Hooded Bear Blanket – Crochet Pattern

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This is a BEAR-Y special crochet pattern! This hooded blanket is soft, cozy, and cute to boot! The pattern is extremely easy and is a fairly fast blanket to make thanks to the fluffy, chunky yarn used. To top it off – literally – there are little bear cub ears on the hood of the blanket! What a cute idea for kids of all ages!

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Since the blanket is One Size Fits Most for kids and adults, you can crochet this adorable hooded blanket for just about anyone! The blanket is so soft and the simple addition of the bear cub ears just send this whole piece into cuteness overdrive!

Hooded blankets are so much fun at any time of year. They’re great for cooler seasons, but also perfect for snuggling up in front of a movie after a long day of being outside. What a cozy idea for movie nights, game nights, or rainy day activities!

If you love hooded blankets, then be sure to check out my Shark Hooded Blanket and Pizza Hooded Blanket, too!

What really makes this bear blanket so special is the fluffy yarn used to make it! It works up so quickly and has such a soft feel thanks to the Bernat Blanket yarn used for the majority of the blanket. You can find Bernat Blanket in Sand, the color used for this project, on Amazon HERE!

The edging on this blanket is really the icing on the cake, as the pom pom yarn just perfectly accentuates the fluffy look of the piece! The yarn is an old favorite of mine, Red Heart Pomp-a-Doodle. You can find it on Amazon HERE!

So who’s ready for a big old bear hug?! Let’s get started making this sweet Bear Blanket!

(Psst!! Looking for an ad-free PDF copy of this pattern? You can find it in my shop HERE!)

Supplies
Size Q / 15 mm crochet hook
Size K-10.5 / 6.5 mm crochet hook
4 skeins of Bernat Blanket yarn in Sand
1 skein of Bernat Baby Blanket yarn in White (small amount needed for Ears)
1 skein of Red Heart Pomp-A-Doodle in Snowball
Scissors
Yarn Needle with large eye

Abbreviations
Ch = chain
Dc = double crochet
Rep = repeat
Sc = single crochet
Sl st = slip stitch
St(s) = stitch(es)

Gauge
Exact gauge is not essential to this project.

Size
One size fits most; blanket measures about 56 inches wide by 42 inches long; hood measures about 34 inches in length from side to side 

Instructions
Blanket
With Q hook and Sand, ch 61.
Row 1 – Dc in 2nd ch from hook and in each st across. Ch 2, turn (59 dc)
Rows 2 – 30 – dc in each st across; ch 2. Do not ch 2 at end of Row 30.
Fasten off, weave in ends.

Hood
With Q hook and Sand, ch 31.
Row 1 – Dc in 2nd ch from hook and in each st across. Ch 2, turn (29 dc)
Rows 2 – 12 – dc in each st across; ch 2. Do not ch 2 at end of Row 12.

Fold in half so that right sides are facing each other and sl st top sides of Hood together, work through back loop of side closest to you, and through front loop of side furthest from you. Turn right side out. Fasten off, weave in ends.

Ear (make 2)
With K hook and White, ch 2.
Row 1 – 4 sc in 2nd ch from hook. Ch 1, turn (4 sc)

Row 2 – 2 sc in each st. Ch 1, turn (8 sc)

Row 3 – 2 sc in next st, sc in next st; rep to end of row. Ch 1, turn (12 sc)

Row 4 – 2 sc in next st, sc in next 2 sts; rep to end of row. Change to Sand in last st, fasten off White. Ch 1, turn (16 sc)

Row 5 – sc in each st across. (16 sc)

Fasten off, leaving long tail for sewing.

Finishing
With Sand on yarn needle, place one edge of hood about 17 sts in from edge of Blanket and sew Hood across top edge of Blanket.

Sew Ears on top of Hood, spacing them out a few sts from where Hood is folded in half and a few rows back from front edge of Hood.

Edging
With Q hook, attach Snowball anywhere on edge of Blanket or Hood and sc evenly around entire piece. Join with sl st to first sc of Edging. Fasten off.

Weave in all ends.

Here is the finished blanket!

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Happy Crocheting!

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