5 Little Monsters: February Bear of the Month: Cupid Bear

February Bear of the Month: Cupid Bear

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It is February 1st, which means it is time for the 2nd Bear of the Month. The Bear of the Month Crochet Along is a year long crochet along that I am doing this year where each month, on the first of the month I will be releasing a new little bear crochet pattern. Each bear will be themed to the month that I am posting it. The January Bear was a little Winter Bear wearing a hat and a scarf. For February I decided it needed to be a Valentines themed bear, so this month's bear is...


The Cupid Bear! I had a few different ideas I was debating between, but the Cupid Bear was the first one I thought of, and the one that I kept coming back to. So I decided that if that was the one I kept going back to it must be that that is the one I needed to choose. 


This cute little cupid is wearing a diaper, with wings and a bow and arrow. I had my bear holding the arrow in one hand and the bow in the other, but you could have it hold the bow and arrow together as if shooting it if you want. The arrowhead is a little heart. 


The Cupid Bear is made with the same basic pattern as the January Winter Bear. All of the bears will use this base pattern, although there may be some changes (like the pumpkin bear in the Bewitching Bears Crochet Along, which used the same bear pattern, was fatter than the other), so they will all be the the same size. 


Like the January Bear you can use any medium/worsted weight yarn for your bear, this time I endued up using all different colors of Red Heart Super Saver. I wanted to make a brown bear this time so I chose Cafe Latte for the bear with Buff for the muzzle and the shaft of the arrow. Then I used White for the diaper and wings as well as the bow string, Saffron for the bow, and 2 shades of pink, Baby Pink and Shocking Pink, for the arrowhead and fletching. 


Be sure to check back next month, on March 1st, to see what the next Bear of the Month will be. 




How to Crochet a Cupid Bear


Finished Size: about 6" tall sitting

You will need:



Instructions:


The body and head are made in one piece, the other pieces are made separately and sewn on. Most pieces are made beginning with a magic ring (mr), the beginning of each piece will indicate if it starts with a magic ring or a chain. 


Body/Head

Make 1 with brown/bear color yarn, beginning with a magic ring

Round 1: in mr, ch 1, 6 sc (6 sc)
Round 2: 2 sc in each st (12 sc)
Round 3: [2 sc in first st, 1 sc in next st] repeat around (18 sc)
Round 4: [2 sc in first st, 1 sc in next 2 sts] repeat around (24 sc)
Round 5: [2 sc in first st, 1 sc in next 3 sts] repeat around (30 sc)
Rounds 6-12: 1 sc in each st (30 sc)
Round 13:  [sc2tog, 1 sc in next 3 sts] repeat around (24 sc)
Rounds 14-15: 1 sc in each st (24 sc)
Round 16: sc2tog, repeat around (12 sc)

Begin stuffing body, next round begins the head portion 

Round 17: 2 sc in each st (24 sc)
Round 18: [2 sc in first st, 1 sc in next 3 sts] repeat around (30 sc)
Round 19: [2 sc in first st, 1 sc in next 4 sts] repeat around (36 sc)
Rounds 20-25: 1 sc in each st (36 sc)
Round 26: [sc2tog, 1 sc in next 4 sts] repeat around (30 sc)

Insert eyes between rounds 23 and 24, about 5-6 stitches apart, begin stuffing head and continue to stuff as needed as you finish closing up the head

Round 27: [sc2tog, 1 sc in next 3 sts] repeat around (24 sc)
Round 28: [sc2tog, 1 sc in next 2 sts] repeat around (18 sc)
Round 29: [sc2tog, 1 sc in next st] repeat around (12 sc)
Round 30: sc2tog, repeat around (6 sc)

Finish off and cut yarn, use tail to weave around opening to close, weave in end

Muzzle

Make 1 with white yarn, beginning with magic ring

Round 1: in mr, ch 1, 6 sc (6 sc)
Round 2: [3 sc in first st, 1 sc in next 2] repeat (10 sc)
Round 3: [2 sc in each of the next 3 sts, 1 sc in next 2 sts] repeat (16 sc)
Round 4: 1 sc in first 2 sts, 2 sc in each of next 2 sts, 1 sc in next 6 sts, 2 sc in each of next 2 sts, 1 sc in next 4 sts (20 sc)
Round 5: 1 sc in each st (20 sc)

Finish off and cut yarn leaving long tail for sewing

Add safety nose to the muzzle, and you can at this point use embroidery floss to embroider a mouth if desired but I chose not to, if you do just make a line coming down from the nose and then branching off to each side.

