Follow the crochet pattern Tote Bag Bear, but use the alternations below. Use the Scheepjes Big Darling Monochrome Cake 410 Panda en crochet hook 8 mm.
Inner thread (darkest part)
Start with the eye spots
T1 Crochet a chain of 6, start in the 2nd ch from your hook with 3sc, 3sc in the next st, continue on the other side of your chain, 3sc, inc in the next st, slst in the next st [12]
T2 3sc, inc 3 times, 3sc, inc 3 times [18], fasten off leaving a tail for sewing.
Crochet the ears, follow the pattern.
Now use the outside thread of the cake (lightest part)
Crochet the snout, follow the pattern.
Crochet the bear head, follow the pattern.
Now go back by using the inner thread (darkest part) of your cake and follow the pattern for the bag and strap.
Strap
Instead of 1 long strap, you can also crochet 2 smallers straps. Crochet a chain of 33 instead of 66 and do that twice.
Photos of the process:
Place the safety eyes through R1 of you eyespot on the lateral side and then also through the head of the bear (through T5 and T6) with 4sc visible between both eyespots.
Now sew the eyespots secure on the head of the bear
Sew the head of the bear secure on the bag (centered in the middle) and attach the ears on top with 3sc in between both ears.
Finally sew the snout on top of the head and sew a nose and mouth with some black cotton yarn.
