Intersex bear

This pattern was designed as part of a series of bears I made to celebrate pride month. If you're interested in the other patterns I made during this time, check out the LGBTQ+ label, which can be found to the right of this post. This pattern details an outfit that's designed to fit the little bear from my little animals collection, but it will also fit onto most of the other animals in that collection.

Difficulty:

Easy - medium

You will need:

• A little bear made in yellow (pattern can be found here)
• A 2mm crochet hook
• 4ply yarn in purple, white, and yellow
• 0.5mm craft wire
• A darning needle
• A pair of pliers

For the paws:

For the feet use purple yarn and ch12

Sew the ends of this chain together to make a loop, then sew this loop to the bottoms of the legs

For the hands use purple yarn and ch10

Sew the ends of this chain together to make a loop, then sew this loop to the ends of the arms

For the dress:
For the skirt:

With purple yarn ch29

Round 1: sc in the first chain st you made, then sc in every following chain st to make a loop (29sts)

Round 2: (sc, ch2)  28 times, sc (85sts)

Rounds 3 - 13: (11 rounds) sc in each st

Round 14: (make 2sc in the first st, sc5) 14 times, sc (99sts)

Rounds 15 - 19: (5 times) sc in each st

Fasten off

Rejoin yarn to the back of one of the chain sts you made when fastening on, as shown below

Row 1: Sc in the back of this chain st and the next 28 chain sts, ch3

Row 2: bfsc in the 2nd chain st from hook and the next chain st. bfsc in the next 29sts. ch1, turn (31sts)

Row 3: sc in each st. ch1, turn

Row 4: bfsc in each st. ch1, turn

Row 5: sc7, make 2sc in the next st, sc14, make 2sc in the following st, sc8. ch1, turn (33sc)

Row 6: bfsc3, make 2bfsc in the next st, bfsc25, make 2bfsc in the following st, bfsc3. ch1, turn (35sc)

Row 7: sc in each st. ch1, turn (35sc)

Row 8: bfsc2, bfsc2tog, bfsc2. ch1, turn (5sts)

Row 9: sc in each of these 5sts. ch1, turn

Row 10: make 2sc in the first st, sc2, ch1, turn (4sc)

Row 11: bfsc in each of these 4sts. ch1, turn

Row 12: sc2, hdc2

Fasten off

Rejoin yarn to the other end of row 7

Row 8: sc in this st and the next st, sc2tog, sc2. ch1, turn (5sts)

Row 9: bfsc in each of these 5sts

Row 10: slip2, ch1, sc2, make 2sc in the last st. ch1, turn

Row 11: sc in each of these 4sts. ch1, turn

Row 12: sc2, hdc2

Fasten off

Rejoin yarn to row 7 to the 5th st from the section you just made

Row 8: sc2tog between this st and the next, sc4, sc3tog, sc4, sc2tog. ch1, turn (11sts)

Row 9: bfsc in each of these 11sts

Row 10: make 2sc in the first st, sc9, then make 2sc in the last st. ch2, turn (13sc)

Row 11: make 2hdc in the first st, hdc2, ch2, slip7, ch2, hdc2, make 2hdc in the last st

Fasten off

Sew the shoulder seams together

For the collar:
With purple yarn ch21
Row 1: sc in the 2nd chain st from hook and in each of the following 19 chain sts. ch1, turn (20sc)
Row 2: make 2bfsc in the first st, bfsc5, make 2bfsc in the next st, bfsc6, make 2bfsc in the following st, bfsc5, then make 2bfsc in the last st
Fasten off

Sew this to the neckline of the dress, then fold down the top corners on the front edge of the dress to make a sort of extension of the collar. Hold these in place using a few small stitches.

For the sleeves:
With purple yarn ch12

Round 1: sc in the first chain st you made, then sc in every following chain st around to make a loop (12sc)
Rounds 2 - 4: (3 rounds) Sc in each st
Fasten off

Sew these to the armholes of the dress

After this take a length of purple yarn and make straight lines of stiching down the inside of the skirt section, in order to keep the pleats in place.

You now need to use the white 4ply yarn to add the stripes to the dress. This is done by passing the yarn just underneath the very top of the crochet, so that it stays in place but is still very visible.

I started by sewing around the skirt section of the dress making equidistant concentric circles, and working up to the bodice of the dress. I also added to a round of stitching around the edge of each of the sleeves.

I then added the vertical stripes, putting one row of stitching in the centre of each of the pleats, an continuing this up to the bodice.

For the belt:

With yellow 4ply yarn ch2

Row 1: sci n the2nd chain st from hook. ch1, turn

Rows 2 - 27: (26 rows) sc in this st. ch1, turn

Row 28: sc in this st

For the buckle:

Take a length of craft wire and fold over a length 1cm long 90 degrees to the rest of the wire. Make another 90 degree turn 0.5cm from the previous one. Make a third turn 1cm away from the previous one, so that the wire folds back to make a square. A fourth 90 degree turn should be made 1cm away from the third one, so that the wire is folded down parallel to the end part of the wire. The next turn should be made 1cm away from this one, so that the wire forms a sort of square figure of eight shape.

The wire should then be folded at 90 degrees 0.5cm away from the previous turn, such that it is in the same position as the end centimetre of the wire. Finally the wire should be folded over the top of the buckle and back on itself down the central part. The shape of the buckle can be seen in the image below 

After the buckle has been made you should sew one end of the belt to its central partition (where both ends of the wire are)

Wrap the belt around the waist of the bear, and pass the free end through the buckle to secure it, as shown below.

That's all for this pattern! I hope you have enjoyed it, if you did please think about checking out some of my other similar patterns, or following me on my Instagram account, where you can keep up to date with what I'm working on, and be informed of when I post a new pattern.

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You are very welcome to sell finished products, but I do ask that you don't re-post this pattern or claim it as your own. Thank you!!!