten off leaving a 15 cm tail; with the needle weave it through the front loops of all 4 stitches of the last round, pull tight and hide the end inside. Do not stuff. Shape it into a dish: rounds 1–2 are the front of the piece, the magic ring its centre. Push the centre in so the front is concave (about 1.9 mm at the centre) and turn rounds 3–3 to the back: they make a thick rounded rim (about 8 mm thick) and lie behind as a second layer; the piece is about 23 mm across.

Flat motif — heart (worked in rounds, one layer of fabric), about 2.8 × 2.8 cm; 2 rows.
Round 1: with heart pink: into a magic ring; ch 3 (the first post, not counted); 3 tr, 3 dc, ch 1, 1 tr, ch 1, 3 dc, 3 tr; ch 3 and sl st into the ring, then pull the ring tight (13) Round 2: starting with the first tr, work into the stitches only (not into the ch-3 posts or the ch-1 spaces); 1 sc, inc, 1 sc, inc, 2 sc, 3 sc in one st, 2 sc, inc, 1 sc, inc, 1 sc; sl st in the first st to join (19)
Fasten off leaving a long tail (~30 cm) for sewing. Do not stuff. Weave in the starting tail, pin the motif out to shape on a soft surface and steam it lightly.

R1with caramel: 6 sc in MR(6)
R2(1 sc, inc) ×3(9)
R3–59 sc(9)
Size before assembly: about 1.2 cm at the widest, 1.7 cm long; 5 rounds.
Fasten off leaving a long tail (30–40 cm) for sewing. Stuff lightly just before sewing it on; a little less near the edge, then add a pinch when the seam is nearly done.

R1with caramel: 6 sc in MR(6)
R2(inc ×2, 1 sc) ×2(10)
R310 sc(10)
R4(dec ×2, 1 sc) ×2(6)
Size before assembly: about 1.2 cm at the widest, 1.4 cm long; 4 rounds.
→ Start stuffing (firmly) and keep adding as you decrease.
Top up the stuffing if needed. Fasten off leaving a 15 cm tail; with the needle weave it through the front loops of all 6 stitches of the last round, pull tight and hide the end inside.

Safety eyes and noses go in before the piece is stuffed and closed (see the pieces above); embroidery is easier before the piece is sewn on.

Safety eyes with a printed glint 7 mm (on the round bear body): in round 15, 5 st apart (count along round 15: about 2.4 st each side of the centre front line).
Satin stitch (on the muzzle): in dark thread, a oval about 5 mm wide and 3.6 mm tall, horizontal stitches; centred in round 1, on the centre top line.
Embroidery in dark thread (on the muzzle), straight stitches through: (in round 1, on the centre bottom line ) → (between rounds 1 and 2, on the centre bottom line).
Embroidery in dark thread (on the muzzle) (2, symmetric: the toy's left side is described, the right is its mirror image), straight stitches through: (between rounds 1 and 2, on the centre bottom line) → (in round 2, 0.5 st from the centre bottom line, toward the toy's left ) → (in round 2, 1 st from the centre bottom line, toward the toy's left ) → (in round 2, 1.5 st from the centre bottom line, toward the toy's left ).

Pocket Hug Bear

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