Sew the muzzle to the face just below the eyes, adding stuffing behind it 

Ears

Make 2 with brown/bear color yarn, beginning with magic ring

Round 1: in mr, ch 1, 6 sc (6 sc)
Round 2: 2 sc in each st (12 sc)
Round 3: [2 sc in first st, 1 sc in next 3] repeat around (15 sc)
Round 4: 1 sc in each st (15 sc)

Finish off and cut yarn leaving long tail for sewing

Flatten the ears into a semicircle shape and sew to the head

Arms

Make 2 with brown/bear color yarn, beginning with magic ring

Round 1: in mr, ch 1, 6 sc (6 sc)
Round 2: 2 sc in each st (12 sc)
Round 3: [2 sc in first st, 1 sc in next 3 sts] repeat around (15 sc)
Round 4: 1 sc in each st (15 sc)
Round 5: 1 sc in each st (15 sc)
Round 6: [sc2tog, 1 sc in next 3] repeat around (12 sc)
Rounds 7-11: 1 sc in each st (12 sc)

Finish off and cut yarn leaving a long tail for sewing

Add a little bit of stuffing to the end (hand area) of the arm

Sew the arms to the sides of the body

Legs

Make 2 with brown/bear color yarn, beginning with magic ring

Round 1: in mr, ch 1, 6 sc (6 sc)
Round 2: 2 sc in each st (12 sc)
Round 3: [2 sc in first st, 1 sc in next st] repeat around (18 sc)
Round 4: 1 sc in each st (18 sc)
Round 5: 1 sc in each st (18 sc)
Round 6: [sc2tog, 1 sc in next 4 sts] repeat around (15 sc)
Rounds 7-11: 1 sc in each st (15 sc)

Finish off and cut yarn leaving a long tail for sewing

Add a little bit of stuffing to the end (foot area) of the leg

Sew the legs to the bottom of the body in a sitting position

Diaper

Make 1 in white, beginning with ch (beginning ch 2 does not count as a st)

ch 18
Row 1: 1 dc in 3rd ch from hook and each ch to the end (16 dc)
Row 2: turn, sl st in first 3 sts, ch 2, dc2tog, 1 dc in each of next 6 sts, dc2tog (8 dc)
Row 3: ch 2, turn, dc2tog, 1 dc in next 4 sts, dc2tog (6 dc)
Rows 4-7: ch 2, turn, 1 dc in each st (6 dc)
Row 8: ch 2, turn, 2 dc in first st, 1 dc in next 4 sts, 2 dc in last st (8 dc)
Row 9: ch 2, turn, 2 dc in first st, 1 dc in next 6 sts, 2 dc in last st (10 dc)
Row 10: ch 5, turn, dc in 3rd ch from hook, dc in next 2 ch and each st to the end, ch 5, dc in 3rd ch from hook and next 2 ch, sl st to the side of the last dc before ch (16 dc)

Finish off and cut yarn, leaving long tail for sewing

Wrap the diaper around the bottom of the bear and stitch in place

Wings

Make 2 in white, beginning with a chain (beginning ch doesn't count as a stitch)

ch 16
Row 1: dc in 3rd ch from hook and each ch to the end (14 dc)
Row 2: ch 1, turn, 1 sc in first 3 sts, 1 hdc in next 2 sts, 1 dc in next 7 sts (3 sc, 2 hdc, 7 dc)
Row 3: turn, sl st in first 3 sts, ch 2, in same space as last sl st work 1 dc, 1 dc in next 4 sts, 1 hdc in next 2 sts, 1 sc in next 3 sts (3 sc, 2 hdc, 5 dc)
Row 4: ch 1, turn, 1 sc in first 3 sts, 1 hdc in next 2 sts, 1 dc in next 3 sts (3 sc, 2 hdc, 3 dc)
Row 5: turn, sl st in first 3 sts, ch 2, in same space as last sl st work 1 dc, 1 hdc in next 2 sts, 1 sc in next 3 sts (3 sc, 2 hdc, 1 dc)

Finish off and cut yarn, leaving long tail for sewing

Stitch the wings to the back of the bear

Bow

Make 1 in gold, beginning with a magic ring

Round 1: in mr, ch 1, 6 sc (6 sc)
Rounds 2-19: 1 sc in each st (6 sc)

Finish off and cut yarn leaving a long tail for weaving in end

Fold pipe cleaner so that it is about 5" long by folding the ends into the center (to prevent the wire ends from poking out. 

Insert the pipe cleaner into the tube and weave opening closed

Bend into the bow shape with the ends curled a little bit

Bowstring

With white yarn and starting with a tail that is a few inches long ch 10

Finish off and cut yarn leaving a tail for sewing

Sew the string onto the bow using the tails to sew each end to the bow

Sew the bow into the hand of the bear

Arrow

Shaft

Make 1 with tan yarn, beginning with a magic ring

Round 1: in mr, ch 1, 4 sc (4 sc)
Rounds 2-8: 1 sc in each st (4 sc)

Finish off, cut yarn and weave in tail

Heart/Arrowhead

Make 2 in pink or desired color, beginning with a magic ring

in mr, ch2, 2 dc, 2 hdc, 1 dc, ch 1, sl st in ch, 1 dc, 2 hdc, 2 dc, ch 2, sl st in mr, pull tail to tighten center

Finish off leaving long tail for sewing

Place the 2 hearts together and place one end of the shaft between the hearts on the bump side (the point should be pointing out to make the point of the arrow), then stitch around the hearts sewing them together and sewing them onto the shaft at the same time.

Fletching

Make 1 in pink or desired color

ch 6, sl st into first ch, ch 6, sl st into first ch 

Finish off and cut yarn leaving long tail for sewing

Sew the fletching to the end of the arrow

Finish off 

Stitch the bow into the bears hand. I sewed the arrow into one hand and the bow in the other, but you could sew the arrow to the bow if you prefer



 






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