5 Little Monsters: June Bear of the Month: Little Hiker Bear
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June Bear of the Month: Little Hiker Bear

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It is June 1st, which means it is time for the next Bear of the Month. This is Bear number 6, and that means we are halfway done. This month I had a really hard time deciding what to make. I wanted a bear that would represent summer, but there were several different summer activities I could have chosen and it was hard to choose which one to go with, but I ended up deciding on...


A Little Hiker Bear! I live in Utah where we can be up in the mountains in a matter of minutes so when I was trying to come up with a summer activity that I could use for my bear, hiking or camping was an obvious contender. Even though I decided to call my bear a hiker, it could represent camping as well, but since I gave it a hiking stick I called it a Hiker Bear. 


In addition to the hiking stick I also gave my little outdoorsy bear a hat and a backpack. A few years ago I had a camping themed mini amigurumi crochet along and I had a little backpack with a bedroll on the bottom as one of the minis and I made this one very similar to that one, not exactly but the same idea. With the backpack, and the hat, and the hiking stick, as well as all of the normal bear pieces, this one has a lot of little pieces. So fair warning, you will be doing some sewing. You could choose to leave the backpack off if you want to simplify it a little bit, and I think it would still look like a hiker, but I liked the extra touch of the backpack


 I also decided to make this bear a black bear. You can obviously make the bears in any color you want, but so far I have made a white/polar bear, and then a variety of different shades of brown. I have been wanting to include a black bear in the set, but for the last few I have chosen browns. For the graduate bear I didn't want black in case I decided to make a black hat, for the Easter bear I wanted a light tan to go with the more pastel/Easter colors, and for the leprechaun I chose a brown that had an orange tone to it to kind of represent the orange hair/beards that you often see with leprechauns. But this time a black bear seemed like the perfect fit. Obviously all bears live in similar habitats but a black bear just seemed extra fitting for a hiker bear for some reason. 


For this bear I used Red Heart Super Saver yarn for almost all of the colors, only the blue for the backpack was a different brand. I have been trying to work on using up what I have in my stash so I will mix and match brands as long as they are all comparable in weight. The colors I used were Red Heart Super Saver in Black and Buff for the bear, Frosty Green for the hat, Cafe Latte for the hat ties, bedroll straps, and hiking stick, Red Heart Super Saver Ombre in Hot Sauce for the bedroll, and Loops and Threads Soft Classic in Cornflower for the backpack. 


This is bear number 6, which means we have reached the halfway point. As I mentioned last month, I have decided to release the ebook in 2 parts, Part 1 with patterns 1-6, then Part 2 with patterns 7-12 once they have all been released. I am currently working on getting the ebook done so it should be available very soon, I will add the link here when it is ready. 



How to Crochet a Little Hiker 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 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 contrasting color or bear color 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 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

Set aside to sew on after adding the hat

Arms

Make 2 with 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 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

Hat

Hat

Make 1 in hat color, beginning with mr 

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)
Round 6: [2 sc in first st, 1 sc in next 4 sts] repeat around (36 sc)
Round 7: 1 sc in blo of each st (36 sc)
Rounds 8-10: 1 sc in each st (36 sc)
Round 11: work all sts in this round in flo, [2 sc in first st, 1 sc in next 5 sts] repeat around (42 sc)
Round 12: [2 sc in first st, 1 sc in next 6 sts] repeat around (48 sc)
Round 13: [2 sc in first st, 1 sc in next 7 sts] repeat around (54 sc)

Finish off and cut yarn leaving long tail for sewing

Tie

Make 1 with desired color

ch 50

Finish off and cut yarn, cut the ends so they are short, about 1/2", and leave them as the ends of the tie

Place the tie over the front of the hat where the brim meets the hat and use a crochet hook to pull the tie through on each side so that it goes to the inside under the brim, the tie should create a hat band on the front half of the hat with a tie hanging down on each side

Bead

Make 1 with hat color, beginning with a ch

ch 5 
turn, sc in second st from hook and each st to the end (4 sc)

Finish off and cut yarn sewing the two short ends together to make a circle, weave in ends

(alternatively you can ch 4, join, ch 1 and sc in each of the 4 ch in the ring, then join and weave in ends)

Put the hat on the head and pull the ends of the tie through the center of the bead (use a crochet hook to pull them through and they should fit securely enough inside that there is no need to sew anything), push the bead up to fit under the muzzle

Stitch the hat to the head in a few places to secure

Sew the ears to the head over the top of the hat




Backpack

Backpack

Make 1 with desired color, beginning with chain and then working in rounds

ch 8
Round 1: in second ch from hook work 1 sc, 1 sc in next 5 ch, 3 sc in last ch turning your work so you are going back around the unworked side of the ch, 1 sc in next 5 ch, 2 sc in same st as first sc of the round (16 sc)
Round 2: 3 sc in first st, 1 sc in next 5 sts, 3 sc in next st, 1 sc in next st, 3 sc in next st, 1 sc in next 5 sts, 3  sc in next st, 1 sc in next st (24 sc)
Round 3: 1 sc in blo of each st (24 sc)
Rounds 4-9: 1 sc in each st (24 sc)

Begin stuffing and continue stuffing as you work

Round 10: [sc2tog, sc in next 2 sts] repeat around (18 sc)
Round 11: [sc2tog, sc in next st] repeat around (12 sc)
Round 12: sc2tog around (6 sc)

Finish off, weave in ends

Front Pockets

Make 1 of each size with desired color, beginning with chain

Large Pocket

ch 7
Row 1: sc in second ch from hook and each ch to the end (6 sc)
Rows 2-3: ch 1, turn, 1 sc in each st (6 sc)

Finish off and cut yarn leaving long tail for sewing

Small Pocket

ch 5
Row 1: sc in second ch from hook and each ch to the end (4 sc)
Row 2: ch 1, turn, 1 sc in each st (4 sc)

Finish off and cut yarn leaving long tail for sewing

Stitch the pockets to the front of the backpack, the larger pocket on the bottom and the smaller one on the top

Straps

Make 2 with with desired color, beginning with chain

ch 21
Row 1: hdc in second ch from hook and each ch to the end (20 hdc)

Finish off and cut yarn, leaving long tail for sewing 

Sew one end of each strap to the top of the backpack close together and the other end of each to the bottom with a space between them

Bedroll

Make 1 with desired color, beginning with magic ring

Round 1: in mr, ch 1, 6 sc (6 sc) 
Round 2: 2 sc in each st (12 sc)
Round 3:1 sc in blo of each st (12 sc)
Rounds 4-12:1 sc in each st (12 sc)

Add stuffing

Round 13: sc2tog in blo around (6 sc)

Finish off, weave in ends

Bedroll Straps

Make 2 with brown yarn (or desired color)

ch 15

Finish off and cut yarn leaving long tail for sewing

Wrap the straps around the bedroll and sew to the bottom of the backpack

Put the backpack straps on the bears arms so it is wearing the backpack

Hiking Stick

Make 1 in brown, beginning with a magic ring

Round 1: in mr, ch 1, 6 sc (6 sc)
Row 2-18: 1 sc in each st (6 sc)

Finish off and cut yarn leaving long tail for sewing

If you want to add some sturdiness to your stick you can fold a pipe cleaner to the size of the walking stick and insert it inside, I left mine without it and I think it is fine but it is personal preference if you want the added stability

Weave the end closed and stitch to the bears hand (I just stuck my needle with my tail up to the center of the stick and used that to attach it to the hand)



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