Lesbian bear

This little bear was made as part of a series of patterns for pride month. If you'd lake to see more of these you can view all of my pride month creations by clicking on the LGBTQ+ label in the right-hand column beside this pattern.

This pattern is designed to fit any of the animals in my little animals collection. The boots are made in the colours of the lesbian flag (the five stripe flag, not the lipstick lesbian one), but can be altered to whatever colours you like.

Difficulty:

Easy - medium

You will need:

• A little bear (pattern can be found here)
• A 2mm crochet hook
• 4ply yarn in grey, purple, light purple, white, tan, and dark red
• dk yarn in black
• black crochet cotton (around #10 weight)
• Embroidery thread in black and yellow
• A darning needle
• An embroidery needle
• Three 5mm black buttons

Note:

• 'fasten off neatly' refers to a special way of fastening off which is neater and makes it easier to see where you should be crocheting on the next round (also known as invisible fastening off). This involves pulling up your yarn through your stitch, threading the yarn underneath the second stitch from where you pulled your yarn up, then threading your yarn back through the top of this stitch and down through the back of the work. There is a very helpful site that explains it clearly found here. Just make sure when you do this that you thread your needle through the SECOND stitch after the last stitch you made, otherwise you will end up with an extra stitch which may mean that all of the following rounds are out of line with each other.
• This pattern includes the foundation single crochet stitch (fsc). A handy website showing you how to make this stitch can be found here, then there is also a video here that's good as well.
• This pattern includes the back-to-front single crochet stitch (bfsc). A video to show you how to do this can be found here. It's pretty simple but if you can't work it out you can just use a regular single crochet stitch, but this will give it a slightly different look.

For the shirt:
With grey 4ply yarn and a 2mm hook ch33
Row 1: sc in the 2nd chain st from hook, sc in every following chain st. ch1, turn (32sc)
Row 2: bfsc in each st. ch1, turn
Row 3: sc in each st
Row 4:Bfsc, ch1, skip1, bfsc30. ch1, turn
Row 5:sc29, skip1, 2sc in the hole made by the ch1, sc. ch1, turn (32sc)
Row 6: bfsc in each st
Row 7: sc in each st
Row 8:  Bfsc, ch1, skip1, bfsc30. ch1, turn
Row 9: Sc5, sc2tog. ch1, turn (6sc)
Row 10: Bfsc6. ch1, turn
Row 11: Sc5, 2sc in the last st. ch1, turn (7sc)
Fasten off

Rejoin yarn to row 8 to 3rd st from last section
Row 9: Sc2tog, sc9, sc2tog. ch1, turn (11sc)
Row 10: BfSc2tog, bfsc7, bfsc2tog. ch1, turn (9sc)
Row 11: 2sc in the first st, sc7, 2sc in the last st. ch1, turn (11sc)
Fasten off

Rejoin yarn to row 7 to 3rd st from last section.
Row 9: Sc2tog, sc4, skip1, 2sc in the hole made by the ch1, sc. ch1, turn (8sc)
Row 10: Bfsc6, bfsc2tog. ch1, turn (7sc)
Row 11: 2sc in the first st, sc6. ch1, turn (8sc)
Row 12: Bfsc, ch1, skip1, bfsc4, bfsc2tog, ch3, across next section: Bfsc4, bfsc3tog, bfsc4, ch3, across next section: bfsc2tog, bfsc3 bfsc2tog. ch1, turn (27sts)
Row 13: sc3, sc2tog, sc15, sc2tog, sc3, sc2tog between the hole made byt the ch1 and the last st. ch1, turn (24sc)
Row 14: Bfsc3, bfsc2tog 3 times, bfsc2, bfsc3tog, bfsc2, bfsc2tog 3 times, bfsc2. ch1, turn (16sc)
Row 15: Sc in each st. ch1, turn
Row 16: Sc in the back loop only of each st

Fasten off

For the left sleeve:
Attach yarn to the top back corner of left armhole (as shown below)

Round 1: Sc 15 around the armhole
Round 2: Sc4, slip4, sc7
Round 3: Hdc2, sc2, slip4, sc2, hdc5. Slip1
Fasten off

For the right sleeve:
Attach yarn to top front corner of right armhole (as shown below)

Round 1: Sc 15 around the armhole
Round 2: Sc4, slip4, sc7
Round 3: Hdc2, sc2, slip4, sc2, hdc5. Slip1
Fasten off

For the pocket:

With a 2mm hook and grey 4ply yarn ch4

Row 1: sc in the 2nd st from hook ad the next 2 chain sts. ch1, turn (3sc)

Row 2: sc in each st. ch1, turn

Row 3: sc in each st

Fasten off

Use black crochet cotton to embroider a heart onto the pocket (as shown below), then sew it to the shirt

Sew three black buttons to the shirt opposite where the buttonholes are situated.

