5 Little Monsters: November Bear of the Month- Pilgrim Bear

November Bear of the Month- Pilgrim Bear

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November 1st means another Bear of the Month, the 11th one in the set with only one more to go. For this month I wanted to make a bear that was related to Thanksgiving in some way, and I ended up landing on a little Pilgrim Bear.  


I had originally wanted to make a turkey bear. I envisioned a bear dressed up as a turkey, but I just couldn't quite wrap my head around how to make it turn out the way I was picturing it. So I ended up switching up and making a little Pilgrim Bear instead. I figured that would also represent Thanksgiving really well. 


For my Pilgrim Bear I gave him little pilgrim style clothes in dark gray. His jacket, or shirt, I don't really know what you would call it, is split at the bottom with a black belt and gold buckle. Then he has a big square collar around his neck made in cream. His pants are short with little black shoes with buckles and a tiny strip of cream for the socks. Last but not least I gave him a tall pilgrim hat, also with a band and buckle. 


As with all of the bears I used the same basic bear pattern as I always do, but because this one has clothes there are some color changes on the bear instead of just working it all one color like most of them are. For the bear I chose to use a light tan color, Red Heart Super Saver in Buff. I have been trying to use a variety of different shades of brown, along with black and white, to make the bears and a lot of the browns I have repeated so there are 2 of the same shade. That is the case with last month's October bear being the same orangey-brown as the March Bear, the September and July bears use the same camel color, and the February and May bears are also the same. I only had one in Buff and that was the Easter Bear from April. That time I specifically chose a really light color because I was going with a kind of pastel vibe for the Easter/Spring theme. This time is was just one that I had only used once and figured it would match well with the color I chose for the clothes and also have good contrast with those darker colors, but you could use any shade of brown you want for your Pilgrim Bear. 


For the rest of the colors I used for the Pilgrim Bear were Red Heart Super Saver in Charcoal for the clothes and hat, Black for the shoes, belt, and hat band, and Loops & Threads Soft Classic in Cream for the collar and socks. Then I used a little bit of Loops & Threads Soft Classic in Mustard to stitch on the gold buckles


November means we are so close to being done, only December's Bear left to go. Come back December 1st for the final bear of the year. 




How to Crochet a Pilgrim Bear


Finished Size: about 6" tall sitting (not including hat)

You will need:



Instructions:


The body and head are made in one piece, the other pieces are made separately and sewn on. All pieces are made beginning with a magic ring (mr).


Body/Head

Make 1 starting with clothing 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 6-8: 1 sc in each st (30 sc)
Round 9: 1 sc in blo of each st (30 sc)
Rounds 10-13: 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 

Switch to bear color

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

Jacket Bottom

Find the center front of your bear (based on where you put the eyes) and mark that stitch in the unworked front loops of round 8

Attach your yarn at the center front (you will work around the bear holding the bear upside down and working into the unworked front loops)

Round 1: ch 2, 1 dc in each st around (30 dc)
Round 2: ch 1, turn, [2 sc in first st, 1 sc in next 4 sts] repeat around (36 sc)

Finish off and weave in ends


Muzzle

Make 1 with 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

Flatten the ears, then sew the ears to the head, off to each side near the top 

Arms

Make 2 starting 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)

Switch to clothing color

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 starting with black 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)

Switch to white or cream (sock color)

Rounds 7-8: 1 sc in each st (15 sc)

Switch to clothing color

Rounds 9-11: 1 sc in each st (15 sc)

Finish off and cut yarn leaving a long tail for sewing

Stitch a little buckle to the front of the shoe with gold yarn (stitch 4 lines in a square)

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

Collar

Make 1 with white or cream color, beginning with a chain

ch 14
Row 1: 1 dc in 3rd ch from hook (beginning ch 2 does not count as a stitch), 1 dc in each st across (12 dc)
Row 2: ch 2, turn, 1 dc in each st across (12 dc)
Row 3: ch 2, turn, 1 dc in first 2 sts (2 dc)
Row 4: ch 6, turn, 1 dc in 3rd ch from hook, 1 dc in each of next 5 sts (3 ch and 2 dc from previous row) (6 dc)
Row 5: ch 2, turn, 1 dc in each st across (6 dc)

Finish off, cut yarn

Reattach yarn at the unworked end of Row 2 and repeat rows 3-5 to create the other side

Finish off and cut yarn leaving long tail for sewing

Weave in any ends other than the last tail you will use to attach the collar

Place the collar over the bears shoulders so the split is in the center front, attach just at the top  of the center so the front split stays open, stitch around the neck to secure in place

Belt

Make 1 with black yarn, beginning with a chain

ch 32
Row 1: 1 hdc in 3rd ch from hook and in each st across (30 hdc)

Finish off and cut yarn leaving long tail for sewing

Wrap the belt around the waist just above the split

Stitch a buckle to the front with gold yarn 



Hat

Hat

Make 1 with clothing 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)
Round 4: [2 sc in first st, 1 sc in next 3 sts] repeat around (15 sc)
Round 5: [2 sc in first st, 1 sc in next 4 sts] repeat around (18 sc)
Round 6: 1 sc in each st (18 sc)
Round 7: work in flo for this entire round [2 sc in first st, 1 sc in next 6 sts] repeat around (24 sc)
Round 8: [2 sc in first st, 1 sc in next 3 sts] repeat around (30 sc)

Finish off and cut yarn leaving a long tail for sewing

Add some stuffing to the hat and stitch to the top of the head between the ears

Hat Band

Make 1 with black yarn, beginning with a chain

ch 19
Row 1: 1 sc in 2nd ch from hook and in each st across (18 sc)

Finish off and cut yarn leaving long tail for sewing

Wrap the hat band around the hat and stitch in place

Stitch a buckle to the front with gold yarn 







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