For the boots:

For the heel section:
with a 2mm hook and black dk yarn ch4

Round 1: make 2sc the the 2nd chain st from hook, sc in the next chain st, make 4sc in the first chain st you made, make 2hdc in the back of the previous chian st you crocheted into, then make 2sc int eh back of the first chain st you crocheted into (11sts)

Round 2: slip5, ch1, hdc, make 2sc in the next st, (sc, make 2sc in the following st) twice (14sts)

Round 3: hdc.

Fasten off neatly

With a 2mm hook and brown dk yarn ch3

Round 1: make 2sc in the 2nd loop from hook, make 4sc in the first chain st you made, then make 2sc in the back of the first chain st you crocheted into (8sc)

Round 2: make 2sc in the first st, sc, make 3sc in the following st, sc, make 3sc in the next st, sc, make 2sc in each of the last 2 sts (15sc)

Round 3: sc, make 2sc in the next st, sc2, make 3sc in the following st, sc3, make 3sc in the next st, sc2, (sc, make 2sc in the next st) twice (22sc)

Fasten off neatly

Rejoin brown yarn to back loop of the 5th st after the 'new' st you made when fastening off neatly on the heel section

Round 3: sc in the back loop of this st and the next 14sts. (14sc)

Round 4: sc11, sc in the back loop of the 10th st from the 'new' st you made when fastening off neatly on the other sole section. Sc in the back loop of the next 16 sts of this section, slip the first st of this round (28sc)

Fasten off neatly

Join the darker purple yarn to the back loop of the 10th st from the 'new' st you made when fastening off neatly

Row 5: sc in the back loop of this st and the next 17sts. ch1, turn (18sc)

Row 6: bfsc in each st.

Fasten off

Rejoin with light purple yarn

Row 7: sc5, sc2tog 4 times, sc5 (14sc)

Fasten off

Rejoin with white yarn

Row 8: bfsc4, bfsc2tog 3 times, bfsc4 (11sc)

Fasten off

Rejoin with tan yarn

Row 9: sc4, sc3tog, sc4 (9sc)

Fasten off

Rejoin with dark red yarn

Row 10: bfsc in each st. ch1, turn

Row 11: sc in each st. ch1, turn

Fasten off

Rejoin the darker purple yarn yarn to the last st you crocheted into on the sole (as shown below)

Row 5: Sc in the back loop of this st and the next 10 sts, sc in the back loop of the first st you crocheted into on the sole. ch1, turn (12sc)

Row 6: make 3bfsc in the first st, bfsc10, make 3bfsc in the last st. (16sts)

Fasten off

Row 7: with lighter purple fsc2, sc in each of the 16sts of row 6, fsc2 (20sts)

Fasten off

Rejoin with white yarn

Row 8: bfsc in each of these fsc sts, bfsc in the next 6 sts, bfsc2tog twice, bfsc8 (18sts)

Fasten off

Rejoin with tan yarn

Row 9: sc in each st

Fasten off

Rejoin with dark red yarn 

Row 10: bfsc3tog, bfsc5, bfsc2tog, bfsc5, bfsc3tog (13sc)

Fasten off

Row 11: sc2tog, sc9, sc2tog (11sc)

Fasten off

Take 2 strands of black embroidery thread and use this to sew three lines of stitching to the sides of the boot, attaching the two colourful sections together as you do so. You also need to sew a line of stitching up the side of the 2nd black section you made. This can be seen in the images below.

Next use 3 strands of yellow embroidery thread to embroider around the edge of the sole of the shoe, just above the little ridge made by crocheting into the back loop of each st on row 5.

Finally this you should cut a strand of black crochet cotton and use it to lace up the shoes, before securing them to the foot of your bear.

That's all from this pattern - I hope you have enjoyed it! If you have any questions please feel free to contact me, either by leaving a comment below of via my Ravelry or Instagram pages, where you can also follow me to keep up to date with what I've been making and be alerted as to when I publish a new pattern. 

As usual 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!!!